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The issue I've got-  around 30 tabs open and need to quickly switch between them. In other app (eg. Firefox/Chrome) you can use CTRL+PGUP/PGDOWN but these do not work in MT5. Also in Chrome you can do SHIFT+ESC to see a list of all the tabs where you can easier move them/close them. In addition in FF/Chrome you can click and drag on tabs to rearrange them. I cant find any of these functions in MT5 meaning that if you have 30 tabs open it gets very difficult to switch between tabs or delete them .  Any ideas of shortcuts in MT5 to make it easier to switch between tabs? Eg. assign each tab a number and just press a number to switch betwwen them instead of having to scroll using the mouse

I need to OVERLAY one chart on another to compare them.. For example EURUSD and XAUUSD. Is this possible in MT5?

How can I change the TIME ZONE of MT5, since i noticed the time on the chart is not in sync with the system clock


Thanks.....


See screenshot attached for details

Clicking on these arrows to scroll tabs is very tedious

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Would you like to see an hourly chart with bars opening from the second and the fifth minute of the hour? What does a redrawn chart look like when the opening time of bars is changing every minute? What advantages does trading on such charts have? You will find answers to these questions in this article.
 

  1. Perhaps you should read the manual. fast navigation bar
              MetaTrader 5 Help
              Hot Keys - For Advanced Users - Getting Started - MetaTrader 5 Help

  2. Chart times are broker times.

    1. How can MetaQuotes know all brokers' (they come and go daily) Time zone and Daylight savings time (if they use it and including historical changes for back testing)? Do you have that information for just you and your broker? Only then, with code, can you convert session times to broker's time to UTC to local time. You can use offset inputs, but then you must maintain them correctly, through all three DST changes when they occur.
                When is the time zone problem going to be fixed? - General - MQL5 programming forum (2020)

    2. Foreign Exchange (FX) market opens 5 PM New York (NY)/Eastern Time (ET) Sunday and ends 5 PM NY Friday. Some brokers start after (6 PM is common) and end before (up to 15 minutes) due to low volatility.
                Checking for Market Closed - Expert Advisors and Automated Trading - MQL5 programming forum (2016)

      Swap is computed 5 PM ET. No swap if no open orders at that time.

    3. Brokers use a variety of time zones. Their local time, with or without Daylight Savings Time (DST), London, UTC, London+2, UTC+2, NY+7.

      Only with NY+7 does the broker's 00:00 equals 5 PM ET and the start of a daily bar (and H4) is the start of a new FX day.

      GMT/BST brokers, means there is a 1 or 2 hour D1/H4 bar on Sunday (depending on NY DST), and a short Friday bar. (Problems with indicators based off of bars.)

      GMT+2 is close but doesn't adjust for NY DST.

      EET is closer, except when their DST doesn't match NY's. Last Sunday of March and 1:00 on the last Sunday of October vs second Sunday in March and return at 2:00 AM EDT to 1:00 AM EST on the first Sunday in November.

    4. Non-NY+7, means the chart daily bar overlaps the start, and converting broker time to NY time requires broker to UTC to NY timezone conversions.

    5. If you search the web, you will find differing answers. Those are all wrong (half the year) because they do not take DST into account (or that it changed for the US in 2007 [important when testing history.])

    6. Then there are (non-24 hour markets) with H4 candles that start on odd hours.
                Why My XAUUSD 4H candles start with 1 hour shift? - Currency Pairs - General - MQL5 programming forum (2019)
                H4 first opened candle - MT5 - General - MQL5 programming forum (2020)

      And H1 on the half hour.

    7. See also Dealing with Time (Part 1): The Basics - MQL5 Articles (21.10.01)
      and Dealing with Time (Part 2): The Functions - MQL5 Articles (21.10.08)

 

Thanks for answering i've read the manual pages and i've got no more questions about tab scrolling or time zone.


I take it in MT5 it's not possible to overlay one chart on the other, in that case?

Such is possible with other systems, eg. TradingView, Sierra Chart


regards

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