Stock Charts: Draw Trend Lines

To draw diagonal trendlines on timetotrade's FREE STOCK CHARTS >>, click the "draw trendline" button. This button is found to the top right hand side of the chart, as illustrated in the following screen shot:



Position your mouse cursor on the chart where you would like the trendline to begin and left click your mouse button. Holding down the button, manoeuvre the line until you are happy with the alignment and then let go of the button.

Each trend line has two blue spots - these are the "drag points":



Click and drag on either of the drag points to change the gradient of the trendline:



To move the trendline without changing its gradient, click at any point on the trendline between the two "drag points":



keeping your mouse button held down, move the trendline to where you want it to go and then release the mouse.



To draw parallel trendlines, select the trendline you wish to duplicate by clicking on the trendline. The line will turn black to indicate it is selected and two new buttons will appear to the right hand side of the chart: the "create a parallel line" button and the "delete selected line" button.

Click on the "create a parallel line" button:



A new trendline (coloured navy blue) will appear on the chart, parallel to the line you had selected:



To move the trendline, left click on the line and hold down the mouse button whilst you manouvre the line to where you want it to go, and then release the mouse button.



In the next section we will discuss how to delete your trendlines.