Insert Andrew's Pitch Fork, Cycle Lines, Text and Text Label on Chart
The last four options on the MetaTrader 4 indices software insert menu are:
- Andrew's Pitch Fork
- Cycle Lines
- Text
- Text Label
These are shown below:
Insert Menu Options in MetaTrader 4
Andrew's Pitchfork
Andrew's Pitchfork is drawn between three points first point is midpoint of price, the next is the upper point of price and third is lower point of price. This draws 3 parallel lines which form a channel. Indices Price should trend within this channel, if trading price moves outside signal of the channel like in example explained below the trade should be closed.
Andrew's Pitchfork in MetaTrader 4
Cycle Lines
Cycle lines are vertical lines drawn at an equal distance representing market cycles. To draw these lines a trader chooses one continuous trend & draws a line between the high and low of the trend and then this MetaTrader 4 indicator automatically plots the cycle line, these lines represent market cycles.
Cycle Lines Meta Trader 4 Indicator
Text and Text Label
As a trader you may want to mark a price level on your stock chart. To do this you can use either text or text labels, Choose any of this button, select where to place these labels after which a pop-up appears prompting you to put the text of the label. To edit the text label double-click on it and then this popup will appear again and edits can be made from this window.
Text & Text Labels in MetaTrader 4
From the above example buy is a text & sell is a text label, both are not much different the only difference is that the text will move with the chart, while the text label is fixed at one point and won't move with the chart.
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