You can use the Chart toolbar, located at the top of the Chart window to perform the following actions:
Draw, select, and move trend lines
Clear trend lines and text labels from a chart
Create text labels
Select which axis to view
Increase and decrease horizontal spacing of the chart
Scale the horizontal and vertical view of the chart
To show and hide the Chart toolbar, perform the following:
Right-click the Chart window. The Chart pop-up menu appears
Click Show Toolbar to show or hide the Chart toolbar. When checked, the Chart toolbar appears across the top of the Chart window.
The following table contains a description of each option on the Chart toolbar:
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Toolbar Icon |
Description |
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Crosshair - use to click on the chart and display the values of a specific point on the chart |
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Select - Use to select, move, or delete a trend line or label. |
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Trend line - Use to create a Trend line |
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Snap to price trend line - Use to create a trend line whose end snaps to the days closing price |
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Best fit trend line - Use the Least-Squares method to draw create a line in the average of the selected end points. |
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Label - Click to type a text label on the chart |
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Clear Markup - Click to clear all trend lines and labels from the chart |
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Show Values - Click to show the Value table |
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Snap View Right - Click to extend the chart to right-most portion of the Chart window |
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View left and right axis - Click to view both the left and right axis markers |
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Hide both axis - Click to hide the left and right axis markers |
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View Left axis only - Click to view the left axis marker |
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View right axis only - Click to view the right axis marker |
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Increase horizontal spacing - Click to increase the horizontal spacing of the chart |
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Decrease horizontal spacing - Click to decrease the horizontal spacing of the chart |
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Scale horizontal to view - Click to scale the horizontal view of the chart to fit the Chart window |
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Scale vertical to view - Click to scale the vertical view of the chart to fit the Chart window |