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Modifying the Market Data Chart, Payout Chart & Risk Chart Displays

This topic deals with working with the generated market data charts for the volatility surface pages, the yield curves and the forward rates pages, the payout chart and the risk charts.

For each of these charts you can:

Customize its appearance using the buttons located at the top of the respective chart windows. See Customizing a Chart’s Appearance.

Zoom into sections of the chart to view the data more clearly. See Zooming In and Out of a Market Data Chart.

To work with the data in the Back Testing tool and the Historical Analysis page see Working With Generated Back Testing Charts & Historical Analysis Charts.

Customizing a Chart’s Appearance

Once you have generated a market data chart, a toolbar appears at the top of the chart window. You can use the buttons in the toolbar to customize the chart’s appearance.

The buttons in the toolbar are as follows:

Icon

Name

Function

 

Save Chart Image

Saves the chart as a .png graphics file.

Copy Chart

Copies the chart to the Windows clipboard from where it can be pasted into other applications.

Print

Lets you print the chart.

Print Preview

Displays the chart in a browser window from where it can be printed.

Select Chart Type

Opens a menu of chart types (bar, scatter, etc.) that can be applied to the current chart.

Select Color Palette

Opens a menu of color schemes that can be applied to the current chart.

Toggle Chart Legend

Displays or hides the chart legend.

Toggle 3D View

Turns the 3D view on or off.

Properties

Provides a number of options to further customize the appearance of the current chart.

Zooming In and Out of a Market Data Chart

SDX Interest Rates enables you to enlarge a selected area of a created market data chart. This is particularly useful when studying a chart that spans a long time period and you would like to see data for a specific section of that period more clearly.

After zooming, the chart only shows the selected area, but the remainder of the chart can still be seen by scrolling vertically and horizontally.

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The zoom feature is not available in the Yield Curve charts or the risk charts.

To zoom in on an area of the chart:

1. In the chart click and hold the left mouse button at the top left corner of the area you would like to zoom in on.

A set of red cross-hairs is displayed.

2. Drag the cursor to the bottom right corner of the area you would like to zoom in on.

As you drag the cursor a grey block appears over the selected area.

3. Release the mouse button.

The chart is redrawn, zooming in on the area of the original chart that you selected. You can view the remainder of the chart by scrolling horizontally and vertically.

To redraw the chart after zooming:

Click the icon at the left end of the horizontal axis to reset the horizontal scaling to show the full width of the chart.

Click the icon at the bottom of the vertical axis to reset the vertical scaling to show the full height of the chart.