If you are trading on a single screen and constantly switching between timeframes, watchlists, and charts, you are working harder than you need to. TradingView’s desktop app was built with multi-monitor setups in mind, and once you have it configured across two or three displays, going back to a single screen feels genuinely limiting.
This guide walks through the complete setup, from opening multiple windows to getting all your charts synced so they behave as one connected workspace.
Why the Desktop App and Not the Browser
Before getting into the setup, one thing worth clarifying: multi-monitor support on TradingView works properly only through the desktop app, not the browser. The browser version lets you open multiple windows, but it cannot remember their positions across sessions, and features like Crosshair Sync and Symbol Sync are desktop-only. If you are still using TradingView in Chrome or Edge, download the desktop app first. It is free for all account tiers, takes a few minutes to install, and your existing layouts, watchlists, and settings carry over automatically.
Step 1: Open Multiple Windows
Once the desktop app is installed and running, open a new window by pressing Ctrl+N on Windows or Cmd+N on Mac. Alternatively, go to the app menu at the top and select New Window. You can open as many windows as you have monitors. Drag each window to its respective display and arrange your workspace the way you want it. When you close the app using Exit (not by closing windows one by one), the app remembers exactly where each window was sitting and restores the full arrangement the next time you launch.
This is an important detail. Always exit TradingView using the Exit option in the app menu rather than clicking the X on each window. Closing windows individually can cause the session to not save correctly.
Step 2: Detach Tabs into Separate Windows
If you already have multiple chart tabs open in a single window, you do not need to rebuild them from scratch. Right-click on any tab and select Detach, or simply drag the tab out of the window until it becomes its own independent window. Move that window to your second or third monitor. Your chart, indicators, drawings, and layout settings travel with it.
Step 3: Link Charts by Symbol Using Tab Linking
Tab Linking is what makes multi-monitor TradingView genuinely powerful. It lets you group windows and tabs by color so that when you change a symbol in one, all others in the same color group update automatically.
To set it up, look for the small colored dot or chain icon in the top left corner of the chart, near the symbol search bar. Click it and assign a color tag, red, green, blue, or whichever you prefer. Do the same for every chart you want linked. Now when you type a new symbol in any one of those charts, every chart in the same color group switches to that symbol simultaneously.
For a practical two-monitor setup, this means you can have your daily chart on the left monitor and your hourly chart on the right, both tagged the same color. When you move from one stock to the next, one symbol change updates both timeframes instantly. No need to retype the ticker on each screen.
You can also link the screener to a chart using the same color tagging system. Click a stock in the screener and the linked chart updates to show that stock automatically.
Step 4: Enable Crosshair Sync
Crosshair Sync moves your cursor in lockstep across all open windows and tabs. When you hover over a candle on your daily chart, the corresponding point in time is marked on your hourly and five-minute charts at the same moment. For multi-timeframe analysis, this removes the guesswork of manually lining up dates and price levels across screens.
To enable it, click the Select Layout button in the top toolbar of any chart, then look for the Crosshair Sync toggle. It is switched on by default for new layouts, but worth verifying it is active. The sync works across all windows in the desktop app, not just within a single layout, which is the key advantage over the browser version.
Step 5: Save Your Layout
Once your multi-monitor workspace is arranged the way you want it, save the layout with a descriptive name so you can return to it. Go to the layout menu in the toolbar and save the current state. The desktop app will restore all windows, their monitor positions, and their sync settings the next time you open it, provided you exit properly using the Exit function rather than closing windows individually.
If you use TradingView across multiple machines, your layouts sync through your account to the web version as well, though the multi-monitor window arrangement itself is stored locally on the desktop app.
A Note on Multi-Chart Layouts Within a Single Window
The steps above cover spreading charts across separate monitors using multiple windows. TradingView also has a multi-chart layout feature within a single window, where you can display two, four, six, or more charts on one screen simultaneously using the Select Layout menu. This is available to Essential plan and above subscribers.
The two features complement each other. You might run a six-chart layout on your main monitor showing multiple timeframes of one symbol, and use Tab Linking to sync a second monitor running a watchlist or a sector overview. If you are on the free plan, multiple windows across monitors still works, but the multi-chart layout within a single window is limited to one chart at a time. Essential gives you 2 charts per tab, Plus gives you 4, Premium gives you 8, and Ultimate goes up to 16. You can see a full breakdown of what each plan includes on the TradingView pricing page.
Common Issues and Quick Fixes
Charts not syncing after setup usually come down to one of two things: the color tags are not matching across the windows you want linked, or Crosshair Sync was toggled off for that layout. Check both before assuming something is broken.
If your window arrangement is not restoring correctly on launch, make sure you are exiting via the app menu’s Exit function. Closing windows with the X button does not always trigger a clean session save.
On lower-end machines with 8 GB RAM or less, running three or more windows with multiple indicators can get heavy. If the app feels sluggish, reduce the number of active indicators per chart or close browser tabs running elsewhere on the machine, since the desktop app and the browser compete for the same system memory even though they run separately.
Getting Started
If you have not installed the desktop app yet, download it from TradingView’s desktop page. The setup takes a few minutes and everything from your web account, your watchlists, saved charts, alerts, and layouts, transfers over automatically. From there, the multi-monitor configuration described above takes another ten to fifteen minutes to arrange the first time. After that it restores itself on every launch.
For traders who spend serious time in front of charts, a properly configured multi-monitor TradingView setup is one of the higher-impact workflow changes you can make without spending anything beyond a free download.
For anyone who has not yet installed the app and wants a broader overview of what the desktop version offers over the browser, the TradingView desktop app overview covers that in detail.
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