Chart Settings

The Chart Settings page enables you to modify the configuration settings of the detailed chart. The configuration settings are grouped into blocks as follows.

Chart Displays

Main chart type - displays a sub-menu of radio button options. Select the chart type from the available choices. The default setting is Candle.
Display Trade Buttons - (used in portrait orientation only) tick the check box to show the trade buttons panel. The default setting is on.
Top display area - displays a sub-menu of radio button options. Select the indicator shown below the chart when in portrait orientation. The default setting is RSI.
Bottom display area (this setting is only active if Display Trade Buttons is disabled) - displays a sub-menu of radio button options. Select the indicator shown at the bottom of the chart replacing the trade buttons panel when in portrait orientation. The default setting is Stochastics.
Price type - select whether to chart the Mid, Bid or Ask price.

Relative Strength Index (RSI)

Configuration settings for the RSI indicator.

RSI period - tapping this control opens an entry field where you can enter the RSI period.
Wilder's - tick the check box to use Welles Wilder's smoothing method. Untick the box to use the RSI calculation method.
Use 80/20 for RSI - tick the check box to have the overbought and oversold lines at 80 and 20 respectively. Untick the box to use the standard 70/30 instead.

Simple/Exp Moving Average (MA/EMA)

Configuration settings for moving averages.

MA/EMA - tick the check box to see moving average lines on the chart.

The following settings are only active if MA/EMA is enabled:

Shorter MA/EMA period - tapping this control opens an entry field where you can enter the shorter MA/EMA period. The default value is 10.
Medium MA/EMA period - tapping this control opens an entry field where you can enter the medium MA/EMA period. The default value is 20.
Longer MA/EMA period - tapping this control opens an entry field where you can enter the longer MA/EMA period. The default value is 50.
EMA - tick this check box to make the moving averages use exponential weighting. Untick to use simple moving averages.

Stochastic Oscillator (Stoch)

Configuration settings for the stochastic indicator.

Fast %K - tapping this control opens an entry field where you can enter the period for the fast %K line. The default value is 14.
Slow %K - tapping this control opens an entry field where you can enter the period for the slow %K line. The default value is 5.
Slow %D - tapping this control opens an entry field where you can enter the period for the slow %D line. The default value is 3.

Moving Average Converg/Diverg (MACD)

Configuration settings for the MACD indicator.

Shorter EMA period - tapping this control opens an entry field where you can enter the period for the shorter EMA. The default value is 12.
Longer EMA period - tapping this control opens an entry field where you can enter the period for the longer EMA. The default value is 26.
Signal line period - tapping this control opens an entry field where you can enter the period for the signal line. The default value is 9.

Colours

Stoch/MACD Colours - tick this check box to have the background of the indicator panel coloured when the lines crossover in both the Stochastics and MACD indicators.