Adjusting Properties on Charts Menu in MetaTrader 4

The last menu item in the charts menu on the MT4 is the properties button. This button represents settings of the chart that is on the MetaTrader 4 workspace. The properties button on the charts menu is shown below.

Properties Button Key in MetaTrader 4 for Editing Properties and Setting

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By pressing 'properties' button, following window pop up will appear displaying the various settings for the chart. The examples below show 2 examples with different parameters.

Example 1:

Example 2:

The following properties can be adjusted from the above menu:

Back ground - change background
Fore ground - change foreground, objects in the foreground
Grid - place or remove the grid
Bar Up - Color of bars, bullish bar
Bar Down - Colour of bars, bearish bar
Bull Candlestick - Color of candles, bullish candlestick
Bear Candlestick - Color of candles, bearish candlestick
Line Graph - Colour of Line
Volumes - Setting of Volumes
Ask Line - Setting of Ask Line
Stop Levels - Setting of the Stop Levels Line

In the above two example these properties are different and thus the difference in appearance of these two different settings shown on preview windows above.

The Colour Scheme

The chart properties window panel also lists 3 color scheme as shown below that traders can load & these color schemes are the default pre saved color schemes of MetaTrader 4.

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Common Settings

On properties window there's also next tab marked as "Common" as illustrated and shown below, this button key is for common settings.

The following are Common Settings that can be activated or de-activated using this panel window:

Offline, foreground option, shift option & auto scroll properties can also be activated or deactivated from properties common settings option as illustrated above.

Type of chart can be chosen from this menu from the Options Bar, Candles and Line.

Show OHCL, Show ASK Line, Show Period Separators, Show Grid, Show Volumes and Show Object Description option can be activated or deactivated on this common settings option as shown above.

To learn & know more about the above setting or to find out what a particular option means or what it shows you can download the MT4 Platform & practice placing these object on charts & changing some of these properties and settings.

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The Colour Scheme

Common Settings