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How Can I Add Price Labels to a Chart? (video)

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This article explains two options for adding price labels to a SharpChart. There is also a video at the end. For the first option, users can check the "price labels" box in the Chart Attributes section under the SharpChart. Click "update" and the chart will refresh with price labels on key highs and lows. A close-only chart will show price labels for the closing levels. A bar or candlestick chart will show price labels for the period high or low. These price levels make it easier to quantify support and resistance levels. 

Chartists can also add individual price labels using the "price box tool" on the ChartNotes workbench, which is what we use to annotate a chart. The icon for the price box tool is under the "arrow tool" icon. Simply hover over the arrow tool and the other icon will appear. Click to select, move to a price bar and click to add a price box. This will display the closing price with a small callout box. 

Arthur Hill
About the author: , CMT, is a Senior Technical Analyst at StockCharts.com. He has written articles for numerous financial publications including Barrons and Stocks & Commodities magazine. Focusing predominantly on US equities and ETFs, his systematic approach of identifying trend, finding signals within the trend, and setting key price levels has made him an esteemed technician. In addition to his CMT designation, Arthur holds an MBA from the Cass Business School at City University in London. Learn More
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