Indicators and drawing tools
Every indicator, panel and drawing tool the terminal has.
Indicators
Open the Indicators window to add one. An indicator is drawn either on the price chart or in a panel of its own, with its own scale on the shared time axis.
Trend17
- Simple Moving AverageSMA
- Unweighted mean close over the last N candles.On the chart
- Exponential Moving AverageEMA
- Moving average weighted toward recent candles.On the chart
- Rolling VWAPRVWAP
- Volume-weighted average price over a trailing window.On the chart
- Session VWAPSVWAP
- Volume-weighted average price, reset each UTC session.On the chart
- Parabolic SARSAR
- Stop-and-reverse dots that flip sides on a trend change.On the chart
- Pivot PointsPP
- Support/resistance levels from the prior day's own range.On the chart
- Zig ZagZigZag
- Connects confirmed swing highs and lows, filtering out noise.On the chart
- Ichimoku Kinko HyoIchimoku
- Five lines: conversion, base, lagging span and a forward-projected cloud.On the chart
- SupertrendST
- A trailing stop an Average True Range from price that only tightens, and flips sides on a close through it.On the chart
- AroonAROON
- How recently the window's highest high and lowest low happened -- time since the last extreme, not distance.Own panel
- Vortex IndicatorVI
- How much of the window's range was spent reaching up against reaching down, as two comparable ratios.Own panel
- Regression ChannelLRC
- A least-squares line through the last N closes, with bands as far out as price has been straying from it.On the chart
- Chandelier ExitCE
- A stop hung an Average True Range below the window's highest high, and another above its lowest low.On the chart
- Weighted Moving AverageWMA
- Weighted by age down to zero, so a bar past the window has no influence at all.On the chart
- Volume-Weighted Moving AverageVWMA
- Weighted by what traded on each bar rather than by how old it is.On the chart
- Hull Moving AverageHMA
- Smooth and barely lagging at once, at the cost of overshooting a sharp turn.On the chart
- Weekly / Monthly VWAPHVWAP
- The week's, month's, quarter's and year's VWAP together -- where the longer trades are anchored.On the chart
Momentum13
- Relative Strength IndexRSI
- Momentum oscillator, 0-100, with 30/70 reference lines.Own panel
- MACDMACD
- Fast/slow EMA convergence, with its own signal line.Own panel
- Rate of ChangeROC
- Percent change from N bars ago.Own panel
- Stochastic OscillatorSTOCH
- Where the close sits inside the last N candles' high-to-low span, and that reading smoothed.Own panel
- Stochastic RSISTOCHRSI
- The same reading taken of the RSI instead of of price -- it reaches the ends of its scale where RSI never does.Own panel
- Money Flow IndexMFI
- RSI's shape with each bar weighted by what traded on it.Own panel
- Ultimate OscillatorUO
- Buying pressure over a short, a medium and a long window at once, weighted toward the short.Own panel
- Commodity Channel IndexCCI
- How far the typical price sits from its own mean, in units of its own average deviation.Own panel
- TRIXTRIX
- The rate of change of a triple-smoothed average -- slow on purpose, and it turns only when the trend does.Own panel
- Awesome OscillatorAO
- A fast average of each bar's midpoint against a slow one.Own panel
- Fisher TransformFISH
- Where price sits in its recent range, stretched so the ends of that range become tails rather than a ceiling.Own panel
- Chaikin Money FlowCMF
- Where inside each bar's own range the close landed, weighted by what traded on it.Own panel
- VWAP DeviationVWAPZ
- How far price is from the VWAP in standard deviations, and where price and that distance disagree.Own panel
Volatility7
- Bollinger BandsBB
- A moving average with bands N standard deviations out.On the chart
- Keltner ChannelKC
- An EMA with bands scaled by Average True Range.On the chart
- Realized VolatilityRV
- How far price actually travelled per bar, from the range rather than the close.Own panel
- Average True RangeATR
- How far a candle travels, the gap from the last close included, averaged over N candles.Own panel
- Donchian ChannelsDC
- The highest high and lowest low of the last N candles -- prices that traded, not a band around them.On the chart
- Choppiness IndexCHOP
- How much of the window's range price spent travelling rather than going anywhere.Own panel
- Moving Average EnvelopeENV
- Bands a fixed percentage either side of an average -- the one band here that does not widen with the market.On the chart
Order flow11
- Cumulative Volume DeltaCVD
- Running total of aggressive buy minus sell volume.Own panel
- Tape SpeedSPD
- How fast the tape is printing: trades per second in each bar.Own panel
- Spot vs Perp CVDS/P
- Spot flow against perp flow, in base units -- the two are never summed, because a single figure would hide the divergence.Own panel
- Effort vs ResultEvR
- The volume it took to move price one tick. High is absorption; low is a move that found no one.Own panel
- Flow ToxicityVPIN
- How one-sided trade arrives, measured over equal volume rather than equal time.Own panel
- Signed EffortSEF
- How much net one-way pressure it took to move a tick. High is a book that absorbed it.Own panel
- Spot vs Perp LeadLEAD
- Which tape moves first. Perp leading is leverage; spot leading is demand.Own panel
- Bar DeltaDELTA
- Each candle's own net aggression, not the running total of it.Own panel
- Delta Z-ScoreDELTAZ
- Each candle's delta in units of this market's own recent spread, so a threshold means the same everywhere.Own panel
- Average Trade SizeAVGSZ
- What traded in each candle over how many prints it took.Own panel
- Net AbsorptionNABS
- How much of the recent run was aggression that failed to move price, and which side it failed for.Own panel
Positioning8
- Open InterestOI
- Contracts outstanding. Rising price on falling open interest is closing, not buying.Own panel
- FundingFND
- The rate that will be charged at the next settlement, as the venue's own running estimate.Own panel
- BasisBAS
- The perpetual against the venue's own spot index -- what funding is charging for.Own panel
- Position FlowPF
- Whether the bar's aggression opened positions or closed them. A rally on falling open interest is shorts leaving.Own panel
- Forced ShareFRC
- What fraction of the volume was liquidations. A move that is mostly forced stops when the margin does.Own panel
- Open Interest ChangeOIΔ
- How fast positions are being opened or closed, rather than how many are held.Own panel
- Funding CarryCARRY
- What holding the position across this window has cost or paid, added up.Own panel
- Liquidation SkewLIQSKEW
- Which side is being forced out, as a share of all that was -- not how much.Own panel
Order book8
- Book ImbalanceBIMB
- How lopsided the resting book is, at three distances from the touch at once.Own panel
- Cost to MoveCTM
- How much resting size price would have to eat to travel a tenth, a half and a whole percent.Own panel
- ReplenishmentRPL
- Whether the near book is being restocked faster than it is eaten. A wall that refills is real.Own panel
- SpreadSPR
- The gap at the touch, in basis points. It widens before anything else moves.Own panel
- Book DepthDEPTH
- How much size is resting within one percent of the touch, both sides together.Own panel
- Microprice TiltMICRO
- How far the size-weighted touch sits from the midpoint, in basis points.Own panel
- Book SlopeSLOPE
- How much thicker the book gets further from the touch -- whether the depth is at hand or behind.Own panel
- Liquidity ConcentrationCONC
- Whether the resting size sits on a few levels or is spread across many.Own panel
Generated from the terminal's own code, so it lists what the current build has.
Panels
A panel is a separate region under the chart. These are the readings that can have one:
- RSI
- MACD
- CVD
- ROC
- Tape Speed
- Effort vs Result
- Book Imbalance
- Open Interest
- Funding
- Basis
- Spot vs Perp CVD
- Position Flow
- Realized Volatility
- Flow Toxicity
- Forced Share
- Signed Effort
- Spot vs Perp Lead
- Cost to Move
- Replenishment
- Spread
- ATR
- Stochastic
- Stochastic RSI
- Money Flow
- Ultimate
- Choppiness
- CCI
- TRIX
- Awesome
- Fisher
- Aroon
- Vortex
- Chaikin
- Delta
- Delta Z-Score
- Avg Trade Size
- Net Absorption
- Book Depth
- Microprice
- Book Slope
- Concentration
- OI Change
- Carry
- Liquidation Skew
- VWAP Deviation
Generated from the terminal's own code, so it lists what the current build has.
Some panels need data that not every instrument has: spot-versus-perp readings need the spot market to be captured, and positioning readings need open interest and funding. A panel without its data is switched off with the reason.
Drawing tools
Pick a tool from the toolbar or with its key, and click on the chart to place it. Escape puts the tool down.
Trend line tools19
- Trend LineT
- Draw a line between two price/time points.
- Ray
- A line from one point through another, running on to the edge.
- Info Line
- A line that reports the move it spans: price, percent, bars, time, angle.
- Extended Line
- A line through two points, running on both ways.
- Trend Angle
- A line with its angle measured against the horizontal.
- Horizontal LineH
- Place a price-anchored horizontal level.
- Horizontal RayShiftH
- Place a price-anchored horizontal ray extending right.
- Vertical LineShiftV
- Mark one instant, down the whole price range.
- Price Trigger Line
- A horizontal level that runs a T0 script when the price crosses it.
- Time Trigger Line
- A vertical line that runs a T0 script when the market clock reaches it.
- Cross Line
- Mark a price and an instant at once, where they meet.
- Parallel ChannelC
- Draw a base line, then click once more to set the channel's width.
- Anchored Regression Channel
- Fit a line to one range of candles, and keep it there.
- Flat Top/Bottom
- A trend line and a flat rail at the third point's price.
- Disjoint Channel
- Two lines, each through its own two points, shaded between.
- Andrews PitchforkA
- A median through a reaction, with a rail at each of its extremes.
- Schiff Pitchfork
- A pitchfork whose median starts halfway up the first leg.
- Modified Schiff Pitchfork
- A pitchfork whose median starts at the first leg's midpoint.
- Inside Pitchfork
- A pitchfork anchored inside the swing, from the reaction's midpoint.
Gann & Fibonacci15
- Fibonacci RetracementF
- Standard retracement levels between two points.
- Fib ExtensionShiftF
- Project a move's own ratios forward from a third point.
- Fib Channel
- Divide a sloped channel by the same ratios, keeping its width.
- Fib Time Zones
- Count Fibonacci intervals forward from one span of time.
- Fib Fan
- Draw the same ratios as rays, so they widen with the trend.
- Trend-Based Fib Time
- Fibonacci ratios of a leg's duration, projected from the third point.
- Fib Circles
- Circles at the Fibonacci ratios of the distance between two points.
- Fib Spiral
- The golden spiral, from a centre through a point.
- Fib Speed Resistance Arcs
- Arcs at the Fibonacci ratios of a move, centred on its end.
- Fib Wedge
- Fibonacci arcs inside the wedge two rays make from one point.
- Pitchfan
- Rays from a pivot through the pitchfork's levels.
- Gann Box
- A box divided in price and in time at Gann's ratios.
- Gann Square Fixed
- A square Gann grid, fixed to a one-to-one scale.
- Gann Square
- A Gann grid with its diagonals, over the box two points make.
- Gann Fan
- Gann's angles from a pivot: 1x1, 1x2, 2x1 and the rest.
Patterns14
- XABCD PatternZ
- Five points, four legs, and each leg's retracement printed on it.
- Cypher Pattern
- The cypher harmonic pattern, with its ratios.
- Head and Shoulders
- Shoulders, head and the neckline under them.
- ABCD Pattern
- The ABCD pattern, with its ratios.
- Triangle Pattern
- Four swings converging, and the two lines through them.
- Three Drives Pattern
- Three drives and the corrections between them.
- Elliott Impulse Wave (12345)
- A five-wave impulse, labelled 1 to 5.
- Elliott Correction Wave (ABC)
- A three-wave correction, labelled A, B, C.
- Elliott Triangle Wave (ABCDE)
- A triangle, labelled A to E.
- Elliott Double Combo Wave (WXY)
- A double combination, labelled W, X, Y.
- Elliott Triple Combo Wave (WXYXZ)
- A triple combination, labelled W, X, Y, X, Z.
- Cyclic Lines
- Vertical lines repeating at the interval two points set.
- Time Cycles
- Arcs repeating along time at the interval two points set.
- Sine Line
- A sine wave whose half period and height two points set.
Forecasting & measurement12
- Long Position
- Plan a long: entry/stop/target with R:R, then right-click Execute.
- Short Position
- Plan a short: entry/stop/target with R:R, then right-click Execute.
- Forecast
- Where price is expected to go and when, with the change it implies.
- Projection
- A move projected from a third point, with its percent.
- Anchored VWAPW
- Volume-weighted average price from a chosen anchor point.
- Fixed Range VWAPShiftW
- Volume-weighted average price over a fixed time range.
- Fixed Range Volume ProfileP
- Volume profile computed over a fixed time/price range.
- Anchored Volume ProfileShiftP
- Count what has traded since one point, and keep counting.
- Price Range
- The price between two points, in money, percent and ticks.
- Date Range
- The time between two points, in bars and in time.
- Date and Price Range
- The price and the time between two points.
- MeasureM
- Drag across the chart to read the move, the time, and how many bars.
Geometric shapes16
- FreehandD
- Draw a freehand stroke. Its width and colour are the drawing line settings.
- Highlighter
- A broad translucent stroke, drawn by hand.
- Arrow Marker
- A filled arrow from one point to another.
- ArrowShiftT
- Point at something, from one place to another.
- Arrow Mark Up
- An up arrow under a bar.
- Arrow Mark Down
- A down arrow over a bar.
- RectangleR
- Mark a price/time box.
- Rotated Rectangle
- A rectangle at any angle: one side, then its width.
- Path
- A run of lines ending in an arrow; double-click to finish.
- Circle
- A circle from its centre out to a point.
- EllipseE
- An ellipse inscribed in the box you drag.
- PolylineL
- Click each turn; double-click to finish.
- TriangleG
- Three corners, for the shapes a box cannot hold.
- Arc
- An arc from one point to another, bowed through a third.
- Curve
- A curve from one point to another, pulled toward a third.
- Double Curve
- An S-curve between two points, shaped by two more.
Annotation11
- TextX
- Place a note on the chart, then type it.
- Anchored Text
- Words in a box, pinned to a point.
- Note
- A marker whose words show beside it.
- Price Note
- A note pointing at a price, with the price in it.
- Pin
- A pin, with its words above it.
- Table
- A table: one row per line, cells split by |.
- CalloutShiftX
- A note beside the bar it is about, with a line to it.
- Comment
- A speech bubble at a point.
- Price Label
- A tag with the price at a point, and your words.
- Signpost
- A post at a bar with a sign on it.
- Flag Mark
- A flag at a bar.
Generated from the terminal's own code, so it lists what the current build has.
Editing a drawing
- Click a drawing to select it; drag it, or drag one of its handles.
- Right-click for Copy Style, Paste Drawing, Drawing Settings and Delete Drawing.
- Delete or Backspace removes the selected drawing.
- Ctrl+Z undoes, and Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y redoes.
Drawings belong to the instrument they were made on: change the chart's instrument and they are put away, and come back with it.