MT4 Data Window

MT4 Data window shows information about a bitcoin price, for a specified candlestick period. For example the trading charts below, shows how to select the data window from the view menu options.(Ctrl+D is the shortcut key for displaying the data window without having to access it from the view menu)

Data Window - MetaTrader 4 Bitcoin Trading Software

Once the data window is selected it will display, the following information about a bitcoin price.

The following data for bitcoin is shown:

1. Bitcoin Chart
2. Date
3. Time
4. Open Bitcoin Price
5. High
6. Low
7. Close Bitcoin Price
8. Volume

This data will show information for a particular candlestick, by scrolling your mouse over the candlesticks on a Bitcoin chart this data will change to reflect the btcusd price candlestick that the mouse has pointed at.

The data widow is not popularly used in the MT4 Bitcoin Trading Platform as compared to the other MetaTrader 4 cryptocurrency chart windows. However as a bitcoin trader you can use this data window to extract and display information and data about any btcusd price candlestick and the bitcoin prices associated with this candlestick such as the opening btcusd price data, closing btcusd price data and high and low of bitcoin price.

Because most traders can obtain this information directly from the charts, then the bitcoin traders may prefer to use the information that is readily available on the Bitcoin chart within the MetaTrader 4 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 bitcoin 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 MetaTrader 4 cross hair. And from this Cross Hair a bitcoin trader can get the btcusd price data as shown below.

Cross Hair Tool - MT4 Bitcoin Software

From the Cross Hair above the vertical line will show data on the date for the current candlestick, the horizontal line will show cryptocurrency price at that particular point on the chart. For the above example of Bitcoin chart you can see that the date is 2013.10.31 4:00GMT and the Crypto Price is shown for the selected point. The Open, High, Low, Close and Volume as well as Date is Shown Just below the Charts tab at the bottom of the MetaTrader 4 Bitcoin Trading Software, 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 4

A bitcoin trader can even click one point, hold down the mouse and move the mouse to another chart point to measure the pip movement of btcusd price from point a to point on the Bitcoin charts in the MT4 Bitcoin Software as Shown below.

Using Cross Hair Tool to Measure Pip Bitcoin Price Movement

Cross Hair Data Tool on MetaTrader 4 Bitcoin Software