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How to Change Time Frame in MT5 Charts
In MT5, you can display the following 21 periods on charts:
1 minute, 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 4 minutes, 5 minutes, 6 minutes, 10 minutes, 12 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours, 12 hours, daily, weekly, and monthly.
There are multiple ways to change the time frame of a chart in MT5. You can choose the method that you prefer.
- From the MT5 Toolbar
You can easily change the time frame of a chart by using the time frame panel in the toolbar.
Time frame panel as displayed in the toolbar
If the time frame panel is not displayed in the toolbar, you can enable it by following these steps:
- Go to the View menu at the top of the MT5 platform.
- Select ‘Toolbars’ from the drop-down menu.
- Make sure the ‘Periods’ option is checked.
Status of displaying Toolbars in the View menu
The time frame panel in the toolbar displays the default selection of nine main time frames. It can also be customized according to individual preferences. If you do not want to display specific periods in the panel or if you want to remove those you are not going to use, you can customize the panel using the following method:
Right-click on the time frame panel in the toolbar and select ‘Customize’.
Customisation window for the time frame panel
To customise the time frame panel in the toolbar, go to the toolbar customization interface and follow these steps:
- From the left side, select the time frames you want to display.
- Click the ‘Insert’ button to add the selected time frames.
- From the right side, select the time frames you want to remove.
- Click the ‘Remove’ button to delete the selected time frames and prevent them from being displayed.
- Additionally, in the ‘Selected Buttons’ section on the right, you can change the order of the time frames by clicking the Up or Down buttons.
Toolbar customisation interface for the time frame panel
2. Changing the chart time frame in MT5
You can change a chart time frame in MT5 by right-clicking on the chart.
3. Selecting the period from the menu
Additionally, you can change the time frame of a chart in MT5 by selecting ‘Period’ from the Charts menu.
