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ArthaChitra has an advance charting interface which not only provides advanced analytical features but also acts as an order routing platform having innovating order routing features.

ArthaChitra supports both equi-distant and time based x-axis. While an equi-distant chart simply stacks the bars one after another, a time based x-axis plots the bars based on their time value. A time based x-axis lets one to plot multiple bars in a single view. This can be in combinations of any periodicity or instruments.

For example, you can plot a 1 (one) minute and 3 (three) minute bar on a same chart. You can also plot 2 (two) or more chart of different instrument on the same chart. For example you can plot a 5 (five) minute bars of the Nifty Index and 3 (three) minute bars of the Nifty futures chart

Please click here to know how to open a chart.

ArthaChitra natively comes with a bouquet of popular indicators and drawing objects. User can also custom code their own bar type, indicator, drawing objects and other business objects.

Some of the salient features of ArthaChitra includes:

  • Ability to plot multiple bars on a single chart. The combination of bars can of any instrument or any time-frame.

  • Can plot indicator based on different bars series e.g. ArthaChitra can plot a SMA based on say 5 minute bars over a 1 minute bars

  • Linear and logarithmic chart

  • 70+ popular in-built indicators, beside ability to code custom indicators, drawing objects and other business objects.

  • Drawing objects like Fibonacci retracements, Gann Fan, Andrawes Pitchfork etc

  • Trading directly from charts, including ability to submit OCO orders at a click of a button.

Chart View
How to place an order from the chart

ArthaChitra lets you place an order from the chart with ease. Please follow the below steps to know more:

  • Right click on the chart and select an account

  • Set the quantity, product type, time in force etc params

Now you can place an order either following the below steps

  • Move the mouse at your desired price level and right click on the chart

  • Click on the Buy or sell menu items as per your desire

You can also place a limit order with a click of a mouse.

  • In the Menu click on the 'Money Edit' icon and click on Buy Limit or Sell Limit menu item

  • Move the mouse to your desired price level. Note, the mouse will be further highlighted by a horizontal line.

  • Click on your desired price to place an order

Note: You can always press the ESC key to cancel the order

Chart Trader Menu
Chart Trader Limit

The Chart also have a chart trader panel on the right which presents various views like the Depth of Market (DOM)/Price ladder, Time and Sales view, Level-II view from which user can place an order.

To invoke the chart trader panel please follow the below steps:

  • In the chart menu bar select the 'Show Chart Trader' icon and click on the relevant menu item

Menu Bar

Please find below the workings of the tool bar items

  • Instrument drop down menu items - Change chart instruments using the Instrument drop down menu item.
  • Periodicity drop down menu items - Change the periodicity of the using the periodicity drop down menu items.
  • Change the mouse type, from the default pointer or the cross hair mouse type
  • Increase or decrease bar width, bar space
  • Screenshot menu item - Take a screenshot of the chart. The screenshot is saved in the folder <My Documents>\ArthaChitra 2\Screenshot\
  • Drawing object drop down menu - Draw a drawing object like line, shapes, Fibonacci retracements etc.
  • Opens the Data Series dialog
  • Indicator selector menu item - Apply an indicator or edit existing indicators.
  • Strategy selector menu item - Apply a strategy.
  • Opens the DataBox View to view the OHLC values of the bars or the series values of the indicator(s).
  • Show or hide the chart trader panel
  • Place limit orders at mouse position.
Context menu

You can invoke the context menu by right-clicking on the Dom View. Please find the workings of the default context menu items

  • The first 3 menu items pertains to buy/sell. One can place a buy or sell limit order, buy/sell stop limit order and buy/sell stop market order. Whether the order will be buy or sell depends on where you have right clicked on the chart. If you have clicked below the last traded price, the menu items will don Buy limit order and Sell stop orders and vice-verse. Please note, the menu item will pop up only if you are connected and your connection provider supports order submission. Again if the connection does not support a particular orderType then that menu item will not appear. For example NOW connection does not supports stop market orders. As such the menu items will not show the stop market items.
  • Opens the Data Series dialog
  • Opens the Indicator selector view.
  • Opens the Strategy selector view.
  • Reload todays data - If your connection supports historical data, then reload todays the primary bars data using it.
  • Reload Historical Data - If your connection supports historical data, then reload the primary bars data using it.
  • Add the primary bar to the Periodicity dropdown menu.
  • Change the primary bars instrument from the instrument list.
  • Invokes the instrument selector and change the instrument of the primary bar.
  • Sets the current chart view as topmost.
  • Select the account you want to trade.
  • Quantity selector
  • Select the available product types
  • Select the available time in force
  • Set the OCO tag.
  • Opens the chart properties view.
  • Opens the Y Axis properties view.
  • Save the applied indicators as a template.
  • Apply the saved indicator template.
Chart View Context Menu
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