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The chart

The panel you will use most. Candles with the options market drawn on them, plus footprint, TPO, volume profile, an order book heatmap, 100+ indicators, drawing tools and replay.

The BackQuant chart: an hourly BTC chart with volume

Opening it

>PRICEBTC interval=15m
Opens a 15 minute BTC chart. CHART and CANDLES do the same.
PRICE / CHART
The chart, with gamma levels on.
STUDY
The same chart with open interest, CVD and other perp studies stacked underneath.
CHARTX
The chart on any symbol, including 24/7 gold, oil and index perps: CHARTX GOLD, CHARTX US500.
/chart
The chart as a full page. Deep links work: /chart?symbol=BTCUSDT&interval=15m.

What you can chart

  • Crypto. BTC, ETH, SOL and HYPE on every interval, as the cross-venue perp price or the spot price. About 100 more coins on daily and weekly bars.
  • US equities. The 45 names with options data, including SPX, NDX, SPY, QQQ and the megacaps. Regular hours, with an extended hours toggle.
  • 24/7 TradFi. S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, Nikkei, gold, silver, oil, gas, copper, FX and two dozen stocks as Hyperliquid perps. Broker names like XAUUSD and NAS100 work in search.

The toolbar, left to right

Ticker and +
Change symbol, or compare up to five others as percent change.
Intervals
1m to 1W, plus seconds, tick, range, renko and volume bars on BTC and ETH.
PERP / SPOT
Aggregate perp price or aggregate spot price (crypto). RTH / EXT on equities.
Chart type
Candles, hollow candles, bars, Heikin Ashi, line, area, baseline, or Performance across every coin.
Indicators
Search and add indicators. Same as pressing /.
Replay
Pick a bar and play the chart forward.
Layout
Up to eight charts, synced.
Camera
Save the chart as an image or copy it.
Data window
Every value under the crosshair.
Object tree
List, hide, lock and rename your drawings.

Typing on the chart

Click the chart and type. A letter opens ticker search. A number sets the interval: 15, 240, 1D, 100t, 5s. Press / for indicators and Alt+R to reset the view.

Go deeper

Free and paid

Symbols
Free: ETH live, plus AAPL and NVDA at the previous close. Paid: everything above.
History
Free: 30 days. Paid: up to a year on intraday crypto, scrolling back as you go.
Indicators
Free: 5 per chart. Paid: 15.
Layouts
Free: 2 charts. Paid: 8.
Order flow
Tick and range bars and the order book heatmap are paid. Tick bars are free on ETH.

Chart shortcuts are on the keyboard shortcuts page.