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Trade from the Chart

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The chart is also a trading surface: place orders from it, watch working orders on it, and see pre/post-market activity on intraday views.

The Trade button button appears at the top of the chart for any symbol – whether there is an existing position or not.

Clicking this button activates an Order Window on the Chart, like this:

Note: Buy, Profit and Stop Loss line colors will match those displayed on the chart itself.

The values in the Order Window can be manually adjusted by $ or %

The values can also be dynamically adjusted by moving the corresponding line(s) on the Chart itself.

The Quantity value default is “1” to show the ‘per share’ dollar and percentage estimated risk, reward, as well as Position Total.


Show Order Status (Go to Order Ticket)

When trading from the Chart (OCO orders), you can elect to Show Confirmation – or not.

Toggling “On” will take you to the Order Ticket to review and submit your Order to the supporting brokerage.

Additional edits and staging the order are enabled with this selection.

Once reviewed and submitted, you’ll get a confirmation that the order was submitted, as shown here:


Toggling “Show Confirm” to Off, will bypass the Order Ticket window and convert the “Trade from the Charts” action to an Order Ticket itself.

Notice: The Entry is a Day Order, the Exit is a GTC order

Clicking “Submit” will send the order directly to the supporting brokerage.

Since the “Order Ticket” is bypassed, this order cannot be further edited or Staged.

Once submitted, as with “Show Confirm” activated, you’ll see this notice: