Pan, zoom and return to live charts

Separate navigation from the market selection

Panning and zooming change the region of an existing chart you inspect. They do not change the instrument, trading session or source observations by themselves. Start by identifying the host: the native OHLC chart has its Chart view and AUTO controls, while Exposure Forecast also exposes specific time- and price-axis interactions. Order Flow has a separate navigation workflow. The same word 'Reset' can therefore restore the current bounds for a particular chart without resetting an entire Map layout or deleting its studies and drawings.

Explore an OHLC chart deliberately

Begin with a visible valid candle series and use one navigation change at a time. This makes it easier to recognize whether you changed time span, price range or live-follow behavior.

1. Use plot navigation to move toward the earlier observations you want to inspect.
2. Adjust the time scale to show more or fewer candles; change interval separately when you need different bar aggregation.
3. Use the price scale or AUTO control to choose manual fitting versus automatic price fitting.
4. Open Chart view and select Fit all observed data when your purpose is to inspect the available loaded span.
5. Use Reset recent chart view or the Reset chart view control to return to a recent useful view.

Navigate Exposure Forecast on both axes

Exposure Forecast supports dragging the bottom axis to zoom time and dragging the right axis to zoom price. Dragging inside the plot pans time and price together. Wheel gestures act on the corresponding axis, while Control plus wheel over the plot zooms price. These are display interactions over actual observed and modeled evidence already admitted by the selected clock. A historical forecast keeps its chosen knowledge cutoff. Zooming toward later gray outcomes does not turn those later observations into candles that were known at the earlier read time.

Understand manual price scale and AUTO

A manual price range can keep the chart centered on an area you deliberately chose, even when the latest market moves outside it. That behavior can make a live chart appear empty or frozen. The native AUTO control indicates whether the price axis fits visible candles. Turn it on when you want automatic fitting again. Volume-profile Fit session is another fitting preference: it can include the profile's captured row edges when automatic scaling is active. A saved manual range takes precedence, so enabling a profile does not necessarily override your explicit price zoom.

Know what is remembered with the widget

Map saves supported chart navigation in the layout document. A fresh following OHLC chart can restore the saved zoom span at the current market time rather than reopening the exact obsolete live timestamp. Its preferred gap between the newest real candle and the price-axis boundary also survives relevant reloads. A deliberately panned historical view stays fixed while mounted. Resizing the panel adjusts the display without constituting a new historical selection, and pinned Forecast views keep their intended viewport when new candles arrive. These distinctions explain why two saved charts can reopen with different anchors.

Choose interval changes for aggregation, not as a reset trick

The interval selector changes how bars are grouped into minute-based candles. A broader interval can make a long span easier to read, while a shorter interval can expose the observed detail available to the source. It does not create missing minutes or repair a coverage gap. Changing interval can return the chart through a recent-view and history-loading workflow while retaining supported spacing preferences. Use the explicit navigation controls when you only want to return to recent bounds, instead of cycling intervals and unintentionally changing the question.

Troubleshoot a view that seems stuck

First check whether the tool is pinned to a historical date or manually panned away from the newest observation. Inspect AUTO and the visible price range. Use the chart's reset action, then compare the latest source timestamp with the current market state. If the source is pending or stale, a viewport reset cannot repair it. If the chart has only sparse observations, fitting can legitimately leave large empty regions. Report which axis you dragged, whether Control was held, the interval and whether the problem survives Reset recent chart view; include the before-and-after axes in your screenshots.