Add Horizontal Line

To add a horizontal line to a chart:

1. Select the Horizontal Line tool in one of the following ways:

• On the toolbar, click the Add Line arrow, and then click Add Horizontal Line.
  To choose the drawing mode, point to Add Horizontal Line and then click the necessary mode.
• On the Insert menu, point to Lines, and then click Add Horizontal Line.
• Right-click in the price values, and then click Add Horizontal Line.
• Right-click in the chart, point to Chart Elements on the shortcut menu, and then click Add Horizontal Line.
  * In the E*TRADE FX platform, you can also select the tool in the following way:
  On the Charts menu, point to Insert, point to Lines, and then click Add Horizontal Line.
2. Click in the price level on the chart which a horizontal line will go along.
   The point will be automatically adjusted according to the selected drawing mode if necessary.
   The Add Horizontal Line dialog box will appear.
   
   
3. Change the line parameters on the Parameters tab if necessary:

• To change the name, in the Name box, type a new name.
  Note: To reset the line name to default, click Reset.
• To change the price level which the horizontal line goes along, in the Rate box, select or type the desired price level.
• To change the line style, in the appropriate boxes, click the desired color, style and width.
• To show the line in background, select the Show in background check box. Otherwise, clear the check box.
4. Change the parameters of the line tag on the Tag tab if necessary:
   
   

• To show the tag indicating the price level on the price axis, select the Show tag on price axis check box. Otherwise, clear the check box.
• To change the color of text in the tag, in the Text Color box, click the color of your choice.
• To select the color of text in the tag automatically, select the Select text color automatically check box. Otherwise, clear the check box.
  
  Notes:

• To apply the changed properties (except the name) to all further horizontal lines by default, click Set as Default.
• To reset factory settings for the line, click Reset.
5. Click OK.

Notes:

• You can use the Horizontal Line tool until tools timeout expires. To change tools timeout, see General Options.
• To deselect the Horizontal Line tool, do the same actions as for selecting the tool or one of the following:

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