Chart Time Frames
MT5 Bitcoin Time Frames: Periodicity on Charts in MT5
Periodicity is commonly known as Bitcoin Time Frames by many traders. On the MT5 platform.
The button below is used to select the periodicity or crypto chart timeframe to trade with. This button can be accessed on the MetaTrader 5 platform as shown below.
MT5 Bitcoin Chart Timeframe Bitcoin Charts
On the MT5 platform these crypto chart timeframes are:
- 1 Min chart Time Frame - M1
- 5 Minute chart Time Frame - M5
- 15 Minute Chart Timeframe - M15
- 30 Minute Chart Time Frame - M30
- 1 Hour chart Time Frame - H1
- 4 Hours Chart Time Frame - H4
- Daily Time Frame - D1
- Weekly Time Frame - W1
- Monthly Time Frame - MN
How to Know Which BTCUSD Chart Time Frame 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 MetaTrader 5 platform:
There are various methods of knowing which MT5 chart time frame you are using as Shown below:
Use the above Menu as Shown above
In the above cryptocurrency example once you select the periodicity button under the trading charts menu, then the listing of bitcoin trading MT5 chart time frames is shown and the crypto chart timeframe that's currently selected, the one that you are using will be highlighted with a different color, on our above example this is the 1 Hour(H1) chart time frame, whose Icon on the left is highlighted in light blue.
MT5 Bitcoin Chart Change Chart Timeframe - How to Change MT5 Bitcoin Chart Time Frame
This MT5 periodicity MT5 toolbar is by default located at the top of the MetaTrader 5 software and 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 crypto chart timeframes, the selected crypto time frame will be "indented" as shown below:
Use the information displayed at the top left corner to get MT5 Bitcoin Chart Time Frame
At top-left corner of bitcoin trading MT5 chart, the MT5 chart timeframe is displayed as shown below:
1 H MT5 Bitcoin Time Frame
15 Minutes MT5 Bitcoin Time Frame
When you open a chart you can then use the above three methods to know which periodicity bitcoin trading chart timeframe you're trading with.
You also can use the tabs, if you're trading many charts. To view this tab, Go to "View Menu" then Choose "Charts Bar". The following MetaTrader 5 bar will appear that you can use to navigate and it indicates the btcusd chart as well as the bitcoin timeframe.
Navigation tabs on MT5 workspace.
