Charts will display real time streaming data for the selected market. The charts can be configured with various overlays and indicators which are all customizable. Multiple charts can created and configured to the users specifications. The charts are user friendly and can be saved by clicking on the T4 save icon, just as all the other T4 screens.

To open select charts from the main window’s New Item Menu.

Image Displays Chart summaries:Configurable option to display contract information. Displays Study summaries:Configurable option to display study information. Net Change:Displays net change for the current session. Chart Trading: Enables on chart trading. Auto-Scale Prices:Enables auto-center the price scale when the time scale is scrolled. Last traded price:Displays the last traded price in green just like the contract window. Price Scale: Price scale can be expanded or contracted. Time Scale: Time scale can be expanded or contracted.

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Properties: Click this button to bring up the properties to edit the chart or studies. Print: Print the chart or copy to a clipboard. (must have a printer configured) New Screen Dropdown:Bring up a contract window, market history window, market profile, another chart, or an account contract window for the current contract. Strategy Activation:Click this to view charts for strategies. Active Month: View charts for the active (current) month. Contract Months:View charts for an individual month. Drawing Tools:Click the dropdown to select from various drawing tools. Clear all Drawing tools: Click to remove all drawings from the chart. Corsshairs: Click to enable crosshairs. Global Crosshairs: Click to enable the global crosshairs. Add Studies Button: Click this button to view a list of studies to add to the chart. Add Secondary Market: Click this button to pull up a contract picker to add a second market to add to the chart. Change Chart Type: Choose the type of chart you wish to set. Time Interval: Choose the time interval you wish to set. View Chart Data:click the drop down to choose the chart type you want to create. DDE Button: Copies the chart and study data into an excel spreadsheet. Chart Trading: Enables on chart trading.

To select a new chart you can select chart from the New Item Menu.

Click the + to the left of the exchanges to see a list of available contracts. Or you can type either the name or symbol of the product to find it faster.

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Double click a desired contract or select it and click Ok.

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You can scroll the chart easily by clicking and dragging anywhere within the chart. Additionally, clicking in the price or time axes will allow you to scroll just those axes.

Zoom the Chart in and out by right-clicking and hold in either the price or time axes and dragging when you see the circled arrows in the image above.

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Click the scale reset button located in the bottom right corner of the chart.

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The Spread dropdown allows you to choose whether or not strategies are visible in the Market Tab Strip. If a contract has no spreads available then the ‘SP’ button will not be displayed. The SP dropdown will display all available strategies for that market. If you do not want to see all the available markets choose the first 2 months only option.

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Once visible, selecting Spreads is the same as selecting any other market. To the right of each spread market is a carrot dropdown with all available spreads for that front month.

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Click this button to pull up a list of all studies

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Or right click on the chart to pull up a menu, and choose “Add Study…”

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This will bring up the add a study page. Image

Simply choose a Study out of the list or you can type the name of the study you want in the search field, left click to select a study, then click the add button. To see a full list of available studies please click here.

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NOTE: Circled in the image above is the Custom Studies. To view the T4 Chart Scripting Guide please click here.

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All Studies and Overlays listed here are available in the Core+Charting Package and will only be 1 minute or above. To view our pricing and what is available in each package please click here to view our Version Comparison.

NOTE: Not included in the Core+Charting package is anything that requires Data below 1 minute. Point and Figure Charts, Renko Charts, Heikin Ashi Charts as well as creating a Custom Session Times, Custom Chart Scripting. The Advanced Data & Charting package is required to receive these.

• Overlay
• Adaptive Moving Average(AMA)
• Alligator
• Bollinger Bands
• Exponential Moving Average(EMA)
• Hull Moving Average (HMA)
• Ichimoku Cloud
• Keltner Channels (KELT)
• Least Squares Moving Average (LSMA)
• Linear Weighted Moving Average (LWMA)
• Moving Average Envelopes
• Parabolic SAR (SAR)
• Pivot Moving Average (PMA)
• Pivot Points
• Price Channels
• Reversal Bar (REV)
• Settlement Study
• Simple Moving Average (SMA)
• Smoothed Moving Average (SMMA)
• Standard Error Bands (STDERR)
• Triangular Moving Average (TMA)
• Volume Profile (VPR)
• Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP)
• Zig Zag

Price and Volume

• Average True Range
• Bollinger Band Width
• Historical Volatility
• Net Change
• Pro-Rated Volume
• Volume
• Volume Delta

Money Flow

• Accumulation Distribution Line
• Chaikin Money Flow (CMF)
• Finite Volume Elements
• On Balance Volume (OBV)

Oscillator

• Aroon Oscillator
• Aroon Up Down
• Average Directional Index
• Chaikin Oscillator
• Chande's Momentum Oscillator
• Commodity Channel Index (CCI)
• Detrended Price Oscillator (DPO)
• Disparity Index
• Ease of Movement
• Fast Stochastic Oscillator
• Force Index
• Full Stochastic Oscillator
• Gator
• Money Flow Index (MFI)
• Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD)
• Percentage Price Oscillator
• Percentage Volume Oscillator
• Rate of Change
• Relative Strength Index (RSI)
• Sentiment Zone Oscillator (SZO)
• Slow Stochastic Oscillator
• Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient
• StochRSI
• TRIX
• Ultimate Oscillator (ULT)
• Williams %R

The Advanced Data & Charting package is required to access Renko Charts.

Renko Chart - E-mini S&P 500

Edit Creating a Renko Chart¶ There are two ways to switch to a Renko chart. Either use the Chart Type drop down button on the toolbar, or change the chart type from the properties window.

(Note: When switching between Renko and any other chart type, all studies and drawing tools are removed from the chart.)

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This will change the chart to a Renko type of chart and activate additional configuration properties.

Renko Base Interval – Change the base interval for creating historical Renko bricks. Renko Brick Size – Change the size of the bricks in pricing increments (in this case 5 price movements or 125)

Edit Renko Concepts¶ Renko charts are built off of an “underlying” data set. By default, the Renko charts are created off of 1 minute bar closing prices. There is a configuration option to change from using the 'close' value to using the 'high/low' values of the bars instead. The interval is also user-configurable (e.g. 15-minute, 1-hour, etc.)

The Renko chart use a “pencil-in” feature when updating from live data. The chart updates real-time on every trade in the market. However, until the underlying bar officially closes, the chart will only temporarily display this live data. If the next trade changes the current underlying bar, these temporary updates are erased and redrawn. Pencilled-in updates are displayed faded out so that they can be distinguished from the permanent data. Any studies displayed on the chart will also update on real time trades, however the studies will not be displayed faded out (only the point and figure boxes).

Subscribers of the Advanced charting package have the option of changing the underlying data set to '1 Trade'. This results in a tick-based Renko chart which updates upon every trade in the market.

Brick size is configurable on the Renko charts as well. This configuration is done in price increments. e.g. a Renko chart with a brick size of 5 would mean that every brick displayed on the chart covers 5 price increments.

Edit Renko Brick Shape¶ The shape of the Renko bricks on our charts may not necessarily be perfectly square as you would expect. If you want them to look that way, right-click drag on the time/price axes to adjust the brick sizes as appropriate.

Edit Studies on Renko Charts¶ Renko charts only support a subset of studies of the regular charts. If you require a particular study and do not see it listed in the available studies feel free to drop our support an email and we will look into getting it added.

The Advanced Data & Charting package is required to access Point and Figure Charts.

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Edit Creating a Point and Figure Chart¶ There are two ways to switch to a Point and Figure chart. Either use the Chart Type drop down button on the toolbar, or change the chart type from the properties window.

(Note: When switching between Point and Figure and any other chart type, all studies and drawing tools are removed from the chart.)

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Edit Point and Figure Concepts¶ Point and Figure charts are built off of an “underlying” data set. By default, the Point and Figure charts are created off of 1 minute bar closing prices. There is a configuration option to change from using the 'close' value to using the 'high/low' values of the bars instead. The interval is also user-configurable (e.g. 15-minute, 1-hour, etc.)

The Point and Figure chart use a “pencil-in” feature when updating from live data. The chart updates real-time on every trade in the market. However, until the bar officially closes, the chart will only temporarily display this live data. If the next trade changes the current underlying bar, these temporary updates are erased and redrawn. Pencilled-in updates are displayed faded out so that they can be distinguished from the permanent data. Any studies displayed on the chart will also update on real time trades, however the studies will not be displayed faded out (only the point and figure boxes).

Subscribers of the Advanced charting package have the option of changing the underlying data set to '1 Trade'. This results in a tick-based point and figure chart which updates upon every trade in the market.

Box and Reversal sizes are configurable on the point and figure charts as well. These configurations are done in price increments. e.g. a 10×3 Point and Figure chart would be created by setting the Box Size to 10 and the Reversal Size to 3, meaning each box would cover ten price increments, and a reversal of 30 increments would be required to signal a reversal.

Edit Studies on Point and Figure Charts¶ Point and Figure charts only support a subset of studies of the regular charts. Some studies (such as volume or anything based on volume) do not make sense on point and figure charts. Others have not been updated to support the pencil-in feature of updating. If you require a particular study and do not see it listed in the available studies feel free to drop our support an email and we will look into getting it added.

You can pull different windows directly from the chart. Click the dropdown button to choose from a contract window, a New Chart, Market Profile, Spread Matrix, a Market History window, or an Account Contract window.

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Drop Down Arrow: Click the drop down arrow to choose a window. Contract Window: Select Contract to pull up a new contract window for the current contract Chart Window: Select Chart to pull up a new instance of the chart window for the current contract Market Profile: Select Market Profile to pull a new Market Profile window for the current contract. Spread Matrix: Select Spread Matrix to pull a new Spread Matrix window for the current contract. Market History: Select Market History to pull a new Market History window for the current contract. Account Contract: Select Account Contract to pull up a new Account Contract window for the current contract.

Charts can now display a global crosshair that will match time and price across multiple chart windows. To enable global crosshairs, toggle the global crosshair button (1) in the chart toolbar. This button will turn the feature on for all charts that have crosshairs enabled. To disable crosshairs on individual charts, toggle the crosshair button (2) in the chart toolbar.

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Click the drop down to select a drawing tool.

To remove all drawings Simply click the Image Clear all drawing tools button

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Pointer: This comes up by default. Please note that once you have used a drawing tool it will default back to the pointer. Price Measure:Price Measure tells you the difference in price from the two points you choose. You would click and hold on a price then drag to whatever other price. It snaps to H/L/O/C unless you hold alt Line:To add a line on the chart. Simply left click on your starting point then move your mouse to your end point and left click again. Once the line has been added you can click on the handle bars at the end of the line to move the start or end point to a new location. You can also grab the line by putting you mouse on the line left click and hold to move the whole line. Box:Left click and expand the box to the desired range. Left click on one of the handle bars on a corner to change the shape Horizontal Line: Select the horizontal line then simply left click where you want to place it in the chart. To move it left click and hold then drag to where you want it then let go. Vertical Line:Select the Vertical line then simply left click where you want to place it in the chart. To move it left click and hold then drag to where you want it then let go. Diagonal Line (Up):The diagonal line is a 45 degree line on the chart. It will have a slope of one time interval for one price point. This line won’t necessarily draw at 45 degrees on the screen depending on the time and price scale zooming. However data-wise, it renders at 45 degrees. Diagonal Line (Down):The diagonal line is a 45 degree line on the chart. It will have a slope of one time interval for one price point. This line won’t necessarily draw at 45 degrees on the screen depending on the time and price scale zooming. However data-wise, it renders at 45 degrees. Auto Channel:Left click and expand to your desired range. Right click and go to drawing properties to edit. Manual Channel:Left click and expand to your desired range. Then left click on the center circle and drag out your second line. Right click and go to drawing properties to edit. Pitchfork:Left click and expand to your desired range. Left click to grab a handle bar and drag to adjust. Gann Angles:'Left click and expand to your desired range. Right click and go to drawing properties to edit. Trend Line:Left click and expand to your desired range. Left click to grab a handle bar and drag to adjust. Fibonacci Extension:Left click and expand to your desired range. Right click and go to drawing properties to edit. Fibonacci Retracement:Left click and expand to your desired range. Right click and go to drawing properties to edit. Fibonacci Time Zones: Left click to bring up vertical lines denoting the various Fibonacci levels across time Floating Scale:Left click and expand to your desired range. Right click and go to drawing properties to edit. Fixed Scale:Left click and expand to your desired range. Right click and go to drawing properties to edit. Ellipse: Left click and expand the circle to the desired range. Left click on the circle to change the shape. Arrow:Left click and expand the arrow to the desired range. Left click on the handle bar at the back of the arrow to change the shape or direction, and click on the arrow itself to move its direction. Annotation: To add a text box on the chart. After adding the text box right click and choose properties, then type in the text box.

Drawing Properties

To edit or change your drawing tool you can right click on whatever drawing you added to your chart and select properties.

Note: you can also add Studies, delete the drawing, or reload the chart. Image When you select properties it will bring up the drawings properties. From here you can edit and make changes to the drawing. Image Once you have made your changes to your drawing you can make these changes your default by clicking the save as default icon circled below which will keep those settings for the next time you add that drawing to a different chart. Image

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Select the desired time frame for the chart or choose custom to create a different time interval. Image

Tip: From this drop down you can select custom and it will take you to the chart properties. Image

Click “Chart Data” button to open new window:

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NOTE: This is available on our Core+Charting Package. The Advanced Data package is not required.

When opened the Chart Data window looks like this:

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Everything about this window is “live”. All the data updates live.

Columns can be hidden/restored by clicking the Image button. The data as a whole can be exported using the export toolbar button. The price format can be changed by clicking the drop down menu and select from Price, Tick Value and Cash. The data can be sorted, by clicking the column headers.

TIP: Column display and data sort are not preserved, when switching studies the grid reverts back to the defaults.

When exporting the data to file or clipboard (for pasting into Excel), what you see is what you get… e.g. if the data is sorted, columns re-arranged or hidden, price format changed, etc. that is how the data gets exported.

If rows are selected, just those rows or a single cell can be copied to the clipboard using a right-click context menu.

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Enables dynamic streaming of data into Excel Click the DDE button to make a copy of the current Chart data as DDE links. Open an Excel spreadsheet and paste. Market data will begin streaming to the Excel spreadsheet. Image

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Helpful Tips The links are tied to the chart window. If you close the chart window, the links break. The document values should change to #N/A: If you change the settings on a study, or the bar-interval of the chart, the excel document should change to match. If you remove a study, the links for that study break. Re-adding the study will not fix it. The excel links will work across restarts of T4.

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Chart properties can be configured by clicking on the chart properties button. The properties are used to further customize how information is displayed. As a new study is added, the properties of that study are also added to the chart properties area. The same properties can be chosen by right clicking on the chart.

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Helpful Hint: You can also right click from within the chart to bring up a menu that will allow you to select the properties as well.

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General Chart Layout: This allows you to create a default layout of your chart. All settings will carry over to a new chart. Save: Allows you to save a copy of your chart. It can be accessed in the window management. Name: Left click in the value area to give your chart a unique name. Background Color: Sets the background color of the chart. Gridline Color: Sets the color for the gridlines of the chart. Value Scale Position: Allows you to display the value scale position on the chart to the left, right, both, or hidden. Auto-Scale Prices: Whether to auto-center the price scale when the time scale is scrolled. Note this can also be turned on or off by clicking the A located at the top right of the chart. Green indicates it is enabled. Auto-Scale Margin: Percent of scale space to reserve for margin. Display Summaries: Add or removes display summaries from the top left hand corner of the chart. Summary Text Size: The size to draw the summary text size. Display Net Change: Left click in the value area to display the net change of the market on the chart. Display Net Change Percent: Left click in the value area to display the net change percent of the market on the chart. Display Settlement Prices: Left click in the value area to display the settlement prices on the chart. Settlement Price Color: Alows you to change the color of the display of the settlement prices on the chart. Note the default color is yellow. Highlight Last Trade: Adds or removes green highlighting of the last trade of the day. Highlight Trade Days: Adds or removes shading of trade days. Crosshairs: Adds or removes crosshairs from the chart. Note you can also enable the crosshairs using the crosshair button on your chart. Crosshair Color: You can change the color of the crosshair. Crosshair Thickness: Set the thickness of the crosshair. Max allowed is 20. Global Crosshairs:Adds or removes the global crosshairs from the chart High Quality Rendering: Enabling will allow anti-aliasing for high-quality rendering. Continuation Settings Continuation Type: Left click in the value area to set the contract continuation settings. Time Scale Default Scale margin: How much space in % to leave between the current bar and the right edge of the chart. Max is 50%.

Chart Properties Account Tab

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General Settings Enable Trading: Whether on chart trading is enabled or not. Note you can also turn this on from the Chart Trading Icon Display Orders: Whether to display orders on the Chart or not. Order Details: Left click in the value area to choose between the below display choices. *Always Display *Display on Mouse Over *Never Display Display Fills: Left click in the value are box to display your accounts fills. Display Orders Across Chart: Left click in the value are box to display your accounts orders across the whole chart. Display Avg Fill Price: Left click in the value are box to display your accounts average fill price on the chart. Display Net Position Chart:Left click in the value are box to display a net position chart. Display Net P&L Chart:Left click in the value are box to display a net P&L chart. Position Display

Important Tip: These display changes will only show up on your chart if Chart trading is enabled. Net Position:Left click in the value are box to display your accounts Net Position on the chart. P&L:Left click in the value are box to display your accounts P&L on the chart. Unrealized P&L:Left click in the value are box to display your accounts UP&L on the chart. Realized P&L:Left click in the value are box to display your accounts RP&L on the chart.

Left click on the Value column to configure BAR Chart properties for the contract selected.

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Bar Chart Type: Left click in the value area to choose the chart type you want to create. Note you can also change this from the chart type drop down on your chart. You can choose from the below. *OHLC *HLC *Candlestick *Line *Heikin Ashi Advanced Data is required. *Renko Advanced Data is required. *Point and Figure Advanced Data is required. Bar Interval: Choose the time interval you wish to set. EX: you can change to Tick,Tick Range, Volume Traded, Second, Minute, Hour, Day, Week, or Month. TIP: The “Ticks” interval means “trades“. So a 200 tick chart cuts a new bar every 200 trades regardless of volume or price. A “Tick Range” chart cuts a new bar based on price. So in a 10 tick range chart every bar would be the same height (10 tick prices). A “Volume” chart cuts a new bar based on volume. Close with Settlement: Enabling it Allows you to close bars using the settlement price when possible. Otherwise bars are closed with the last trade price. Session Time Range: This allows you to filter out times on the chart. One example is to remove the overnight trading. Color based On: You can choose to display the color based on close vs open or close vs previous close. Rising Color: Choose the color for the rising bar. Falling Color:Choose the color for the falling bar. Line Thickness: Choose the thickness of the line. Minimum is 1, Max is 10. Price Scale Manually Adjust Scale Labels: When enabled it allows you to manually adjust how labels are generated for the price scale. Bar Chart Horizontal Gridlines: Display or hide the Horizontal Gridlines. Vertical Gridlines:Display or hide the Vertical Gridlines Show Time Scale:Display or hide the time scale for this chart. Show Price Scale:Display or hide the price scale for this chart. Show Summaries:Whether to display study summary values on the chart or not. Detailed Summaries:Whether study summaries contain extra detail information or not.