# API and drawing lines on a chart

**URL:** <https://community.tradovate.com/t/api-and-drawing-lines-on-a-chart/9040>\
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**Created:** [March 24, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/api-and-drawing-lines-on-a-chart/9040 "2024-03-24T21:10:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![robertwh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@robertwh](https://community.tradovate.com/u/robertwh)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/api-and-drawing-lines-on-a-chart/9040/1 "2024-03-24T21:10:56Z")

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I’m very new to Tradovate. From what I can see, the API allows you to create a program that takes trades, but what about being able to take trades and draw, let’s say, a horizontal line with a label on an open chart running either the Tradovate desktop or web app. Similar to how you can draw a horizontal line with your EA in MT5. Is this possible without having to create your own chart?