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    Stock charts

    Available on: Web · iOS · Android

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    Every stock and ETF page opens on a candlestick chart. The same chart shows up in your scan results and on your dashboard, so you can check a setup without leaving the page you're on. The scanner tells you which stocks match. The chart shows you why, with the scan's own studies drawn on it.

    Tour

    Each study that doesn't share the price scale gets its own panel under the candles.

    • Live: the feed status. On the Free plan the chart offers Upgrade for realtime, and signed out it offers Sign in to see live data.
    • Interval (ruler icon) and range buttons: how much time each candle covers and how far back the chart goes. See Chart timeframes.
    • Enlarge chart and Fullscreen chart: more room for the plot.
    • Draw (pencil): trend lines, levels, boxes and notes. See Drawing tools and export.
    • Export chart (image icon): a PNG of the chart as drawn.
    • Chart settings (gear): studies, market data panels, event markers, zones and display options.
    • Legend: open, high, low, close, change and volume for the bar under your cursor, then each study's value.

    Where charts appear

    PlaceWhat you getPlatforms
    Stock or ETF page (/stocks/ticker/AAPL)The full chart, with drawing and export. Your settings follow you from ticker to ticker.Web, mobile
    Scan results, Charts viewA chart per match, with the scan's filters drawn on it. See Show your scan on the chart.Web, mobile
    Stock Chart dashboard cardA chart that can follow a linked watchlist. Each card keeps its own settings.Web, mobile

    An ETF page uses the same chart as a stock page.

    Chart settings

    Open Chart settings (the gear on web). On web the dialog has four tabs.

    TabWhat's in it
    ChartEvent markers, your scan triggers, display options, the crosshair's date format and timezone, supply and demand zones, and on a stock's page, Weinstein stages: the stage band and a color for each stage.
    PatternsWhich detected chart patterns the chart marks. Enable all and Disable all switch every one.
    IndicatorsThe studies on the chart. See Indicators and value scales.
    Market dataRelative strength, regime, microstructure, short interest, short volume, insider and fundamentals series, each in its own panel.

    The ⋯ menu in the dialog saves and loads your settings as a preset. See Chart presets.

    On mobile, the settings sheet has three tabs and a Presets button. Display holds the theme, volume bars, crosshair, last price marker, zones and the date format and timezone. Technicals holds the studies, and Data series the market data panels. Event markers, scan triggers, Log scale, Chart type, Right padding and the Patterns tab are on web only.

    Reference

    Event markers

    SettingWhat it marks
    Show dividendsEach dividend, on the time axis.
    Show earningsEach quarterly earnings release.
    Show insider transactionsDisclosed insider buys and sells, from Form 4 filings.
    Show splitsStock splits and reverse splits.
    Show my scan triggersThe simulated entries your own saved scans made on this ticker, colored by scan. Pick one exit horizon at a time under Trigger horizon. Signed in only.

    Display

    SettingWhat it does
    ThemeThe candle and grid colors. Auto (site theme) follows light or dark mode.
    Holiday decorationsIn season, a holiday scene behind the big charts. Only with the Auto theme.
    Log scaleA logarithmic price axis, for long histories or big moves.
    Chart typeCandlestick, OHLC or Hollow.
    Last price markerA dotted line at the latest price, with a pill on the axis: green above the previous close, red below.
    Right padding (bars)Empty bars between the last candle and the right edge, from 0 to 200.
    Format and TimezoneHow the crosshair legend stamps a bar's date and time, and in which timezone. Market (New York) is US Eastern.

    Supply and demand zones

    Supply zones shade price areas where sellers stepped in before, which can act as resistance. Demand zones shade areas where buyers stepped in, which can act as support.

    Market data plans

    SeriesPlan
    Relative strength (market, sector, industry)Free
    Regime (trend efficiency, extension, divergence, group strength)Super Pro
    Microstructure and order bookSuper Pro
    Short interest, short volumeSuper Pro
    Insider transactionsSuper Pro
    FundamentalsSuper for core metrics such as P/E and EPS, Super Pro for the rest

    A locked series shows Available on Super Pro (or Super) and an upgrade button.

    More you can do from a chart

    • Export a list to TradingView. That export takes a scan's matches or a watchlist, not one chart. See Export and share.

    Tips

    • Turn on Show earnings before you hold a position overnight. The E markers show you how the stock moved on past reports.
    • Use Log scale on a chart that doubled or more. Equal percentage moves then look the same size.
    • Check Show my scan triggers on a ticker your scan keeps finding. You see where the scan fired before and what happened next.

    Troubleshooting

    IssueCauseSolution
    The chart says Upgrade for realtime.The Free plan shows prices 15 minutes late.Upgrade to Super for realtime data.
    A market data section only shows an upgrade button.That series needs a higher plan.Upgrade, or pick a series your plan includes.
    "None of this chart's indicators are drawn on your plan."The chart or preset uses series your plan doesn't include, often after a downgrade.Open Chart settings and swap or remove those studies.
    My settings changed when I opened a dashboard chart.Each dashboard card keeps its own settings, separate from the stock page.Load the same chart preset on both.

    Related

    Chart timeframesPick the candle interval and how far back the chart goes.Indicators and value scalesAdd studies, read their panels and draw your scan on the chart.Drawing tools and exportDraw lines and boxes, and save the chart as a PNG.Chart presetsSave your chart setup and load it anywhere, on web or mobile.

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