MT5 Data Window
MT5 Data panel shows information about a indices price, for a specified candlestick period. For example the trading charts below, shows how to select data window from view menu options.(Ctrl+D is shortcut key for displaying data window without having to access it from the view menu)
Data Window - MT5 Indices Software
Once the data panel is selected it will display, the following information about a indices price.
The following data for indices is shown:
- indices trading instrument
- Date
- Time
- Open Indices Price
- High
- Low
- Close Indices Price
- Volume
This data will show information for a particular candlestick, by scrolling your mouse over the indices candlesticks on a Indices chart this data will change to reflect the stock indices price candle which the mouse has pointed at.
The data widow is not popularly used in the MT5 Indices Trading Platform as compared to the other MT5 Indices Chart windows. However as a trader you can use this data panel to extract & display information & data about any stock indices price candle & the indices prices associated with this candle such as the opening stock indices price data, closing stock indices price data and high and low of indices price.
Because most traders can obtain this data directly from the charts, then the traders might prefer to use information that is readily available on Indices Trading chart within the MT5 Indices Platform software interface.
Another method to get this data is to use the Cross Hair Mouse Pointer, To get the Cross Hair Mouse Pointer a trader only requires to press down and hold down the wheel mouse button and the cross Hair will appear. If your mouse does not have a wheel button, please go and buy another one so that you can trade the MT5 cross hair. And from this Cross Hair a trader can get the stock indices price data as shown below.
Cross Hair Tool - MetaTrader 5 Indices Software
From the Cross Hair above the vertical line will show data on the date for the current candlestick, the horizontal line will show stock indices price of the indices trading at that particular point on the chart. The Open, High, Low, Close and Volume as well as Date is Shown Just below the Charts tab at the bottom of the MT5 Indices Trading Software Platform, Marked as O: H: L: C: V: therefore the cross hair is a shortcut method of viewing data instead of going to the Data Window of the MetaTrader 5
A trader can even click one point, hold down the mouse and move the mouse to another chart point to measure the pip movement of stock indices price from point a to point on the Indices Trading charts in the MT5 Indices Trading Software as Shown below.
Using Cross Hair Tool to Measure Pip Indices Price Movement
Cross Hair Data Tool on MetaTrader 5 Platform
