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This Guide categorizes and explains each piece of data you'll find on a Cryptowatch Chart.
The Charts page on Cryptowatch is absolutely loaded with information that, to a new trader, may seem overwhelming at first glance. This Guide deconstructs the Charts page into its smaller parts so that you can gather information quickly and trade more effectively.
Labeled Cryptowatch Chart
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The image above labels all the major data indications on the Charts page so you can quickly clarify anything you need to know. Below, these labels are expanded into brief definitions.
The text below each section header tells you its location and the order in which the labels above will be defined.
Price Chart
(left of Market Depth Chart & below Watchlist Bar, left-to-right / top-to-bottom)
Label
Description
Navigation Menu
Opens the markets navigation menu, where you can quickly find other markets in the current exchange, with the current market’s base currency, or on your watchlist. The search bar also allows you to search all markets on Cryptowatch.
Candlestick Period
Changes the period of time each candle represents (1 Minute
1M up to 1 Week 1W)Add to Watchlist
Clicking the star adds the current market to your watchlist. Clicking again removes it.
Exchange Homepage
Opens the Cryptowatch homepage.
Opens the Analysis tools menu, where you can add indicators and overlays to your charts (eg. EMA, Volume Profile, Bollinger Bands, etc.)
Opens the Chart Style menu, with options for the graph/candle style, y-axis scaling, etc.
Opens the Drawing menu, with options like “Clear all drawings” and “extrapolate [lines] by default”.
Takes a sharable snapshot of your chart, including drawings and indicators. The snapshot can be shared directly to the Chat.
Fullscreen
Makes the Cryptowatch window fullscreen.
Candle Date & Time
When hovering your mouse over a candle with the crosshair tool, this area will update with the date & time of that candle.
Hide/Show Overlay Info
Toggles info from overlays (eg. EMA, Bollinger Bands) from the point where the crosshair tool is hovering.
Overlay Info
Information from your chart overlay tools (eg. EMA, Bollinger Bands) at the point in time where your crosshair tool is hovering.
Open
The open price of the candle your crosshair tool is hovering over.
High
The high price of the candle your crosshair tool is hovering over.
Low
The low price of the candle your crosshair tool is hovering over.
Close
The close price of the candle your crosshair tool is hovering over.
Open to Close % Change
When hovering your mouse over a candle with the crosshair tool selected, the percent-change in price from open to close appears here.
Visible High Price
The highest visible price on the chart is highlighted and shown. Moving the chart to view a new high price will change it.
Visible Low Price
The lowest visible price on the chart is highlighted and shown. Moving the chart to view a new low price will change it.
Site Navigation
(top bar, left-to-right)
Label
Description
Site Navigation
Opens a menu with links to other internal pages on Cryptowatch, as well as our external properties (Guides, Blog, etc.)
Search Bar
The search bar lets you search through all pages, exchanges, markets, and assets on Cryptowatch.
Home
Charts
Assets
Exchanges
Markets
Correlations
Desktop
Pricing
Theme selector — switch between light and dark mode when on the standard theme. Clicking the dropdown arrow opens the theme selector/customization tool for choosing existing themes or creating new custom themes.
Credits & Account
Opens options regarding your Cryptowatch Credits and allows navigation to account-related pages.
Settings
Opens the Settings menu.
Utility Belt
(right bar, top-to-bottom)
Label
Icon
Description
Opens & closes your Watchlist in the Utility belt. You can organize your favorite markets here.
Opens & closes the Alerts tool in the Utility belt. You can manage or set new price, volume and TA alerts here.
Opens & closes the Chat features. Traders with Cryptowatch accounts can choose a nickname, enter a chatroom and join conversations with other traders.
Opens & closes the Command Line Interface. Offers a place to input advanced controls to Cryptowatch.
Opens & closes recent Changelog entries. Clicking any entry will open the Cryptowatch changelog page in a new window.
Opens & closes the Trading Panel. Traders who have connected their exchange accounts can submit trades to markets on connected exchanges.
Indicates Cryptowatch’s current status. Clicking the Status Indicator will open https://status.cryptowat.ch/ in a new window.
Watchlist Bar
(below Site Navigation bar, left-to-right)
Label
Description
Watchlist Bar
Shows markets in your watchlist, complete with the market pair (currency pair) and the information listed below.
Watchlist Asset
The base currency (asset) of one of your watched markets.
Market Pair
The currency pair of one of your watched markets.
Last Price
The last-traded price in one of your watched markets.
24h Change
The 24-hour percent change of the price in one of your watched markets.
Order Book
(left of Utility Belt, top-to-bottom)
Label
Description
Increase/Decrease
Order Book Price Grouping
Increases or decreases the grouping of prices in the order book. The lowest setting lists only unique prices in the order book. Every grouping level higher clumps order book volumes together based on specific price intervals.
Ask Side
The ask (sell) side of the order book. All pending asks are on this side, with the nearest portion visualized by the order book.
Bid Side
The bid (buy) side of the order book. All pending bids are on this side, with the nearest portion visualized by the order book.
Last-traded Price
The price of the most recently-executed trade in the current market.
Price Level
The price level for pending orders in the order book. This shows unique price levels when the Grouping is on its lowest setting.
Volume at Price
The volume (amount) of the base asset waiting in pending orders for the current market, at the price directly to its left.
Cumulative Price
The combined volume of the base asset waiting in pending orders from the top of the order book (highest bid/lowest ask) to the observed level.
Trades History Feed
(below Order Book, top-to-bottom)
Label
Description
Current Time
The current local time (to you), represented in 24-hour time.
Newest Trade
The top of the Trades History Feed shows the most recent trade to occur in the current market.
Price of Trade
The price column shows the price the most recent trade executed at.
Trade Volume
The volume column shows the volume (amount) of the asset exchanged in each trade.
Time of Trade
The time that each trade in the Trade History column occurred.
Market Depth Chart
(left of Order Book, top-to-bottom)
Label
Description
Market Depth Span
Changes the amount of the order book represented by the market depth chart.
Ask Depth
The ask (sell) side of the order book, visualized by volume and price.
Bid/Ask Midpoint
The midpoint between the top of the ask side and top of the bid side. Doesn’t indicate trade data, just the middle price between these two data points.
Significant Price Level
Price levels with significant order book volume are highlighted here.
Bid Depth
The bid (buy) side of the order book, visualized by volume and price.
Watchlist Panel
(below Market Depth Chart, left-to-right)
Label
Description
Last Price
Shows the last-traded price of a market in your watchlist.
Watchlist Market
Shows the exchange and currency pair of a market in your watchlist.
24h Change
The 24-hour percent change in price of a market in your watchlist.
24h Volume
The 24-hour trading volume of a market in your watchlist.
Expand/Collapse Bars
(labeled at bottom, left-to-right)
Label
Description
Expand/Collapse Watchlist & Market Depth Chart
This bar spans from the top-to-bottom of the Charts page. Clicking any point in this bar will expand or collapse the Watchlist and Market Depth Chart panels.
Expand/Collapse Order Book & Live Trades Feed
This bar spans from the top-to-bottom of the Charts page. Clicking any point in this bar will expand or collapse the Order Book & Live Trades Feed panels.
Expand/Collapse Trade Panel
This bar spans from the top-to-bottom of the Charts page. Clicking any point in this bar will expand or collapse the Trading Panel.