How to fix my chart that looks compressed?

Has your chart become flattened to the point that the price is unreadable? I get frequently asked about this problem. This article addresses the issue and how to resolve it.

The issue

On TradingView, the automatic chart scaling resizes the price but also fits the indicator drawings on the screen. Sometimes, these graphics are positioned too far away from the displayed price, resulting in a squeezed chart.

This occurs with my HTF Liquidity Levels. The indicator plots liquidity pools from previous months, some of which are distant from the recent hourly prices. The auto-fit function tries to contain all the levels within the visible area, as illustrated below:

The solution

We want to display the indicator on the chart while retaining the auto mode. To not skew the graph, we need to activate the option to scale only the price. This setting is accessible from the Quick Search or the context menu of the price scale:

Screenshot of the "scale price chart only" setting on the price scale context menu of TradingView's chart.