DRAWING
Add or Delete Trend Lines
On this Menu you will see the following options. To learn more, click on any item in this list and you will be brought to the pertinent section of the manual:
- This allows you to draw and delete your own trend lines.
- To draw lines click on "Add line"
- Next left click, with your mouse, in the chart where you would like to begin your line. To extend the length or change the angle, left click on either end of the line and drag to a new point on the chart.
- You can continue to draw new lines on the chart by left clicking with your mouse.
- To move an entire line, left click on the line and hold down your mouse button. Now drag your mouse and the line will move accordingly.
- To delete the last line drawn, select the "Delete Line" button.
- To remove all of the lines drawn select "Delete All Lines."
Adjust Trend Line Settings
Here you have a variety of options, including changing the color, deleting, and duplicating a line. You can also add Fibonacci lines.
- Line Color and more...
- To adjust settings to a specific line, place your cursor on the line and right click on it with your mouse; a menu will appear. The options on this menu only affect the line you have selected.
- To change the line color, scroll your cursor over the "Change Color" button until it is highlighted, then a second menu will appear with color options: white, red, blue, green, or yellow. Left click on one of these colors, and the line will change to that color.
- To delete the line just drawn, left click on the "Delete" button.
- To duplicate the same line, left click on "Duplicate" and the same length and shape of the line will automatically generate.
- Fibonacci Line: see .
- Fibonacci Line
- Fibonacci lines can be added to individual trend lines. Place your cursor on a line and right click on it with your mouse, a menu will appear. There is an option for "Fibonacci Line."
- Select "Fibonacci Line" and the lines will generate automatically.
- The first line is a reference line, as is the line perpendicular to this. The retracement lines follow respectively with values of 38.2%, 50%, and 61.8%. " The line closest to the start point is the 38.2% line, then the 50%, 61.8% line respectively.
- To change these default settings in the individual charts, or add more, again take your cursor and right click on the trend line, a menu will appear, choose the option, "Set Fibonacci Parameters". Then a pop-up window will appear and you can change/add the retracement settings. When you are finished, choose "OK". This will need to be set for each individual tend line.