Market volatility, volume and system availability may delay account access and trade executions. This is not an offer or solicitation in any jurisdiction where we are not authorized to do business or where such offer or solicitation would be contrary to the local laws and regulations of that jurisdiction, including, but not limited to persons residing in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, UK, and the countries of the European Union. When you click OK on the Time frame tab or select a time frame from the Favorites, the chart will be updated accordingly. below it so you will be redirected to the Favorite Time Frames dialog in the Chart Settings menu.Ĩ. To customize the list of favorite time frames, click Customize list. It will be added to the list on the Favorites tab to access this list further on, just click on the Time Frame button (see step 1). If you wish to add your aggregation to Favorites, click on the star icon in the bottom left corner of the dialog window. On the list, Opt Exp means that the period between two consecutive expiration Fridays is taken to aggregate data for one bar.ħ. You can choose a pre-defined value from the list, type in a value in the combo box (for time aggregations, the format is hh:mm), or drag the slider so it displays the desirable amount of time/ticks/range units. Please note the difference between the From-To and Up to today controls: should you select the current date in the To box in the former control, the chart will stop updating at midnight CST (Central Standard Time).Ħ. Specifying the latter will display all the available chart data for the period and when the current day is over, the chart will keep updating and the left-hand chart limit will be pushed forward one day. If you've selected the custom time aggregation, you can specify a certain time period in the past (if there is available price data for that period) or a number of years/months/days up to today. Abbreviations: WTD stands for "week to date", YTD is "year to date", and Max available means that the chart will load all the available price data for the symbol (note: there are symbols that can be charted all the way back to 1902).ĥ. For intraday aggregations, it cannot be more than 360 days, for tick aggregations - not more than 5 days.
If your choice is Time aggregation, specify which kind of time aggregation you wish to set: standard intraday (each bar is completed in less than 12 hours), standard daily (each bar takes at least 1 day to be completed), or custom (you can specify both intraday and daily periods there).Ĥ. Click on the Time frame tab and select the Aggregation type you prefer to use: Time, Tick, or Range.ģ. To access this menu, you can also click the Style button and then select Time Frame Setup or just press Ctrl+T on your keyboard. Click on the Time Frame button above the chart, next to the gear button. If you switch often between time frames, consider adding the most frequently used to your favorites so they are always at hand.ġ. The Charts interface provides you with a number of standard time frames, however, you are free to create your own. The latter can be expressed in time units, ticks, or price range accumulation. Orders placed by other means will have additional transaction costs.In general, setting up a time frame for your chart involves two things: defining a time interval, which is a time range for which the entire chart is plotted, and specifying an aggregation period, i.e., a period during which price data is accumulated for one bar (or candle, line segment, etc.). Spreads, Straddles, and other multiple-leg option orders placed online will incur $0.65 fees per contract on each leg.
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