FX Blue offers market-leading web-based charting for forex and cryptocurrency trading.
In addition to hundreds of technical indicators and drawing tools, you can apply one indicator to another indicator,
set alerts, use a range of unique drawing features, and even write your own custom indicators.
Click on the sections below to explore more of the options for FX Blue's charts.
The charting provides all the usual price styles, such as filled candles and OHLC bars, plus some extra options such as baseline charts and Renko bars with tails
Candles (with optional gradient fill)
Baseline, with user-moveable dividing line
Bar averaging (each bar is the average of the last N bars)
Renko, with tails showing adverse price movement
The charting display is extremely flexible, giving you the ability to create exactly the chart that you want
You can set any indicator to draw in the background, behind the bars...
...or you can set any indicator to draw in front of the bars
You can set any drawing to display in the background, behind the bars...
...or you can set any drawing to display in front of the bars
Individual indicators can be temporarily hidden
All indicators in the main chart area can be temporarily hidden, to reveal the chart
Indicators can be positioned above the chart, as well as below it
Indicators can be "maximized" so that they take up the whole chart space
Indicators can have price markers on the axis, showing their current value
In addition to all the usual technical indicator options, the charting provides many extra features which indicators can use to create a more informative display
Indicators can draw filled channels, with transparency, as well as simple lines
Indicators can draw lines of markers, as well as solid or dotted lines
Indicators can draw occasional markers for some data points only, such as a "fractal" indicator
Indicators can draw vertical or horizontal lines, highlighting important events such as moving average crosses
Indicators can draw event markers, at the bottom (or top) of the chart, such as calendar events
Indicators can change the graphical style of individual candles, to highlight them
Indicators can draw markers and also highlight individual bars, for example to pick out "inside" bars
Indicators in sub-windows can have a baseline value, such as 50, and a fill to that baseline
Indicators in sub-windows can have level markers, to pick out important thresholds such as 20 or 80 in RSI
The parameters for indicators can be quickly changed using the pop-up menu, without needing to display the full settings for the indicator
Indicators can be applied to other indicators. This can range from smoothing a moving average by applying another moving average to it, through to more complex examples such as applying Bollinger bands to RSI or ATR.
A simple moving average applied to an exponential moving average
A simple moving average applied to volume
An exponential moving average applied to RSI
Bollinger bands applied to ATR
MACD histogram applied to the upper band of a Keltner channel
You can create your own indicators, in simple Javascript. User-defined indicators (UDIs) can plot any values, just like built-in indicators, and can create drawings, event markers, and bar highlights. UDIs have access to the full features of Javascript, including the ability to communicate with remote servers and read any external data.
Example user-defined indicator, plotting multiple values in different styles
In addition to all the usual drawing tools, the charting provides a range of unique drawing features
Many types of drawing can have text attached to them (without needing to create two separate drawings, one for the line and one for the text)
Rectangles can have embedded text, displayed in the middle or at any corner
Many types of drawing can display markers as well as solid or dotted lines, for more graphical impact
The text and marker options can be combined - particularly useful when sharing a chart in a webinar, or by email
A price-range drawing highlights the range between two prices, all the way across the chart
A date-range drawing highlights the range between two dates
The call-out drawing can have variables in its text which automatically update if the drawing is moved, or if it is attached to the current bar and the price changes
You can draw statistical measures such as averages and linear regressions, projecting their value into the future
You can quickly draw lines across a price range, subdivided into halves, quarters, thirds, or eighths
Among other measuring tools, there is an OHLC measure which calculates the prices differences across a range
Indicators can have alert conditions attached to them, displaying a pop-up notification and/or a marker on the chart when an event occurs - e.g. moving-average cross, price moving outside Bollinger band
An alert from an indicator can display a pop-up notification
Alerts can also create markers on the chart (as well as, or instead of, message boxes)
Alerts can compare indicators to fixed values (e.g. RSI > 80), or the current price, or another indicator value
Each indicator can have any number of different alerts attached to it (e.g. RSI > 80 or < 20)
For simple alerts about price levels, there is a widget which can be given any number of prices to watch
Drawings can also have alert conditions attached to them, comparing the drawing either to price action or to indicator values - for example, a moving average crossing a threshold or a trend line
An alert on a drawing can be as simple as the price crossing a trend line
More complex shapes can also generate alerts. For example, you can set an an alert when a price enters a recentangle.
Alerts can also be set on statistical measures such as regression channels, or on Fibonacci drawings
Drawings can also be compared to indicator values. For example, you can set an alert when a moving average or Bollinger Band crosses a trend line
Like indicator alerts, drawing alerts can be checked on every new tick, or only at each bar end
Each axis in a chart is fully configurable
Every axis can be quickly configured via a pop-up menu
Every axis has a window for full control over its settings
An axis can have levels which are drawn across the chart without needing to create objects such as horizontal lines
An axis can have have bands which are drawn across the chart without needing to create objects such as price ranges
All the chart colours and other settings can be changed
Charts can be quickly switched between different colour themes
All chart colours (and other settings) are fully configurable
Charts can have a watermark, displaying the symbol name or even user-defined text
Charts can have background images, loaded from a URL, as well as a simple background colour
The scrollbar at the bottom of the chart, and the navigation options, can be turned on and off
The cursor type can be switched between cross-hairs, markers, and a simple arrow
Chart settings, templates, and workspaces can be saved and re-loaded, and charts can be popped out into new browser windows
Indicators can be saved as a "study" for loading onto other charts
Charts can be saved as templates
The charting area can be switched between different layouts - a tabbed view or multiple charts side by side
An entire workspace of multiple charts can be saved for re-use in future
Chart actions can be quickly undone
Charts can be popped out into a new browser window (which can then be moved onto a second monitor)
