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Introduction
Please watch the following short video to get an overview of our charts, what's included and our goal in creating them for you.
Our Charts are designed for ease of use. The charts use our own internal color scheme. You can choose light or dark background. Whichever you choose, all studies/drawings will be highly visible on that background without you needing to change any color settings. We believe in software working "out of the box" and not needing you to spend hours tinkering with things to make them look right. This will be a major change for most and we believe you'll come to prefer this approach once you get over the fact it's such a different way to deliver charts.
To open a chart, go to the main platform menu:
Click to open the Chart window. The Chart and Symbol Search will then open in a separate window.
Once the instrument has been selected, you will be able to select a chart type:
Chart Type Section
Double click any chart type to select it. Currently we allow 1 chart type per chart.
Data
Enter the properties (timeframe, lookback period, chart specific properties) here.
Click Apply to see the results but keep the Chart Settings window open, Click OK to accept settings and close Chart Settings window. Click Cancel to cancel setting changes.
The menu bar at the top of the chart looks like this:
Choose Background Color Scheme (light and dark available)
Re-center the chart
Zoom in/out
Open Indicator/Study Settings
Switch between Pointer/Cross-hairs
Toggle Drawing Tools On/Off
Toggle Info Window On/Off
Reload Chart