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The Charts tab displays charts that plot the movement of indices, equities or options. Type a symbol into the symbol selection box and press the "GO" button to view a default "Line" chart for that symbol. An additional chart, displaying the volume for trading during the same interval as the line chart, will be displayed at the bottom of the screen.

NOTE: Index symbols for the charts are different than the thinkpipes Market View, Trade or Quotes pages. Users must insert a "$" before an index symbol in order for the chart component to recognize the symbol (eg. $SPX for the S&P500, $OEX for the S&P100, or $NDX for the NASDAQ 100.) Users can also open the "Indices" in the Chart Shortcuts menu to select a symbol.

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Use your mouse to rollover the screenshot above and click on one of the  blue dots to learn more about the different tools and icons in thinkpipes.






Chart Shortcuts

The Chart Shortcut list provides a wide variety of technical studies and useful stastical charts. Users can also save charts, styles, and studies in the Chart Shortcut list using the Chart component Tools.




Chart Type

Users can choose between Bar, Line, Area, Candle, Percent style charts.




Collapse Component

The Collapse Component button will shrink the component vertically. It does not remove the component from your screen layout.




Column Configuration button

The column configuration tool allows users to add, remove and order the table columns.




Component Launch Menu Button

The Component Launch Menu button lets you choose to detach, detach copy, close or substitute one component for another in the same location in your screen layout.




Cursor Location

The Cursor Location button toggles the cursor between a line and a crosshair as it displays the data at the top of the chart.



Duration

Users can view charts based on data from the current day all the way back 20 years. If 1 to 20 days is selected in the duration dialog box then the selection range will be 1 min to 20 hours in the Time Frame dialog menu. If 1 month or greater is chosen then the options will be D, W, M, Q, or Y (day, week, month, quarter, or year) in the Time Frame dialog menu. You can also customize a time interval by selecting Custom from either drop down menu.




Options

Log Scale measures vertical movement on a proportional basis which means that a given percentage movement is always represented by the same distance on the charts. Color Bars alternates the bar colors on the volume chart. Hide Studies removes the technical studies from the chart area. Hide Drawn Items hides all drawn items such as fibbonacci’s and trendlines. Hide Volume hides the volume graph. Expand Chart expands the chart to the next month (but obviously cannot plot any positions for that month.) Streaming Chart will enable your charts to update in real time.




Resizers

  

Depending on their orientation, these resizers will expand or collapse the left, right, top, or bottom side of the component.



Sory By

Click on any column label to sort the column by time, date, or alphabetically.




Time Frame

The choices in the Time Frame dialog box are dynamically generated by the selection in the Duration menu. If 1 to 20 days is selected in the duration dialog box then the selection range will be 1 min to 20 hours in the Time Frame dialog menu. If 1 month or greater is chosen then the options will be D, W, M, Q, or Y (day, week, month, quarter, or year).