# Charts

> How the ChartRider chart is laid out and how you switch timeframes, zoom, pan, share the chart and export its data.

Updated: 2026-10-25T01:50:47.000Z · https://chartrider.com/docs/charts/

## Layout

On a desktop screen the chart page has four parts:

- **Top bar**: the ChartRider logo (back to the home page), the candle interval bar, **Share** and a clock. When you are signed in, notifications, **Invite**, your name and **Sign out** appear there too.
- **Chart**: candles in the middle, the price axis on the right, the time axis below. The **Go to** button sits in the corner where both axes meet (see [Go to](https://chartrider.com/docs/charts/go-to/)).
- **Dock**: a column of buttons on the right edge. Panels such as Symbols or Indicators open next to the chart.
- **Status bar** at the bottom: status messages, the progress of a running strategy, a music player and your connection ping.

## Dock buttons

| Button | Key | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Help | `F1` | Help and shortcuts, with a guided tour |
| Community | – | Opens the ChartRider community on Telegram |
| Symbols | `F2` | Choose a market, edit the watchlist ([Symbols and watchlist](https://chartrider.com/docs/charts/symbols-and-watchlist/)) |
| Indicators | `F3` | Add and configure indicators ([Indicators](https://chartrider.com/docs/indicators/)) |
| Trade | `F4` | Paper trading with play money ([Trading](https://chartrider.com/docs/trading/)) |
| Compete | – | Paper trading competitions ([Competitions](https://chartrider.com/docs/trading/competitions/)) |
| Strategies | `F6` | Your strategies and Run strategy ([Strategies](https://chartrider.com/docs/strategies/)) |
| Backtest | `F5` | Runs the active strategy on this chart |
| Play | `Alt` + `R` | Tick-by-tick replay ([Replay](https://chartrider.com/docs/charts/replay/)) |
| Settings | `F10` | Candle colors, background grid, time zone and more |
| Fullscreen | `F11` | Fullscreen on and off |

Strategies and Backtest appear once you are signed in. Play appears when your account includes replay.

## Timeframes

The interval bar groups the timeframes into minutes (1m, 3m, 5m, 15m, 30m), hours (1h, 90m, 2h, 3h, 4h, 6h, 12h) and calendar intervals (D, W, M for day, week and calendar month). The active one is highlighted. Ten of them have shortcuts, shown on the buttons with ⌥:

| Keys | Timeframe | Keys | Timeframe |
|---|---|---|---|
| `Alt` + `1` | 1m | `Alt` + `6` | 1h |
| `Alt` + `2` | 3m | `Alt` + `7` | 2h |
| `Alt` + `3` | 5m | `Alt` + `8` | 4h |
| `Alt` + `4` | 15m | `Alt` + `9` | 6h |
| `Alt` + `5` | 30m | `Alt` + `0` | 12h |

When you switch, the chart keeps your place: if the current candle was in view, the new timeframe opens at the current candle; if you were looking at the past, it centers on the same time.

## Zoom, pan and the price axis

- **Scroll wheel**: zoom in and out around the cursor.
- **Drag**: move through time. More history loads when you reach the edge.
- **Drag the price scale**: stretch or compress the price axis. Double-click the price scale to fit it to the visible candles again (also **Fit prices** in the [chart menu](https://chartrider.com/docs/charts/chart-menu/)).
- **Price line**: the current price. The bar on the last candle shows how much of its interval has passed.
- **Legend**: hover a candle to see its open, high, low, close and volume. More on the legend and the other overlays in [HUDs](https://chartrider.com/docs/charts/huds/).

Right-click anywhere in the chart for the [chart menu](https://chartrider.com/docs/charts/chart-menu/) with [drawing tools](https://chartrider.com/docs/charts/drawing-tools/), **Go to now**, **Copy price** and more.

## Share a chart

**Share** in the top bar (or **Share chart** in the chart menu) creates a link to this market and timeframe with a live preview image of the chart. On a phone the system share sheet opens; on a desktop the link is copied and the button shows **Link copied**. If you have an invite code, the link carries it, so people who sign up through it count as your invites (see [Account](https://chartrider.com/docs/account/)).

## Export candles and indicator values

`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `E` downloads `candles_and_indicators.csv` with all loaded candles of the chart. Columns: `datetime` (UTC, ISO 8601), `open`, `high`, `low`, `close`, `volume`, then one column per indicator output, named `Indicator name:output`.

## On a phone

Below 768 px width the layout changes:

- A navigation bar at the bottom replaces the dock and the status bar: **Symbols**, **Indicators**, **Trade**, **Share**, **Help** and **Fullscreen** (when the browser supports it).
- The interval bar scrolls sideways and keeps the active timeframe in view.
- **Pinch** to zoom, **drag** to move through time, **tap** for a crosshair with the values of that candle. The price axis follows the visible candles automatically.
- The right-click chart menu, the drawing tools, Strategies, Backtest, Play, Settings and keyboard shortcuts are only available on a desktop.