How to Display up to 1500 Bars in any Time Frame
The zoom and pan feature can be controlled from a computer mouse or directly on the chart. Increase or decrease the amount of visible price and indicator history. Easily move back in time and zoom in/out of any period of history available.
1. Zoom in/out on the chart using the scroll wheel on your mouse.
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2. Zoom the chart with the zoom/pan bar by clicking the left handle of the slider and dragging left (zoom out) or right (zoom in)
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3. Pan back in time to show previous history by clicking and dragging the whole slider
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You can also use a keyboard short cut to pan back and forth. The bracket keys "[ and ]" will advance the chart forward or backward 1 bar at a time "{ and }" will advance 5 bars at a time.
4. Use the time span buttons to quickly adjust the visible history to an exact period of time
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- 5y: 5 years (Monthly timeframe)
- 1y: 1 year (Daily timeframe)
- YTD: year-to-date (Daily timeframe)
- 6m: 6 months (Daily timeframe)
- 3m: 3 months (Daily timeframe)
- 1m: 1 month (1 hour timeframe)
- 1w: 1 week (15 minute timeframe)
- 1d: 1 day (1 minute timeframe)
- Today: the current session's price history (1 minute timeframe)
5. Set size parameter for zoom & pan bar
Click Tools menu and select System Settings to open Settings editor
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Choose the Charts tab. Put a check mark beside Show TimeSpan Buttons and use the Size slider to adjust the size of the zoom & pan bar. Click Close to finish.
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