How to open a chart

ArthaChitra lets you append one or more bars on a single view. A host of bars types like Minute, Day, Tick, Renko etc comes natively with ArthaChitra. Additionally we do expose both the BarType and ChartStyle objects which lets you build your own BarType and ChartStyle.

BarType can be configured while opening a chart. For this illustration we will try opening a 5 (Five) Minute chart. Please follow the below steps to configure the same.

In Main View menu bar goto New > Chart
In the Bars Selector View please select an instrument upon which the BarTypes drop down box will be displayed on the right side of the view populating all the available BarType.
Select Minute from the BarType drop down box.
In the Settings expander, set the property 'Bar Value' to 5 (five)
You may also select the ChartStyle associated with the BarType and set the properties of the ChartStyle.
Select the Start Date and the End Date (data, if available, will be loaded for this selected period).
Select an appropriate Session
Configure the chart properties, like Axis Orientation, Panel Index etc.
Click OK to open the chart

Note:

You can add multiple instruments to display multiple series

Please do remember ArthaChitra lets users to create their own BarTypes. The parameters/settings for each barTypes can differ from one another. In case of 3rd party codes please contact the developer/vendor of the specific sharpScript code.

How to add a specific barType periodicity in Chart View

The ChartView barType drop down list lets the user to change the periodicity easily. ArthaChitra lets the user to add his/her favorite periodicity in the barType drop down list for easy accessibility.

Right click on the chart
Click on Add <barType periodicity> to list

Now you will be able to access the newly added periodicity from the barType drop down list.