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  • #1
  • First Post: Jun 11, 2007 1:23pm Jun 11, 2007 1:23pm
to show a pair as a chart, I click on it & a standard chart shows up. Is there a way that when I click on a pair, the strategy of the previous chart-pair & its colors on the chart automatically shows up on the next pair I click on? Hope this is clear.
Thnx----Sid
  • #2
  • Jun 11, 2007 8:20pm Jun 11, 2007 8:20pm
Quoting yendis70
to show a pair as a chart, I click on it & a standard chart shows up. Is there a way that when I click on a pair, the strategy of the previous chart-pair & its colors on the chart automatically shows up on the next pair I click on? Hope this is clear.
Thnx----Sid
I don't know if it is clear. If you mean you want to open a new chart and have the same features as another chart you like, you can save the chart you like as a template named default. Then each chart you open will be similar. If your talking about just switching chart tabs you can still use the template feature. Right click on a chart and explore the template feature. You can quickly change an open chart by loading a template you saved from another chart.
  • #3
  • Jun 11, 2007 10:50pm Jun 11, 2007 10:50pm
  •  tesla
  • Joined Oct 2006 | Status: Friendly Neighborhood Programmer | 533 Posts
Here are some shortcuts if you don't want to save the chart as a template.

With the chart active, hit the spacebar. You'll notice that a textfield shows up in the lower left corner of the chart. Type the symbol you want and hit enter. The chart will update to show the new pair.

Or...

Drag the desired symbol from the market watch window onto the chart. The chart will update to show the new pair.
  • #4
  • Jun 11, 2007 10:53pm Jun 11, 2007 10:53pm
Quoting nvwine
I don't know if it is clear. If you mean you want to open a new chart and have the same features as another chart you like, you can save the chart you like as a template named default. Then each chart you open will be similar. If your talking about just switching chart tabs you can still use the template feature. Right click on a chart and explore the template feature. You can quickly change an open chart by loading a template you saved from another chart.
Thnx for your quick response, nvwine. Yes, I want to open a new chart w/ the same features as the previously displayed chart (& the new chart overlays the previous chart). Don't know what you mean by "template named default". I'm a newbie & not very MT4 oriented.
Thnx----Sid
  • #5
  • Jun 12, 2007 12:24am Jun 12, 2007 12:24am
Drag the desired symbol from the market watch window onto the chart. The chart will update to show the new pair.[/quote]

Thnx tesla, I'll drag the pair from 'Mkt Watch'.

NOW I HAVE A BIGGER PROBLEM. I'm not very versed in MT4 (duh!).
I played around w/ the 'options' & 'indicator' list (when I rt-clicked in the chart). NOW I LOST 6 mos in the chart. The bars go from Nov, '06 to June, '07. I don't know if it had to do w/ the 2 'lists' I mentioned above. It happens on all pairs. HELP!

Thnx, Sid
  • #6
  • Jun 12, 2007 5:01am Jun 12, 2007 5:01am
I can't think of any way you can delete history because of anything in the right click menu.
If your only talking about the dates displayed in the active chart window you may have changed the periodicity (gone to a smaller time frame) or used the 'zoom out' feature that made each bar wider. Another thought if you are trying to review history by scrolling back through the chart you need to have auto-scroll turned off. Otherwise the chart will keep jumping to the current date.
  • #7
  • Last Post: Jun 12, 2007 9:03pm Jun 12, 2007 9:03pm
Quoting nvwine
I can't think of any way you can delete history because of anything in the right click menu.
If your only talking about the dates displayed in the active chart window you may have changed the periodicity (gone to a smaller time frame) or used the 'zoom out' feature that made each bar wider. Another thought if you are trying to review history by scrolling back through the chart you need to have auto-scroll turned off. Otherwise the chart will keep jumping to the current date.

Thnx, nvwine------------The auto-scroll worked, but I still have a gap in history &, additionally, a 'pivot indicator' problem. I started another thread to address this more ('pivot indic./gap in history'). Appreciate your help.
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