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Change timeframe

On MetaTrader4 (MT4) / MetaTrader5 (MT5), you can change timeframes. There are 9 different timeframes in MT4, and 21 in MT5.

MT4 M1, M5, M15, M30, H1, H4, D1, W1, MN
MT5 M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6, M10, M12, M15, M20, M30, H1, H2, H3, H4, H6, H8, H12, D1, W1, MN

Here we will look at how to change the chart timeframe on MT4/MT5.

Switch between MT4/MT5 tabs to check the steps for each.

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Step 1

You can change timeframes from the menu, the toolbar, and the chart.

Change timeframe from the menu

Click "Charts" in the menu and hover the pointer over "Timeframes" to select your preferred timeframe.

Change timeframe from the menu Change timeframe from the menu

Change timeframe from the toolbar

Select a timeframe in the timeframe toolbar.

Change timeframe from the toolbar Change timeframe from the toolbar

Change timeframe on the chart

Right-click on the chart and hover the pointer over "Timeframes" to select your preferred timeframe.

Change timeframe on the chart Change timeframe on the chart
point 9 timeframes are available on MT4

MT4 can display a total of 9 timeframes: 4 different minutes (M1, M5, M15, M30), 2 different hours (H1, H4), daily, weekly and monthly.

Step 1

You can change timeframes from the menu, the toolbar, and the chart.

Change timeframe from the menu

Click "Charts" in the menu and hover the pointer over "Timeframes" to select your preferred timeframe.

Select timeframe Select timeframe

Change timeframe from the toolbar

Select a timeframe in the timeframe toolbar.

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Customize timeframe toolbar
Select timeframe Select timeframe

Change timeframe on the chart

Right-click on the chart and hover the pointer over "Timeframes" to select your preferred timeframe.

Select timeframe Select timeframe
point 21 timeframes are available on MT5

MT5 can display a total of 21 timeframes: 11 different minutes (M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6, M10, M12, M15, M20, M30), 7 different hours (H1, H2, H3, H4, H6, H8, H12), daily, weekly and monthly.

21 timeframes are available on MT5 21 timeframes are available on MT5

Date

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 : 2022.07.20

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Last updated

 : 2024.02.03

Takayoshi Nakamaru

Manual production consultant, MBA

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Takayoshi Nakamaru

Nakamaru is a manual production consultant at FINTECS, a company that specializes in creating manuals for their clients.
With a wide range of experience from fintech to entertainment, he presents what user-friendly manuals should be like.
He works with numerous large corporations as an external manual production project manager.

【Business information】
http://www.fintecs.co.jp/profile/

Supervisor

Akira Takagi

Systems engineer, MetaTrader administrator

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Akira Takagi

After graduating from Computer Science at the Uninove, Brazil, in 2014, he has worked on various systems development projects.
He participated as a developer in the launch of forex services in 2019. Since then, he has also been involved in the development of MetaTrader plugins and APIs. He is certified by MetaQuotes as a MetaTrader5 Administrator and active in consulting and advisory as well.

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