Tool-Specific ChartStyles

For many of the tools on our site, you can create a specific ChartStyle that will be used for charts displayed by that tool. For example, you can create a special CandleGlance ChartStyle that will be used whenever you display a CandleGlance chart. (Think of it as the Default ChartStyle for the tool.) These ChartStyles can currently be used for charts in our CandleGlance, GalleryView, Market Summary and Industry Summary.

To set up one of these special tool-specific ChartStyles, simply create a new ChartStyle from the SharpCharts Workbench, and be sure to save it using the tool-specific ChartStyle name listed below. For complete instructions on creating a ChartStyle, visit our Support Center article on ChartStyles.

To change the way that charts on the CandleGlance page look, create a chart that looks the way you want your CandleGlance charts to look, then save it as a ChartStyle with “CandleGlance” as the name. This new ChartStyle will be used instead of the default style when displaying CandleGlance charts.

Note: Duration must be set to “Custom Style” on the CandleGlance page in order to see your custom style. If you change to another duration, the default style for that duration will be used instead.

In GalleryView, the intraday, daily and weekly charts may all be customized using special tool-specific ChartStyles. To change the way that the Daily chart on the GalleryView page looks, create a chart that looks the way you want your Daily GalleryView charts to look, then save it as a ChartStyle with “GalleryDaily” as the name. You can repeat the process and create ChartStyles named “GalleryIntraday” and “GalleryWeekly” to change those charts.

GalleryView ChartStyles have a few restrictions:

• Regardless of the period settings in your ChartStyles, the Intraday chart will show 10-minute bars. Similarly, the Daily chart will show Daily bars and the Weekly chart will show weekly bars.
• The width of the charts will remain fixed at the current width of 800 pixels. We recommend using the “Fill the Chart” range option to prevent the bars on the chart from getting scrunched.
• While there is no vertical size restriction, we recommend you don't add too many indicators to the GalleryView charts; otherwise, the page will get very long.
• The P&F chart cannot be customized specifically for GalleryView. However, you can customize the default P&F ChartStyle for all P&F charts; that default P&F ChartStyle will be shown in GalleryView.

Members can customize the settings and indicators used for the half-size charts in the Chart View of the Market Summary by creating a special ChartStyle that will be used instead of the default style.

To change the way that charts on the Market Summary page look, create a chart that looks the way you want your Market Summary charts to look, then save it as a ChartStyle with “Market Summary” as the name.

Tip: Select a chart width of 460 when setting up your “Market Summary” ChartStyle. This will optimize the sizing of your custom Market Summary charts.

Members can customize the settings and indicators used for the half-size charts in the Chart View of the Industry Summary by creating a special ChartStyle that will be used instead of the default style.

To change the way that charts on the Industry Summary page look, create a chart that looks the way you want your Industry Summary charts to look, then save it as a ChartStyle with “Industry Summary” as the name.

Tip: Select a chart width of 460 when setting up your “Industry Summary” ChartStyle. This will optimize the sizing of your custom Industry Summary charts.