---
title: "2. Watchlists, sections and colored flags"
slug: "watchlists-and-flags"
kind: "HELP_ARTICLE"
category: "charts"
locale: "en"
canonical: "https://help.forecastcity.com/charts/watchlists-and-flags"
published: "2026-11-14T18:58:02.251Z"
updated: "2026-11-14T18:58:02.251Z"
description: "Build custom watchlists, collapsible sections, and colored flag lists in 4CM-AI Charts, and scan symbols with Up and Down arrow keys with instant preloading."
---

# 2. Watchlists, sections and colored flags

Scrolling through dozens of mixed tickers each morning slows your analysis and hides your best setups. In **4CM-AI Charts**, the **Symbols Panel** gives you a starter watchlist, colored flag lists, and collapsible sections. Neighboring charts preload in the background, so stepping through symbols with `↓` feels instant.

## Switch between Favorites, colored flags and custom lists

Your account starts with a ready-made **Favorites List** of 125 major markets, so you never face an empty panel.

![The Watchlists menu open in the left Symbols Panel of 4CM-AI Charts, showing Favorites List, Create/Manage Watchlists, and Display options.](https://m.forecastcity.com/t/tnt_forecastcity/media/49/4921ffef8e2970ba1138c51309eb5d0ddfec8479407ad5cdba7e97afd35f249d.png)

Click Watchlists at the top of the Symbols Panel to switch lists or change symbol display format.

1.  **Watchlist switcher menu:** click **Watchlists** to switch between Favorites, colored flag lists, and your custom lists.
    
2.  **Create/Manage Watchlists:** opens the full three-column watchlist manager (`Shift+W`).
    
3.  **Display format:** pick **Ticker only** for compact codes like `EURUSD`, or show full market names.
    

Flagging at least one symbol creates a matching colored list, such as **Red List** or **Blue List**, inside the switcher menu. Flagging is the fastest way to isolate two or three pairs for your [London and New York overlap](<https://app.forecastcity.com/academy/glossary/glossary#london-and-new-york-session-overlap>) trading plan.

## Group symbols into collapsible sections

Inside your watchlists, you can divide long lists into labeled sections and collapse groups you are not trading right now.

![The Watchlists panel showing market filter pills, symbol rows with flags and alert icons, and the right-click New section menu.](https://m.forecastcity.com/t/tnt_forecastcity/media/60/60234ad3f522a5b7e5b583835e1414b112f7e8d18b673297a20b6dfcba09dd35.png)

Filter Favorites by market pill, or right-click any row to add a section divider.

1.  **Market filter pills:** inside **Favorites List**, click Forex, Cryptos, Com, or Indices to focus on one market.
    
2.  **Symbol row:** hover a row to preload its candles. Click the left flag to mark it, or click the right bell to manage alerts.
    
3.  **New section:** right-click a row and pick **New section** to insert a divider above it. Click a header to rename or collapse it, and drag rows to reorder them.
    

## Manage all watchlists in one window

Press `Shift+W` to open the three-column **Watchlists** window when you want to build or clean up several lists at once.

![The three-column Watchlists manager showing My Watchlists and + New on the left, active rows in the middle, and Symbol Search on the right.](https://m.forecastcity.com/t/tnt_forecastcity/media/c2/c2c453973e2bb676d661d2a8ab35288a428f7703e63a24a7734d4064f0773681.png)

Press Shift+W to create custom watchlists and add or reorder symbols in one place.

1.  **My Watchlists sidebar:** switch between all your saved lists, colored flag lists, and market lists.
    
2.  **\+ New button:** creates a fresh named watchlist, such as `Morning Majors` or `Gold & Silver`.
    
3.  **Active list and symbol picker:** reorder or remove rows in the middle, and click tickers on the right to add them.
    

## How do arrow keys scan when the panel is hidden?

Press `↓` and `↑` at any time to step through the list and market tab you picked last. Both keys keep working even when you hide the **Symbols Panel** with `Shift+S`. Collapsed sections are skipped, and nearby rows preload in the background so each chart opens right away.

**Morning scan walkthrough:** click **Forex** in your watchlist, then press `Shift+S` for a full-width chart. Tap `↓` to check each pair's 1h roadmap. When a pair sits near its Buy or Sell zone, press `Ctrl+K` and flag it so your top setups wait in one colored list.

## Related guides

-   [1\. Find symbols and filter markets](<https://help.forecastcity.com/charts/symbol-search-and-markets>)
    
-   [11\. Keyboard shortcuts](<https://help.forecastcity.com/charts/keyboard-shortcuts>)