Trade Stock Indices

Insert Andrew's Pitchfork, Cycle Lines, Text & Text Label on Stock Indices Trading Chart

The last 4 options on the MT5 indices software insert menu are:

  1. Andrew's Pitchfork
  2. Cycle Lines
  3. Text
  4. Text Label

These are shown below:

Insert Andrew's Pitchfork, Cycle Lines, Text and Text Label on MT5

Insert Menu Options in MetaTrader 5

Andrew's Pitchfork

The Andrew's Pitchfork is drawn between three points first point is middle point of indices price, the next is the upper point of stock indices price & third is lower point of indices price. This draws 3 parallel lines that form a channel. Indices Price should indices trend within this channel, if stock indices price moves outside of this channel like in stock indices trading examples explained below the trade should be closed.

Andrew's Pitchfork on Stock Indices Chart on MetaTrader 5

Andrew's Pitchfork in MetaTrader 5

Cycle Lines

Cycle lines are vertical lines drawn at an equal distance representing market cycles. To plot these lines a trader selects one continuous indices trend and draws a line between the high & low of the indices trend and then this MT5 technical indicator automatically plots the cycle line, these lines represent market cycles.

Draw Cycle Lines on Stock Indices Chart on MetaTrader 5

Cycle Lines MT5 Technical Indicator

Text & Text Label

As a trader you may want to mark a indices price level on your stock indices chart. To do this you can use either the text or text labels, Select any of this button, choose where to place these labels after which a pop up appears prompting you to input the text of the label. To edit the text label double click on it and then this pop up will appear again & edits can be made from this window.

How to Place Text and Text Label on Indices Chart on MetaTrader 5

Text & Text Labels in MetaTrader 5

From the above example buy is a text and sell is a text label, both are not much different only that the text will move with the chart, while the text label is fixed at one point & will not move with the chart.


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