Chart Layout Options

Chart Layout Options

Brief

The article explains how to customize a chart's layout: its background, borders, scales, separators, pointers, grid, crosshair, and current market price presentations.

Details

You can customize a chart's layout (the way a chart looks like on your computer): select the colors and fonts of letters and numbers, colors, widths, and styles of lines, as well as presence or absence of certain chart details.

To customize a chart layout

Do one of the following:

On the File menu, click Options.

Right-click anywhere in the chart, and then, in the menu that appears, click Options.

* In the FXCM Trading Station, the command is available on the System menu.

The Options dialog box appears.

In the left-hand panel, click Chart View Options.

In the right-hand panel, customize chart view options at your choice. For illustration, see the picture below.

For convenience, the options are grouped as follows:

Chart appearance options

Option	Description
Background color	The option allows selecting the background color of the chart (see the picture above): click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.
Text font	The option allows selecting the font and size of the numbers on the chart (see the picture above): click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then, in the Font dialog box that appears, select values of your choice.
Text color	The option allows selecting the color of the numbers on the chart: click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.
Scale color	The option allows selecting the color of the chart scale (see the picture above): click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.

Axis options

Option	Description
Axis color	The option allows selecting the color of the chart axis lines (see the picture above): click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.
Axis tag text color	The option allows selecting the text color of the chart axis tag (see the picture above): click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.
Axis tag background color	The option allows selecting the background color of the chart axis tag (see the picture above): click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.

Separator scale options
For more information, see the Show/Hide Separator Scale article.

Option	Description
Show separator scale	The option allows showing or hiding the separator scale (see the picture above): click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then select a value of your choice. The values are No and Yes.
Separator pointer color	The option allows selecting the color of the separator scale pointers (see the picture above): click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.

Grid options
For more information, see the Show/Hide Grid article.

Option	Description
Show grid	The option allows showing or hiding the grid (see the picture above) on newly created charts: click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then select a value of your choice. The values are No and Yes.
Grid line style	The option allows selecting the style of the grid lines (see the picture above): click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then select a line style of your choice. The values are Solid line, Dashed line, Dotted line, Dashes and dots, and Dashes and double dots.
Grid color	The option allows selecting the color of the grid lines: click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.

Crosshair options
For more information, see the Enable/Disable Crosshair article.

Option	Description
Enable dynamic crosshair	The option allows enabling or disabling a dynamic option of the crosshair (see the picture above): click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then select a value of your choice. The values are No and Yes. Note that the option works only if the Show crosshair option is set to Yes.
Show crosshair	The option allows showing or hiding the crosshair (see the picture above): click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then select a value of your choice. The values are No and Yes.
Crosshair color	The option allows selecting the color of the crosshair lines: click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.

Current market price options
For more information, see the Show/Hide Current Market Price article.

Option	Description
Show current market price	The option allows showing or hiding the current market price tag and line (see the picture above): click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then select a value of your choice. The values are No and Yes.
Current market price tag text color	The option allows selecting the color of the current market price tag text: click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.
Show current market price line	The option allows showing or hiding the line of the current market price: click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then select a value of your choice. The values are No and Yes. Note that the option works only if the Show current market price option is set to Yes.
Current market price line color	The option allows selecting the color of the current market price line: click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.
Current market price line style	The option allows selecting the style of the current market price line): click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then select a line style of your choice. The values are Solid line, Dashed line, Dotted line, Dashes and dots, and Dashes and double dots.
Current market price line width	The option allows selecting the width of the current market price line: click in the option row, highlight or delete the existing value, and then type a value of your choice. The values are whole numbers from 1 through 5.

To enable the modified values, click OK at the bottom of the dialog box.

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