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How To Apply Moving Averages With MetaTrader 4: Editing The MA

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Pressing CTRL + I on the keyboard will open a window that lists all indicators on the active chart, shown in Figure 8. To change the inputs for the MA (or any other indicator), highlight the MA and then click "Edit." This action will open the same window that was used to identify the original inputs, including the tabs for Parameters, Levels and Visualization. Make any desired changes and click "OK" to close the window. The new inputs will be reflected in the MA.

Figure 8: To change the moving average inputs, click CTRL+ I on the computer keyboard, highlight the indicators and click "Edit."




Deleting the MA
To delete the MA from a price chart:

  • Press CTRL + I on the keyboard, highlight the MA and click "Delete," or

  • Right-click the indicator and select "Delete Indicator," as shown in Figure 9.
Figure 9: Right-click on the MA and select "Delete Indicator" to remove the indicator from the price chart.



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Jean Folger

Jean Folger
Jean Folger is a technical analyst and system researcher with PowerZone Trading, author of the award-winning book Make Money Trading: How to Build a Winning Trading Business, and a private trader specializing in the e-mini markets. Jean is an affiliate of the Market Technicians Association, a regular contributor to Futures magazine and was previously a real estate broker.

PowerZone Trading develops commercial technical trading indicators and trading systems for the TradeStation, NinjaTrader and MultiCharts trading platforms. The company is a TradeStation EasyLanguage Specialist and Add-on Developer and provides custom programming and consulting services for active traders.

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