Use the Charts configuration page to define basic settings, hotkeys, buttons and to control the visibility of column fields.
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Display menu - check to see the Charts menu.
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Display toolbar - check to see the Charts toolbar.
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Display Quote panel - if checked, the Quote panel, which shows market data for the contract, displays at the bottom of the chart window.
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Display user-configurable buttons - Applies to ChartTrader. If checked, the buttons you configure from the Buttons subsection of the ChartTrader configuration area will be displayed.
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Show time parameters panel - if checked, the toolbar that displays time parameters is visible at the top of the chart.
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Show splits and dividends - if checked, splits and dividends (when applicable) are noted directly on the chart.
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Show market clock - if checked, displays the time in the top title bar.
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Show chart key - if checked, displays a key to the color, type of chart and asset charted along the bottom of the chart.
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Show chart value label - if checked, the Price, Volume and other axis labels are displayed.
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Align quote line top - if checked, the Quote Panel moves from the bottom to the top of the chart.
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Highlight last price - check to highlight the price of the last trade.
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Highlight bid price - check to highlight the last bid price.
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Highlight ask price - check to highlight the last ask price.
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Highlight high price - check to highlight the high price for the day.
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Highlight low price - check to highlight the low price for the day.
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Highlight cursor price - if checked, the price under your cursor is highlighted along the chart's price axis.
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Show horizontal crosshair line - when checked, both the vertical and horizontal crosshair lines are displayed on a chart when you are in Crosshair Mode. When unchecked, only the vertical crosshair line displays.
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Auto-complete trendline - if checked, you can instruct TWS to complete a freehand trendline. Begin your trendline by clicking and holding the mouse. To use auto-complete, release the mouse key, then click again. TWS completes the trendline across the chart, following your trajectory.
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Show sub-chart security selection box - when checked, a box asking if you want the sub-chart to use the same security as the selected chart is displayed when you elect to Add New Chart.
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Disable order label - when checked, when you create an order with ChartTrader, the order "line" on the chart is labeled with the action, order type and order status. Unchecking removes this order label.
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Share trend line among charts - if checked, a trendline drawn on one chart will appropriately be reflected on other active charts on the same underlying.
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Show constant number of bars - if checked, all charts will use the same number of bars as defined below in the Constant number of bars field.
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Display price axis - use the dropdown list to display the price axis on the right, left or both right and left.
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Display time axis - use the dropdown list to display the time axis on the top, bottom or both the top and bottom.
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Bar chart spike protection (max. % change from previous bar) - if you want to apply spike protection, enter a percentage value. If any bar exceeds this percentage relative to the previous bar, it is automatically eliminated from the chart.
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Modify the colors of chart parameters.
Define how to show, and whether or not to show, price/value information.
Define the layout of the Time & Sales page that you can display for a chart.