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Kite chart errors: preference limit, CDN failure, and not-logged-in

Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Kite chart errors are the messages Zerodha’s Kite platform shows when its charting engine cannot save a layout, cannot reach the chart servers, or has lost the authenticated session that charts run on. The three most common are “Chart preference limit reached”, which means your cloud storage for saved TradingView layouts is full; “Failed to connect to CDN”, which is a network or DNS fault reaching Zerodha’s Cloudflare delivery network; and a chart-level “not logged in” prompt, which means the chart session has lapsed and needs a fresh login. Each has a different cause and a different fix.

Corporate actions overlaid on Kite charts

Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Corporate action overlays on Kite charts mark events that affect share price or quantity: dividends, stock splits, bonus issues, rights issues, mergers, demergers. These markers appear at the relevant historical date on the chart, helping the trader interpret apparent price movements (especially gaps) that are corporate-action induced rather than market-driven.

Why corporate-action awareness matters

Without corporate-action context, a chart can be deeply misleading:

A 1:2 stock split halves the price overnight. The chart shows a large gap down on the ex-split date.
A 1:1 bonus issue effectively halves the price as well.
A large dividend (say Rs 50 on a Rs 1,000 stock) creates a 5% gap down.
A demerger transfers value out of the stock into a new listed entity.

If the chart is unadjusted, these gaps look like normal price action and trigger false technical signals.

Historical-candle values change after refresh (Kite)

Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Historical candle values changing after refresh on Zerodha Kite charts is a confusing but explainable behaviour. The OHLC values of past candles aren’t “frozen” forever; they can update due to corporate action adjustments, exchange data corrections, or feed reconciliation.

This article explains the underlying mechanisms and when each applies.

Corporate action adjustment

The most common reason. When a stock undergoes a split, bonus, dividend, or other corporate action, Kite charts (by default in adjusted mode) re-scale all historical candles to reflect the new capital structure.

How to add indicators on Kite charts

Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Adding indicators on Kite is the first step in technical analysis. Both engines (TradingView + ChartIQ) provide common indicators with similar UX.

Conflict-of-interest disclosure. This guide is published by the WebNotes Editorial Team for informational purposes and is written independently. WebNotes operates a Zerodha account-opening referral programme, disclosed on the pages that carry the referral link; this guide does not carry it and earns no referral commission from the procedure described here.

How to change candle body, wick, and border colour (Kite)

Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Candle colour customisation is straightforward on both Kite engines. Independent control of body, wick, and border colour for both up and down candles.

How to move price scale to the left on Kite

Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Price scale on left is a visual preference. Some traders find left-side scales easier to read; the default is right.

Kite chart types explained

Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Zerodha Kite offers multiple chart types across its two charting engines, ChartIQ and TradingView. The choice of chart type shapes how price action is visualised: candlestick is the default for most Indian retail traders; line / bar / Heikin Ashi / Renko serve specialised use cases.

This reference covers each chart type available on Kite, the computation behind it, and the situations where it is appropriate.

Candlestick chart

The default and most-used chart type. Each candle encodes four price points for the period (one-minute, five-minute, daily, etc.):

Third-party charting libraries on Kite

Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Zerodha Kite does not implement its charting engine in-house. Instead, it embeds two commercial third-party libraries: TradingView Charting Library and ChartIQ. Both are commercial-grade products licensed by Zerodha for use on Kite web and Kite app.

This article explains the third-party library model, the rationale for not building in-house, and the implications for users.

What are the third-party libraries

TradingView Charting Library

A standalone, embeddable version of the same charting engine that powers TradingView.com (the popular web platform). Brokers, fintechs, and trading platforms worldwide license this library and embed it in their products.

How to use Bollinger Bands on Kite

Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Bollinger Bands are a volatility-based envelope developed by John Bollinger in the early 1980s and now one of the most widely-used charting indicators on Indian retail platforms. They are built into Kite charts on both the ChartIQ and TradingView engines with Bollinger’s original 20-period, 2-standard-deviation defaults. The indicator’s enduring appeal is the way it visualises volatility regimes: the bands widen when price action becomes volatile and narrow when volatility compresses, often before a directional breakout.

How to use Fibonacci retracements on Kite

Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Fibonacci retracements are a charting tool, not an indicator: they draw horizontal lines at fixed ratio levels (23.6%, 38.2%, 50%, 61.8%, 78.6%) between two user-chosen price points, typically a swing high and a swing low. The tool is built into Kite charts on both the ChartIQ and TradingView engines, with TradingView offering the broader Fibonacci toolkit (extensions, fans, arcs, time zones).

The premise of Fibonacci analysis is that markets retrace in proportional amounts after directional moves, and the ratios derived from the Fibonacci sequence (a number sequence where each term is the sum of the two preceding it, with successive ratios converging on phi, approximately 1.618 or 0.618 inverse) appear in those retracements often enough to be useful as decision inputs. The empirical case is mixed: there is no robust academic evidence that Fibonacci levels are predictive on their own, but they are widely-used as confluence inputs alongside other technical reference points.

How to use MACD on Kite

Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence) is a momentum and trend-strength indicator developed by Gerald Appel in the late 1970s. It is one of the three indicators most commonly cited in Indian retail trading literature alongside RSI and moving averages. MACD is built into Kite charts on both the ChartIQ and TradingView engines, with Appel’s original 12/26/9 parameter set as the default.

MACD’s strength is that it bundles two ideas in one indicator: a trend filter (the MACD line above or below the zero line, which reflects whether the 12-period EMA is above or below the 26-period EMA) and a momentum trigger (crossovers between the MACD line and a slower 9-period EMA of the MACD line). Combined with the histogram, which visualises the gap between the MACD line and the signal line, MACD produces three different reading angles from one indicator pane. The trade-off is that MACD is lagging: it derives from moving averages, so its signals tend to confirm trends rather than anticipate them.

How to use RSI on Kite

Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is a momentum oscillator developed by J. Welles Wilder in 1978 and now one of the most widely-used technical indicators across global retail trading. RSI is built into Kite charts on both the ChartIQ and TradingView engines, with Wilder’s original 14-period default. Indian retail traders use RSI for two main purposes: identifying potentially overextended price moves (overbought or oversold conditions) and spotting divergences between price and momentum that often precede reversals.

How to use Supertrend on Kite

Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Supertrend is one of the most-used trend-following indicators on Indian retail charting platforms, and it is available out-of-the-box on Zerodha Kite charts under both the ChartIQ and TradingView engines. The indicator plots a single line above or below price action: when the line sits below price, the market is in a presumed uptrend; when it flips above price, the trend is presumed down. Each flip is a discrete signal that many intraday and swing traders use as an entry or exit cue, though the indicator is far better as a confirmation tool than a standalone trading system.

How to use VWAP on Kite

Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) is the cumulative volume-weighted average price over a defined period, plotted as a single line on the chart. Unlike a moving average that weights each candle equally regardless of how much trading occurred, VWAP weights each price by the volume traded at that price. This makes VWAP a closer proxy for “what the average institutional participant has paid today” than any simple moving average.

VWAP is the indicator most-watched by institutional execution desks during the trading day. Block orders are often executed in slices around VWAP to match a benchmark; algorithms have explicit VWAP-tracking modes; and intraday retail traders use VWAP as a dynamic reference for whether the day’s buyers are collectively in profit or loss. On Kite, session VWAP (which resets at the start of every trading session) is available on both ChartIQ and TradingView. Anchored VWAP, which lets you pick a custom starting candle, is available primarily on the TradingView engine and is useful for swing analysis from significant chart points (earnings, news, or major swing lows).