Date and Price Range

The Date and Price Range tool draws a rectangle bounded by a price high/low and a start/end date. This two-dimensional annotation captures both price and time dimensions at once — the most complete view of a market episode. The rectangle displays both the price span and the time span in labeled readouts, providing a complete quantitative summary of the marked zone without requiring any additional tools or calculations.

Use this tool to mark consolidation rectangles, trading ranges, quarterly price bands, or any analysis where both the vertical (price) and horizontal (time) boundaries matter. It is essentially a combination of the Price Range and Date Range tools in a single synchronized annotation. Where the Price Range gives you vertical distance and the Date Range gives you horizontal distance, the Price+Date Range gives you both in one unified rectangle that updates both labels simultaneously when you resize either dimension.

The rectangle boundaries are independently adjustable. Drag any edge or corner to resize either the price range, the time range, or both simultaneously. This makes it easy to fine-tune the rectangle to match specific price levels and date boundaries. The price and time labels update in real time as you adjust the dimensions, providing immediate feedback on the measured ranges. Corner dragging adjusts both dimensions at once, while edge dragging adjusts only one dimension.

The tool is the most comprehensive measurement annotation because it captures the full two-dimensional context of any market episode. While a simple line or arrow can highlight a bar, the Price+Date Range rectangle captures the entire episode — its start, its end, its price boundaries, and its duration. This makes it the preferred tool for quarterly analysis, event studies, and any research that requires capturing complete market episodes rather than single points.

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   Select Price-Date Range

   Click the tool from the measurement toolbar.
2. 2
   Click the first corner

   Click at the top-left (or bottom-left) corner of the intended rectangle to set the first boundary.
3. 3
   Drag to the opposite corner

   Drag diagonally to the opposite corner and release. The rectangle is drawn with the current style settings.
4. 4
   Adjust boundaries

   Drag any edge or corner to resize the rectangle after creation. The price and time labels update in real time.
5. 5
   Add description

   Enter a descriptive label in the settings panel to identify what the rectangle represents.
6. 6
   Configure display

   Adjust fill opacity, border style, corner radius, and label formats from the settings panel.

• Consolidation ranges — bound a price range contained within a specific time window. For example, mark the Q1 consolidation zone from Jan 1 to Mar 31 between 1.2000 and 1.2500 for a complete two-dimensional picture of market behavior.
• Quarterly and annual ranges — visualize the full price range of a quarter or year as a single rectangle. This provides higher-timeframe context when viewing lower-timeframe charts, keeping the big picture visible at all times.
• Breakout identification — draw the rectangle before a breakout, then watch for a close beyond either boundary. A confirmed breakout from a well-defined price-date rectangle is a high-probability pattern signal used across all markets.
• Performance measurement — measure the performance of a stock or asset over a specific date range. The rectangle shows both the percentage change and the time elapsed in a single unified view with no mental calculation required.
• Range comparison — draw multiple rectangles for different time periods to compare how price range expands or contracts over time. This visual comparison is the foundation of volatility cycle analysis.
• Earnings season framing — draw a rectangle around price action during an earnings season to see the full quarter's range at a glance. Compare with prior quarters by placing rectangles side by side on the chart.
• Pre/post event analysis — draw a rectangle for the price-time range before a major event and another for the range after the event. The comparison directly shows the event's impact on both price and volatility dimensions.

For comparing ranges across multiple time periods, draw separate Price+Date Range rectangles for each period and position them side by side on the chart. Use different fill colors for each rectangle — blue for Q1, green for Q2, orange for Q3, red for Q4 — to create a visual calendar of market structure. The price and time labels on each rectangle make the comparison quantitative: you can read the exact price range and duration for each period directly from the chart without switching between different views or doing mental math.

When comparing rectangles, ensure the y-axis scaling is consistent. If the rectangles span very different price levels, the visual sizes may be misleading due to different price scaling on the y-axis. The numeric labels provide the objective measurements regardless of visual scaling, so rely on the numbers rather than the visual rectangle sizes for accurate cross-period comparison. This is especially important on log-scale charts where equal visual distances at different price levels represent different percentage changes.

The Price+Date Range rectangle is an essential tool for breakout traders. Draw the rectangle around a consolidation zone as it forms, defining the upper and lower boundaries at clear support and resistance levels. Once the rectangle is in place, monitor for a confirmed daily (or hourly) close beyond either boundary. A close beyond the upper boundary with volume above the 20-period average is a long entry signal; a close below the lower boundary is a short entry signal.

The rectangle also defines the invalidation zone for the breakout. If you enter long on a breakout above the rectangle, the lower boundary of the rectangle becomes your invalidation level. If price closes back inside the rectangle after the breakout, the breakout is likely a false signal and the position should be closed. The rectangle thus serves as both the entry trigger zone and the risk management reference, making it a complete breakout trading framework in a single annotation.

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