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    Drawing tools and export

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    Draw your own levels and notes on a stock chart. Your drawings save to your account against the ticker, so a support line you put on NVDA in March is still there in June, on any browser you sign in on. Export chart turns the chart you see, drawings included, into a PNG to post or keep.

    Drawing and export are on the chart of every stock and ETF page.

    Draw on a chart

    1. Sign in, and open a stock's page.
    2. Click Draw (the pencil above the chart). The Drawing tools panel opens.
    3. Pick a tool under Tools.
    4. Pick a Color, a Width and a Style if you want something other than the current ones.
    5. Click on the chart to place the drawing. A trend line, rectangle or Fibonacci retracement takes two clicks, a start and an end, with a live preview in between.
    6. Press Escape to leave drawing mode. The chart pans and zooms again.

    Move, edit and delete

    • Select and move drawings: click a drawing to select it, then drag one of its round grips. For Text and Callout, click once to move or resize it, and again to edit the words.
    • Color, Width and Style apply to the selected drawing as well as to new ones.
    • Delete, or the Delete key: removes the selected drawing.
    • Eraser: click a drawing to delete it. A Callout erases from its bubble. A Text label erases from its grip, not its letters.
    • Clear all: removes every drawing on this ticker's chart.

    Each change saves on its own a moment later.

    Export the chart

    1. Click Export chart (the image icon above the chart).
    2. Wait for Rendering the chart… to finish. The preview shows the candles, studies, your drawings and the legend.
    3. Check Crop before sharing to trim it, then drag the crop box.
    4. Click Copy image or Download PNG.

    Export works signed out. Drawing needs an account, since the drawings save to it.

    Reference

    Tools

    ToolWhat it drawsUse it for
    Trend lineA line between two points, extended past its end.Rising or falling trends and channels.
    Horizontal lineA level across the whole chart.Support, resistance, a breakout price.
    Horizontal rayA level from one point to the right.A level that only starts at a pivot.
    Vertical lineA line at one date.An earnings day, a news event.
    RectangleA box between two corners.A base, a range, a gap.
    Fibonacci retracementRetracement levels between a high and a low.Where a pullback might stop.
    TextA text label.A note on the chart.
    CalloutA note in a bubble that points at a spot.Marking one bar.

    Options

    OptionChoices
    ColorEight swatches.
    Width1 to 4 pixels.
    StyleSolid, Dashed or Dotted.

    Where drawings show

    ChartDrawingsExport
    Stock and ETF pages, webYesYes
    Scan results charts and dashboard chart cardsNoNo
    Mobile appNot on mobile yetNot on mobile yet

    Drawings belong to the ticker, not the timeframe. Switch from daily to hourly candles and they stay at the same prices and dates.

    Tips

    • Use Dashed for levels you're watching and Solid for ones price has confirmed. You can tell them apart at a glance next week.
    • Crop the export to the part of the chart your post is about. A tight image reads better on a phone.

    Troubleshooting

    IssueCauseSolution
    I don't see Draw above the chart.You're signed out.Sign in. Drawings save to your account.
    "Those drawings are too complex to save."The ticker has too many drawings to store.Delete a few, or Clear all and start over.
    A Text label won't erase.The eraser only catches a label by its grip.Click the grip with the Eraser, or select the label and press Delete.
    "The chart could not be rendered."The chart hadn't finished loading.Wait for the candles and studies to draw, then export again.
    My drawings aren't on my phone.Drawings are on web only for now.Open the chart on web.

    Related

    Stock chartsWhere charts appear and what the chart settings do.Chart presetsSave your studies and settings as a preset.

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