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Chart Period Controls

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Chart Interval and Timeframe selections are made independently, giving you more flexibility when setting up your charts.

  • Interval determines how each chart bar or candle is displayed — such as Daily, Weekly, 1 Minute, 5 Minutes, etc.
  • Timeframe determines how much historical data is displayed — such as 1 Day, 1 Month, 6 Months, 1 Year, and more.
  • Your selections are sticky, meaning they remain in place until you change them.
  • Extend By 10, 30, 60, or 90 is now available within the Timeframe menu.
The Interval menu open on the chart toolbar, headed Interval and listing Daily, Weekly and Monthly, then 1 Min, 5 Min, 15 Min, 30 Min and 60 Min, then 2 Hours and 4 Hours
The Interval menu.

The Interval and Timeframe menus work together. Compatible selections are shown normally, while unavailable combinations are faded.

Example: Selecting a 1 Minute Interval allows Timeframes of 1 Day, 3 Days, or 1 Week.

The Timeframe menu open on the chart toolbar with a Daily interval selected: 1 Day, 3 Days, 1 Week, 2 Weeks and Maximum are faded because they do not combine with Daily bars, while 1 Month through 10 Years are selectable, and Extend By 10, 30, 60 and 90 sit below a divider
The Timeframe menu with a Daily Interval selected — the shorter Timeframes are faded because they do not combine with Daily bars. Extend By 10, 30, 60 and 90 sit at the bottom of the same menu.

Helpful Hint: Save your favorite Interval and Timeframe combinations as Chart Profiles for quick access. You can overwrite an existing profile or save the settings as a new profile — for example, “Weekly 1 Year.”

The save icon on the chart toolbar beside the profile name Prime, and the Save chart profile dialog it opens: an Overwrite an existing profile field showing Prime, the word OR, a Save as new profile field filled in with Weekly.1 Year, and the Save button
The save icon on the chart toolbar opens the Save chart profile dialog.