Introducing Trade From Charts (TFC) at Zerodha

Trading is all about making quick decisions when you spot opportunities. When you see a promising pattern on your charts or when your technical indicators signal a potential trade, you need to act fast. Until now, this meant moving between chart analysis and order placement screens, which required extra steps during important market moments.

Trade from Charts (TFC) on TradingView charts has been one of the most requested features, and we are happy to bring it to Kite web. Now you can place orders directly from your TradingView (TV) charts without switching screens. Spot an opportunity and act on it immediately, all in one view.

If you are using ChartIQ and want to switch to TradingView, go to My Profile on Kite web, scroll down, and click on TradingView.

Here’s what you can do with Trade from Charts (TFC)

Quick market prices and easy order placement

When you open a chart, you’ll see Buy and Sell buttons at the top that show real-time prices:

• Buy button shows the best ask price
• Sell button shows the best bid price

This gives you the best available prices without checking market depth separately.

Placing an order is simple:

1. Click Buy or Sell
2. Check the order type (Market orders are default)
3. Enter quantity
4. Confirm your order

For faster access, use keyboard shortcuts: Shift+B to buy or Shift+S to sell.

Orders at specific price levels

To place limit or stop-loss orders at exact prices:

1. Hover over your price on the chart
2. Click the plus icon
3. Enter your order details

This makes placing orders easier because you can see exactly where your price levels are on the chart compared to current market movements.

Orders on chart

All pending orders appear on your chart. You can:

• Drag and drop to change the prices
• Click to modify an order
• Click X to cancel orders or close positions

Please note that with Instant order placement on, orders are placed immediately without confirmation.

Executions

Show or hide arrows on candles that mark your trades for easy tracking.

Positions display

Positions are shown by default. You can hide them if required. You can also exit the positions by clicking on X.

Display P&L as:

1. Actual money (₹200 profit/₹150 loss)
2. Tick size (price change)
3. Percentage (of investment)

Reverse button

When hovering over any position, a Reverse button appears that upon clicking:

• Closes your current position
• Opens an opposite position at the same quantity

If sufficient funds are not available, the reverse action is not executed, and the existing position remains unchanged.

Perfect for quickly changing direction when markets shift. You can hide this if you prefer.

For custom layouts, you can:

• Turn on or off price lines across the chart
• Align positions and orders to the right, left, or center

Instant orders

Enable one-click orders without confirmation screens (use carefully). Orders will be placed instantly using whatever settings were previously selected in the order window. For instance, if you had MIS (intraday) selected when placing previous orders, the instant order placement feature will use MIS when executing new orders.

With instant orders enabled, adjust quantity using:

• • Manual entry
  • Quick-select values (1, 5, 25, 100, 500, 1000)
  • Plus/minus buttons that change by:
    • Lot size for F&O contracts
    • Single units for stocks
  • Clear (C) button to reset
  • Reset button for default quantities

Instant order placement applies throughout the chart for:

• Market orders
• Limit orders
• Stop losses
• Exiting positions
• Reversing trades
• Modifying existing orders

Chart alerts

Create price alerts directly from charts:

1. Click Add alert
2. The instrument, condition, and price fill automatically
3. Adjust if needed and confirm

Trading settings

Customise your chart with these options:

Buy/Sell buttons: Show or hide them as needed.

Sound alerts: Turn order execution sounds on or off.

Have questions about the Trade from Charts feature? Please share them in the comments below.

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