Various shapes can be applied to a price or indicator chart using the "Objects — Arrows" items of the Insert menu or the button
in the Line Studies toolbar. The following objects are described in this section:
Type | Description | |
Thumbs Up | The "Thumbs Up" sign anchored to a certain point in a chart. | |
Thumbs Down | The "Thumbs Down" sign anchored to a certain point in a chart. | |
Up Arrow | The "Arrow Up" sign anchored to a certain point in a chart. | |
Down Arrow | The "Arrow Down" sign anchored to a certain point in a chart. | |
Stop Sign | The "Stop Sign" anchored to a certain point in a chart. | |
Check Sign | The "Check Sign" anchored to a certain point in a chart. | |
Left Price Label | The "Left Price Label" shows the price value left to the point selected in the chart. | |
Right Price Label | The "Right Price Label" shows the price value right to the point selected in the chart. | |
Buy Sign | The "Buy sign" is intended for marking Buy deals, it is anchored to a certain point in a chart. | |
Sell Sign | The "Sell sign" is intended for marking Sell deals, it is anchored to a certain point in a chart. | |
Arrow | Placing of any available sign according to a user's choice. |
To draw these objects, one should select one of them and click on the necessary place of a chart.
Parameters
All objects of this group have identical parameters, except for price labels that do not have the anchor angle.
Date/Value — coordinates of the anchor point of the object (date/value of the price scale);
Arrow Type — one of object types specified in the table above. When selecting "Other", an additional "Symbol" field appears to the right of this field;
Anchor — one of object sides (top or bottom) on which the point of anchoring the object to a chart or window is located. This parameter is not used for price labels..
Symbol — this field appears only when "Other" is selected as the arrow type. A click on
opens a window with available symbols. To select one a double-click on an icon is used.
Common parameters of object are described in a separate section.