Configure Charts

Use the Charts configuration page to define basic settings, hotkeys, buttons and to control the visibility of column fields.

To define Charts configuration settings

  1. On the Configure menu select Global Configuration, or clickConfigure from the Charts menu.

  2. Click Charts in the left pane. You can expand the options in the left pane or in the right panel.

  3. Use the right panel to set these parameters:

Settings

 

 

Display menu - check to see the Charts menu.

Display toolbar - check to see the Charts toolbar.

Display Quote panel - if checked, the Quote panel, which shows market data for the contract, displays at the bottom of the chart window.

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.

Show time parameters panel - if checked, the toolbar that displays time parameters is visible at the top of the chart.

 

Show splits and dividends - if checked, splits and dividends (when applicable) are noted directly on the chart.

Show market clock - if checked, displays the time in the top title bar.

Show chart key - if checked, displays a key to the color, type of chart and asset charted along the bottom of the chart.

Show chart value label - if checked, the Price, Volume and other axis labels are displayed.

Align quote line top - if checked, the Quote Panel moves from the bottom to the top of the chart.

Highlight last price - check to highlight the price of the last trade.

Highlight bid price - check to highlight the last bid price.

Highlight ask price - check to highlight the last ask price.

Highlight high price - check to highlight the high price for the day.

Highlight low price - check to highlight the low price for the day.

Highlight cursor price - if checked, the price under your cursor is highlighted along the chart's price axis.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

 

Display price axis - use the dropdown list to display the price axis on the right, left or both right and left.

Display time axis - use the dropdown list to display the time axis on the top, bottom or both the top and bottom.

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.

 

 

 

 

Quote Panel

Hide or display fields in the Quote Panel area using the Columns page of the Page Layout.

Toolbar

Add or remove buttons from the Charts toolbar.

Chart Colors

Modify the colors of chart parameters.

Price/Value Info

Define how to show, and whether or not to show, price/value information.

Time/Sales

Define the layout of the Time & Sales page that you can display for a chart.