The Indicators window allows you to add, remove or customise some of the indicators that will help you to analyse the Chart.
To open the Indicators window, open the 'Chart' module → click on the gear icon to open the Chart toolbar → click 'Indicators'.
The sections 'Parameters' in the module allows you to customise the indicators by selecting their color, oversold bound size and other features. The window presents an extensive selection of indicators:
ADX (DMI) — Average Directional Index — indicates the strength of the trend with configurable parameters:
Period
Signal line (level)
ADX line (color)
+ DM line (color)
- DM line (color)
ATR — the Average True Range — indicates market volatility with configurable parameters:
Period
Color
Aroon - indicates the change of trends with configurable parameters:
Period
Horizontal line (level)
Oversold bound (level)
Overbought bound (level)
Up (color)
Down (color)
Bollinger Bands — the indicator that shows if an asset is overbought or oversold. Users can configure:
Period
K (times multiplicator)
Color
CCI — Commodity Channel Index — this oscillator indicator helps determine when an investment vehicle is reaching a condition of being overbought or oversold. Users can configure:
Period
Upper bound (level)
Lower bound (level)
Color
Bonds: Yield to Maturity — the indicator displays the rate of return earned by a bond, as it delivers on its interest payments. Users can configure:
The color of the indicator
Whether the calculation is applied to the Ask / Mid / Bid values
EMA — Exponential Moving Average. Users can configure:
Source (OHLC or volume-based);
Period
Color
Ichimoku — an all-in-one indicator that provides information about support/resistance, trend direction and momentum. Users can configure:
Conversion line period
Base line period
Lagging span 2 periods
Displacement
Conversion line (color)
Base line (color)
Lagging span (color)
Lead 1 (color)
Lead 2 (color)
MACD Histogram
MACD — Moving Average Convergence/Divergence
PSAR — Parabolic Start And Reverse
Pivot Points — Provide reference points (support and resistance) and help minimise the trading risk
Price Channel — an indicator used to identify upward thrusts that signal the start of an uptrend or downward plunges that signal the start of a downtrend
ROC — Rate Of Change
RSI — Relative Strength Index
SMA — Simple Moving Average
STO — Stochastic Oscillator
SuperTrend — a volatility-based indicator that shows the direction of the predominant price action
Volume (won't be displayed for the Ticks timeframe)
Volume by price
VWMA — Volume Weighted Moving Average
VWAP — Volume Weighted Average Price
WMA — Weighted Moving Average
Williams %R — Momentum indicator that measures overbought and oversold levels
Zig Zag — Trend following indicator that is used to predict when a given security’s momentum is reversing
Awesome Oscillator –– Momentum indicator
Accelerator Oscillator –– Momentum indicator
Gator Oscillator –– Momentum indicator
Alligator –– Momentum indicator
SMMA ––Smoothed Moving Average
LSMA –– Least Square Moving Average
If you want to remove all indicators, right click on the chart and untick 'Show indicators' from the dropdown menu.
By default, users can see:
Delta, Gamma, Theta, Vega, IV, and Theoretical price as indicators for the Options charts
YTM (Yield To Maturity) for the Bonds charts
The user can edit indicators not only through the menu but also by double-clicking on the indicator’s icon in the bottom-left corner of the respective chart:
Note: To place some indicators on all charts you open, Go to 'Settings' -> 'Chart' and click ‘Indicators’. Pre-set and customise them to your liking!