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5. Drawing Tools
- Created
- Jun 5, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 5, 2026
The drawing toolbar lets you annotate the active pane with lines, shapes, text, Fibonacci levels, and trade-planning tools. Pick a tool, draw on the chart, then select and restyle or delete it.
The toolset
| Tool | Use | Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
| Select | The cursor; click a drawing to select and edit it | — |
| Pencil | Freehand line | — |
| Highlighter | Thick, translucent freehand marker | — |
| Text | A text label placed on the chart | Alt+N |
| Trend line | A straight line between two points | Alt+T |
| Zigzag line | A multi-segment polyline | — |
| Horizontal line | A horizontal price line | Alt+H |
| Vertical line | A vertical time line | Alt+V |
| Rectangle | A box over a price/time region | Alt+Shift+R |
| Fib retracement | Fibonacci retracement levels | Alt+F |
| Date and price range | Measures span and change between two points | — |
| Anchored volume profile | Volume-by-price profile anchored at a bar | — |
| Long position | A long trade plan with entry, target, and stop | — |
| Short position | A short trade plan with entry, target, and stop | — |
Styling drawings
The toolbar carries the current style, applied to new drawings (and to the selected drawing when you change it):
- Color — choose from the swatch palette.
- Line width — 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 2, 3, or 4.
- Fill color — translucent fills for shapes (or transparent).
Select an existing drawing to restyle it; rectangles and Fibonacci drawings additionally support extending their boundaries.
Fibonacci levels
The Fibonacci retracement tool plots the standard ratio levels between your two anchor points: 0, 0.236, 0.382, 0.5, 0.618, 0.786, and 1.
Snapping (magnet)
A magnet toggle snaps new drawing points to nearby bar values (open/high/low/close), which makes it easy to anchor lines precisely to price. Magnet is on by default.
Editing and removing
- Select a drawing with the cursor to move or restyle it.
- Nudge a selected drawing with the arrow keys (
↑ ↓ ← →). - Delete the selected drawing with
DeleteorBackspace(or the toolbar's delete button). - Clear removes all drawings on the pane.
Next steps
To study how price arrived at the present, replay it.
Next: Bar Replay