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Working with Charts
When working with charts in MetaTrader 4, you should see them displayed upon launching the platform. If your charts happen to disappear, you can get them back by right clicking in the market watch box and choosing “chart window.” The axis on your charts display price to the right (y) and time on the bottom (x). You have the option to view your charts in one of three forms.
Line Chart
Line charts display the chart as a broken line connecting close prices of bars, i.e. the bid of the last quote for this period. Traders often use this type of chart when working with short time periods (up to 5 minutes).
Line chart in MetaTrader 4
To begin working with this chart press the accelarating keys of Alt+1 or click the 
button on the "Charts" toolbar:
Charts toolbar
Bar Chart
Bar charts are displayed as a sequence of bars showing opening prices (the external left-side line)at the same time as closing prices (the external right-side line) . A bar chart also shows the highs (indicating the highest price bid) and lows (indicating the lowest traded price.) Traders often use this type of chart when working with time periods greater than 5 minutes.
Bar chart in MetaTrader 4
To begin working with this chart press the accelarating keys of Alt+1 or click the 
button on the "Charts" toolbar
Charts toolbar
Candlesticks
Candlestick charts are display the same information as bar charts in another format. Traders often use this type of chart when working with time daily periods.
Candlesticks chart in MetaTrader 4
The difference between bar charts and candlestick charts is that the block in the middle represents the difference between the opening and closing prices. Most often, when the block in the middle is solid, then the currency closed lower than it opened.
To begin working with this chart press the accelarating keys of Alt+1 or click the 
button on the "Charts" toolbar.
Charts toolbar
In order to create a new chart for any instrument right click on the "Market Watch" window, then select the "Chart window" item from the context menu:
Chart context menu
By left clicking the mouse you can drag and drop any selected currency pair or CFD into any open chart window.
Chart period – Directly above your chart you can select your trading time frame within the "Periodicity" toolbar. The options provided to you are 1 minute, 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 4 hours, 1 day, 1 week or 1 month.
"Periodicity" toolbar
By right clicking on any currency chart, a context menu is produced. Here you can access chart settings and specify your trading time frame within the "Periodicity" option.
Market Watch window context menu
Choose Refresh if an error occurs or if there are "gaps" on the chart.
Select Grid to show/hide gridlines on the chart;
Select Volumes in order to show/hide tick volume (the number of quotes of any period time);
Zoom in / Zoom out helps to modify chart properties. You can also use the
buttons on the "Charts" toolbar.
Save as picture saves the chart in *.gif, or *.bmp. format.
Properties (F8) opens the chart settings dialogue. Select the "Color" tab to change the color of any element on the chart:
Color tab of Chart Properties window
Other settings can be changed in the Common tab:
Common tab of Chart Properties window
Please note the following options:
Offline chart - the chart is not being updated by new quotes. Once you open the chart offline (File -> Open offline) this option becomes automatic;
Chart shift - allows to shift the chart from the right edge of the window. You can also press the 
button on the "Charts" toolbar.
Chart autoscroll - disables/enables chart autoscroll to the left once a new quote is received. You can also press the 
button on the "Charts" toolbar.
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