Chart is a time model of price dynamics of a financial instrument. Chart properties window can be shown perform menu command "Charts Properties", by chart's context menu command with of the same name or by pressing F8 key. In result one of this action "Properties" window is shown. In this window it is possible to customize colors of chart's objects("Colors" tab):
- Background;
- Foreground;
- Grid;
- Bar Up;
- Bar Down;
- Bear Candle;
- Bull Candle;
- Line Graph line graph and doji;
- Volumes;
- Stop Levels Stop Loss and Take Profit levels.
Left sode of this window show color scheme with modification in real-time. Besides the obiects color definition by hand, field "Color Scheme" allow selecting predefined color scheme: "Yellow on Black", "Green on Black" or "Black on White". By predefined scheme selection the described above charts elements will be changed also. Own color scheme must be stored on templates. This window intended for customizing common chart's properties. Switch to "Common" tab and select necessary options:
- Offline Chart switch chart to offline mode. This options blocked receiving new tick-quotation and drawing new price data. After disabling this option new price data and tick-quotation are enabled. By opening chart in offline mode (menu command "File Open Offline") this option enabled automatically;
- Chart on Foreground place chart price data on "foreground". Enabling this option, all analitycal objects placed "under" price chart. This command is equal to menu command "Charts Foreground Chart".
- Chart Shift enable/disable chart shift from right side of chart window.
- Chart Autoscroll enable/disable chart auto scrolling to the left by new price quotation receiving.
- Scale Fix One to One fix chart scale as "1:1". One pips is coresponded to one bar;
- Scale Fix fix chart scale as "1:1". One pips is coresponded to one bar;
- Bar Chart show chart as sequence of bars. Also press button on
select menu command "Charts Bar Chart" to perform this action;
- Candlestick show chart as sequence of Japanese candlesticks. Also press
button on μενώ "Charts Candlesticks" to perform this action;
- Line Chart show chart as broken line, connecting bars' closing prices. Also press
button on "Charts Line Chart" select menu command to perform this action;
- Show OHLC show/hide OHLC (OPEN, HIGH, LOW, CLOSE) line;
- Show Period Separator show/hide period separator. For periods from M1 to H1 shown day separators; on 4H chart week separators; on day chart month separators; on week and month chart year separators. The same name option in program options perform this action too;
- Show Grid show/hide grid on chart window. The same name chart context menu command and menu command "Charts", as well as accelerators Ctrl+G perform this action too;
- Show Volume show/hide volumes. The same name chart context menu command and menu command "Charts", as well as accelerators Ctrl+L perform this action too;
- Show Object Description show/hide object description on chart.
Part of described command duplicated on charts context menu and on "Charts" toolbar.
