Compare two stocks on one chart free: NIFTY vs BANKNIFTY and more

Q: Does Compare work on a phone?

Yes. On a phone the header button is hidden, so open the More menu and choose Compare symbols under Chart. The mobile charting page covers the rest of the phone layout.

Compare two stocks on one chart free in SuperCharting: add NSE:BANKNIFTY over NSE:NIFTY on a percent scale and read relative strength at a glance.

To compare two stocks on one chart for free, open the first symbol in SuperCharting, click Compare symbols in the chart header and pick the second symbol. Its closing prices appear as a line over your chart and the price scale switches to percent, so both start from the same point and you can see which one moved more. Compare is part of every signed-in account, including Essential, the free plan, and compare lines do not use up the plan's indicators per chart.

What the Compare tool does

Compare puts another symbol's closes on the main pane of the chart you already have open. The chart's own symbol keeps its candles (or whatever chart type you use); each compared symbol is drawn as a 2-pixel line in its own colour. The first is orange-red and each later one takes the next colour from a fixed set.

As soon as the first compare line is added, the price scale changes to Percent. NSE:NIFTY and NSE:BANKNIFTY trade at very different prices, so a shared price scale would be useless; on a percent scale both are measured from the same starting bar.

A few details that matter when you read the result:

The starting point is the first bar on screen. Each line is set to 0% at the leftmost visible bar. When you scroll or zoom, the starting point moves with the view, as it does on TradingView. To compare from a particular date, scroll so that date sits at the left edge.
Daily, weekly and monthly charts line up by calendar day. This matters when the two symbols trade different hours, for example an NSE index against gold. On intraday intervals the bars line up by exact time, so a symbol that was closed during part of the session shows gaps there.
Removing the last compare puts the price scale back. When you remove the last compare line, the chart returns to its normal price scale.
Compares are saved with the layout. Close the tab and come back, and the compare lines are still there with their colours.

How to compare two stocks in SuperCharting

Open the first symbol, for example NSE:RELIANCE, and pick an interval such as 1D.
Click Compare symbols in the chart header (the button just right of the symbol name). On a phone, open the More menu and choose Compare symbols under the Chart heading.
In the Compare symbols dialog, type the second symbol, for example TCS, and pick NSE:TCS from the list.
The orange-red TCS line appears and the scale switches to percent. Add more symbols the same way, up to 20 on one chart.
Scroll the chart until the date you want to measure from is at the left edge. Both lines now start at 0% from there.
To hide or remove a compare line, hover its row in the legend at the top left and use the eye or the remove button, or the More menu on that row.

Practical example: NIFTY vs BANKNIFTY, RELIANCE vs TCS, NIFTY vs gold

NIFTY vs BANKNIFTY. Open NSE:NIFTY on the 1D interval and compare NSE:BANKNIFTY. Scroll so the first trading day of the quarter sits at the left edge. Say NIFTY's candles end the period at +3.0% and the BANKNIFTY line at +5.5%. Banks did better than the broad index over those weeks: the gap between the two lines is BANKNIFTY's relative strength over NIFTY. More on these two indices on the NIFTY and BANKNIFTY charts page.

RELIANCE vs TCS. Open NSE:RELIANCE on 1D and compare NSE:TCS. Over six months you might see RELIANCE at -4% and TCS at +7%: an 11-point gap in favour of TCS over that window. Move the left edge to another start date and the gap changes: relative strength always depends on the period.

NIFTY vs gold. Open NSE:NIFTY on the 1D or 1W interval and compare MCX:GOLD1!. Because daily bars line up by calendar day, the different trading hours of the two markets do not break the comparison. See MCX live charts for how gold symbols are listed.

Reading relative strength from a compare chart

Relative strength here means one symbol's move compared with another's over the same window, not the RSI indicator. A compare chart shows it directly:

The line that rises faster is the stronger one over the period on screen. When a stock's line stays above the index line for weeks, the stock is outperforming the index.
Watch the gap, not just the level. If a stock is up 8% and the index 7%, that is close to even. If the stock is up 8% while the index is down 2%, the stock is clearly stronger.
A gap that starts to close is worth noticing. When a leading stock's line flattens while the index keeps rising, its lead is fading. When a lagging stock starts to climb faster than the index, the gap narrows from below.
Check more than one period. A stock can be stronger over three months and weaker over three weeks.
Compare like with like. A bank stock against NSE:BANKNIFTY tells you more about the stock than a bank stock against gold.

This is a way of reading what has already happened. It does not say what will happen next, and it is not a signal to buy or sell anything.

Compare, percent scale and side-by-side charts

There are three ways to put two symbols in front of you, and each answers a different question:

Compare symbols puts both on one pane and one percent scale. It shows which moved more over the same window.
Percent and Indexed to 100 scales without a compare: right-click the price axis and choose Percent (Alt + P) or Indexed to 100. These change only how the chart's own symbol is measured.
Two charts side by side in a multi-chart layout keep each symbol on its own price scale with its own indicators, which is better when you want to read each chart's pattern. Essential, the free plan, allows 4 charts per layout.

What Compare does not do

It draws closing prices as a line only. The compared symbol has no candles, volume or indicators of its own; for that, open it in a second chart.
Alerts cannot be set on a compare line. Add alert in the line's More menu is greyed out.
It does not draw a ratio line (such as BANKNIFTY divided by NIFTY).
The baseline always follows the left edge of the view; there is no setting to pin it to a fixed date.

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Frequently asked questions

Is the compare tool free?

Yes. Compare symbols works on every plan, including Essential, the free plan. Compare lines are not counted against the plan's indicators per chart. You can compare up to 20 symbols on one chart.

Why do both lines start at zero?

Because the scale switches to percent, and each line is measured from the first bar visible on the left. Scroll left or right and the starting bar, and so the percentages, change.

Can I compare an Indian stock with gold or a currency?

Yes, any symbol the chart can open can be compared, for example NSE:NIFTY with MCX:GOLD1! or NSE:BANKNIFTY with MCX:CRUDEOIL1!. On daily and longer intervals the bars line up by date, so different trading hours do not matter much.

How do I get the normal price scale back?

Remove the last compare line from the legend and the chart goes back to its price scale. You can also right-click the price axis and change the scale by hand.

Does Compare work on a phone?

Yes. On a phone the header button is hidden, so open the More menu and choose Compare symbols under Chart. The mobile charting page covers the rest of the phone layout.