Trading charts
Get to the heart of price action with our free, live trading charts for forex, shares, indices, cryptos and more. Perform in-depth analysis with 25 indicators and 17 drawing tools.
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Why download our trading app?
Trade at the cutting edge
Take advantage of lightning-fast HTML5 technology and watch market developments in real time2
Trade at the cutting edge
Perform in-depth technical analysis with the help of 25 customisable indicators and 17 drawing tools
Trade at the cutting edge
See the full picture across multiple timeframes with our graphs
Compare the same market across multiple timeframes with our innovative chart-splitting feature. Split charts up to four times, and apply the layout that best fits your needs.
With a clear view of different periods, from tick-by-tick to monthly, you’ll be in the best possible position to identify – and react to – significant price movements.
In-depth chart analysis with 25 indicators and 17 drawing tools
Indicators
Make informed trades using state-of-the-art technical analysis tools. With our award-winning platform,2 you’ll have access to Bollinger Bands, the MACD, pivot points and many others.
Add indicators to a selected price chart easily by clicking on the ‘indicators’ icon on the chart. Alternatively, right click and select ‘indicators’ from the menu bar. Remember, past performance doesn’t guarantee future results.
Drawings
Identify and visualise trends, triangles and wedges, among other important chart patterns with drawings.
Select the object you want from the ‘drawings’ icon on the chart (or right click on the chart and select ‘drawings’ from the menu). Our drawing objects include Fibonacci retracements and extensions, Elliott waves, channels and more.
Lightning-fast live graphs
Enjoy an effortless trading experience with our HTML5 technology. You can split charts, apply as many indicators as you like and add your own annotations, all without sacrificing speed or stability.
Our charts are designed to perform on any browser – though we recommend Google Chrome for the very best experience.
Trade directly from your charts
React to new opportunities faster than ever by trading directly from charts. Open, close and edit positions in a couple of clicks with our easy-to-use functionality. And, choose one-click trading to take positions instantly.
Our platform is designed to make it as quick as possible for you to respond to key market movements – especially from our charts.
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What are the types of trading charts and how do you read them?
Candlestick charts display pricing information in long, thin bars that resemble candles. Each candlestick shows price movement over the period of time you selected. A green candlestick indicates that the market moved up in price over the given period, closing at a higher price than it opened. A red candlestick, on the other hand, indicates that the market’s price decreased, closing at a lower price than it opened.
Candlesticks give you information about four key price variables:
- Open – the price at the start of the period
- Close – the price at the end of the period
- High – the highest price traded during the period
- Low – the lowest price traded during the period
On first encounter, Heikin-Ashi bars may look very similar to the candlestick chart. But, there’s a significant difference between the two. Heikin-Ashi, which more or less translates from Japanese as ‘average pace’, gives you an indication of price averages – and their changes – over a period.
Heikin-Ashi charts are smoother than candlesticks and, rather than offering an exact price at any moment, are often looked to for determining general trends over longer timeframes. The opening price of a Heikin-Ashi bar is the mid-point of the previous bar, and the closing price equals the average price for the current period.
In short, each Heikin-Ashi bar shows you the direction and magnitude of every period’s change in average price level. For example, a long green bar will indicate that the average price has increased substantially. Conversely, a long red bar tells you that the average price in the market has dropped significantly.
- The open price is represented by the horizontal notch to the left of the vertical line
- The close price is represented by the horizontal notch to the right of the vertical line
- The high price is the uppermost point of the vertical line
- The low price is the lowest point of the vertical line
This is a very simple way to display pricing data as it doesn’t give any indication of what the high, low or open price for the period was. For this reason, many traders only use line charts when assessing long-term trends, where some of the additional information may not be quite as relevant as it is when trading short-term patterns.
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FAQs
What charts are best for trading?
For beginners, line and mountain charts are uncluttered and show price movements clearly. For more experienced traders, candlestick and HLOC charts are useful to gauge price volatility and the pace of change across the shorter term. Heikin-Ashi charts are suited to experienced traders looking for general price movements and trends over longer periods of time.
Where can I get free trading charts?
You can get free trading charts in our award-winning platform.[3] You can try our free demo account and get $10,000 in virtual funds to practise with. You can also create a live trading account. There’s no requirement to fund a live account, so you don’t have to trade until you want to.
What indicators can I use for technical analysis on charts?
Try these next
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1 Based on revenue (published financial statements, 2023).
2 All chart prices are indicative of IG prices, and not necessarily those of an exchange or third-party broker-dealer.
3 Best Finance App, Best Multi-Platform Provider and Best Platform for the Active Trader as awarded at the ADVFN International Financial Awards 2024.
4 There are 10 hours of no trading, depending on the asset class being traded. For more details refer to our out-of-hours trading page.
