Change View

Brief

This section describes how to change the Kagi, Renko Candles, and Point and Figure charts.

Details

To change a chart

1. Do one of the following:

• On the toolbar, click the Change View button.
• On the Chart menu, click Change View.
2. The 'Chart' Properties dialog box appears.
   
   
   
   Note: The set of parameters depends on the chosen chart. The Renko Candles chart set of parameters is provided as an example.
3. Change the price parameters of the chart if necessary.

• In the Symbol box, select the symbol the price history of which is to be displayed on the chart.
• In the Period box, select the bar period. The close prices of the OHLC bars of the selected period are used to create the chart.
  
  Note: By selecting the period, you specify the price source of the chart, i.e. the prices at which the chart is based: minutes, hourly, daily, etc prices.
• Specify the other price parameters that may be required depending on the chosen chart. For example, for the Renko Candles chart, you need to specify the candle size in pips.
4. Change the data range of the chart.
   
   Note: Marketscope 2.0 retrieves from your computer or downloads from the server the price history of the time interval in bars, and then builds the chart using the close prices of these bars. The bar period was selected during the previous step. Note that the maximum number of periods that can be used for creating the chart depends on the available price history for the selected symbol but, anyway, cannot exceed the value of approximately 15,000. It means that, if the number of periods of the time interval you specified is more than 15,000, only 15,000 periods before the end date are used to create the chart.

• To change the chart so that its data range is from a certain date in the past to the current date, and the chart updates in real-time, in the Date from box, select or type the start date of the data range.
  Clear the Date to check box if necessary.
• To change the chart with the data range in the past:
  in the Date from box, select or type the start date of the data range.
  Select the Date to check box, and then select or type the end date of the data range.
5. Change the other parameters of the chart if necessary.
6. Click OK.

Notes:

• You can scroll and scale the chart to see the historical data of the specified data range only. Marketscope 2.0 does not download additional price history data beyond the Date from or Date to values. To download additional price history data, you need to change the chart data range.
• The [History] label is not available on the chart.