Solid lines and dashed lines on StockTicker24 cards
Source: Hyperliquid / Last updated: / Perpetual-futures prices are reference values.
One series, two styles
On a standard price-discovery card, the sparkline is one series drawn in two line styles. The series is the perpetual-futures reference from Hyperliquid. The style switch is a clock: it follows the session table for the related cash market, not a second price feed.
| Segment | Clock | Series |
|---|---|---|
| Solid | Related cash market open | Perpetual-futures reference |
| Dashed | Related cash market closed | Same series |
| Color of the line | Not a session clock | Signed move, when shown |
The style switch follows the session table, not a second price feed.
1 · Ticker and session
The same rule is why two cards can look different at the same clock time. Tokyo hours and New York hours do not match. A Japanese cash session can be closed while a U.S. cash session is open. Each card uses the session that belongs to its symbol.
2 · Price and labeled change
The site does not use color of the line, by itself, to mean "cash hours." Color follows the signed move of the reference, when a signed move is shown. Line style follows the session clock. Those two encodings are separate so that a down-move during cash hours and a down-move after cash hours stay readable.
3 · Solid
A solid segment is the hours when the related cash market is open.
4 · Dashed
A solid segment is the hours when that cash market is open. A dashed segment is the hours when that cash market is closed, including overnight, weekends, and cash-market holidays that the session table records. The dashed segment is still a traded perpetual-futures reference. It is not a projected path and it is not an official index print published while cash is shut.
If session data for a symbol is missing, the card does not fake a solid/dashed pattern. The chart either uses the known table or it does not claim a cash-hour split. Inventing a split would label hours the site did not check.
Common questions
Is a dashed segment an official index print while cash is shut?
No. It is still a perpetual-futures reference.
What if session data for a symbol is missing?
The card does not fake a solid/dashed pattern.
Does line color mean cash hours?
No. Color follows the signed move when a signed move is shown. Line style follows the session clock.
A longer diagram of the same rule is on About the data, under the reading notes. This article is the English prose version of that rule.
Solid and dashed mark cash-market hours. They do not switch the series from a derivative print to a cash print.