FAQ - Charts

To remove volume entirely from a TOS chart, go to the top-right hand corner of the charts window and click on the “Style” button. On the drop-down menu, select “Settings”. On the new menu that comes up, click on the tab at the top of the page that corresponds with the type of security you are charting (e.g. equities, options, futures) and at the top-right of the tab’s section you will see a checkbox that says “Show Volume Sub graph”. Un-check this and click “OK" to remove volume graph of the securities from that chart.

Pull up your watchlist in the left sidebar Gadgets. In the upper right-corner of the watchlist, click the chain link icon to the right of the symbol entry box to select a color. Next, pull up Charts tab and choose the same color by clicking the same chain link icon to the right of the symbol entry field. Your watchlist and thinkorswim® Chart are now linked so you may easily scroll through or click a symbol on your watchlist and it will automatically populate on the chart.

You can utilize the linking feature throughout the platform such as on the Trade tab, Analyze tab, MarketWatch tab, and Tools tab. 

Clients can customize their preferences by utilizing the various studies, drawings, and settings and saving their settings. You can save your chart layout by clicking on the grid drop down menu at the upper right of the page and selecting “Save Grid As …” You can also utilize this grid to choose how many charts you wish to display on the monitor.

Within the Style dropdown box in the right corner, clients are able to choose their aggregation type between Tick, Time and Range. Also, they can choose whether to record the chart either intraday or daily. Once determined, you can save the style within the same menu.

Finally, clients may employ any number and combination of drawings and studies and save these separately in the same way within each dropdown box.

In thinkorswim® Charts, go to Style>Settings>General>Layout and check the box next to ‘Overlapped Volume’. If you would like to turn this feature off, simply uncheck the box. Then, click ‘Apply’ and ‘OK’.
 

In thinkorswim® Charts, go to Style>Settings and then select one of the corresponding tabs: Equities, Options, Futures and/or Forex, then uncheck the box next to ‘Show Volume Subgraph’.

In thinkorswim® Charts, go to Style>Settings then select the Equities, Options, and/or Futures tab and check the box next to ‘Show Extended Session’. You may also consider checking the box next to ‘Highlight Extended Session’ so it is easier to differentiate between normal market hours and extended trading hours. Keep in mind, daily charts do not show the extended session so you will need to switch to an intraday chart. To select an intraday chart, choose from the shortcut aggregation button located along the top of the chart next to the Style button. Or, go to Style>Intraday and choose the appropriate aggregation period.
 

In thinkorswim® Charts, go to Style>Settings>Time Axis and click the arrow in the drop down box next to ‘Expansion Area’ to make the appropriate selection. To choose your own custom number of bars, click in the drop down field and enter the appropriate number. Then, click ‘Apply’ and ‘OK’.

In thinkorswim® Charts, enter the first symbol in the symbol field of the chart. Then, go to Studies>Add Study>Compare With and choose a symbol within the default list or choose ‘Custom Symbol.’ In the ‘Custom Symbol’ pop-up box, add the second symbol you wish to compare. Repeat this process as necessary to add additional symbols. If you would like to view your chart as a percentage comparison as opposed to a price comparison, go to Style>Settings>Price Axis and check the box next to ‘Show Price as Percentage.’ Then, click ‘Apply’ and ‘OK.’

If you would like to view multiple studies in one lower subgraph below the chart, go to the upper right corner of the chart and click Studies>Edit Studies. Here you will see all of your lower studies listed, each with an individual label titled "Lower". Drag and drop the lower studies you would like to overlap until they are all share the same lower panel, then select OK.

Go to Charts and click on Style>Time Frame Setup>Time Frame>Aggregation Type and select your preference from here. You can also adjust things like Time Interval, Aggregation Period, or Price Range from this window as well.

Go to Charts and click on Style>Settings>Appearance and expand the “Common” tab. From here you can select the background color under “Other.”

Please make sure that these are enabled by clicking on Style>Settings>Equities tab and check mark “Show Corporate Actions.”

Go to Charts and click Style>Settings>Equities, Options, Futures or Forex and click the drop down menu next to ‘Price Type’ to make the desired change.

Go to Charts and click Style>Settings>General>Display and check or uncheck the ‘Show Symbol Logo’ setting.

First, go to Charts and select Drawings>Arrow, then move your cursor to the desired location and click to place the drawing. Once placed, right click directly on the arrow drawing to reveal a drop down menu. Select "Edit Proprties" and a new window will appear where you may select the preferred direction you would like the arrow to point.

Drawings are designed to retain a starting point and an ending point. These points are based off of time and price, the drawing simply connects the points. A trend line for example, has a slope associated with it and the angle of the line is dependent on how much space is in between the start and end points you select for that line. In other words, the angle of the line will vary due to the changing amount of space in between the points when switching through different aggregations.