How To Create Overlaid Charts

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Using the SharpCharts Workbench, it's easy to display multiple charts on a single SharpCharts page. With this function, you can very easily compare two charts and examine the relationships between them, as well as their similarities and differences. However, using the same set of tools, you can go even further in your comparison by overlaying one chart directly underneath another. This will allow you to examine two ticker symbols in the same chart window, giving you a new way to see chart patterns that are in sync with each other, points of divergence between the two symbols, and more.

To create an overlaid chart, scroll down into the SharpCharts Workbench, the bottom area of the page on a SharpChart. "Chart Settings" should be already selected in the sidebar; if not, click on it. At the bottom of the Chart Settings menu, you'll see a section marked "Indicators", with a set of dropdowns below it. (If there are already indicators selected, you can clear them with the "Clear All Indicators" button on the right.)

In one of the left dropdown menus under "Indicators", select "Price". More menus and dropdowns will appear immediately to the right. Enter the ticker symbol you want to overlay in the text box for "Parameters", and then, in the "Position" dropdown, click "Behind Price". This will add a chart for that symbol into the same window as the existing SharpChart. (Please note that this new chart will not be on the same set of axes as the primary chart.)

As with charts displayed in separate windows, overlaid charts can be modified, including in terms of Style (type of chart), Color, Height, and Opacity. With overlaid charts, setting a specific color for the new chart becomes more important, as a way to clearly tell apart each ticker symbol. Also very relevant is the Opacity dropdown menu, which can make the secondary chart look faded in relation to the primary chart, making it more easy to recognize which is which.

See these instructions visually in this step-by-step demo.