Add Rectangle

Brief

The article explains how to add a rectangle to a chart.

Details

To add a rectangle to a chart

1. Do one of the following:

• On the toolbar, click the Add Shape arrow, and then click Add Rectangle.
  To choose the drawing mode, point to Add Rectangle and then click a mode of your choice.
• On the Insert menu, point to Shapes, and then click Add Rectangle.
• Right-click in the chart, point to Charts Elements on the shortcut menu, and then click Add Rectangle.
• Press R.
  * When a chart is opened within the FXCM Trading Station, you can also select the Rectangle tool in the following way: On the Charts menu, point to Insert, point to Shapes, and then click Add Rectangle.
2. Click in the chart where you want and drag the pointer to draw a rectangle of your size and shape.
   The points automatically adjust in accordance with the selected drawing mode.
   
3. The Add Rectangle dialog box appears.
   
   
4. On the Parameters tab, specify the parameters up to your choice:

• In the Name box, type a new name of your choice.
  Note: To restore the default rectangle name, click Reset.
• To show the rectangle label, select the Show label check box. Otherwise, clear the check box.
• In the appropriate Border Line boxes, click a color, style, and width of your choice.
• To show the rectangle in background, select the Show in background check box. Otherwise, clear the check box.
• To specify the rectangle's background, select the Background check box. Otherwise, clear the check box.
• Once the Background check box is selected, the background color box below it becomes active. Click the arrow and, from the color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.
5. On the Position tab, specify the rectangle position of your choice:
   
   

• To specify the rectangle's levels on the price and time axes, in the appropriate Rate and Date boxes, select or type price and date and time values of your choice.
  
  Notes:

• To apply by default the selected properties (except for Name) to all rectangles to be added to the chart in the future, click Set as Default.
• To restore the factory settings, click Reset.
6. Click OK.

Notes:

• You can use the Rectangle 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 Rectangle tool, do the same as for selecting it or one of the following:

• Right-click in the chart.
• Press ESC.