Click the drop down to select a drawing tool.
To remove all drawings Simply click the Clear all drawing tools button
- Pointer: This comes up by default. Please note that once you have used a drawing tool it will default back to the pointer.
- Price Measure:Price Measure tells you the difference in price from the two points you choose. You would click and hold on a price then drag to whatever other price. It snaps to H/L/O/C unless you hold alt
- Line:To add a line on the chart. Simply left click on your starting point then move your mouse to your end point and left click again. Once the line has been added you can click on the handle bars at the end of the line to move the start or end point to a new location. You can also grab the line by putting you mouse on the line left click and hold to move the whole line.
- Box:Left click and expand the box to the desired range. Left click on one of the handle bars on a corner to change the shape
- Horizontal Line: Select the horizontal line then simply left click where you want to place it in the chart. To move it left click and hold then drag to where you want it then let go.
- Vertical Line:Select the Vertical line then simply left click where you want to place it in the chart. To move it left click and hold then drag to where you want it then let go.
- Diagonal Line (Up):The diagonal line is a 45 degree line on the chart. It will have a slope of one time interval for one price point. This line won’t necessarily draw at 45 degrees on the screen depending on the time and price scale zooming. However data-wise, it renders at 45 degrees.
- Diagonal Line (Down):The diagonal line is a 45 degree line on the chart. It will have a slope of one time interval for one price point. This line won’t necessarily draw at 45 degrees on the screen depending on the time and price scale zooming. However data-wise, it renders at 45 degrees.
- Auto Channel:Left click and expand to your desired range. Right click and go to drawing properties to edit.
- Manual Channel:Left click and expand to your desired range. Then left click on the center circle and drag out your second line. Right click and go to drawing properties to edit.
- Pitchfork:Left click and expand to your desired range. Left click to grab a handle bar and drag to adjust.
- Gann Angles:'Left click and expand to your desired range. Right click and go to drawing properties to edit.
- Trend Line:Left click and expand to your desired range. Left click to grab a handle bar and drag to adjust.
- Fibonacci Extension:Left click and expand to your desired range. Right click and go to drawing properties to edit.
- Fibonacci Retracement:Left click and expand to your desired range. Right click and go to drawing properties to edit.
- Fibonacci Time Zones: Left click to bring up vertical lines denoting the various Fibonacci levels across time
- Floating Scale:Left click and expand to your desired range. Right click and go to drawing properties to edit.
- Fixed Scale:Left click and expand to your desired range. Right click and go to drawing properties to edit.
- Ellipse: Left click and expand the circle to the desired range. Left click on the circle to change the shape.
- Arrow:Left click and expand the arrow to the desired range. Left click on the handle bar at the back of the arrow to change the shape or direction, and click on the arrow itself to move its direction.
- Annotation: To add a text box on the chart. After adding the text box right click and choose properties, then type in the text box.
Drawing Properties
To edit or change your drawing tool you can right click on whatever drawing you added to your chart and select properties.
Note: you can also add Studies, delete the drawing, or reload the chart.
When you select properties it will bring up the drawings properties. From here you can edit and make changes to the drawing.
Once you have made your changes to your drawing you can make these changes your default by clicking the save as default icon circled below which will keep those settings for the next time you add that drawing to a different chart.