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Search For Symbol - Allows you to change the symbol on the chartEvents-
Ability to have Dividends. Earnings and splits displayed Compare - You can add up to three other symbols for price comparison directly on the chart.
Expressions - By clicking on the f(x) button, you can insert your own custom expression or use a preconfigured one.
Time Interval (Daily above) - Sets the chart aggregation (period) that each bar on the chart represents Date Range(calendar icon
) - Sets a custom date range Plot Type (Candlestick) - Change the type of bar
Studies - Add a study / technical indicator to the chart
Draw - Add drawing tools such as trendlines
Plot Type (Candlestick) - Change the type of bar
Compare - You can add up to three other symbols for price comparison directly on the chart.
Save Events - Add dividends, splits and earnings data to equity instruments
Share chart (camera) - Download or share the chart image via Twitter
Date Range(calendar icon) - Sets a custom date range
Print (printer icon) - print the viewable chart
Settings (Cog Wheel) - Opens up the Settings window
Tools Panel - Add drawing tools such as trendlines, lock chart, remove all drawings, and zoom in
Symbol Search and Expression Entry
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For Daily / Weekly / Monthly / Quarterly / Yearly: Shows the historical trading activity only for the contract specified.
For Daily Nearest / Weekly Nearest / Monthly Nearest / Quarterly Nearest / Yearly Nearest: Builds a historical chart using the nearest contract. The nearest contract is the closest unexpired contract for the underlying commodity, where every chart bar represents the front month at that point in history.
For Daily Continue / Weekly Continue / Monthly Continue / Quarterly Continue / Yearly Continue: Builds a historical chart using the same month specified for the original contract. For example, if the symbol is ZSX13 (Soybeans November 2013), the chart is built using all previous November contracts for Soybeans (ZSX13, ZSX12, ZSX11, ZSX10 etc).
Range Bars: custom bars available include ticks (trades), custom intraday (custom periods per bar), seconds per bar (user defined seconds per bar), custom ticks (user defined amount of ticks per bar), custom volume (user defined amount of volume per bar), custom range (user defined range per bar)
Date Range
You may set Quickly plot pre-set time frames or create a custom date range for a specific aggregation by clicking the Calendar icon. First, choose whether you want to see Intraday, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Quarterly, then choose "Date" from the period drop-down list. You can then enter a beginning and ending date range.
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Apply a number of different tools to the chart including trendlines, fibonaccis, shapes, arrows, and calculations by clicking on Draw in the main toolbarany of the icons in Tools panel.
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Left click on a applied tool to move adjust the location and right click to edit the tool’s coloration or range and count.
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Comparison charts can display the price scales of each symbol, , different plot type types or you can choose to produce a chart of percent changes between symbols. Each symbol is represented by a different color on the chart.
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When comparing expired futures contracts, you can ‘align on expiration’ to sync the dates for the compared instruments.
Share Chart
Copy or download the chart’s URL or tweet the chart using the ‘Camera’ icon.
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Use the ‘%' button to change the chart’s scale to percent change.
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Update the scaale type from linear (default) to logarithmic by clicking on the ‘Log’ button.
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Settings
Click on the ‘cogwheel’ icon to pull up the chart settings dialogue.
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On the main dialogue, you change the plot type, bar coloring rule (close to close or open to close), bar color selection, and contract roll method. Opt to roll based on volume and open interest from month to month or on a set days to expiration for futures.
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Under the Display section, update font size, axis settings and opt to remove the chart legend (current session’s data)
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When a standalone study is applied, you can customize the study by clicking on Pane 2. Pane 1 will take you back to the Global display for chart.
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Right Click Options
Many of the features avialine in the main toolbar and settings can used via the right click context menu. A menu will display that will allow customization of the chart after right clicking anywhere inside the chart.
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