Color

AgenaTrader allows you to personalize your trading charts by adjusting various color settings, helping you create a visually appealing and easy-to-read workspace. Whether you prefer a light or dark theme, want to highlight key price levels, or adjust fonts for better readability, the flexible color options make it simple to tailor your charts to your preferences.

In this section, you'll learn how to:

• Access the color settings through the chart toolbar or context menu.

• Customize background colors, fonts, grid lines, and chart elements such as candlestick colors and price markers.

• Enable or disable features like Show Candles at Front and Show Bar Timer to optimize your trading experience.

By following the steps in this guide, you’ll be able to fine-tune your chart appearance, ensuring greater visibility and a more intuitive trading environment.

1. Left click on the icon within the chart toolbar.

2. Right click in the charting area to bring up the chart context menu, then select Settings followed by the Color menu item.

Description of menu items:

• Back color: sets the background color.

• Gradient Top Color: sets the background color as a gradient fading into white from top to bottom

• Gradient Bottom Color: sets the background color as a gradient fading into white from bottom to top

• Date Font: sets the font for the time axis

• Price Font: sets the font for the price axis

• Chart Font: sets the font for a chart

• Execution Font: sets the font for the execution

• Grid X Color: sets the color of X grids on the chart

• Grid Y Color: sets the color of Y grids on the chart

• Day-Break Color: sets the color of Day-Break on the chart

• Candle Properties: includes settings for candlestick display e.g. color of upward and downward ticks

• Show Candles At Front: if enabled, the "price style" used by you will be applied to indicators. All indicators will be displayed behind the chart candles or other chart styles.

• Show Bar Timer: if enabled, the bar timer will be shown in the lower right portion of the charting window. It displays the progress of the currently selected "price style" (chart appearance).

• Price Lines & Markers: sets the color of price lines and bid/ask price markers

• Once you have selected a menu option from the list, the appropriate dialog window for color selection will appear:

• QuickTrader settings: includes settings for QuickTrader display e.g. color