Intraday & Historical Charts
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Intraday & Historical Charts |
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Description The charting module is very comprehensive and includes the following features:
How to access
Features Chart tool bar At the bottom of the chart window there is a tool bar you can use to change the chart view. Scroll bars The left scroll bar changes the time period (start- and end date displayed). The effect is to pan the contents of the chart to the left or right. The right scroll bar changes the number of points shown (changes only the start date). The effect is to zoom in and out on the right part of the chart. Resolution The resolution drop-down determines the time period that each point in the chart represents. The selected resolution can vary from Hour to Tick-by-tick for intraday charts and from Month to Day for historical charts. Time period The time period drop-down determines the total range of chart data that is downloaded and made visible. It can vary from 1 day to All available for intraday charts and from 1 month to All available for historical charts. Chart cursor Click the chart cursor button to enable a cursor that will show the current values of any point in the chart. A large cross will follow the mouse cursor and show the following information ’Timeline’ with the cross: Date, Time, Open, High, Low, Close, Volume and Axis. The Axis value is where the mouse cursor is. In addition the legend (in the top left corner) of all lines and studies in the chart will show the current value. Zoom in and out The two buttons with large minus and plus signs on them allow you to quickly zoom in and out of the chart. You can also zoom by clicking the chart with the left mouse button, keeping it down, and dragging the mouse to the lower right. When the desired area is highlighted, release the button. To zoom out, draw the square from the lower right to the upper left. It is also possible to do a free hand zoom. By both holding the <Alt> key and mouse button down, a box is indicating the area to zoom while dragging the mouse in the chart. Drag and drop Click on a symbol and hold hold down both the mouse button and the <Ctrl> key. Then drag the symbol to a chart window and release the mouse button. The symbol will be added as a compare study to the existing main symbol. What compare study to add can be configured in the chart setup dialog as a default drag and drop action. A list of symbols can also be dragged and dropped in the chart. Do a multi-select in a symbol list window and drop it in the chart. Please note that it is not necessary to hold down the <Ctrl> key to drop a symbol list. Target currency Target currency can be changed in order to quickly see the graphs in another currency than the symbol's own trading currency. Right click in the chart and click on the "Target Currency" sub menu. Select the desired currency from the list of available currencies. This feature is only available if the application has access to the World Forex (WFX) feed . Chart Menu The chart menu is available by right-clicking in the Chart and contains the following commands: Symbol Parameters The symbol parameters command shows a dialogue with parameters specific for the selected symbol. You can choose a chronological axis for historical charts and configure an Update filter to remove extreme values. Chart Type Set the type of the selected line to a:
Resolution The resolution of the chart determines the time period that each point in the chart represents. The selected resolution can vary from Hour to Tick-by-tick for intraday charts and from Month to Day for historical charts. Period The time period if the chart determines the total range of chart data that is downloaded and made visible. It can vary from 1 day to All available for intraday charts and from 1 month to All available for historical charts. Horizontal Axis Options for the horizontal axis. This is also available by right-clicking directly on the horizontal axis in the chart window. You can toggle the settings for the grid lines and show first date/last time. There are also commands for Go to date / time and Symbol parameters. Vertical Axis Options for the selected vertical axis. This is also available by right-clicking directly on the vertical axis in the chart window. You can toggle the settings for a logarithmic scale, show last marker, Price/Volume, show grid lines and show legend. Add Study This menu presents a hierarchical menu structure with the available Technical Analysis studies. A dialog with the study parameters is presented before the line is added. Keyboard shortcut You can also quickly add studies by pressing the [Insert] key on the keyboard and then type the short name of the study and [Enter]. Edit Study This menu lists the currently study lines in the chart and allows you the change their parameters. Deleting studies You can delete a line on the chart by selecting it (by clicking on it) and then select Edit | Delete or press the Delete key. If the study line is not visible for some reason (there are not enough points in the chart to fill up the Period of the study, for instance), you can now delete it by using the new Chart | Delete Study menu Improvements Increased tick-by-tick chart limits By default the client will download up to 4000 points of tick-by-tick data. The user can override this limit in the Tools | User Interface dialog. Note that tick-by-tick data normally is only available for the last trading day from the servers. Increased intraday chart limits In the previous version, the intraday period All Available was limited to 30 days of data. This limit has now been extended to up to 100 days of intraday data. Note that the actual number of days available from the servers will vary.
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