How to sync the crosshair, scroll and zoom across charts in MT5 and MT4
11 November 2026, 03:29
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You spot a candle on M15 and want to know where it sits on H1 and H4. Or you scroll back to last week's NFP spike and want every chart to show the same moment. Chart Sync does both: a synchronized crosshair that follows your mouse on every chart, and optional scroll sync and zoom sync. This guide sets them up on a gold (XAUUSD) layout.
What you need
- Chart Sync on MT5 (MT5) or MT4 (MT4), attached to each chart. Install steps are in the user manual.
- For this guide: XAUUSD M15, H1 and H4, plus one EURUSD chart.
Part 1: the synced crosshair
Switch it on
- New installs start with the crosshair on. After an upgrade from 1.7 it starts off.
- Press Q on any chart, or click "Crosshair Q" on the panel. It switches on or off for every chart at once.
- Pick another key with the "Hotkey" input, or None if Q clashes with something you use. Ctrl and Shift combinations are ignored, so they never toggle it by accident.
Read it
- Move the mouse over M15. H1 and H4 show a time line and a price line where your mouse is.
- It is matched by time, so the M15 candle you point at shows up inside the right H1 and H4 candle.
- The EURUSD chart shows the time line only, since a gold price means nothing there.
- Point at an RSI or MACD window and the others also get the time line only.
- The chart under your mouse draws nothing, so MetaTrader's own crosshair (middle click or Ctrl+F) still works there for measuring.
Make it yours
- "Crosshair color" (None uses the chart's foreground colour) and "Crosshair line style" (dotted by default) are set per chart.
- To keep one chart out of it, set "Crosshair sync" to false on that chart.
Part 2: scroll sync
- Click Scroll on any chart's panel. Scroll sync switches on for every Chart Sync chart.
- Drag M15 back to a past session. H1 and H4 move so that the same moment sits at their right edge, each on its own timeframe.
- Scroll back to the end and they go back to the end too.
- Only the chart you scroll drives. The others follow and never echo back, so nothing jumps around while you work.
- Click Scroll again to switch it off everywhere.
Part 3: zoom sync
- Click Zoom on the panel. Zoom sync rides on scroll sync, so if Scroll is off, one click on Zoom switches both on.
- Now zoom in or out on the chart you are working on (the + and - keys or the mouse wheel). The others copy its zoom level, the chart scale from 0 to 5, together with the scroll position.
- Click Zoom again to stop copying the zoom and keep scroll sync on.
A workflow for reviewing a gold move
- Turn on Scroll and Zoom, then drag H4 back to the day of the move.
- Zoom in on M15 to the hour that matters. H1 and H4 follow to the same time.
- Sweep the mouse along the M15 candles. The crosshair shows where each one sits inside the H1 and H4 candles, and at what price.
- Mark the levels you find. With Chart Sync's drawing sync they appear on every chart (see how to sync drawings across timeframes).
- Click Scroll off when you are back to live trading, so your charts stay on the latest bars.
Risk note
Reviewing past moves helps you study a market, but it does not predict the next one. Gold can move fast around news releases. Trading forex and CFDs is high risk, and this article is educational, not financial advice. Check your broker's contract spec (on gold 1 lot is usually 100 oz) before you trade.
Learn more
- Chart Sync user manual
- How to sync drawings across timeframes and charts in MT5 and MT4
- Multi-timeframe analysis on gold (XAUUSD): draw once on H4, trade on M15
- Keep your drawings when you change templates, profiles or restart MT5 and MT4
