Settings

Default Chart Settings and Options

Default chart settings can be set from the Preferences dialog (Configure > Settings from the Console menu bar). You will find the settings for charts in the tabs underneath the Chart tab.

The following are options that are available from the Chart Settings tab:

• Mouse Tool – This is the default tool to use on a chart.

• Revert to Default Tool – When completing an action with the selected tool, the chart will automatically switch back to the default tool (see above). This only applies to the tools and not the default tools themselves.

• Axis Style – Style of the price and time axis

• Chart Symbol – Option to display the chart symbol/description in the top-left corner of the chart.

• Magnet – Allows components to snap to high and low on the chart.

• Time Method – The method to measure time for specific time-based components. Trading time will count each bar and assume 24 hour markets to come up with a total number. Elapsed time will count time as most people would e.g. skipping the overnight session and ending at the same time the next day would count as 1-day, whereas the Trading Time method may only count that as 12 hours.

• Chart Bars – Percentage of bars to display when first opening a chart (i.e. fill 90% of the chart area)

• Price Axis Spacing – Default spacing between the numbers that are displayed on the price axis

• Minimum Bars – Minimum number of bars to load when opening a chart.

• Max Linear Bars – Maximum number of linear bars to load when opening a chart

• Max Non Linear Bars – Maximum number of non-linear bars (ie Range, Renko etc) to load when opening a chart

• Max Days (Tick Charts) – Maximum number of days to display tick-based charts.

• Magnifying Glass – Shows a popup window magnifying your mouse when you move tool points.

• Pop-up Delay (Seconds) – The time needed to hover over an object before the info box will pop-up.

• Study Height (pixels) – Default height for study plots

• Min Study Height (pixels) – Minimum height for study plots

• Ctrl + Click – Object to draw when the user holds down on the Ctrl Key (or command in macOS) and clicks the left mouse button on the chart.

• Ctrl+ Alt + Click – Object to draw when the user holds down on the Ctrl (or command in macOS) and Alt ( or option in macOS) Keys and clicks the left mouse button on the chart.

• Shift + Click – Object to draw when the user holds down on the Shift Key and clicks the left mouse button on the chart.

Additional chart options can be found via the Settings dialog > Chart > Chart > Options:

• Time Axis Scroll – Enables a chart scrollbar below the Time Axis.

• Study Bar Updates – Toggles the live updating of studies from level 1 data verses calculating the most recent study values on the close of a bar.

• Use Account Position – This option is used in strategies. It determines whether the strategy will enter a long/short or both position(s) based on the selected position type.

• Show Values in Legend – If enabled, current study values will be displayed next to the study label in the study legend

• Link Minimize/Restore – If enabled, for linked chart windows all windows in the group will be minimized when one of them is minimized. Likewise when one of them is restored, all windows in the group will be restored

• Confirm on Close – If enabled will display a warning message when closing a chart window

• Global Cross Hair – If enabled, the cross hair (where enabled) will be updated across multiple charts that display the same instrument

• Double Cross Hair – Displays two vertical lines encompassing the bar where the cursor is currently (instead of a single vertical line)

• Solid Cross Hair – Displays a solid line instead of a dashed line for the cross hair

• Lock Studies – Default Lock Studies state (see Lock Studies feature)

• Lock Scroll – Default lock scroll state (see Lock Scroll feature)

• Show Bird’s Eye Lines – Display of the vertical lines on the Bird’s Eye plot

• Draw Candle Outline – Draws the outline of the candle rectangle.

• Overlay Volume – Displays the volume information as an overlay on the chart instead of a separate plot.

• Show Info on Select – Turns on the Show Info feature when selecting a component

• Use Untitled Analyses – The default behavior is top create a new untitled analysis whenever a chart is opened. Unchecking this option will cause the “Primary Analysis” to be displayed when a new chart is opened.

• Hide Primary Name – If you are not using untitled analyses, you may want to hide the name of the “Primary Analysis” in the price graph.

• Snap Open/Close – If this is enable the mouse tools will automatically snap to open and closing points on the price bars

• Auto Load Studies – Automatically loads custom studies (SDK).

• Use Last Image Name – If this option is enabled the last Save As Image file name will be used the next time you save the chart as an image (instead of generating the file name with the latest timestamp).

• Show Exchange – Toggles the display of the exchange as part of the title on the chart

• Show Symbol – Displays the instrument symbol on the chart.

• Show Bar Size – Displays the current bar size on the chart

• Show Analysis Name – Display the analysis name in the chart.

• Auto Move Bar (Linear Only) – If enabled, this option will automatically create the next bar when the time has elapsed (instead of waiting for the next bar). This is especially useful for millisecond bars to show a continuously moving chart.

• Cross Hair Use Min Tick – The crosshair will snap to the min tick values of the chart and no other values in between.

Chart Specific Settings

Chart settings that apply to the selected chart only can be accessed by right clicking on the chart and choosing Chart Settings . The settings configured here can be saved as default settings by clicking on the Defaults button then Save As Defaults. Descriptions of items below can be found in the preceding sections.