Charts may be displayed in a variety of resolutions, from intraday all the way up to monthly. For example, one candlestick represents one week when using weekly mode.
Choose from Candlestick, Barchart, Mountain or Line styles for your chart.
You can set your chart to refresh automatically with the following frequencies:
If you would prefer your chart not to autorefresh, set this option to "Off" - you will still have the option to manually refresh your chart as and when you wish.
You have the option to enhance your selected chart with a variety of indicators.
Moving averages may be useful in highlighting a trend as they display the average price of an instrument at a given time. When the short moving average rises above the long moving average there is an upward trend and when the short moving average falls below the long moving average there is a downward trend.
To not display a moving average for any of the three periods, simply leave the relevant period value blank.
Bollinger bands are envelopes based on a moving average and a standard deviation (fixed at 2.0). This standard deviation makes bands widen or narrow, according to market volatility.
Stop and Reverse ("SAR") points may be useful in detecting trends as they follow the direction of the instrument's price. SAR direction is always the same during a trend, and the trend continues while the SAR points stay above or below the prices.
When prices penetrate a point, it may be an indication to liquidate your current position and take the opposite view.
MACD (the "Moving Average Convergence Divergence Calculation") is an excellent trend indicator, and partly minimises the delays obtained with the usage of simple moving averages.
A bullish divergence occurs when stock prices make new lows while the MACD histogram fails to make new lows. A bearish divergence occurs when the stock price makes new highs while the MACD histogram fails to make new highs.
The Relative Strength Indicator ("RSI") is an overbought / oversold indicator. Buy signals occur generally when crossing the 30 level and sell signals when crossing the 70 level.
The RSI is always scaled between 0 and 100.
The Stochastic is an overbought / oversold indicator depending on its position relative to the zero level.
It also gives good divergence signals. A bullish divergence occurs when the stock price makes new lows while the Stochastic fails to make new lows. A bearish divergence occurs when the stock price makes new highs while the Stochastic fails to make new highs.