Drawing tools, fully explained

Drawing tools put "the analysis in your head" onto the chart. There are many, but only a handful are truly high-frequency — master those and your charts stay fast and tidy.

The most-used tools

• Trend line / ray: sketch trends and channel edges;
• Horizontal / price line: mark support & resistance and key prices;
• Parallel channel: draw both rails at once;
• Rectangle / zone: box a high-volume area or a range;
• Fibonacci: retracement and extension (see this guide).

Settings that save effort

• Magnet: snaps to a candle's OHLC for precise drawing;
• Lock drawing: stops you nudging a finished line;
• Copy style / apply as default: consistent colors and widths;
• Clone: duplicate a parallel structure quickly.

Managing your drawings

Use the object tree to view and hide shapes; color-code by analysis. Since drawings sync with your account, lines drawn on your computer show up on your phone.