I noticed that a ray I had drawn on a chart changed position after a second data series was added to the chart in a new pane. Here are steps that should allow you to reproduce this:
1. Create a 30-min chart of ES. Use the settings shown in this screen shot of the Data Series window:
2. Use CTRL-UP to tighten the chart as much as possible.
3. Use F3 to draw a ray. Start it at the low on 10/4, and use the low on 10/19 as the second anchor. (I did this with Snap Mode set to Bar, so the ray was not anchored to the prices. Having the anchors close to the lows is fine.) With the chart scrolled all the way to the right, you should see something like this:
4. Open the Data Series window and add a 30-min chart of NQ. I didn't attach a picture of the Data Series window as I was running afoul of the 5-attachment limit, but frankly the settings appear to be pretty arbitrary. (I loaded 5 days of data using the instrument's default session template.) The point is, notice that the ES ray vanishes:
5. If you scroll back so 10/19 is visible, you'll see the ray again. Look closely and you'll be able to find a point where the angle of the ray suddenly changes. The only difference between the following two screen shots is one tap on the left arrow or right arrow key. But look what the ray does!
It's difficult and maybe impossible to see it on those last two pictures, but I could tell that at the "tipping point" the horizontal spacing of the candles changed. In general hitting the arrow keys caused the candles to move en masse like good little soldiers. But at the place where the angle of the ray changed, hitting an arrow key caused some candles to move more and others to move less.
1. Create a 30-min chart of ES. Use the settings shown in this screen shot of the Data Series window:
2. Use CTRL-UP to tighten the chart as much as possible.
3. Use F3 to draw a ray. Start it at the low on 10/4, and use the low on 10/19 as the second anchor. (I did this with Snap Mode set to Bar, so the ray was not anchored to the prices. Having the anchors close to the lows is fine.) With the chart scrolled all the way to the right, you should see something like this:
4. Open the Data Series window and add a 30-min chart of NQ. I didn't attach a picture of the Data Series window as I was running afoul of the 5-attachment limit, but frankly the settings appear to be pretty arbitrary. (I loaded 5 days of data using the instrument's default session template.) The point is, notice that the ES ray vanishes:
5. If you scroll back so 10/19 is visible, you'll see the ray again. Look closely and you'll be able to find a point where the angle of the ray suddenly changes. The only difference between the following two screen shots is one tap on the left arrow or right arrow key. But look what the ray does!
It's difficult and maybe impossible to see it on those last two pictures, but I could tell that at the "tipping point" the horizontal spacing of the candles changed. In general hitting the arrow keys caused the candles to move en masse like good little soldiers. But at the place where the angle of the ray changed, hitting an arrow key caused some candles to move more and others to move less.
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