Chart Time-frames

MT4 Bitcoin Chart Timeframes: Periodicity on Charts in MT4

Periodicity is oftenly referred to as Bitcoin Chart TimeFrames by many traders. On the Meta Trader 4 software.

The button key below is used to select the periodicity or chart time frame to trade with. This button can be accessed in the MetaTrader 4 platform as illustrated below.

MT4 Bitcoin Chart Timeframe Bitcoin Charts

On the MT4 these crypto chart timeframes are:

1 Min chart Time-frame - M1
5 Min chart Time Frame - M5
15 Minutes Chart Timeframe - M15
30 Minutes Time-frame - M30
1 H chart Time Frame - H1
4 Hours Time-frame - H4
Daily Chart Time-frame - D1
Weekly Time-frame - W1
Monthly Time Frame - MN

How to Know Which Bitcoin Chart Timeframe You are Using

A common question especially if you are new to bitcoin trading would be how to identify which crypto chart time frame you are using on your MT4 software:

There are various methods of knowing which MetaTrader 4 crypto chart time frame you are using as Shown below:

Use the above Menu as Shown above

In the above cryptocurrency example once you choose the periodicity button under the trading charts menu, then the list of bitcoin trading MT4 chart time-frames is shown and the crypto chart timeframe that is currently selected, the one that you are using will be high lighted with a different colour, on our above example this is the 1 Hour(H1) crypto chart time frame, whose Icon on the left is high-lighted in light blue.

MT4 Bitcoin Chart Change Chart Timeframe - How to Change MT4 Bitcoin Chart Time Frame

This Meta Trader 4 periodicity tool bar is by default located at the top of the MetaTrader 4 & has all the crypto chart timeframes marked as illustrated below. The crypto chart timeframe that a trader is using will be marked differently from the other chart time frames, the selected chart time-frame will be "indented" as shown below:

Use the information displayed at the top left corner to get MT4 Bitcoin Chart Time Frame

At the top-left corner of the bitcoin trading MT4 chart, MT4 crypto chart time-frame is displayed as illustrated below:

1 H MetaTrader 4 Bitcoin Time-Frame

15 Min MT4 Bitcoin Time-Frame

When you open a chart you then can use the above three methods to know which periodicity bitcoin chart timeframe you're trading with.

You can also use the tabs, if you are trading many charts. To view this tab, Go to "View Menu" then Choose "Charts Bar". The following MetaTrader 4 bar will then appear that you can use to navigate and it shows the btcusd chart as well as the bitcoin chart time frame.

Navigation tabs in MetaTrader 4 work space.

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