Price Overlay Options

Brief

This section describes how to change the options for a price overlay.

Details

To change the options:

1. Do one of the following:

• On the File menu, click Options.
• Right-click in the vertical or horizontal scale, and then click Options.
• Right-click in the chart and then click Options.
  * In the E*TRADE FX platform, the command is available on the System menu.
2. The Options dialog box will appear.
3. Click Price Overlay Options.
   
   
   
   
4. Change the common price overlay options:

• To show a legend by default, click Show legend, and then set the option to Yes. Otherwise, set the option to No.
• To change the price which will be displayed by a price overlay by default, click Price, and then select Open, Close, Low, or High.
• To set whether bid or ask price will be displayed by a price overlay by default, click Bid/Ask, and then set the option to Ask or Bid.
5. Change the options for price overlaid on the chart:

• To show a label by default, click Show label, and then set the option to Yes. Otherwise, set the option to No.
• To change the default color of the price overlay line, click Line color and then, from the Color palette, choose the color.
• To change the default width of the price overlay line, click Line width, and then type the width.
6. Change the options for a price overlay placed below the chart:

• For a line chart:
  
• To change the default color of the bid line, click Bid line color and then, from the Color palette, choose the color.
• To change the default color of the ask line, click Ask line color and then, from the Color palette, choose the color.
• To change the default color of the low line, click Low line color and then, from the Color palette, choose the color.
• To change the default color of the high line, click High line color and then, from the Color palette, choose the color.
  For a candlestick or bar chart:
  
• To change the default color of ascending candlesticks and bars, click Ascending candlestick/bar color and then, from the Color palette, choose the color.
• To change the default color of descending candlesticks and bars, click Descending candlestick/bar color and then, from the Color palette, choose the color.
  
7. Click OK.