{"id":13573,"date":"2019-09-06T20:01:50","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T20:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/optimusblog.wpengine.com\/tradeblog\/archives\/tradestation-how-to-activate-chart-trade-mode-and-place-orders-directly-from-a-chart\/"},"modified":"2023-12-28T20:53:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T20:53:18","slug":"tradestation-how-to-activate-chart-trade-mode-and-place-orders-directly-from-a-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/optimusfutures.com\/blog\/tradestation-how-to-activate-chart-trade-mode-and-place-orders-directly-from-a-chart\/","title":{"rendered":"TradeStation &#8211; How to Activate Chart Trade Mode and Place Orders Directly from a Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"TradeStation - How to Activate Chart Trade Mode and Place Orders Directly from a Chart\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K8lPkUXZ4_o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>TradeStation provides traders with the ability to enable chart trading mode. 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