General Options

Brief

This section describes how to change the general view options.

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 Chart View Options.
   
   
   
4. Change the options for the main colors of the chart:

• To change the background color, click Background color and then, from the Color palette, choose the color.
• To change the text font, click Text font and then, from the Font dialog box, choose the font.
• To change the text color, click Text color and then, from the Color palette, choose the color.
• To change the color of the axes, click Axis color and then, from the Color palette, choose the color.
  
5. Change the separator scale options:

• To show the separator scale, click Show separator scale, and then set the option to Yes. Otherwise, set the option to No.
• To change the color of the separator scale pointers, click Separator pointer color and then, from the Color palette, choose the color.
  
6. Change the grid options:

• To show the grid by default, click Show grid, and then set the option to Yes. Otherwise, set the option to No.
• To change the color of the grid, click Grid color and then, from the Color palette, choose the color.
  
7. Change the crosshair options:

• To enable the crosshair, click Show crosshair, and then set the option to Yes. Otherwise, set the option to No.
• To enable the dynamic crosshair, click Enable dynamic crosshair, and then set the option to Yes. Otherwise, set the option to No.
• To change the color of the crosshair, click Crosshair color and then, from the Color palette, choose the color.
• To change the color of text in the crosshair tags on the axes, click Axis tag text color and then, from the Color palette, choose the color.
• To change the background color of the crosshair tags on the axes, click Axis tag background color and then, from the Color palette, choose the color.
  
8. Change the tools timeout:

• To change the time after which a tool is automatically deselected, click Tools timeout, and then type the timeout (in seconds).
9. Change the orders/positions fading out option:

• To fade out all orders and positions which are not associated with an order or position you point to, click Fade out orders/positions, and then set the option to Yes. Otherwise, set the option to No.
10. Change the ruler options:

• To change the color of the ruler line, click Ruler line color and then, from the Color palette, choose the color.
• To change the color of the ruler text, click Ruler text color and then, from the Color palette, choose the color.
11. To show the current indicator or volume value in its legend, click Show current value and then set the option to Yes; otherwise, set the option to No.
12. Click OK.