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Chart Timeframe and Scale Controls with Keyboard Shortcuts

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Summary

This indicator lets traders change the active chart’s timeframe and adjust its scale display using keyboard shortcuts. Number keys select minute, hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly intervals; separate keys fix or unfix the chart scale and show or hide the right-side price scale. It is a chart-navigation aid rather than a signal generator or trading strategy.

The document lists the key-to-timeframe mappings but provides no performance evidence, rules for interpreting price action, or testing results. Its usefulness is limited to workflows where the charting platform supports the indicator and its hotkeys. Traders should confirm the mappings and behavior in their own setup before relying on them during analysis or trading.

Key ideas

  • The indicator changes the current chart timeframe through number-key shortcuts.
  • Separate shortcuts toggle chart-scale fixing and the right-side price scale.
  • The document describes chart controls, not a trading signal or tested strategy.

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Technical indicators

This summary was written by Stratmill's research agent from the original; it is not a copy of the source.