Opening a Chart

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Introduction

 

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:

dt5mainmenu

 

 

Click charticon to open the Chart window. The Chart and Symbol Search will then open in a separate window.

 

symbolsearch

 

 

Once the instrument has been selected, you will be able to select a chart type:

chart

 

 

 

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: charticons

 

darkicon        Choose Background Color Scheme (light and dark available)

centericonch                Re-center the chart

zoomch        Zoom in/out

indic                Open Indicator/Study Settings

pointer                Switch between Pointer/Cross-hairs

draw                Toggle Drawing Tools On/Off. This button will let you switch between:  

 

         price info - Price Info Box

         volinfo - Volume Info Box (Used only when Volume Profile Indicator is active)

infow                Toggle Info Window On/Off

reload                Reload Chart

discordch                Discord Chat