Getting startedOverview

Overview

What mantacharts is, how to open it and how this documentation is organized.

mantacharts is your workstation for charts and market data. You see crypto, stocks, macro series, forex and commodities in one chart, plus order flow, over a hundred indicators, 87 drawing tools, widgets such as the order book and trade tape, alerts and your own scripts in CoinScript. Everything you set up stays saved in your workspace.

Note. The terminal is in beta, that is, before version 1.0. Individual features are still changing. What's new is listed in the profile menu under Release notes.

Open the terminal

  1. Click Charts in the app's navigation. The terminal opens with Bitcoin.
  2. Choose another symbol with the symbol button at the top left or with CtrlSpace.
  3. Each symbol has its own address, for example /charts/eth for Ethereum. You can save this address as a bookmark.

The terminal fills the app's content area: the navigation and header stay, and you reach the profile menu through your avatar at the top right. If the terminal is narrower than 760 px, on a phone for example, it switches to the mobile view. How that works is explained under Mobile.

The introduction

On your first visit on a computer, the introduction starts after a short moment (“Introduction · about 1 minute”). Start tour takes you in ten steps through symbol, timeframe, indicators, drawing tools, scanner, widgets, code, layouts and search. Later closes it. You can restart it at any time through Profile menu → Introduction.

Ready in five minutes

  1. Choose a symbolClick the symbol button at the top left or press CtrlSpace. More on this in Symbol search.
  2. Chart type and intervalNext to it, set the chart type and, to the right of that, the interval (for example 1h). See Chart types and intervals.
  3. Add indicatorsTop bar → Indicators or the / key. See Indicators.
  4. DrawThe drawing toolbar to the left of the chart, or AltT directly for a trend line. See Drawing tools.
  5. Set an alertAltA opens an alert at the price under the mouse pointer, otherwise at the last price. See Alerts.
  6. SaveThe desk is saved automatically. CtrlS saves it to the open layout, otherwise as a new layout. See Layouts.
Tip. CtrlK opens the super search. There you find every feature, interval, indicator and symbol through one search field. On the Mac, use Cmd instead of Ctrl.

Plans

Some features carry a Plus or Pro badge, for example Replay (Plus), Footprint (Pro) or multi-chart with more than four charts (Pro). If you click them, the terminal shows which plan includes them. Which feature belongs to which plan is listed under Account & settings.

How this documentation is organized

SectionWhat it covers
Getting startedThis page, the interface, the symbol search and all keyboard shortcuts.
ChartChart types, intervals, scales, drawing tools, comparison, multi-chart, Replay, snapshots and context menus.
Order flowOrder book heatmap, footprint, CVD, delta, liquidations, volume profile and the exchange aggregation.
IndicatorsAdding and configuring indicators, and what each one measures.
Widgets & modulesThe widget columns, all data widgets, scanner, journal, paper trading and ideas.
AlertsCreating alerts, choosing conditions and connecting notifications.
CoinScriptWriting, testing and sharing your own indicators and alerts.
Workspaces & sharingSaving workspaces, using layouts and publishing content.
MobileThe terminal on your smartphone: tabs, menu and gestures.
Account & settingsProfile, plans, settings and themes.
HelpFrequently asked questions and a glossary of terms.

You can also reach the documentation from the terminal through Profile menu → Documentation. It opens in a new tab, and your terminal stays as it is.