Metals Trading Software MT4 Market Watch Window For Adding MT4 Metals Trading Quotes in MetaTrader 4 Software
The market watch window on MetaTrader 4 is used to display an array of Metals quotes for metals. To access this display on the MT4 a trader should go to view menu as displayed and shown below and select Market Watch Window by Clicking on it. (The Ctrl+M is the short cut for accessing this window popup as displayed below, by pressing this shortcut, you can enable market watch window tab without going to "view" menu)
Market Watch Window
Once a trader selects the metal market watch window, the following window will pop-up showing a list of quotes available for trading.
As a trader you might also want to trade an instrument that is not listed on this list. For example, on the above list only 5 trading instruments are displayed. To get the other symbols which aren't listed, you can right click inside this market watch window as illustrated and shown below and following pop up window will appear.
To explain list of other symbols, choose the "Show All" button, this will then show all the available pairs.
To Save Internet Bandwidth, (Especially if you are using mobile trader, or pay per MB inter-net)
To save bandwidth choose a list of all the trading instruments you will be trading, say example, ten pairs, after selecting these, then tap and click "Hide All" button, this will hide all the pairs that you do not require to trade and will save you a great deal of net bandwidth.
Even if you do not want to save bandwidth, you can choose the option to "Hide All", this will save PC computer processor resources & RAM, especially for brokers that provide hundreds of MetaTrader 4 symbols and financial instruments, there no need to have all these 100 or 200 instruments streaming on your platform after all you need only about 10 streaming quotes or a few financial instruments to trade. You can always "Show All">>> Choose a new pair by opening a metal chart, >>> Then hide all, your new chosen ones will be added on this minimized list.
Other Market Watch Options
Below is an explanation of each market watch window, Download MT4 & click the button keys below to get an illustration of the explanations made below.
Quotes Options - Quotes option can be used to also add or hide MT4 symbol. You can download MT4 & click quotes to see how you can add or remove financial instruments using this option.
Sets - A set of grouped metals trading instruments
High/Low - Displays the high and low of the day next to the quote
Time - Displays the current time of day next to the quote
Auto Arrange - Automatically arrange according to the chosen order
Grid - Add or Remove Grid on the Metals Price Quotes
Popup Metals Prices - Show metals prices as a Pop Up Window within the MT4 Metals Trading Platform.
