Quick start

1. Find a symbol

1. 1Open Studio. Anyone can open a chart; there's nothing to sign up for yet.
2. 2Click the symbol box at the top left, type a ticker such as BTCUSDT, XRP or SPX, and press Enter.
3. 3Pick an interval in the box beside it. Daily, weekly and monthly are open to everyone; minutes and hours on Binance pairs come with the trial or Pro.

Scroll to zoom and drag to pan. ⌥0 (Alt+0) resets the view.

2. Place an anchor

Nearly every PyraTime tool counts from an anchor: a high or low you choose. The choice matters more than the tool.

1. 1Find a turn the market clearly respected, such as a cycle low or a blow-off high. A turn you have to squint to see makes a weak anchor.
2. 2Turn on the magnet (⌥S) on the drawing rail, so your clicks land on the real high or low rather than near it.
3. 3For the Gann and Price–Time geometry, turn on Lock price to time (⌥1). It holds the 1×1 at 45° however you zoom.

There's a whole article on this: picking an anchor.

3. Draw

1. 1Choose a tool on the rail down the left. The Gann fan (⌥G) is a good first one, and free.
2. 2Read the hint that floats over the chart: it says what to click. For the fan, click the anchor, then a point that sets the 1×1.
3. 3Click the drawing to select it. Drag its handles to move it; the floating bar holds its options, and Properties holds the rest.

Esc puts a tool down, Delete removes the selected drawing, ⌘Z undoes.

4. Save and share

• Share → Copy link copies a link to exactly this chart, drawings included. Pasted into X, Slack or iMessage it shows a picture of the chart.
• Share → Snapshot (⌥⇧S) makes a framed picture to download, copy or post, with a link back to the live chart.
• Layouts keeps the whole chart under a name. Sign in to keep one on a free account; the trial and Pro keep twenty.