Main Chart Area
The main chart area is where your stock price chart would be reflected. Here are key pointers from the above chart.
These 5 sections are covered below in more details.
#1 Main Chart Area
The main chart area is where your stock price chart would be reflected. Here are key pointers from the above chart.
- Company Name + Share Price (movement depicted by Up or Down arrows; how much ‘cents’ or ‘%’) – Eg. Singtel is last trading at $3.22 (down 0.06 or 1.83% from yesterday closing price)
- Information of the stock price
a. ‘O’ stands for opening price
b. ‘H’ stands for the highest price
c. ‘L’ stands for the lowest price
d. ‘C’ stands for closing/current price
e. ‘CHG’ stands for the change compared to the previous period (be it 1 day or 1 hour)
f. ‘%CHG’ stands for the percentage change compared to the previous period
g. ‘VOL’ stands for volume of the particular period - Zooming buttons
h. “-“ is to zoom out
i. “+” is to zoom in
j. “[ ]” is to maximize your chart to full screen - Description of Study Indicator
k. It will expand as more studies are added. Popular ones include RSI, MACD, Bollinger Bands etc. - Date – shows the exact date of the period./li>
#2 Top Left Toolbar
#3 Top Right Toolbar
Customize your own chart display using 5 different features in the top right toolbar.
#4 Left Sidebar (Drawing Tool)
Activate the left sidebar by selecting the drawing icon in the top left toolbar.
6.View Panel
Choose between List View or Grid View. You can even detach the whole drawing tools separately.
7.General Panel
- No Tool – To deselect any indicator/drawing tool
- Ruler – To measure the distance of any drawing
- Undo/Redo any action
- Choose any indicator from the “All” tools dropdown.
8.Top 10 Common Tools
- Trendline/Arrow
- Textbox/Callout
- Doodle/Star
- Ellipse/Rectangle
- Fib Retracement/Quadrant Lines
9.Remaining Drawing Tools
- Remaining 21 Tools to be chosen
- Any new tools will be included in this list as well
10.General Panel
- Magnet Mode – allows your cursor to snap to the Open/High/Low/Close of nearby candles. Especially useful when:
i. Drawing Fibonacci retracement/extension levels and wanting to get the exact wick or body
ii. Anchoring a horizontal support/resistance level to a specific O/H/L/C
iii. Polishing trendlines which have perfect touches
- Clear Drawings – Remove all your drawings at one shot. “Undo” if you click it by mistake.
- Restore Default Parameters
#5 Bottom Toolbar
The bottom left toolbar is split into 2 parts.
The C2 Chart logo is displayed on the left for brand recall.
On the right, you can choose between the different timeframes from 1 day to “All” – maximum period.