Trendlines & Captions in the Browser

Add Text

1. Select the Textbox icon on the Draw toolbar

2. Change your settings as desired.

3. Click on the chart to place the text.
4. Enter text in the box.

Draw a Trendline

To draw a trendline:

1. Select the Autofit Trendline icon on the Draw toolbar.

2. Select Closing Price for long-term charts or Highs/Lows (HiLo) for short-term (less than 6 months).

3. Click and Drag your mouse from 1 to 2 below (up-trend) or above (down-trend) the price bars for the period

4. The trendline will automatically fit to price bars in the selected time period

To modify a trendline:

1. Left-click on the trendline to edit its properties.
2. Select the centre anchor (1) on the trendline to drag it to a new position.
3. Click on the anchor at either end (2) to drag that end only.

Draw a Standard Deviation Channel

This fits a linear regression line to selected data, with channel lines normally at 2 standard deviations on either side (enclosing roughly 95% of the data).

1. Select the Channels icon on the Draw toolbar

2. Select the number of standard deviations (normally 2.0).

3. Click on the chart and drag from (1) to (2) across the selected time period

The standard deviation channel will then appear on the chart.