Lock price scale
Lock price scale
06 Mar 2019, 12:41
No one likes Trading View, but they have good price scale locking options. Please consider something similar. Respectfully.
The problem with cTrader Desktop is that:
1. the price scale resets to show all objects, for example, user horizontal trendlines or Pivots/Sup/Res from indicators far above and below price. This flattens price action to a thin line within a huge scale.
2. The scale resets as a result of numerous normal user chart manipulation actions in the middle of a trading session.
3. The scale then has to be re-set. To do so you need to first click-drag the chart background to "release" the price scale, then click-drag the price scale to re-scale in manually.
It is a slow and repeated interface hassle throughout a trading session. Please remember some of us are still old-style screen-time hands-on chart day traders :)
I persist in making suggestions for your platform because cTrader is the multi-broker platform future. MT4/5 is not. NT is not. We are hoping for great things in 3-5 years time.
Examples of VERY common user actions which cause the price scale to resize and show all objects on screen, thus squashing price action to a thin band:
- scrolling chart with mouse wheel
- opening trade monitor window at the bottom of the screen
- zooming the chart
- changing time frame/ticks/pips of the bars
I'll bet there are more.
Replies
Capt.Z-Partner
15 Sep 2020, 21:12
Yes, totally support damian8's idea. I would like to see price scale locking function in cTrader as well.
@Capt.Z-Partner
elite12968
07 Apr 2024, 14:02
( Updated at: 08 Apr 2024, 05:23 )
RE: Lock price scale
Capt.Z-Partner said:
Yes, totally support damian8's idea. I would like to see price scale locking function in cTrader as well.
It is 4 years later now 2024, is this lock price scale feature implemented? How to lock? Because the screen is scrolling all over the place very unfriendly, any clue how to lock?
@elite12968
damian8
11 Mar 2019, 08:10
Seems this might have been caused by a 3rd party Pivot level indicator.
Would still be very nice if we could lock the price scale so that a workspace always opens with the same scale.
@damian8