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Customizing Your Experience: Advanced Guide

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TradingView offers extensive customization options to create your ideal trading environment. Here’s a comprehensive guide to personalizing every aspect of your charts and workspace.

Chart Appearance Settings

Accessing Chart Settings

  1. Click on the gear icon in the chart toolbar
  2. A settings panel will open with multiple tabs

Symbol Settings

Configure how price data appears:

  1. In the settings panel, click the “Symbol” tab
  2. Adjust options like:
    • Last price line visibility and style
    • Pre/post market price visibility
    • Extended hours visibility
    • Status line formatting
    • OHLC values display

Appearance Settings

Set the visual style of your chart:

  1. Click the “Appearance” tab in settings
  2. Customize:
    • Background color (solid or gradient)
    • Vertical and horizontal grid lines
    • Watermark options
    • Price scale appearance (right, left, or both sides)
    • Time scale appearance
    • Crosshair style and color
    • Bar spacing and width

Trading Sessions

Highlight specific market hours:

  1. Click the “Trading Sessions” tab
  2. Add custom sessions with:
    • Specific time ranges
    • Custom background colors
    • Day of week filters
    • Options to extend to chart edge

Status Line

Configure what information appears at the top of your chart:

  1. Click the “Status Line” tab
  2. Choose which elements to display:
    • Symbol information
    • Bar OHLC values
    • Study values
    • Position information
    • Order information

Scales

Configure price and time scales:

  1. Click the “Scales” tab
  2. Adjust price scale settings:
    • Auto or manual scaling
    • Price scale format (auto, price, percent)
    • Scale margins
    • Scale inversion (for short positions)
  3. Adjust time scale settings:
    • Time format
    • Time zone
    • Seconds visibility

Visual Order Types

Configure trading-related visuals:

  1. Click the “Visual Order/Position” tab
  2. Customize how orders and positions appear visually on your chart

Theme Selector

Apply pre-made visual themes:

  1. Click on “Color Themes” in the chart settings
  2. Choose from options like:
    • Light
    • Dark
    • Night
    • Sand
    • Custom themes you’ve created

Creating Custom Themes

  1. Adjust all visual elements to your preference
  2. Click “Color Themes” > “Save As”
  3. Name your custom theme
  4. Access saved themes from the themes dropdown

Advanced Chart Layouts

Multi-Chart Layouts

Create sophisticated multi-chart workspaces:

  1. Click on “Layout” in the top toolbar
  2. Choose from preset arrangements:
    • Single chart
    • 2-chart layouts (vertical, horizontal)
    • 3-chart layouts
    • 4-chart layouts (grid, 3+1)
    • 8-chart layouts
    • Custom layout editor
  3. Advanced layout tricks:
    • Drag the divider between charts to resize
    • Double-click a divider to equalize chart sizes
    • Right-click on a chart tab for additional options

Syncing Charts

Coordinate multiple charts:

  1. Right-click on a chart tab
  2. Select “Sync” and choose:
    • Sync Crosshair: Cursor position matches across charts
    • Sync Drawings: Apply drawing tools to all charts
    • Sync Intervals: Change timeframe on all charts simultaneously

Multi-Timeframe Analysis

View the same symbol across different timeframes:

  1. Create a multi-chart layout
  2. Load the same symbol on all charts
  3. Set different timeframes for each (e.g., 5m, 15m, 1h, 4h)
  4. Optional: Right-click chart tab > Sync > Crosshair

Market Profile Layout

Create a complete market profile setup:

  1. Select a 2-chart horizontal layout
  2. Add candlestick chart on the left
  3. Add Volume Profile indicator
  4. On the right panel, add Market Profile indicator
  5. Sync crosshair between charts

Advanced Chart Types and Combinations

Create specialized chart setups:

  1. Comparison charts:
    • Click “Compare” in top toolbar
    • Add multiple symbols for relative performance
    • Choose percentage or price scale
  2. Chart types combinations:
    • Renko + Traditional candles
    • Heikin Ashi + Volume profile
    • Point & Figure + Moving averages

Saving Chart Setups

Saving Individual Charts

Save specific symbol analysis:

  1. Click on “Save” in the top toolbar
  2. Choose “Save Chart”
  3. Enter a descriptive name
  4. Chart will be saved with:
    • Current symbol
    • Timeframe
    • All indicators and drawings
    • Visual settings

Saving Layout Templates

Save multi-chart workspaces:

  1. Configure your multi-chart layout
  2. Click on “Save” in the top toolbar
  3. Choose “Save Chart Layout As…”
  4. Enter a descriptive name
  5. All charts in the current workspace will be saved

Accessing Saved Items

Multiple ways to access saved content:

  1. Via “Load Chart Layout” in the save menu
  2. From the left sidebar under “Charts” tab
  3. Right-click on chart tab > “Load Chart Layout”

Organizing Saved Charts

Manage your saved charts:

  1. Click on the “Charts” tab in the left sidebar
  2. Create folders by clicking “+” icon
  3. Drag and drop charts into folders
  4. Rename, delete, or create new folders
  5. Sort by name, symbol, or date modified

Cloud Sync Settings

Keep your charts synchronized across devices:

  1. Click on your profile picture in top right
  2. Select “Profile Settings”
  3. Navigate to “Charts” tab
  4. Enable “Sync charts to the cloud”
  5. Choose what to sync:
    • Layouts
    • Drawings
    • Templates
    • Watchlists
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