Format Charts

Format Charts enables you to customize the appearance of your charts.

Color Schemes

To select a new color scheme:

Click Format Charts
Place your mouse pointer over Color Scheme: Reset File to ...
A list will appear.
Select a Color Scheme from the list.

Warning When you load a color scheme it overrides any color settings saved for the particular file.

Open Chart Format on the main menu.
Place your mouse pointer over Colors.
A drop-down list appears of all the basic chart colors (background, text, grid, trendlines, caption markers, etc.) followed by a list of all the chart types included in the open file.

Example: To alter the background color:

Open the Colors menu.
Select Background from the drop-down list. A standard color palette is displayed.
Select a color from the palette by clicking on it.
Click OK to record your choice.

Example: To alter the color of a 20-day exponential moving average on the main price chart:

Open the Colors menu.
Place your mouse pointer over Price Daily in the list of charts on the drop-down list.
A list of all the indicators on the Price Daily chart appears.
Select Exponential Moving Average: Daily: 20 periods from the list.
A standard color palette is displayed.
Select a color from the palette by clicking on it.
Click OK to record your choice.

Open Chart Format on the main menu.
Place your mouse pointer over Grid Style. A list appears of all available grid styles.
Click on the required grid style.

Hint If you do not want a grid select the same grid color as the background.

Hint Bright colors are not suitable against a dark background and vice versa.

Open Chart Format on the main menu.
Place your mouse pointer over Indicator Width. A list appears of all available widths.
Click on the required width.

View >> Legend displays the legend for each chart. The legend many uses:

To amend the indicator colors on a specific chart. Click the color block in front of the indicator.
To hide an indicator on a chart, clear the Check box in front of the indicator.
To hide price bars on a chart, clear the Check box in front of the security name.
To hide a security name, right-click on the Legend button and clear the check box.

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