need something different in the Bid-Ask charts. in some situations the scale has to be extremely wide to see volume numbers.
One idea we’ve discussed would be some volume number aggregation based on your price axis scale zoom level. Would that be like what you had in mind?
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yeah, that would work, but takes away detail. there’s edge in nuance. its difficult because you’re limited by how small a person can see. what about a color gradient? i duuno
When the real estate is too tight to display the numbers at a size you would be able to read, we do allow the user to display a gradient histogram today:
The size and gradient can either be based on the volumes in the individual bar, or the volume in the whole bar series you have in your chart
Like it was mentioned, it would be very nice to tweak these bar charts so that they scale better. Especially during high volatility when I try to zoom in, all the numbers just disappear and when zooming just a bit out, the fonts are way too small and if I zoom even more the chart turns itself to a candlestick chart and it can be very frustrating.
Here is an example of an empty view:
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@BZF Do you have your chart set to “Continuously Autofit Chart = Yes”?
That’s a good point @BWeis and I’ve tried both Autofit Chart and Go to Current Bar and at best it works randomly. Mostly not working though…
Here’s another example with a 10 range bar chart. This time zoomed out a bit. I kept the tails and wicks visible to illustrate the issue better.
I thought you were referring to the Autofit Chart. Now that I turned it on, it looks better when I zoom in. And when I zoom out then it’s the same as before. So much better though now. And I guess this is fine since that’s the purpose of this chart; it allows you to zoom into the details of the action. Thanks for the tip Brian. 
Slightly zoomed in:
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Hi, I am new to Tradovate and I have been trying to get the Bid Ask chart to zoom in on past bars but it keeps refitting itself. It doesn’t matter if I have continuous auto fit on or off. Every time I get close enough to see the data, it goes back to display the histogram.
removing Continuous Autofit doesn’t solve this problem. is there a way to fix this from re-fitting? i understand that that real estate can be tight, but if I zoom in, i should be able to see the bid-ask data. i often have to pan to an area of the chart where candles are not large, and then pan back to the current bar. but even still that doesn’t consistent work.
if continuous autofit is off, it seems the chart layout always wants to re-fit the current bar no matter the selection. can we get this fixed?
Is it possible to keep the candles visible when scale is zoomed out, even when the numbers are not visible? I would like to be able to see the open and close and wicks on the footprint charts at any scale. Or be able to have a volume profile generated for each bar on a candlestick chart, without having to draw one.
Can the candles still be visible in this mode? I would like to see the open and close of each bar in addition to the histogram when zoomed out. Thanks