Tools & workflows
Drawing Tools
The Charts Workspace includes 132 drawing tools in eight flyouts. Every tool uses the same placement, selection, editing, and object-management workflow.
Place and edit any drawing
- Choose a tool from the drawing toolbar.
- Click or tap its anchor points on the chart. Patterns need several anchors; labels and markers may need only one.
- Select the finished drawing to open its settings and actions.
From the selected drawing you can change color, width, line style, text, exact anchors, levels, extensions, and tool-specific options. You can also lock, hide, duplicate, move forward or backward, or delete it. Select several drawings with Shift- or ⌘/Ctrl-click (on the chart or in the Objects tab): colour, width, line style, lock, duplicate and delete then apply to all of them. The ⋯ button holds the exact date and price of every point, the timeframes the drawing shows on, and your saved style templates.
Use Magnet when an anchor should snap to an open, high, low, or close: Weak magnet snaps only near a price, Strong magnet always snaps to the nearest one (pick the strength from the magnet's menu). The Objects tab lists every drawing on the current chart; show, hide or delete each one, or Shift/⌘-click rows to select several. Undo and redo cover placement and editing mistakes.
Harmonic patterns (XABCD, Cypher, ABCD, Three drives) label each leg with its price ratio, and Elliott wave labels follow the wave degree you choose. Turn the ratios off or change the degree in the drawing's settings.
Work faster
- Your last style and tool-specific options become the default for the next drawing of that type. Use Reset style (in the colour picker) to return to the product preset, or save a look as a named template from the ⋯ menu.
- Copy and paste a selected drawing, then use the arrow keys for small position changes. Hold Alt (⌥ on a Mac) while dragging a drawing to clone it.
- Turn on continuous draw mode when placing the same tool repeatedly.
- Star frequently used tools so they appear in Favorites.
- Lock finished work before panning or editing nearby drawings.
- Save the chart layout when the drawings should be available again later.
Free plans can keep up to 10 drawings per chart. Basic and Pro have no plan limit; one symbol's saved chart holds up to 200 drawings.
Choose a flyout
The flyout is the source of truth for every available tool and its plan badge. Specialist guides focus on choosing and using each group:
- Gann Modules for the Gann drawing group and wheel calculators.
- Price Geometry for all eight geometry drawings.
- Harmonic Trader for the Geometric Emblem, Scale-Out Levels, and X-Bar Trailing Stop.
- Statistical Suite for regression, probability, and distribution drawings.
- Extremes Suite for Thrust Barriers, Time Ripples, and Turn Windows.
Common workflows
Mark price structure
Start with a horizontal line at a level the market has already respected. Add a trend line or channel only if it clarifies the active move. Use a Fib Retracement after selecting a completed swing: click its start, then its end. 0% sits at the end of the move and 100% at its start, so 61.8% marks a 61.8% pullback; turn on Reverse to flip the levels. Then look for agreement with existing price structure rather than treating every displayed level as equally important.
Plan a trade
Use Long Position or Short Position to place entry, target, and invalidation levels on the chart. Adjust the anchors until the displayed risk and reward match the plan. New positions also show how the plan played out: the zones end at the first bar after the entry that touches the target or the stop, and the result is labeled there — turn Outcome off in the style bar to keep the plain box. Enter an account size and risk % to see the position size and the amounts at risk and at stake. Keep the drawing as a visual record; it does not place an order.
Work with Gann price and time
Anchor Gann tools to a meaningful high, low, or completed range. The Time/Price Ratio control in the Charts Workspace can lock the chart geometry so angles keep the same screen slope while zooming. Use automatic scale first, then switch to manual only when you need a specific scale across charts.
The Gann range marker measures one move and repeats its price and time references forward or backward. The Gann Overlay combines common fan, level, and time layers in one object. Treat projected dates and levels as areas to review, not guaranteed turns.
Mobile drawing
On a mobile or touch layout, tap Draw to open the full drawing sheet. Choose a tool, close the sheet, and tap the chart to place each anchor. Select a finished object to edit it. The Objects tab and favorites remain available, so mobile drawings use the same saved workspace as desktop.
Plan access
Related guides
- Charts Workspace for Price scale, layouts, and object management
- Indicators for studies that update automatically with each bar
- Astro Modules for event panels applied from the right rail