New Features
Key File for Easier Upgrading
ChartIQ has implemented a key file that enables easier upgrades.
ChartIQ is licensed on a time- and plugin-based entitlement system. Accordingly, it has an internal license validation methodology to ensure the license is within the specified time and feature parameters. The locking mechanism has now been abstracted out from the core JavaScript files so that a build of ChartIQ can be re-provisioned with a single file as opposed to multiple files, streamlining the upgrade process.
The histogram chart now allows single bars to span across multiple lower time periods on the chart. This will allow users to overlay data with different periodicities, for example, daily price data may be overlaid on quarterly fundamental data or monthly economic data.
Figure: A comparison series (monthly) overlaying a histogram showing quarterly data.
Enhancements
Interactive Help for Chart Styles
Interactive help content has been extended from study descriptions, to fully encompass chart styles and types as well as all drawing tools. If a user doesn’t know what a chart type does or how to read it, they can long-press on the menu item to find more information on each and every chart type.
The Help dialogs have also been restyled to match the chart’s theme.
Figure: Long-pressing on chart styles will show a help dialog describing those chart types.
Sharing Enhancements
Sharing functionality has been significantly enhanced. In addition to being shared as static images via a URL, charts can now be shared as live objects via an ID. This ID can be copy-pasted into the chart to restore the layout of the chart when the ID was generated.
Charts can now be shared directly to Twitter and Teams using either a URL or an ID.
Figure: Enhanced Share dialog allows users to share a live chart via an ID.
Applying Studies to Comparison Series
Popular studies, like Moving Average and Median, can now be applied to any series on a chart. If a comparison series is added to the chart, that comparison series will now appear in the “Field” dropdown present in many studies. This means that users will be able to apply any study with a “Field” selector in the configuration dialog to that comparison series (closing price only).
Figure: With a comparison study on the chart, a Moving Average study can be applied to it
using the Field dropdown.
Multi-Chart: Trading Central and Estimate Plugins
The plug-ins for Trading Central and Estimize are now supported in the new multi-chart grid template.
Figure: Estimize plugins are applied on each chart. Trading Central plugins will maximize the chart for the benefit
of plugin interactions.
UI Polish Enhancements
User-Controlled Crosshair
To encourage UI consistency and respect for user intentions, we have altered our drawing tool to not automatically turn the crosshairs on when a drawing is being made. Instead, the crosshair status will be respected and unaltered before and after drawing.
This change was implemented to address situations where completing a drawing would disable the crosshairs when users had wished for them to be active. Users who wish to restore the old crosshair behavior can do so with a flag in the code. This behavior is not changed on mobile devices.
Figure: Crosshairs obey the toolbar control, regardless of whether a drawing is being made.
