Add Horizontal Line

Brief

The article explains how to add a horizontal line to a chart.

Details

To add a horizontal line to a chart

1. Select the Horizontal Line tool in one of the following ways:

• On the toolbar, click the Add Line arrow, and then click Add Horizontal Line.
  To choose a drawing mode, point to Add Horizontal Line and then click a mode of your choice.
• On the Insert menu, point to Lines, and then click Add Horizontal Line.
• Right-click in the price values, and then click Add Horizontal Line.
• Right-click in the chart, point to Chart Elements on the shortcut menu, and then click Add Horizontal Line.
  * When a chart is opened within the FXCM Trading Station, you can also select the tool in the following way:
  On the Charts menu, point to Insert, point to Lines, and then click Add Horizontal Line.
2. On the chart, click the price level, through which you want to draw a horizontal line. The point automatically adjusts according to a selected drawing mode if necessary.
   
3. The Add Horizontal Line dialog box appears.
   
   
4. On the Parameters tab, select line parameters of your choice:

• In the Name box, type a name of your choice.
  Note: To restore the default name, click Reset.
• In the Rate box, select or type the price value, on the level of which you want to add a horizontal line.
• In appropriate Style boxes, select the line's color, style, and width of your choice.
• To show the line in background, select the Show in background check box. Otherwise, clear the check box. Notes:

• To apply the selected properties (except for Mame) to all horizontal lines to be added in the future by default, click Set as Default.
• To restore the factory settings, click Reset.
5. To specify the line's tag parameters, click the Tag tab. The dialog box opens on the Tag tab.
   
   

• To show the tag indicating the price level on the price axis, select the Show tag on the price axis check box. Otherwise, clear the check box.
• To change the color of the text in the tag, in the Text Color box, select the color of your choice.
• To select the color of texts in the tag automatically, select the Select text color automatically check box. Otherwise, clear the check box.
  
  Notes:

• To apply the selected properties to all horizontal lines to be added in the future by default, click Set as Default.
• To restore the factory settings for the line, click Reset.
6. Click OK.

Notes: To disable the Horizontal Line tool prior to its timeout expiration (to change the time period, see the Chart Element Options] article), do the same actions as for selecting the tool or one of the following:

• Right-click in the chart.
• Press ESC.