Change Chart Mode

Brief

This section describes how to change the chart mode.

Details

In Marketscope 2.0, the following chart modes are available:

• Line - a line chart is displayed;
• Bar - a bar chart is displayed;
• Candlestick - a candlestick chart is displayed;
• Table - chart data are displayed in a table in the following way:

• The date and time of the beginning of each period is displayed in the first column of the table.
• If the chart period is a tick, prices for each tick are displayed in another column.
• If the chart period is other than tick, Open, High, Low and Close prices for each period are displayed in other four columns respectively.
• If tick volume is shown, volume data for each period are displayed in the next column.
• If indicators are added to the chart, their values for each period are also displayed in the following columns.

Line Mode

To change the chart mode to the line mode, do one of the following:

• On the toolbar, click the Chart Mode arrow , and then click Line.
• On the Chart menu, point to Chart Mode, and then click Line.
• Right-click in the chart, point to Chart Mode on the shortcut menu, and then click Line.
• Press CTRL + ALT + L.
  
  * In the E*TRADE FX platform, you can also change the chart mode to the line mode in the following way:
  On the Charts menu, point to Chart, point to Chart Mode, and then click Line.

Marketscope 2.0 displays the lines on high and low prices by default.

To show/hide the high line, do one of the following:

• On the toolbar, click Chart Mode arrow , and then click Show High Line.
• On the Chart menu, point to Chart Mode, and then click Show High Line.
• Right-click in the chart, point to Chart Mode on the shortcut menu, and then click Show High Line.
  
  * In the E*TRADE FX platform, you can also show/hide the high line the following way:
  On the Charts menu, point to Chart, point to Chart Mode, and then click Show High Line.

To show/hide the low line, do one of the following:

• On the toolbar, click Chart Mode arrow , and then click Show Low Line.
• On the Chart menu, point to Chart Mode, and then click Show Low Line.
• Right-click in the chart, point to Chart Mode on the shortcut menu, and then click Show Low Line.
  
  * In the E*TRADE FX platform, you can also show/hide the low line the following way:
  On the Charts menu, point to Chart, point to Chart Mode, and then click Show Low Line.

You can change the options for the line mode. See Line Mode Options.

Bar Mode

To change the chart mode to the bar mode, do one of the following:

• On the toolbar, click the Chart Mode arrow , and then click Bar.
• On the Chart menu, point to Chart Mode, and then click Bar.
• Right-click in the chart, point to Chart Mode on the shortcut menu, and then click Bar.
• Press CTRL + ALT + B.
  
  * In the E*TRADE FX platform, you can also change the chart mode to the bar mode in the following way:
  On the Charts menu, point to Chart, point to Chart Mode, and then click Bar.

You can change the options for the bar mode. See Bar Mode Options.

Candlestick Mode

To change the chart mode to the candlestick mode, do one of the following:

• On the toolbar, click the Chart Mode arrow , and then click Candlestick.
• On the Chart menu, point to Chart Mode, and then click Candlestick.
• Right-click in the chart, point to Chart Mode on the shortcut menu, and then click Candlestick.
• Press CTRL + ALT + C.
  
  * In the E*TRADE FX platform, you can also change the chart mode to the candlestick mode in the following way:
  On the Charts menu, point to Chart, point to Chart Mode, and then click Candlestick.

You can change the options for the candlestick mode. See Candlestick Mode Options.

Table Mode

To change the chart mode to the table mode, do one of the following:

• On the toolbar, click the Chart Mode arrow , and then click Table.
• On the Chart menu, point to Chart Mode, and then click Table.
• Right-click in the chart, point to Chart Mode on the shortcut menu, and then click Table.
• Press CTRL + ALT + T.
  
  * In the E*TRADE FX platform, you can also change the chart mode to the table mode in the following way:
  On the Charts menu, point to Chart, point to Chart Mode, and then click Table.
  
  You can also switch from the table mode to any other chart mode by right-clicking in the table and selecting the chart mode.

You can change the options for the table mode. See Table Mode Options.