Supercharts: all you need to know

Supercharts: all you need to know

As comprehensive as it is, the TradingView chart is simple in its basis — the bottom scale shows you the time and the right scale shows an asset's price. It's the perfect tool to track how price changes over time, but there's so much more that you can do with our charts that will help you make the best decisions. Let's take a look at the basics of managing the chart to help you maximize its features.  

Superchart consists of three toolbars and a panel at the bottom, each with a unique purpose.

• The upper toolbar allows you to set up your chart by choosing symbols, chart types, indicators, layouts, etc.
• The left toolbar is the Drawings panel with powerful built-in instruments.
• The right toolbar gives you access to watchlists, news, alerts, screeners, etc.
• The bottom panel allows you to switch between intervals, set the timezone, and customize the price scale.

The upper toolbar

Let's go from left to right and look at every button and its functions.

Symbol Search

Here, you can look for a symbol to display on the chart. There are two ways to open the Symbol Search:

• Click on the button with a magnifying glass icon
• Start typing the symbol. For example, to open the US Dollar Index chart, type "DXY", and the Symbol Search window will open.

Compare or Add Symbol

This button allows you to choose an additional symbol to display on the chart together with the current symbol. The feature helps you compare assets on one chart for a more comprehensive analysis.

Time Interval

Each time interval represents a "step" in time for the price — it can be from one second to months. Depending on the chart type, each with a unique visualization approach, time intervals will be plotted as bars, candlesticks, etc.

If you use a line chart, the line is constructed by connecting the prices within the selected interval. With bar or candlestick charts, each bar or candlestick will represent prices over that particular time period.

Chart type

Here, you can choose the chart type that better fits your analytical approach. From classic bars and candles to more sophisticated options like Renko charts — explore how to use each of them in our knowledge base.

Indicators, metrics, and strategies 

From here, you gear up your trading. These powerful tools provide essential insights to help you navigate the market.

• Indicators are functions used in technical analysis to predict future prices based on their movements and assets' trading volume.
• Metrics, or financials, represent the financial data for fundamental analysis. It's derived from a company's performance report.
• Strategies are specific scripts written in Pine Script® language. They can send, modify, execute, and cancel buy or sell orders and simulate real trading right on your chart.

Save any o

f them as your favorite by pressing on a star icon for quick access.

With indicator templates, you can save your chosen indicators for later use. When saving, you can also remember the symbol and interval so you can load them simultaneously with the template. Click Open template to see the Indicator templates window and manage your templates.

 

Create alert

This feature allows you to set up alerts and manage their notifications. With these essential instruments, you'll always keep track of prices, indicators, strategies, or drawings. You can choose the condition that'll trigger the alert, its expiration date, leave a message alongside it, and much more.

Bar Replay

Bar Replay enables users to simulate past price movements for strategy testing. You can go back in time to analyze historical market behavior and practice trading decisions and strategies without real financial exposure.

All changes on the chart can be managed with the help of the Undo and Redo buttons.

Layouts

In the Layout setup menu, you can configure the number and placement of charts. In its essence, a layout is a separately saved workspace. Each chart within a layout retains its own settings and can be customized independently, but you can also choose to sync them.

The arrow next to the layout's name opens the setting drop-down where you can manage your layout. Remember to save the changes you make to avoid losing your progress. Here, you can also rename your chart, share and copy it, export data, create a new layout or open one of previously saved layouts.

To learn more on how to manage layouts, check our knowledge base.

Quick Search

To facilitate navigation, click on the Quick Search button. This is an easy way to find tools, functions, drawings, or settings.

Settings

You can configure the chart as you desire. To open the settings menu, click the Settings button at the top right corner or double-click on the price line/bar/candlestick. 

In the settings menu, you can apply changes to:

• Symbol. Set the parameters for the chart type. Each chart type behaves differently, and unique settings apply to each. Go to the knowledge base to read about chart types.
• Status line. Choose the values to display near the symbol's name at the top of the chart.
• Scales and lines. Choose the visibility of the lines and scales, their colors, and date and time formats.
• Canvas. Change the chart's background style, scale text size, buttons visibility, and margins.
• Trading parameters. Toggle buy and sell buttons on/off, notifications, and appearance.
• Alerts. Manage their visibility and notifications volume.
• Events. Display or hide the ideas, economic events, or news right on the chart.

After you've set up your chart, you can view it in fullscreen mode. The button is located next to the chart’s settings and allows you to analyze the chart without any additional noise.

Take a snapshot

This button allows you to take a snapshot of your current chart. Download it, save it, post it, or tweet it — use every feature to share ideas and get feedback.

Publish

We are convinced that trading should be social. With the Publish button, you can share ideas — posts with your market analysis that make up the TradingView community. Learn how to become a top author by consistently creating and publishing high-quality ideas.

The left toolbar

If the Drawings panel is enabled, it will appear on the left side of the chart. Choose tools to make notes, add comments, mark trends and patterns, perform measurements and forecasts, and calculate price levels. 

There are many helpful tools in this panel, let's see how they can help organize your analysis.

• In Cursors, choose the cursor type that will help you better navigate your charts
• In Trend line tools, select lines, channels, or pitchforks to mark movement directions and price levels
• Gann and Fibonacci tools allow you to automatically build levels based on Fibonacci formulas and Gann theory. Adjust the number of levels and coefficients as needed. Explore our articles on Gann Fan, Gann Square, and Gann Box
• Find standard Patterns, Elliott waves, and cycles to mark highs, lows, and distances between them
• With Forecasting and measurement tools, gauge chart distances, predict price movement, and evaluate trading positions
• Explore Geometric shapes like brushes, arrows, and other classic shapes
• Use Annotation tools to add text notes directly to the chart, making technical analysis clearer
• Add Icons, emojis, and stickers. Switch between groups using the tabs at the bottom of the menu
• Measure the distance between bars
• Zoom in on a selected area
• Enable Magnet mode so drawings "stick" to the nearest open, high, low, or close prices
• Stay in Drawing Mode to add multiple objects to the chart successively
• Lock all drawings to prevent their accidental movement
• Use Hide options to hide drawings, indicators, positions and orders, or all of them
• Sync drawings options across all your layouts
• Use Remove options to delete drawings, indicators, or both

The right toolbar

This toolbar helps you to track symbols in watchlists, create and manage alerts, leverage screeners and calendars, and more.

Let's see what tools are available here:

• With Watchlist, details and news, you can easily track symbols, check their financial and technical data, and explore the latest news. Create or import new lists, navigate through existing ones, and manage them efficiently. You can also set alerts specifically for a watchlist.
• Alerts menu allows you to manage your alerts. 
• The Object tree and data window allow you to manage drawings or indicators that you've applied to the chart.
• Both public and private, Chats help you share ideas and connect with like-minded traders.
• In the Screener menu, you can open and switch between TradingView screeners to browse markets without leaving your chart.
• Calendars help you track the most important economic events and companies' activity.
• Options are powerful financial instruments for both speculative trading and hedging.
• In the Community feed, you'll find your posts, the editor's picks, and what's popular right now.
• Check social network notifications from the TradingView community if you receive a comment, get mentioned, or other activities.
• The Chat assistant can provide you with information about TradingView products, charts, indicators, and subscriptions. If you need assistance while charting, you can access the knowledge base from here.

The bottom of the chart

Here, you'll find time intervals, timezone, and scale settings.

Under the time scale, you can find the preset intervals to fit your screen. Selecting 1D, for example, adjusts the chart so that one trading day is displayed by using one minute intervals. Pressing "All" displays all available historical data with a monthly interval. If none of the intervals suit you, you can go to a specific date or create a custom range in the Go to menu.

In Timezone settings, you can choose which time is displayed on the chart. Select "Exchange" to match the time to the relevant trading exchange.

You will also see the gear button near the timezone setting. It opens the price scale settings, where you can set its mode, select what labels to display, and more.

Below there's a sliding panel with five Instruments that can help you in navigating across symbols, conduct your analysis, or trade through TradingView.

• With Stock Screener and Crypto Pairs Screener you can easily track symbols and their key technical and financial data
• In Pine Editor, create unique indicators and strategies with Pine Script®, manage them, instantly add to chart, and share them with other traders
• With Strategy Tester you can overview the chosen strategy and learn about its performance
• If you're using Bar Replay, go to Replay Trading. There, you can get insights into your trading on historical data
• In Trading Panel you can connect your favorite broker to trade tight from your chart.

TradingView Supercharts' capabilities are essential to know before starting your analysis. They give access to technical and financial data, our community's ideas, and provide you with information on key economical events. They also allow you to trade with your favorite broker.