Every chart attached to a trade — the one in the trade form, the journal review chart, and the card thumbnail — is framed around the trade itself, not around today.
The window
- A closed trade's chart ends shortly after its exit, so the last candle you see is the one you traded out of. If the trade has no exit time recorded, it runs to the end of the exit day.
- An open or planned trade runs up to now — the position is still live, so the chart keeps following the market.
- Times are read in the trade's timezone (US market hours by default).
If a timeframe says “No data”
For stocks, ETFs, forex and crypto, intraday candles go back to about 2020, so “No data” there is rare. For futures and options intraday history is limited: 1-minute candles go back about a month, and 5 / 15-minute candles about 60 days. An older futures trade has no intraday history left to draw, so switch that chart to 1H, 1D, or 1W. Hourly reaches back roughly two years; daily and weekly go back years.
On any chart, drag the candles to the right (or scroll back) to load older history: each time you reach the left edge, the next stretch is added in front.
The timeframe you leave a trade on is saved with it, so it opens the same way next time.