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Chart properties

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.

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