Add Fibonacci Retracement
Brief
The article explains how to add a Fibonacci retracement to a chart.
Details
To add a Fibonacci retracement to a chart
- Do one of the following:
- On the toolbar, click the Add Fibonacci button .
- On the toolbar, click the Add Fibonacci arrow , and then click Add Fibonacci
Retracement.
To choose the drawing mode, point to Add Fibonacci
Retracement and then click a mode of your choice.
- On the Insert menu, point to Fibonacci, and then click Add
Fibonacci Retracement.
- Right-click in the chart, point to Chart Elements on the shortcut menu that appears, and
then click Add Fibonacci Retracement.
- Press F.
* When a chart is opened within the FXCM Trading Station, you can also add the tool in the following way:
On the Charts menu, point to Insert, point to Fibonacci, and
then click Add Fibonacci Retracement.
- Click anywhere in the chart to indicate the starting point of Trend Line, drag the pointer to the line's ending point of your
choice.
The points automatically adjust themselves in accordance with the selected drawing mode if needed.
- The Add Fibonacci Retracement dialog box appears.
- By default, the box opens on the Levels tab, where you can do the following:
- Under Show Levels, in the list of available levels, select or clear check boxes at your choice.
Notes:
- To select all available levels, click Select All.
- To clear the selection of levels, click Clear All. Note that to be able to add
Fibonacci Retracement to the chart, at least one level must be selected.
- To edit a level value, click the appropriate row, double-click the current value, type a new value, and then press ENTER.
- To add a level, click Add. An empty row is added to the list. Type a value of your choice, and then press ENTER.
- To remove a level, click the appropriate row, and then click Delete.
- To sort the levels in ascending order, click Sort.
- In the appropriate Style boxes, select the tool lines' color, style, and width of your choice.
- To show the Fibonacci tool in background, select the Show in background check
box. Otherwise, clear the check box.
- To specify the tool's parameters, click the Parameters tab.
- The dialog box opens on the Parameters tab.
- In the Name box, type a name of your choice.
Note: To reset the default Fibonacci tool's name, click Reset.
- To extend the level lines beyond the starting points, select the Extend line start check
box. Otherwise, clear the check box.
- To extend the level lines beyond the ending points, select the Extend line end check box.
Otherwise, clear the check box.
- To show the Fibonacci tool's label, select the Show label check box. Otherwise,
clear the check box.
- To show level values in the legends of the level lines, select the Show level check
box. Otherwise, clear the check box.
- To specify the color of the level value, in the appropriate box, click the
Arrow button , and then from the
Color palette, select a color of your choice.
- To specify the alignment of the legend, in the Alignment box, select an
alignment of your choice.
- To show price values in the legend of the level lines, select the Show price check box. Otherwise, clear the check box.
- To specify the color of the price value, in the appropriate box, click the
Arrow button , and then from the
Color palette, select a color of your choice.
- To specify the parameters of Trend Line, click the Trend Line tab.
- The dialog box opens on the Trend Line tab.
- To specify the starting and/or ending prices and date and time values,
in the appropriate Rate and Date boxes, select or type new values of your choice.
- To show the trend line, select the Show trend line check box. Otherwise,
clear the check box.
- In the appropriate Style boxes, click a color, style, and
width of your choice.
Notes:
- To apply the specified properties (except for Name) to all Fibonacci Retracement tools to be added in the
future by default, click Set as Default.
- To restore the factory settings, click Reset.
- Click OK.
To change the default options of the Fibonacci Retracement tool, see Fibonacci Retracement Options.
Notes:
- You can use the Fibonacci Retracement tool until its time period specified by the Tool timeout option expires. To change
the time period, see the Chart Element Options] article.
- To disable the Fibonacci Retracement tool, do the same as for selecting it or one of
the following:
- Right-click in the chart.
- Press ESC.
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