CHART RIGHT-CLICK MENU

The charting software has an extensive "Right-Click Menu". This Right-Click menu serves as your shortcut to a number of tools found in various other menus throughout the charting. Take your mouse and right-click on an empty spot (E.g. no candles, indicators, alerts, etc.) inside any chart, and the chart's Right-Click menu will pop opened. Here is a breakdown of the Right-Click menu option definitions:

 

Change Time Scale

Allows you to change the Time Scale of the chart you are in.

 

Display data

Provides data from the chart at that specific location of your mouse. Click here to learn about Display Data.

 

Point & Figure Diagram

Converts the current chart type into a Point & Figure style chart.

 

IntelliScript™

When you scroll over this, a secondary pop-up menu appears with many options as follows:

 

Chart

When you scroll over this, a secondary pop-up menu appears with many options as follows:

 

Change Individual Bar Color

Changes the color of the current bar (the bar on which the Chart Right-Click menu opened).

 

Export Data

Exports the open, high, low and close for each bar in addition to the values of all the indicators for the entire range of the chart viewed. The data can be exported using:

 

View Tabular Data

Shows the open, high, low and close for each bar and indicator for the chart range in Microsoft Notepad.

 

Show Pivot Values

Displays the values of the Pivot Points attached to the chart (for more information on attaching Pivot Points.

 

Show

Controls the ability to view or hide toolbars as well as alert/indicator names that are visible on the top portion of the current chart.

 

Always on Top

Locks the current chart so no other chart can move over it. If you minimize the software, this chart will also stay 'on-top' of other programs.

 

Switch Default Fibonacci Settings

Toggles between the Value 1 and Value 2 Fibonacci settings.

 

Add Vertical Line

Adds a vertical line on the chart where the Right-Click menu was opened.

 

Add Horizontal Line

Adds a horizontal line on the chart where the Right-Click menu was opened.

 

Add Text

Adds text on the chart where the Right-Click menu was opened.

 

Color Scheme

This menu allows you to change the color settings of the current chart. For more details on each of these items, please click here to visit the Color Scheme section of the manual. When you scroll over this, a secondary pop-up menu appears with many options as follows:

 

Custom Color...

This is a shortcut tool that will allow you to customize the change the color various settings within the chart, globally for that color scheme, as if you were using the Color Scheme menu.

Items that can be adjusted are:

You will need to carefully click directly on which ever item you wish to adjust the color, e.g. to change the color of all Negative bars for that color scheme, right-click directly on one of the Negative bars. When you right-click on it, the Right-Click menu will open and you will see towards the bottom, "Custom Color: Negative BAR" as pictured here. A new window will open with a custom color palette, select the color and choose OK to apply the color change.

 

Custom Font: X and Y Axis

Globally changes the font size on the X (time on bottom of chart) or Y-axis (prices on the right column).