---
title: "9. Measure moves and jump to any date"
slug: "measure-tool-and-go-to-date"
kind: "HELP_ARTICLE"
category: "charts"
locale: "en"
canonical: "https://help.forecastcity.com/charts/measure-tool-and-go-to-date"
published: "2026-11-14T18:58:11.319Z"
updated: "2026-11-14T18:58:11.319Z"
description: "Measure pips, percentage, candles, elapsed time, and volume in two clicks with Shift+click, and jump to any historical session in your timezone with Alt+G."
---

# 9. Measure moves and jump to any date

Calculating stop distance in your head or dragging a chart back six months wastes precious seconds before a trade. **4CM-AI Charts** gives you a two-click **Measure** ruler (`Shift+click`) that stays pinned without holding your mouse button down. Press `Alt+G` to jump straight to any historical session.

## Measure price, pips, candles and time in two clicks

1.  Hold `Shift` and click once on your starting candle, or click the **Measure** ruler icon on the left rail.
    
2.  Release `Shift` and move your mouse freely to your target price. You do not hold the mouse button down.
    
3.  Click a second time to pin the measurement box onto the chart.
    

![EURUSD 1h chart with a pinned Measure ruler box showing price change, percentage, pips, candle count, elapsed hours, and volume.](https://m.forecastcity.com/t/tnt_forecastcity/media/fd/fddad53c9547287ec4465f55bcd074a9ca5097cea9697996a5ade0a1da1eaed8.png)

Hold Shift and click twice to pin a live measurement box onto the candles.

1.  **Measure tool icon:** starts the ruler from the left drawing toolbar whenever you prefer clicking an icon.
    
2.  **First click (start point):** anchors the starting corner of the measurement box.
    
3.  **Readout badge:** turns blue for upward moves and red for downward moves. It shows exact price change, percentage, [pips](<https://app.forecastcity.com/academy/glossary/glossary#pip-and-lot-size>) or ticks, candle count, elapsed time, and summed volume.
    

Once pinned, the measurement box stays visible while you scroll or zoom. Click the chart or press `Esc` to clear it.

## How do you jump straight to a past date or back to live?

Press `Alt+G` to open **Go to date** and move directly to any historical candle without scrolling.

![The Go to date window open over EURUSD 1h, showing the date and time picker, First candle and Live jump buttons, and Go.](https://m.forecastcity.com/t/tnt_forecastcity/media/fd/fd6c14e77a4711303e68ed806e6d8ed0c382314cca60d07ca0a320e4031825de.png)

Press Alt+G to jump to any date in your chart's timezone, or snap back to the live candle.

1.  **Date and time picker:** takes a date on D, W, and M charts, or both date and time on intraday charts. Timestamps match your active chart's **Timezone**.
    
2.  **First candle** and **Live (last candle):** jump in one click to the earliest loaded candle, or snap right back to live price.
    
3.  **Go:** press `Enter` or click **Go** to center the chart on that candle, or press `Esc` to close.
    

**Risk-check walkthrough on EURUSD 1h:** before entering near the `1.11000` Pivot, hold `Shift` and click your planned entry. Click again above the Reverse zone at `1.11480` to read your exact pip stop distance. Measure down to `1.09950` next to verify your reward-to-risk ratio.

## Related guides

-   [8\. Practice on past candles with Bar Replay](<https://help.forecastcity.com/charts/bar-replay>)
    
-   [6\. Price scales, timezones, session breaks and chart lines](<https://help.forecastcity.com/charts/scales-timezones-and-context-menu>)