# Visual trading

You can perform trading directly from the chart panel. It is possible to send orders, modify and close/cancel all positions/orders directly from the chart:

![](/files/-MgF4FQmG4VK1Oc_0QRR)

The built-in Order entry panel

In order to start visual trading, click the 'Chart trading' button![](/files/-MgF4FQnVO6oSPcxoQes), located on the top right corner of the Chart toolbar, and built-in Order entry panel will be opened:

![](/files/-MgF4FQo6nGuYLdRJS3u)

The Order entry panel consists of the following items:

1. Quantity - the order quantity;
2. SL - for specifying Stop Loss parameters;
3. TP - for specifying Take Profit parameters.

Hot buttons for one-click trading are the following:

* Sell Ask – to send a Sell Limit order at the Ask price;
* Sell Bid – to send a Sell Limit order at the Bid price;
* Sell Market – to send a sell market order;
* Buy Market – to send a buy market order;
* Buy Ask – to send a Buy Limit order at the Ask price;
* Buy Bid – to send a Buy Limit order at the Bid price;
* Close – to close all positions by selected symbol and account;
* Reverse – to reverse all positions by selected symbol and account;
* Cancel buy – to cancel buy orders by selected symbol and account;
* Cancel sell – to cancel sell orders by selected symbol and account;
* Cancel all – to cancel all orders by selected symbol and account.

Chart trading

To start chart trading, follow these steps:

1. Оpen the built-in Order entry panel;
2. Click on the 'Mouse trading' button![](/files/-MgF4FQpbdeeEwpqQvHp)

   to enable the chart trading;
3. Select type of an order to be placed: single or OCO.

You can enable chart trading by pressing and holding the Ctrl key as well.

If the cursor is higher than the current price, you can send:

* Buy Stop order – by left-click;
* Sell Limit order – by right-click.

If the cursor is lower than a current price, you can send:

* Buy Limit order – left-click of the mouse;
* Sell Stop order – right-click of the mouse.

Orders tooltips are always visible while trading: if order is Buy, then its icon is blue; and if order is Sell, then its icon is red.

When allocating a Stop limit order on the chart, limit price and stop price are shown inside of the order marker.

![](/files/-MgF4FQqMHJH1pPWdK6_)

To disable the chart trading, click the 'Mouse trading' button again, or just stop holding the Ctrl key.

## Order modifying

To change the order’s price, simply drag and drop the order marker![](/files/-MgF4FQrLM4-BJjiso4y) to the desirable price.

To start modifying other parameters, left-click on the order marker. The following buttons will appear:

![](/files/-MgF4FQuKfpYddp9XAo5)

To cancel order, click the ![](/files/-MgF4FQwLO0F_6MqpIZq)button.

Left-clicking the order qty allows to set the required number. Please note that an order can be changed to market by clicking the three-dot button located on the right side of the order widget:

![](/files/-MgF4FQyrke3zr40OfQc)

All modifying operations can be made from the Modify window which can be opened choosing option 'Modify' in the context menu:

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## Stop loss and Take profit

If you need to set SL/TP to the order/position, left-click on the order/position marker. After that, SL/TP markers appear. Drag and Drop SL/TP prices to modify them:

![](/files/-MgF4FR-PshA4yIY2BRj)

In order to modify SL to breakeven, click the the three-dot button located on the right side of the SL widget:

![](/files/-MgF4FR079yH3lIDdepi)


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