Drawing Bar Charts on the MetaTrader 4

The third option on the trading charts menu in MT4 platform is the "Bar Chart" button. This button key is used to choose and select the drawing method of price movement as trading price bars.

To trade on charts a trader might prefer to use the Bar Charts. The above menu button shows how one can select & choose this option on the MetaTrader 4.

These are drawn using colour coding:

Red bar - Price headed downward
Blue bar - Price headed upwards

These bars also have horizontal line to the left and to the right: these are used to explain the opening (left horizontal dash) & the closing (right horizontal dash).

The highest point illustrates the high of the price

Lowest point highlights the low of the price

These 4 points Open, High, Close, Low are Referred to as OHCL, abbreviation of first letter for these 4 areas, these 4 O H C L levels will be illustrated on each and every single bar.

These charts aren't very popular among traders as they are not very appealing in terms of analysis and traders tend to favor other types.

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