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Anatomy#

The chart runs on a WebGL2 engine that stays smooth as you pan, zoom, and replay. This page is a tour of what you see on it: the status line, the price and time scales, sessions, the grid, the crosshair, and an optional countdown to the next bar. For the chart types themselves, see Chart Types.

Most of these controls have a fast path. Right-click the price axis, the time axis, or the status line for the options you reach for most.

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The status line#

The status line sits at the top left. It shows the symbol and exchange, the live price (which flashes as it moves), the 24h change, and an O H L C V row with each value colored green or red. On perpetual markets and larger panels it can also show a bid/ask chip and the funding rate, and it lists your active indicators with their own show, settings, and remove controls.

Right-click the status line to choose what appears, from the OHLC values to the bid/ask and funding chips. The same toggles live in the Status Line settings.

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The price scale#

The price scale runs down the right edge. Right-click it to switch how prices are plotted:

  • Regular shows absolute prices.
  • Percent shows change from a baseline, handy for comparing moves.
  • Log spaces prices logarithmically, which keeps large ranges readable.

The scale auto-fits the visible candles by default. Drag the axis up or down to stretch or squeeze it, and double-click it to snap back to auto-fit. Axis position (left, right, or both) and inverting the scale live in the Scales settings.

The time axis#

The time axis runs along the bottom, labeled in your timezone and in 12-hour or 24-hour format. Drag the chart to pan through history, scroll to zoom, and double-click the time axis to reset the view. Set the timezone and time format in the Scales settings.

Sessions#

You can mark US trading sessions on the chart, which is most useful for stocks. Trading Hours has three modes: Off, Regular (the core 9:30 to 16:00 session), and Extended (which adds the pre-market and after-hours windows). Turn on session dividers or shade each window its own color, and pick the timezone the sessions are drawn in. Set all of this from the time-axis right-click menu or the Scales settings.

The grid#

Gridlines are off by default. Turn on horizontal lines, vertical lines, or both, and set their color, in the Canvas settings.

The crosshair#

Hover the chart to get a crosshair. It draws a line to each axis with the exact price and time under your cursor, and reads out that candle's open, high, low, close, and volume. Change its color and whether it shows both lines or just the horizontal or vertical one, in the Canvas settings.

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Bar-close countdown#

Turn on a countdown to see how long until the current candle closes. It shows on the price axis as either a time readout or a filling progress bar. It is off by default, and you enable it in the Scales settings.

Learn more#

  • Chart Types for candles, Heikin-Ashi, Renko, footprint, and more.
  • Indicators for built-in, custom, and AI-built studies.
  • Drawings for trend lines, Fibonacci, profiles, and the rest.