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Take the 5-minute entry with the daily level in the same frame, and skip the toggle between charts.
Features · Picture in Picture
Multi Timeframe Charts: Picture in Picture in One View
PiP embeds a second timeframe of the same stock inside each chart. The 15-minute trigger and the daily trend it trades into stay in one frame, so you judge the setup without flipping windows.
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PiP charts in 30 seconds
- A picture in picture stock chart nests a smaller chart of the same stock, on a different timeframe, inside the main chart.
- The PiP layout has three main charts with one embedded chart each: six timeframes of one stock on screen.
- Scroll inside the embedded chart to set its range; the chart labels the move over that range.
- PiP is part of TI Pro, and Web Dashboard charting includes it too.
What a picture in picture stock chart does
Many traders flip between a daily chart and an intraday chart to judge one setup. PiP removes the flip. Each main chart carries an embedded “child” chart of the same stock on a different timeframe, so a short-term trigger sits next to the longer trend it belongs to.
In the hero image above, the main chart is MSFT on 15-minute bars with a TI Wave band, a moving average and resistance and support lines. The inset is MSFT on daily bars. One glance answers two questions: what price is doing now, and where that sits in the past year.
Multi-timeframe charts without extra windows
In the PiP layout Trade Ideas describes, three main charts each hold an embedded chart, so six timeframes of one stock fit on one screen. Pairings traders use include daily with monthly, 5-minute with weekly, and 3-minute with the daily support and resistance a stock is trading into.
Because each pair is one chart, there is nothing to arrange or keep in sync. Change the symbol and every pair follows it.
How to work a PiP chart
- Start from the preset timeframes. Each chart pair opens with a main and an embedded timeframe.
- Scroll inside the embedded chart. The mouse wheel widens the date range, back several years if you want, or tightens it to recent action.
- Read the move. As you change the range, the chart shows how far the stock moved over that period, with no manual math.
- Keep your layout. Each chart pair holds its own custom timeframes, and they stay put when the symbol changes.
Who uses PiP charts, and how
Swing traders
Pair a daily chart with a weekly or monthly inset to see whether a pullback is a dip in a bigger trend.
Alert followers
When a Streaming Alert fires, load the stock and check its longer timeframe before acting on the short one.
Pair PiP with Idea Surfing
Idea Surfing is a separate TI Pro setting that rotates the top stocks from your Top Lists, Holly Strategy Trades and Price Alerts onto your charts every 7 seconds. With PiP on, each stock it loads shows up on every timeframe at once. Read how Idea Surfing works.
Where PiP charting is available
PiP charting is part of TI Pro, the Trade Ideas desktop app for Windows, which also runs on a Mac through Parallels. See current pricing for what each plan includes.
Web Dashboard charting includes Picture in Picture, next to Top Lists, Races, TreeMaps and Market Pulse. It runs in any browser; open a free account to try it.
Picture in Picture Charts questions
What is a picture in picture stock chart?
A chart with a second, smaller chart of the same stock embedded inside it on a different timeframe. In Trade Ideas the embedded chart sits in a corner of the main chart, so you read the trend and the current price action without switching windows.
What is multi time frame analysis?
Reading one stock on two or more timeframes before you act, for example confirming a 15-minute setup against the daily trend. A multi timeframe chart puts those views side by side; PiP puts them in one chart.
What is a multi-timeframe chart?
A view that shows one stock on more than one timeframe at the same time, such as 15-minute bars and daily bars. PiP builds that view into a single chart.
How many timeframes can I see at once?
The PiP layout Trade Ideas describes has three main charts, each with an embedded chart, which puts six timeframes of one stock on screen.
Can I change the embedded chart’s range?
Yes. Scroll with the mouse wheel inside the embedded chart to widen or narrow its date range. The chart labels how far the stock moved over the range you pick, and each chart pair keeps its own settings.
Is PiP in the Web Dashboard?
Yes. Web Dashboard charting includes Picture in Picture, alongside Top Lists, Races, TreeMaps and Market Pulse. Open a free account to try it in your browser.
How does PiP work with Idea Surfing?
Idea Surfing rotates the top stocks from your scans onto your charts. With PiP, each stock arrives on every timeframe at once. See the Idea Surfing page.