# Trade History on the Chart

## Trade History on the Chart

Beyond the History list in the Trade Panel, the system also draws your complete closed-trade history **directly onto the chart** as visual markers on each candle. This lets you instantly see where you entered and exited relative to price structure — without scrolling through a table.

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### How to Enable

The history layer is part of the **Trades & Orders** indicator. To turn it on:

1. Open the indicator panel.
2. Enable **Trades & Orders**.
3. In the indicator settings you can also control the **Open orders** layer (live position markers) and the **Live orders** layer (SL/TP horizontal lines) independently.

Closed-trade history appears automatically once the indicator is on and data is available.

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### What Gets Drawn on the Chart

#### 1. Entry Marker — where you got in

At the candle corresponding to your entry time, the system draws a **filled circle with a soft outer glow**:

* **Green** — Long entry
* **Red** — Short entry

These markers are slightly dimmer than live-position markers, so you can easily distinguish history from current trades.

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#### 2. Close Marker — where you got out

At the candle where the position closed, a **small circle** is drawn:

* **Bright green** — closed in profit
* **Bright red** — closed at a loss
* **Grey** — closed flat or result unknown

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#### 3. TP Hit Marker — each take-profit level that filled

For every TP that was triggered during the life of the trade, a **small green dot** appears on the candle where that TP filled.

If a trade had multiple TPs (TP1, TP2, TP3…), each hit has its own separate dot.

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#### 4. SL Hit Marker — stop loss triggered

When the stop loss was hit, a **small red dot** appears on the candle where it triggered.

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### Reading the Chart at a Glance

Scroll the chart backward through time:

* Green dot on a candle → Long entry there, or a take-profit that hit
* Red dot on a candle → Short entry there, or a stop-loss that hit
* Track entry + close pairs to see how far each trade moved before closing

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### Data Sources

History shown on the chart comes from **two sources**:

* **Manual trades** — positions you placed by hand
* **Autotrade runs** — positions opened automatically by signal-based bots

Both render with the same marker style. There is no color difference between manual and auto trades — the distinguishing factor is purely the candle location and timing.

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### Limitations and Notes

* Only history for the **symbol currently on the chart** is shown. Switch to the BTC chart and you will only see BTC trade history.
* Markers only appear for candles **within or near the visible chart range**. Scroll back in time to see older trades.
* Chart history is **read-only** — no buttons, no interactions. All actions (reviewing details, editing) are done in the History tab of the Trade Panel.
* If a historical trade is missing a timestamp or price, the system tries to estimate the closest candle. If it cannot, the trade is skipped on the chart but still appears in the History list.


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