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What Do Positive and Negative Contribution Colors Mean?
Green marks positive contribution and red marks negative contribution in the current display theme. Color describes direction, not a recommendation.
What problem does this solve?
You want to know what red and green mark in a contribution view.
Quick answer
Green and red distinguish positive and negative contribution in the reference theme. They describe an observation for the chosen interval, not a buy or sell instruction.
Steps
- Read the current chart or card legend and the signed value beside the color.
- Check whether the value measures stock price change or estimated index contribution.
- Confirm the interval and selected basket before comparing two colors on different screens.
What you should see
You can distinguish a negative individual move from a negative weighted contribution and can read the sign even if color is hard to perceive.
If it still doesn't work
If the sign and color conflict, capture the value, symbol, theme, and app version for support.
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