Aggregation period

Overview

DXcharts provides fully flexible aggregation periods: you can either use the predefined ones or set your own custom aggregations (i.e. the time period corresponding to 1 bar on the chart). For example, in a custom aggregation you can set 5 ticks, 3 minutes, 9 hours, 11 weeks, 2 year aggregations, and so on – each of these will define how much data will be aggregated for a single bar. Both default and custom aggregation periods are available on the Toolbar.

Aggregation period

The following aggregations can be used for creating custom periods:

• Tick. The amount of data aggregated in 1 bar is limited by the specified number of ticks.
• Range. Price-based aggregation where 1 bar is an aggregation of all trades between price A and price B. Used only in the Bar chart type.
• Minute. The amount of data aggregated in 1 bar is limited by specified number of minutes.
• Hour. The amount of data aggregated in 1 bar is limited by specified number of hours.
• Day. The amount of data aggregated in 1 bar is limited by specified number of days.
• Week. The amount of data aggregated in 1 bar is limited by specified number of weeks.
• Month. The amount of data aggregated in 1 bar is limited by specified number of months.
• Year. The amount of data aggregated in 1 bar is limited by specified number of years.

How to create a custom aggregation period

1. On the Toolbar, cilck the iconthat displays the current aggregation period.
2. At the bottom of the timeframe list, click Custom.
3. Type in an aggregation period in the following format: [number from 1 to 9999] tick/range/min/hour/day/week/month/year, e.g. 3 hours, 5 ranges, 4 days.
4. Clickor press Enter.
   

How to delete an aggregation period

1. On the Toolbar, click the iconthat displays the current aggregation period: the list of available aggregations appears.
2. Point to any period on the list.
3. Clickon the right of the period name.