Measure price and date ranges

The Measurers live in the rail’s Forecasting and measurement group. Each is a box between two points you place.

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1. 1The range you drew
2. 2Price move, %, ticks · bars, time · volume

The three tools

Tool	Reads out
Price range	The move, its percent, and the ticks it spans
Date range	Bars and elapsed time, and the volume traded
Date and price range	Both

A Date and price range reads like this:

-0.75 (-8.73%) -75
29 bars, 29m
Vol 166.84K

That’s a 75-cent drop, 8.73% of the starting price, 75 one-cent ticks — over 29 one-minute bars with 166.84K shares traded.

Counted, not guessed

• Bars and volume are counted from the bars on the chart. Where there are none, only the elapsed time is shown.
• Ticks use the symbol’s own increment: sub-penny ticks under $1 on stocks, pips on forex.
• The readout stays on screen when the box runs near the edge of the chart.