Chart Properties

Many of the visual display settings of NinjaTrader charts can be customized using the Chart Properties window.

The following chart properties are available for configuration within the Chart Properties window:

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Color for axis	Sets the color for both vertical and horizontal chart axis
Color for inactive price markers	Price markers display the current price of bars and indicators on the Y-axis. When looking at the current bar, the price markers will take the color of the data series. When scrolling back through historical bar data, the markers are inactive (not real-time) and will be displayed by the color set on this property
Date label format for daily bars	Sets the format for displaying the date in the X-axis for daily bars
Date label format for monthly bars	Sets the format for displaying the date in the X-axis for monthly bars
Date label format for yearly bars	Sets the format for displaying the date in the X-axis for yearly bars
Equidistant bar spacing	Enables or disables plotting bars an equal distance from each other. Please see the "Working with Price Data" section of the Help Guide for more information.
Horizontal grid lines	Sets the drawing properties of the horizontal grid lines
Plot horizontal grid lines	Enables or disables the plotting of horizontal grid lines
Plot vertical grid lines	Enables or disables the plotting of vertical grid lines
Vertical grid lines	Sets the drawing properties of vertical grid lines
Allow the selection or drag/drop of chart series	Enables or disables the selection of Data Series and indicators for drag and drop
Color for background	Sets the chart background color
Color for crosshair label	Sets the color for the cross hair label
Display update interval (sec)	Sets the frequency the chart display is updated (A value of 200 ms or less (0.2) will be CPU intensive and can adversely affect performance especially in high volatile market activity.)
Global cross hair time axis scrolling	When true and global cross hair is enabled on multiple charts, the non-active chart will automatically scroll the horizontal axis to stay aligned with the X-axis value of the active chart.
Label font	Sets the font display properties for the chart
Right side margin	Sets the spacing between the Y-axis and the current bar in pixels
Show chart trader	Enables or disables the Chart Trader order entry window for direct trading from within a chart
Show scrollbar	Enables or disables showing the horizontal chart scroll bar
Show toolbar	Enables or disabled showing the chart tool bar

Defaults for the Chart Properties window can be saved by left mouse click on the "Set Default" button. Please see the "Saving Chart Defaults" section of the Help Guide for more information.