Standard Candles & Bars
Guide to using standard price charting styles inside the BacktestX charting terminal.
Bars
Description: Displays price bars showing Open, High, Low, and Close (OHLC) values with small horizontal notches.
Traditional charting method for clear price action and trend analysis.
Available in the chart styles menu. Applies automatically to active series data.
Candles
Description: Standard filled/hollow candles with bodies representing open-to-close ranges and vertical wicks.
Analyzing patterns, market sentiments, and trend breakouts.
Select 'Candles' from the top toolbar chart styles dropdown menu.
Hollow Candles
Description: Candle chart style displaying hollow bodies for bullish sessions and solid bodies for bearish sessions.
Improving visibility of price closes and gaps.
Select 'Hollow candles' from the chart style menu.
Volume Candles
Description: Draws candles whose horizontal widths are scaled proportionally to the trading volume of that session.
Visualizing high-volume price breakouts instantly on the price bars.
Select 'Volume candles' from the chart styles dropdown.
Columns
Description: Represents each session's closing price as a solid vertical bar starting from the bottom baseline.
Ideal for comparing closing values over time.
Select 'Columns' from the chart styles dropdown menu.
High-Low
Description: Displays only the vertical wicks showing the range between high and low prices without session bodies.
Removing body noise to focus exclusively on trading volatility ranges.
Select 'High-low' from the chart styles dropdown menu.