{"id":6041,"date":"2012-07-13T14:52:27","date_gmt":"2012-07-14T00:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/?p=6041"},"modified":"2024-03-26T19:11:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T02:11:19","slug":"metatrader-tutorial-how-to-measure-pips-and-barscandlesticks-on-a-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/metatrader-tutorial-how-to-measure-pips-and-barscandlesticks-on-a-chart\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Measure Pips and Bars\/Candlesticks on a MT4 Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, I hope your trading week went well.<\/p>\n<p>This is another video in my beginner series and although you probably know this already, I have been asked this question a few times in the past, so I want to be sure that everyone is covered.<\/p>\n<h2>The Tutorial<\/h2>\n<p>Today's tutorial will show you how to measure how many pips are between two points on a chart, as well as the number of bars\/candlesticks.<\/p>\n<p>It's second nature to most traders, but if you are just getting started in trading, this is just one of those things that you have to learn.<\/p>\n<p>If you <em>are<\/em> just starting out, I hope this helps.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ypcPpKo6O5U?rel=0&showinfo=0\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Happy trading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video tutorial will show you how to measure the number of pips and candlesticks between two points on the chart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2022,"featured_media":1021459,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[201007],"tags":[201637],"class_list":["post-6041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trading-software-tutorials","tag-metatrader-4-tutorials","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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