BUILD Toolkit · May 2026 · ~5 min

Build your own markets dashboard

Even the best template is someone else's habit. A truly efficient dashboard is built around your own decision process — only the data you actually look at and act on every day; everything else put away.

Three principles

• Layer: main chart for direction (higher timeframe), sub-chart for detail (lower timeframe), a watchlist and heatmap beside them for the big picture;
• Link: link multiple charts by symbol so switching instruments changes the whole layout at once, no repeated manual switching;
• Restraint: more indicators isn't better — three or four is plenty. Every element on screen should answer "what decision does it help me make."

A practical layout

Large chart on the left (daily for direction) + small chart top-right (1H for entries) + watchlist / heatmap bottom-right (the whole field) + an alert list along the bottom. Switching instruments refreshes all three in sync — "direction, entry, big picture" done in one screen.

A dashboard's goal isn't to show more, but to help you decide right faster.