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How to change default candle color in MetaTrader permanently

  • #1
  • First Post: Nov 21, 2006 6:10pm Nov 21, 2006 6:10pm
Hi all,

quick question. I always change the candle color in Metatrader, but I did not find a way to change the default colors so they will be there next time I open a chart.
I searched here and on google to no avail.
I am sure you all ran into this?

Thank you.
Steve
  • #2
  • Nov 21, 2006 6:26pm Nov 21, 2006 6:26pm
Quoting PipSteve
Hi all,

quick question. I always change the candle color in Metatrader, but I did not find a way to change the default colors so they will be there next time I open a chart.
I searched here and on google to no avail.
I am sure you all ran into this?

Thank you.
Go ahead and set upt a chart with the layout you like (i.e. candle collor, background etc.) than save that layout as a template. After that everytime you open a new chart it will have the default layout and all you have to do go to templates and load up the one you saved.
Hope this helps.
Sergiu
Stubbornly persistent
  • #3
  • Nov 21, 2006 6:34pm Nov 21, 2006 6:34pm
Quoting sergiu
Go ahead and set upt a chart with the layout you like (i.e. candle collor, background etc.) than save that layout as a template. After that everytime you open a new chart it will have the default layout and all you have to do go to templates and load up the one you saved.
Hope this helps.
Sergiu
Thank you Sergiu, that is a good idea. I do have several other templates that I keep switching. I just resave them with the new settings.
Steve
  • #4
  • Nov 22, 2006 4:54am Nov 22, 2006 4:54am
Quoting PipSteve
Hi all,

quick question. I always change the candle color in Metatrader, but I did not find a way to change the default colors so they will be there next time I open a chart.
I searched here and on google to no avail.
I am sure you all ran into this?

Thank you.
A better, faster way is to save the template with the name of “default”. When you install a new MT4, there is no template with that name, when you safe any template with the name “default”, each time you open a new chart, it will AUTOMATICALLY apply the template called “default”. That way, you do not have to apply it yourself, it is as if it was there permanently as you probably wanted in the first place.
  • #5
  • Feb 18, 2008 2:46pm Feb 18, 2008 2:46pm
Thanks Mecer, that definetly helps !
It is toooo eazee
  • #6
  • Feb 18, 2008 3:10pm Feb 18, 2008 3:10pm
Hi Mecer,

Thanks from me as well, very effective.

Regards,
lucidlamp
  • #7
  • Dec 6, 2011 12:36pm Dec 6, 2011 12:36pm
Hi all!
Im new in MT4 platform. I change the default format of new chart open as you discribe above.
I wonder what can I do with backtest chart...
As I backtest a strategy, click on "open chart" to check the result. Chart format is always on green bars format. Can I change it with my setting?
Thanks in advance!!!
  • #8
  • Aug 2, 2012 11:52am Aug 2, 2012 11:52am
I'm pulling this old thread from under the dust b/c I have an issue opening up the charts that I have customized.

When I open up MT it opens up with a chart I started to customize a while back. I finished it yesterday and saved it as a template. I also the small tools like lines and things like that, so I added them.

When I open up MT it used to bring up all the changes that I had made before. Now it's just an empty chart with the first adjustments I made. If I change the template nothing changes, I see something moving but it goes back to the original chart.

I read this but no matter what changes I make, they don't stay on the chart. I save all the changes after I made them. What am I missing?
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours. Richard Bach
  • #9
  • Aug 2, 2012 4:34pm Aug 2, 2012 4:34pm
nvm, found it!
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours. Richard Bach
  • #10
  • Apr 24, 2022 2:22pm Apr 24, 2022 2:22pm
Quoting Mecer
{quote} A better, faster way is to save the template with the name of “default”. When you install a new MT4, there is no template with that name, when you safe any template with the name “default”, each time you open a new chart, it will AUTOMATICALLY apply the template called “default”. That way, you do not have to apply it yourself, it is as if it was there permanently as you probably wanted in the first place.
Thank you very much, Mecer. Now MT5 is set up with default template and it's working as I wanted.
  • #11
  • Last Post: Apr 25, 2022 1:36am Apr 25, 2022 1:36am
Quoting hrneto
{quote} Thank you very much, Mecer. Now MT5 is set up with default template and it's working as I wanted.
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