Chart types are characteristic of the price plot in the Standard mode, however, you may choose and advanced mode, e.g., Monkey Bars or Seasonality. To do so, click Style in the header, move your cursor over the Chart type menu item, and select the preferred chart type.
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To learn how you can customize the list of your favorite time frames, refer to the Favorite Time Frames article.īy default, the chart uses the Candle char type however, you are free to change it to another chart type, e.g., Bar, Line, etc. To learn more about time frames, refer to the Chart Aggregation section. You can also pick a time frame from your Favorites. To change this time frame, сlick on the Time Frame button above the chart, next to the gear button, and specify the desirable aggregation period and time interval. By default, the 1 year 1 day time frame is used (which means that the chart displays one year worh of data, candles aggregated on a daily basis). Once you pick up a symbol, you will see its price plot on the main subgraph. Note: in addition to the Symbol Selector, the header contains other useful controls, such as Clipboard, symbol description, chart sharing, Edit Studies and Strategies, Chart Settings, Quick Time Frames, Style, Drawings, Studies, and Patterns. In Charts, you can view and analyze price plots of any kind of symbols: stock, options, futures, and forex. You can also look through all the available symbols to pick the desirable one: click on the gray triangle and search through the categories in the dialog that pops up. To do so, type in the symbol name in the Symbol Selector box. The first thing you do in Charts is specify the symbol for which the price plot will be displayed. Symbol Selector and Other Header Controls