Charts in the JAFX Terminal: timeframes, layouts, indicators and changing trades on the chart
The chart fills the centre of the Trade page in the JAFX Terminal. Its own toolbars hold the timeframes, chart types, indicators and drawing tools. Your open positions and pending orders are drawn on it, and you can move their levels by dragging.
Timeframes
1, 3, 5, 15, 30 and 45 minutes; 1, 2 and 4 hours; 1 day, 1 week and 1 month. Choose one in the chart's top bar.
The buttons under the chart jump to a date range: 1D, 5D, 1M, 3M, 6M, YTD, 1Y, 5Y and All.
Chart types, indicators and drawing tools
- Chart type and indicators: in the chart's top bar. No indicator is added by default, including volume.
- Drawing tools: in the chart's own drawing toolbar.
- Compare: adds a second JAFX market to the same chart.
- Grid lines, colours and scales: under the chart's settings gear; the log scale is at the bottom right.
You pick the market from the market button in the bar above the chart, not from a search inside the chart.
Layouts
The Layout menu in the chart's top bar splits the chart area:
| On a computer or a tablet held sideways | On a phone or a tablet held upright |
|---|---|
| Single, 2 Col, 2 Row, 3 Col, 2×2 | Single, 2 Row, 3 Row |
Each pane has its own market and timeframe. Select a pane to make it the active one. The order ticket follows the first pane.
What is saved
Each pane saves its chart type, indicators and drawings automatically, in the browser you are using. There are no named chart layouts to save or load, and a chart setup does not follow your account to another browser or device.
Your trades on the chart
With Position lines on, each open position and pending order has a line on the chart, with lines for its stop loss and take profit.
To change a level:
- Drag a stop loss or take profit line to a new price, or drag a pending order's line to move its trigger price.
- To add a stop loss or take profit to a position that has none, drag from the position's entry line. The label reads "DRAG TO SET SL / TP", then "NEW SL" or "NEW TP" with the price.
- A chip appears with Confirm and Cancel. Nothing is sent until you select Confirm. If you don't within 30 seconds, the change is dropped.
A notice confirms it, for example "Stop loss set at 1.08000 on #123456".
| Message | Meaning |
|---|---|
| "Released on the market price — drag further to set a stop or a target" | You let go too close to the current price. Drag further. |
| "The market moved past that level — nothing was changed, drag again" | The price passed your level while you were dragging. |
| "Stop loss is already at …" | The level did not change. |
| "Position #… is no longer open" or "Order #… is no longer pending" | The trade closed, filled or was cancelled in the meantime. |
| "#… is still updating — try again in a moment" | An earlier change to this trade is still being processed. |
| "Modify failed:" and a reason | The change was refused. The level stays where it was. |
New orders are placed in the order ticket, not on the chart.
Trade markers show where your trades on the market opened (B buy, S sell) and closed (✗ at a loss after costs, ✓ otherwise). Bid / Ask lines show the live Buy and Sell prices. Both, and the chart's time zone, are switched in Chart settings.
Icons on the time axis. Small icons along the chart's time axis mark the economic releases and the market alerts at that bar. Point at an icon to open its cards: one for each release (title, time, and the actual, forecast and previous figures, with a link to the calendar) and one for each market alert. See News, AI Market Pulse and the economic calendar in the web trader and Market alerts in the web trader: unusual moves, Movers today and notifications.
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