Chart

A chart shows price changes over time. To switch to this tab, use the bottom panel of the MetaTrader 5.

Chart Opening

In order to open a chart of a financial instrument, run the "Chart" menu command in the "Quotes" tab.

Chart Symbol

It is possible to switch the chart to another financial instrument without opening the Quotes section. Tap on the current symbol name and select the required one from the list.

Chart Period #

In the MetaTrader 5 Mobile for Android, you can view 21 chart timeframes, from 1 minute (M1) to a monthly one (MN).

You can switch between timeframes using the top panel of the chart. Tap the button with the current timeframe. This will open a menu, from which you can switch to other timeframes. Also you can use a radial menu.

To configure a set of timeframes, select in the panel. To add/hide a timeframe, long press on it. A short press switches the chart timeframe to the selected one. You can select up to 9 timeframes.

When switching timeframes, the application remembers the date you scrolled the chart to (left border). If, after switching the timeframe, this date is out of sight, the application will prompt you to go to it. The "Go to..." button will be briefly displayed in the lower left part of the chart.

One Click Trading #

To quickly create trading operations directly from the chart, tap . This will open a special panel, from which you can instantly send market Buy or Sell orders with the specified volume.

If One Click Trading is enabled in the app settings, the orders will be instantly sent to the broker without requiring extra confirmation. Otherwise, a tap on the Buy or Sell button will open a trading dialog.

Trade order execution results can be viewed directly on the chart: they appear as pop-up notifications. To enable them, you should allow trading notifications in the settings.

To manage the position of the trading panel on the chart, use the One Click panel at the bottom parameter.

Placing Pending Orders from the Chart #

You can place a pending order directly from the chart.

Tap , then drag the new order level on the chart to the desired price. The order direction, Buy or Sell, depends on whether the level is above or below the current price.

In the bottom panel, you can:

• Choose a new order type.
• Add Stop Loss and Take Profit protections: Tap "SL" or "TP", then drag the level on the chart to the desired price. As you drag, the potential profit or loss is displayed in points and monetary values.

Tap to open a trading dialog, where you can adjust the order volume and other parameters. Use the button at the bottom to send the order.  

Modifying and Deleting Orders from the Chart #

To modify a pending order, tap the order level (or its SL/TP level) on the chart. You can then:

• Drag the order level up or down to set a new entry price.
• Drag an existing SL or TP level to set a new price. As you drag, the potential profit or loss is displayed in points and monetary values.

In the bottom panel, you can:

• Tap the "Delete" button to delete the order if no adjustments were made on the chart.
• Tap "SL" to add/remove Stop Loss or "TP" to add/remove Take Profit.

Tap the "Modify" button to save changes.

Modifying and closing positions from the chart #

To modify an open position, tap the position level (or its SL/TP level) on the chart.

You can then drag an existing SL or TP level up or down to set a new price. As you drag, the potential profit or loss is displayed in points and monetary values.

In the bottom panel, you can:

• Use the "Close" button to close the position if no adjustments were made on the chart.

• Tap "SL" to add/remove Stop Loss or "TP" to add/remove Take Profit.

Tap the "Modify" button to save changes.

Chart Management

A user can perform the following manipulations on charts:

• Scrolling – to scroll through a chart, drag your finger left or right.
• Scaling – to zoom in, place two fingers together on the area of the chart you want to zoom in and then drag your fingers apart. To zoom out, place two fingers on different parts of the screen and drag them towards each other.
• Full-screen mode – the full-screen mode is automatically enabled when you rotate your device to the landscape mode.
• Change the chart type – there are three chart types available. If you want to switch between the chart types, open chart settings from the radial. Select the desired presentation type from the "Line type" option:
  • Bar chart – show the chart as a sequence of bars.
  • Candlestick – show the chart as a sequence of Japanese candlesticks.
  • Line chart – show the chart as a broken line that connects close prices of bars.
  • Heikin Ashi – show the chart as synthetic Heikin Ashi candlesticks, calculated using the following formulas: Close = (Open+High+Low+Close)/4; Open = [Open (of the previous bar) + Close (of the previous bar)]/2; High = Max (High,Open,Close); Low = Min (Low,Open, Close).
• Indicators – to start working with indicators on a chart, tap button on the top panel or in the radial menu.
• Setting – in order to access chart settings, open the radial menu and tap .
• Tile charts – you can open multiple charts in the mobile platform: up to 4 charts on Android-smartphones, and up to 6 charts on tablets. If you want to customize the arrangement of charts, tap on the top panel.

Chart Indent #

To change the distance of the last bar from the chart edge, scroll the chart to the left. The position where you leave the last bar will remain fixed as the chart keeps updating. It also remains the same when you switch timeframes, choose a different symbol, or close and reopen the chart.

• Swiping left takes you toward the newest bars. The chart always keeps at least one bar visible, preventing you from scrolling too far into the future and leaving the screen empty.
• Swiping right takes you toward historical bars, depending on how much data is available.

Scrolling and Zooming #

By default, the chart can be moved in any direction, both horizontally and vertically. This allows for convenient placement of graphical elements. If you are just viewing prices, enable the Auto-scale mode through the menu. In this mode, the chart will move only horizontally, automatically adjusting the scale to the current price range.

To return to the standard mode, select 'Free chart movement' in the same menu.

If you manually change the chart scale, you can restore it to its original state by selecting "Reset vertical scale".

To scroll the chart to the last (current) bar, tap the corresponding button in the same menu.

Radial Menu #

The radial menu is opened by a tap on the chart. Using the menu you can:

• Change the timeframe
• Attach indicators to a chart
• Apply objects to a chart
• Enable crosshairs
• Open chart settings

Each chart is provided with a separate radial menu, which allows accessing the settings of the chart.

Crosshair #

The Crosshair mode allows you to view the exact date, price, or indicator values at any point on the chart, as well as measure distances.

Tap in the top panel to display the crosshair on the chart. You can drag it to any desired point to view the corresponding details. For the selected point, you can see:

• the price on the vertical axis on the right
• the date and time on the bottom horizontal axis
• indicator values, if available, in the crosshair caption

To measure distance, tap anywhere on the chart to add a second point. A rectangle will highlight the area between the two points.

You can make adjustments by dragging the crosshair point, the other point, or the side lines of the rectangle.

For two selected points, one caption shows the available indicator values for that point. The other caption shows:

• the vertical distance in points, the percentage change, and the price difference
• the horizontal distance in bars and the time difference

Data Window #

Data Window allows viewing the indicator values. To enable the Data Window, open the radial menu and navigate to chart settings. Then turn on the Crosshair mode and position it at the desired point.

Resizing a subwindow #

If you want to resize an indicator subwindow, long tap (about 1 second) anywhere on the chart. Specify the desired subwindow size by dragging its upper border.

To expand the chart to full screen, tap . To switch between chart windows in this mode, use menu . To return to the multi-window display, use the same menu or press in the chart switch mode.

In order to close a chart tap next to it.

Tap anywhere on the chart to exit the edit mode.

Chart settings #

To go to the chart settings, open the radial menu and tap .

• Chart view – select representation of charts:
  • Bar chart – show the chart as a sequence of bars.
  • Candlestick – show the chart as a sequence of Japanese candlesticks.
  • Line chart – show the chart as a broken line that connects close prices of bars.
  • Heikin Ashi – show the chart as synthetic Heikin Ashi candlesticks, calculated using the following formulas: Close = (Open+High+Low+Close)/4; Open = [Open (of the previous bar) + Close (of the previous bar)]/2; High = Max (High,Open,Close); Low = Min (Low,Open, Close).
  • Minimum bar width – When scaling charts, the width of bars changes proportionally. Specify the minimum allowed bar width so that the chart remains usable when zoomed out. Once the bar width reaches the specified value, further zoom-out becomes unavailable.
• OHLC – when this option is enabled, current Open, High, Low and Close prices are displayed at the top of the chart. Therefore, the exact value of the last bar can always be seen.
• Show data window – when this option is enabled in the "Crosshair" mode, the data window will additionally be displayed on a chart. The Data Window displays the values of all active indicators in a specified point of a chart.
• Show volumes – volume display options:
  • Don't show volumes
  • Show tick volumes
  • Show real volumes. The availability of this information varies by broker. Typically, data on real volumes is only provided for exchange instruments or on ECN accounts.

• Trade positions – show current symbol's open positions on the chart. Operations are displayed as lines with captions at the level of the price, at which they were executed.
• Trade orders – show current symbol's pending orders on the chart. Works similarly to the previous option.
• SL/TP levels – show Stop Loss and Take profit levels for the current symbol's positions and pending orders on the chart. Works similarly to the previous option.

• Trade History – show/hide on the chart entries and exits for the appropriate instrument. Deals are marked on charts with icons (a Buy deal) and (a Sell deal). In trading it is important to evaluate the correctness of market entry and exit moments. This can be conveniently done through the graphical representation of executed deals on the symbol's price chart.

• Show period separators – date and time of each bar are displayed on the horizontal axis of the chart. And this horizontal scale interval is the selected timeframe. The "Show period separators" option draws additional vertical lines corresponding to the larger period (timeframe) borders. Daily separators are drawn for M1 to H1 charts, weekly separators are shown for H4, monthly appear for D1 and year separators are used for W1 and MN1 charts.
• Ask Price Line – show/hide the Ask price level of the latest quote. Bars in the platform are formed based on Bid prices (or Last prices if the depth of market is available for the instrument). However, at opening of long positions and closing of the short ones, the Ask price is always used. The Ask price is not displayed on the chart, so it cannot be seen. To have a more precise control over trading, enable the "Ask price line" parameter. An additional horizontal line corresponding to the Ask price of the latest quote appears on the chart.
• Last price line – show/hide the level of the price at which the latest trade was executed. This line can only be displayed if the appropriate symbol price is provided by the server.
• Trade notifications – show pop-up notifications with trading operation results at the bottom of the chart. Such notifications are useful when trading from the on-chart One Click trading panel, when operations are executed with one tap without opening a trading dialog.
• One Click panel at the bottom – the One Click trading panel appears at the chart top by default. This option positions the panel at the bottom.
• Colors – select the color display of the chart and its various elements:

• Scheme – select a pre-defined color scheme of the chart. The following color schemes options are available: "Green on Black", "Black on White", "Color on White", "custom".

• Background – chart background color. The parameter is only available when a custom color scheme is selected.

• Foreground – color of the axes, scale and OHLC line.
• Grid – grid color.
• Volumes – the color of volumes and position opening levels.
• Bar up – color of an up bar, its shadow and border of a bullish candlestick's body.
• Bar down – color of down bar, its shadow and border of bearish candlestick's body.
• Bull candle – color of bullish candlestick's body.
• Bear candle – color of bearish candlestick's body.
• Line chart – color of the chart line and Doji candlesticks.
• Bid price line – color of the Bid price line.
• Ask price line – color of the Ask price line.
• Last price line – color of the price line of the latest executed trade.

• Stop Loss line – color of Stop Loss levels.
• Stop Loss line text – text color for Stop Loss level captions.
• Take Profit line – color of Take Profit levels.
• Take Profit line text – text color for Take Profit level captions.
• Sell line – color of Sell position levels.
• Sell line text – text color for Sell position level captions.
• Buy line – color of Buy position levels.
• Buy line text – text color for Buy position level captions.
• Stop Limit Price line – color of Stop Limit price levels.
• Stop Limit Price line text – text color for Stop Limit price level captions.