The "Indicators" window
This article explains how to turn on one of our indicators, show it on screen, choose a place for it and remove it. What each indicator shows and which events it has is described in the articles about the indicators themselves.
Where to open it
The "Indicators" item in the bot's top bar. The window shows our indicators as cards, one per page. Page through them with the "‹ Back" and "Next ›" buttons at the bottom.
There are two tabs at the top:
- "All" — all our indicators;
- "Active" — only the ones turned on. The number next to the name is how many there are now. If the tab is empty, no indicator is turned on.
Two checkboxes: "Use" and "Show"
Each card has two checkboxes, and they do different things.
| Checkbox | What it does |
|---|---|
| Use | Gives the indicator's events to the strategy builder. You can build entry rules and confirmations from them. Nothing appears on screen. |
| Show | Draws the indicator. Next to it you choose the place: "below the chart" or "on the chart". |
Usually both are ticked: the indicator is visible, and you can build a rule from it. But one is enough too. For example, "Use" without "Show" — when the rule is already built and you do not need to look at the indicator.
If your plan allows only one of our indicators to be on at a time, turning on a second one turns the first one off. Its settings are kept, and the bot tells you so in a message.
Where the indicator is drawn
The place is chosen to the right of the "Show" checkbox.
- Below the chart — the indicator gets its own strip below the platform chart. The strip takes height from the chart. It makes sense to keep two or three shown this way: below a certain height the chart does not shrink, and new strips stop fitting.
- On the chart — the indicator is drawn right over the candles, on the platform's price scale, and takes no height from the chart.
"On the chart" is not available to all indicators. Only indicators calculated in prices can choose it: channels, moving averages, stop lines. Waves, percentages and strength indexes do not fit the price scale, so they only get their own strip.
"7trade Candle Geometry" shows "strategies only" instead of a place. This indicator draws nothing: its candle features are for the strategy builder and your own candlestick patterns.
Strategy marks
At the very top of the window there are two checkboxes shared by all indicators:
- "Mark strategy signal (dotted line)" — a vertical dotted line on the candle at whose close the entry of the running strategy fired. Bright and thick — the bot would enter here. Dim and thin — the entry fired, but a confirmation did not let it through or the pause after the previous trade was still on;
- "Mark bot entry (arrow)" — an arrow under the bar where the bot opened a trade: ▲ up, ▼ down.
The dotted line appears only while a strategy is running and the chart is open on the same timeframe the strategy works on.
The strip below the chart
Each strip has buttons in its header:
| Button | What it does |
|---|---|
| Gear | Indicator settings. |
| Arrow | Collapse the strip or expand it back. |
| To the chart | Move the indicator over the candles, if it can do that. The strip is freed, and the chart takes its height. |
| Cross | Remove the indicator completely. |
You can drag the bottom edge of the strip with the mouse to change its height.
If a strategy is running on the indicator with different settings, the strip draws it with the strategy's settings and says so in its header. This way the screen shows exactly what the rule sees.
An indicator on the chart
An indicator moved to the chart is listed in the chart legend next to the platform's indicators. The icons in its line:
- eye — hide the lines; the line in the legend stays;
- pencil — settings;
- down arrow — bring the indicator back to the strip below the chart;
- cross — remove completely.
You can also bring the indicator back to its strip by clicking its caption on the chart.
The "7trade" tab in the platform menu
You can turn on our indicators without opening the bot window. In the platform's own indicators window, next to its "All" tab, there is a "7trade" tab. Click an indicator's name — it turns on and appears on screen just like the platform's indicators.
How to remove an indicator
Any of three ways:
- Untick "Use" and "Show" in the "Indicators" window.
- The cross in the strip header.
- The cross in the legend line on the chart.
A removed indicator disappears from the screen and from the builder's list of events. Strategies already built on it do not change. To bring the indicator back, tick the checkboxes in the "Indicators" window again.
What the window does not do
- It does not open trades. An indicator only calculates and draws. A trade is opened by a strategy when its rule fires.
- It does not change a running strategy. New indicator settings apply to the screen and to new strategies. A strategy that is already running calculates the indicator with its own settings.
Frequently asked questions
I ticked the checkbox, but the screen is empty. Only "Use" is ticked. The indicator is drawn by the "Show" checkbox.
The indicator has no "on the chart" choice. Its values are not prices, and they do not belong on the chart's price scale. Such an indicator only gets its own strip.
The strip does not grow no matter how I drag it. The platform chart does not shrink below its minimum. Remove an extra strip or move one of the indicators to the chart.
The strip header says "with the strategy's settings". The running strategy is built on this indicator with different settings. The strip shows the indicator the way the strategy sees it.
How do I save a set of indicators so I do not have to place them again? The "Templates" window in the top bar: save the set under a name, then apply it with one press.
What's next
- Strategies — the builder — how to build a rule from indicator events.
- Indicator templates — how to save a set of indicators and bring it back.
- 7trade Cipher A — the first of our indicators.