Welcome to another installment of our free course on trading and technical analysis. This post summarizes our latest video, which focuses on personalizing your TradingView charting experience. The goal here is to ensure your TradingView dashboard looks the way you want it to.

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What you’ll learn in the video

In this video, you’ll learn how to personalize various aspects of your TradingView charts. Here’s an overview of the main topics covered:

• How to set the general style of your Tradingview dashboard (e.g., background color, grid lines, and text style).
• How to set your chart to log scale.
• How to add or remove various labels from your chart.
• How to save TradingView style templates for later use.
• How to format different aspects of your chart to your chosen style (e.g., drawings and indicators).

Detailed summary of the main points

Setting the general style of your TradingView chart:

• Symbol settings: The video will show you how to customize the color of price candles. You’ll learn how to include or exclude price wicks and manage the visibility of the price line.
• Status settings: Learn how to configure what’s displayed in the top left corner of your chart. This includes the symbol name, ticker, and description.
• Scales settings: See how to adjust what’s shown on the right-hand axis. This includes ticker symbols, current price, and major highs/lows.
• Canvas settings: Find out how to change the background color, add or remove gridlines, and modify margin lines. For example, you can set the background to black, remove gridlines, and change margin text to white at 16 points with 100% visibility.
• Saving as a template: The video will guide you on how to save your customized settings as a template (e.g., “Mychart”) for future use.

Formatting TradingView’s price axis and data points:

• Log scale setting: Discover how to switch your chart to log scale. This focuses on percentage changes rather than absolute points, making it ideal for long-term time frames.

Drawing and formatting tools:

• Trendlines: The video demonstrates how to draw and customize trendlines, including changing their color and thickness.
• Support and resistance boxes: Learn how to use the rectangle tool to create and customize resistance boxes. For example, you can make them yellow with no background.

Formatting TradingView indicators:

• Simple moving average (SMA): Watch how to change the appearance of the SMA. This includes adjusting the period and line thickness. For example, you can set a 50-period SMA with a thick green line.
• Relative strength index (RSI): The video will show you how to customize the RSI’s appearance. This includes changing its color and background. For instance, you can make the RSI blue with a slight white background.

By following the instructions in the video, you’ll be able to tailor your TradingView dashboard to match your preferred style. This will enhance your overall charting experience.

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This video is lesson 4.2 of our free trading and technical analysis course.