Charts — Quick Guide

The Chart tab

The Chart tab for AAPL: 1-year daily candlesticks with SMA and EMA indicator rows, positions-and-orders overlay, annotation note, event flags on the date axis, the range slider, and Volume and MACD lower indicators

Advanced Indicators

We offer select Advanced Upper and Lower Indicators that are not just derived from the price, including proprietary indicators like “Invest4Score” and “Insider Score”. They are accessible by using the “Add Indicator” drop-down box.

Upper Indicators include:

  • Event Flags – showing Earnings and Dividends
  • Journal Display
  • Support/Resistance
  • Extrema Trend Lines

Lower Indicators include:

  • Historic Volatility/Implied Volatility
  • Insider Score
  • Institutional Percentage
  • Invest4 Score
  • Momentum Score
  • Open Interest
  • Options Volume
  • Put Call Ratios

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Chart Types

Lines, Bars, Candles & Comparisons

You have the flexibility in not only the way the data is displayed, but you also have choices in comparisons: Year-over-Year comparisons of your current Stock, up to a 5-year period. You can also compare your current stock to another stock, another index, ETF, etc.


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Crossover Arrows

The Crossover Arrows Crossover arrows icon identify the crossover points on indicators.

For upper indicators, you can select 2 indicators and the chart will show the crossover arrow.

Example: If you select the 5 day and 20 day SMA the Green arrows will show the 5/20 crossover points when in an upward movement, Red for downward.

Only 2 moving averages can be selected at a time when utilizing this tool. If you wish to make a change to another moving average indicator, one must first be deselected before adding the new indicator.


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Trade from the Chart

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:


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Lower Indicators

The “Add Indicator” drop-down box has a section of Lower Indicators you can add below the main chart.

Many of the Indicators allow you to customize the parameters prior to adding.

Once the Indicators are in place, the icon tool bar – found on the upper right above each graph- gives you the ability to edit (Gear), hide (Eye), move up/down (Arrows) or delete (X) to truly customize your view.

Lower-indicator toolbar icons: edit (gear), hide (eye), move up/down (arrows), delete (X)

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Mobile — Charts

A mobile chart for FB: 3-month daily candles with the OHLC popup for a selected day, event flags, and Buy/Sell buttons