How to Invert a TradingView Chart

Inverting a TradingView chart flips the price axis vertically so what was a peak becomes a trough and vice versa. Traders use it to test directional bias, practice short setups, or view currency pairs from the opposite side. This guide covers the gear icon path, the keyboard shortcut, and the mobile app flow, plus a few situations where you should leave the scale alone.

Key takeaways

• To invert on desktop, click the gear icon at the bottom right of the price scale, open the Scales tab, and check Invert scale. Press Alt+I on Windows or Option+I on Mac to do the same thing with one keystroke.
• On mobile, tap the three-dot menu on the chart, choose Settings, then Scales, and toggle Invert scale.
• The inverted scale is a display setting only: it does not affect your open orders, alerts, or positions in any way.

How to invert a TradingView chart (desktop and web)

On the TradingView chart, click the gear icon at the bottom right of the price scale. The settings panel opens. In the Scales tab, find the Invert scale checkbox and click it. The chart flips immediately. Highs become lows, lows become highs, and any moving averages, Bollinger Bands, or drawings on the chart redraw against the inverted axis. The same path works on the browser version at tradingview.com and on the TradingView Desktop installer for Windows and Mac. To revert, click the gear icon again and uncheck Invert scale.

The Alt+I keyboard shortcut

If you have the chart focused, press Alt+I on Windows or Option+I on Mac to toggle the inverted scale on or off. The shortcut works inside the browser version, the TradingView Desktop installer, and the in-broker chart embed on platforms that license TradingView. It does not work on the mobile app, since iOS and Android do not expose the keyboard shortcut layer. If you live in the chart, Alt+I is one of several worth memorizing; the full list of TradingView keyboard shortcuts covers timeframe switching, drawing tools, and layout swapping.

How to invert a TradingView chart on mobile (iPhone and Android)

Open the chart inside the TradingView mobile app on iPhone or Android. Tap anywhere on the chart to bring up the toolbar, then tap the three-dot menu. Choose Settings, then Scales, then toggle Invert scale. The chart flips. Tap the same toggle again to revert. The mobile flow is intentionally lighter than the desktop one because the touch UI does not expose every Scales option, but the invert toggle is always there. If you do not see Settings in your toolbar, you are likely on a watchlist or news view rather than a chart, so swipe back to the chart pane first. The TradingView mobile app walkthrough covers the full chart UI for both iPhone and Android if the toolbar layout looks unfamiliar.

Why traders invert TradingView charts

Most traders who invert a chart are not doing it for fun, they are doing it to test their own bias. When you invert a long position you have been holding, the same chart that looked like a flag breakout to the upside now looks like a flag breakdown to the downside. If the bearish version still looks like a clean trade, your read is honest. If the bearish version suddenly looks ugly and confusing, you were probably anchored to the trend you wanted to see, not the trend the chart actually shows. The inverted scale is also useful for currency pairs traded in reverse (looking at USD/JPY upside-down to see the JPY side of the move), for short setups where the trader wants the entry to look like a long for muscle memory reasons, and for backtesting bearish patterns that look identical to bullish ones once flipped.

Indicators redraw against the inverted axis, which is part of why traders use the flip; pair an inverted chart with the best TradingView indicators to see how moving averages and Bollinger Bands behave on the reversed scale. Once you have flipped the chart and confirmed the trade still looks valid both ways, log the entry in the Financial Tech Wiz Trading Journal to track whether bias-test setups outperform your default ones over the next 50 trades.

When not to invert the chart

Do not invert the chart for live execution. Order entry stays in the original price coordinates regardless of how the scale is drawn, so a buy stop you place on an inverted chart still sits at the same price level on the unflipped scale. That is fine in theory but easy to fat-finger in practice. Flip the chart to study, flip it back to trade. Do not invert when sharing screenshots with another trader unless you label the screenshot, since the unflipped reader will misread highs as lows. Do not rely on inverted-scale Renko, Kagi, or P&F charts; they redraw inconsistently when the price scale is reversed.

Troubleshooting the invert scale

If the gear icon does not show an Invert scale option, you are on a TradingView Lightweight Chart embed (used by some broker partners), which strips the full Scales tab. Switch to the full TradingView site or the broker's full-chart view to access it. If Alt+I does nothing, click on the chart first to give the chart focus before pressing the shortcut. If the chart appears flipped but the volume bars at the bottom did not invert, that is correct behavior; volume always reads top-to-bottom regardless of the price scale orientation. If you cannot find the toggle on mobile, update the app to the latest version, since the Scales menu was reorganized in mid-2024.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the keyboard shortcut to invert a chart on TradingView?

Alt+I on Windows and Option+I on Mac. Click the chart first so it has focus, then press the shortcut. It works in the browser and the desktop installer but not on mobile.

Can you invert a chart on the TradingView mobile app?

Yes. Open the chart, tap the three-dot menu, choose Settings, then Scales, then toggle Invert scale. The change applies immediately to that chart and reverts when you toggle it back off.

What is the difference between flipping, inverting, and reversing a TradingView chart?

All three terms refer to the same setting in TradingView. The official feature name is Invert scale and it flips the price axis vertically. There is no separate flip, reverse, or rotate setting. If you want to view the chart sideways or rotated, that is not a feature TradingView supports.

Does inverting the chart affect indicators or drawings?

Yes. Moving averages, Bollinger Bands, and trend lines redraw against the inverted axis, so a moving average that was trending up on the original chart trends down on the inverted version. The math is the same; only the visual orientation changes. Volume bars at the bottom do not invert, since they always read top-to-bottom from zero.

Will an inverted chart change my orders or positions?

No. The inverted scale is a display setting only. Open positions, pending orders, alerts, and the order book all stay tied to actual price coordinates. Flip the chart freely without worrying about live execution.