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Drawing tools

Mark up the chart with trend lines, horizontal support/resistance levels, vertical time markers, rectangles, and free-form polylines. Every drawing anchors to a real price and time, so it stays put as you pan and zoom, and it is saved per symbol - your levels are still there next time you open the chart.

Where: Chart toolbarPanel: Chart
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A chart annotated with a trend line, a horizontal level, and a rectangle

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Overview

Section titled “Overview”

Drawings are not pinned to pixels - they are pinned to price and time. A support level you place at a given price holds that price as the chart scrolls; a trend line keeps its slope across the bars it spans. Because anchoring is by coordinate, drawings persist correctly through zoom and pan, and they are stored per symbol so each instrument keeps its own annotations.

How to use

Section titled “How to use”

  1. Pick a tool from the chart toolbar.

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    The drawing toolbar with the tool set

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  2. Click to place points. A trend line or level takes its anchor points where you click; a polyline takes as many points as you add.

  3. Drag a point to move it. Reposition any anchor to adjust the drawing in place.

  4. Delete to remove. Select a drawing and delete it to clear it from the chart.

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    Dragging an anchor point to move a drawing

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Tools

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ToolWhat it drawsAnchors
Trend lineA sloped line between two pointsTwo price/time points
Horizontal levelSupport or resistance at a priceOne price
Vertical markerA time marker across the chartOne time
RectangleA box highlighting a price/time regionTwo corner points
PolylineA free-form multi-segment pathMany price/time points
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