Documentation

01. Introduction

Created
Jun 5, 2026
Updated
Jun 5, 2026

Fractal Chart is a focused workspace for charting, testing, and acting on market ideas. It brings fast candlestick charts, a deep technical-indicator library, strategy backtesting, watchlists, and a chart-aware AI assistant together in one screen — so you can move from a quick symbol check to a tested trade idea without leaving the page.

These docs explain every user-facing feature, from opening your first chart to authoring your own indicators and strategies. They are organized as a guided path: read top to bottom the first time, then use the sidebar to jump back to any topic.

What Fractal Chart does

The workspace is built around six capability areas:

  • Charting — responsive candlestick charts with drawing tools, bar replay, multi-pane layouts, and themeable surfaces built for repeated market review.
  • Indicators — a broad library of built-in technical studies, plus authoring tools for writing your own indicators.
  • Backtesting — compose strategy logic and test it against historical bars, with trade, equity, and performance outputs.
  • AI assistant — a chart-aware chat that can read the visible chart, draft indicator and strategy code, and propose chart actions for you to approve.
  • Data & symbols — stock data through Massive and crypto data through Binance, with realtime or delayed feeds.
  • Watchlists — saved groups of symbols so research sessions move quickly between markets.

You can open the workspace at any symbol, for example /chart/BTCUSDT.

Who these docs are for

  • New users who want to learn the workspace from scratch — start with Getting Started.
  • Active traders and analysts who want reference material for a specific feature — use the sidebar to jump to Charting, Indicators, Backtesting, the AI assistant, Data & Symbols, or Watchlists.
  • Power users and authors who want to extend the workspace with custom indicators and strategies — see the Authoring section.

How these docs are organized

The sidebar mirrors the docs folder structure, and sections are numbered so they read in a sensible learning order. Every page ends with a Next link, so you can read straight through from start to finish.

Documentation map

  1. Introduction — this page.
  2. Getting Started — Quick Start, The Workspace Tour, Symbols & Timeframes.
  3. Charting — Overview, Chart Types & Volume, Navigating the Chart, Multi-Pane Layouts, Drawing Tools, Bar Replay, Event & Session Overlays, Chart Settings.
  4. Indicators — Overview, Adding & Managing Indicators, Configuring Indicator Settings, Built-in Indicator Library, Chart Patterns.
  5. Backtesting — Overview, Running Your First Backtest, Reading Backtest Results, Strategy & Test Settings, Saving & Managing Drafts.
  6. AI Assistant — Overview, Setting Up an AI Provider, Chatting With Your Chart, Applying AI Chart Actions, Conversation History.
  7. Data & Symbols — Overview, Configuring Providers & API Keys, Symbols & Ticker Formats, Realtime vs Delayed Data.
  8. Watchlists — Overview, Creating & Managing Watchlists.
  9. Settings & Personalization — Themes & Palettes, Saved Workspace Layouts, Workspace Preferences.
  10. Authoring — Overview, Authoring Language & Syntax, Writing Custom Indicators, Custom Indicator API Reference, Writing Strategies, Strategy API Reference, Composing Indicators & Patterns.
  11. Reference — Glossary, Keyboard Shortcuts, FAQ & Troubleshooting.
  12. Company — About, Roadmap, Contact, Status.

Start here

If this is your first time, open the workspace and follow along:

Next: Quick Start