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-======PPro8 Chart Window====== +This page has moved. Please visit the new __[[chart_window_tool|Chart Window manual]]__ and update your bookmarks.
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-**This work is licensed under a __[[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/deed.en_US|Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License]]__.** +
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-Use the __[[ppro8_trading_platform_manuals|PPro8]]__ Chart Window to display charts that can help with trading decisions. +
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-=====Open a Chart Window===== +
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-1. On the PPro8 toolbar, click **ChartWindow**. +
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-{{ :cw_001.png?nolink |}} +
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-2. An empty **Chart Window** appears. +
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-{{ :ch_win_002.png?nolink |}} +
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-=====Chart Window components===== +
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-{{ :ch_win_003.png?nolink |}} +
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-A. Symbol Box: type the symbol (for example, BB), press **Tab**, click the market extension (for example, TO), and press **Enter** to load the chart. +
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-B. Time Interval: click to open the **Chart Interval** window, and type in values to set the time interval. +
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-{{ :ch_win_004.png?nolink |}} +
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-C. Shape Type: click the option for the type of chart you want to draw, either CandleStick, OHLCBar, or LongShortLine. +
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-D. Cursor Mode: click either **Cross** or **No Cross** to either add or remove a coordinate system to the cursor to help read time and price information. +
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-{{ :ch_win_005.png?nolink |}} +
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-E. OHLC Title Bar: view daily values, including opening price, high price, low price, closing price, and volume. +
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-F. Zoom In/Zoom Out/Zoom Reset: click the appropriate button to zoom in or zoom out and view a specific interval movement. +
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-G. Data Editor: manually change the data that displays in the Chart Window. When a bad print appears in the __[[tms_time_of_sales|Time of Sales]]__ window, it triggers a visible, incorrect change in price or volume in the Chart Window for a specific minute. You can set Cursor Mode to **Cross** to identify the minute when there is a bar that needs to change. To make this change, open the Data Editor, type the correct value, click **OK**, and the Chart Window updates.  +
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-{{ :ch_win_006.png?nolink |}} +
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-H. Add Symbol: click to add another symbol. +
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-I. Open/High/Low/Close Info: view the symbol’s Open Price, High Price, Low Price, and Closing Price, as well as Volume, for the trading day. +
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-J. Toolbar Tab: click to show or hide the Main Toolbar, the Drawing Toolbar, or the Status Bar. +
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-{{ :ch_win_007.png?nolink |}} +
-====Drawing Toolbar==== +
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-Use the Drawing Toolbar to add lines, shapes, or text to the Chart Window. +
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-{{ :cw_008.png?nolink |}} +
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-===Add lines, shapes, and text to Chart Window=== +
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-1. On the **Drawing Toolbar**, click **Draw Line**. +
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-2. Click a starting point for the line in the **Chart Window**, and then click an end point. +
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-3. The line is drawn. +
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-4. On the **Drawing Toolbar**, click **Draw Polygon**. +
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-5. Click a starting point for the shape in the **Chart Window**, and then click an end point. +
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-6. The shape is drawn. +
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-7. On the **Drawing Toolbar**, click **Insert Text**. +
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-8. Click anywhere in the **Chart Window**. +
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-9. Type the text you want to add. +
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-10. The text is added. +
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-11. To remove a line, shape, or text, right-click it, and then click **Remove**. +
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-{{ :cw_008b.png?nolink |}} +
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-=====Send order from Chart Window===== +
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-You can send orders when Chart Window is open and on Top. To use this function, enable the Order Edit Box feature in Customization, and then follow these steps. +
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-1. Set up keyboard shortcuts with __[[keyboardsetup|Keyboard Setup]]__. +
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-2. Open a new **Chart Window**. +
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-3. Type the symbol and market extension, and then press **Enter**. +
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-4. Type a keyboard shortcut. +
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-5. The order edit box appears. +
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-6. Edit the order (type values in the **Price Adjust** and **Shares** fields as needed) and then press **Enter**. +
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-7. The order is sent from the **Chart Window**. +
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-=====Chart Window Customization===== +
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-To make changes to the Chart Window settings, right-click anywhere in the **Chart Window** to open the **Chart Window Customization** window. This window displays three main tabs on the left: **Display**, **Indicators**, and **Multiple Symbols**. +
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-**Note:** a symbol must be loaded in the Chart Window before you can open Customization. +
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-{{ :cw_009.png?nolink |}} +
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-====Display==== +
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-Use the Display window to adjust the display settings for the Chart Window. +
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-  * Click the **Display** tab to open the **Display** window. +
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-The Display window contains four sub-tabs: Common Settings, Font, Menu Bars, and Chart Data. +
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-===Common Settings=== +
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-Use the Common Settings window to adjust color and layout settings for the Chart Window. +
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-1. Click the **Common Settings** sub-tab in the **Display** window. +
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-2. The **Common Settings** window appears. +
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-**A. Set tick color** +
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-1. In the **Common Settings** window, double-click the color box for either of the three options (**Up Color**, **Down Color**, or **Neutral Color**). +
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-{{ :cw_014.png?nolink |}} +
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-2. The **Color dialog** window appears. Click a color, and then click **OK**. +
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-3. In the **Customization** window, click **OK**. +
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-4. The tick color is set. +
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-**B. Adjust trading activity settings** +
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-1. In the **Common Settings** window, select or clear the check boxes for the **Display Accepted Order** and the **Display Execution** options to hide or display them. +
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-2. Double-click the color box for either of the three color options (**Buy Order Color**, **Sell Order Color**, or **Short Sell Order Color**). +
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-3. The **Color dialog** window appears. Click a color, and then click **OK**. +
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-4. In the **Customization** window, click **OK**. +
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-5. The trading activity options are set. +
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-**C. Show or hide the OHLC Window** +
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-  * Select or clear the check box for the **OHLC Window** display option to show or hide the **OHLC Window**. +
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-**D. Show or hide the Order Edit Box** +
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-  * Select or clear the check box for the **Enable** option to enable or disable the Order Edit Box feature in the Chart Window. +
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-**E. Link Chart Window to a group** +
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-  * If this option is selected, the Chart Window is grouped by number with other tools, such as the Stock Window and the TOS Window. Other windows in the window group of the same number change their symbol to correspond to the symbol in the Chart Window. +
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-**Adjust View settings** +
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-**F. Set Chart Window background color** +
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-1. In the **View** section, double-click the color box for **Background color**. +
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-2. The **Color dialog** window appears. Click a color, and then click **OK**. +
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-3. In the **Customization** window, click **OK**. +
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-4. The background color is set. +
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-  * To hide or display indicator labels on the chart, clear or select the **Display Chart Title** check box. +
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-**G. Set Vertical Scaling** +
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-1. In the **Vertical Scaling** section, click the **Manual** or **Auto** option to set vertical scaling to manual or automatic. +
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-2. Select or clear the check boxes for **Apply to Indicators** or **Apply Padding** to apply automatic scaling to indicators or padding. +
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-3. In the **Customization** window, click **OK**. +
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-4. The vertical scaling is set. When vertical scaling is set to manual, clicking and dragging the vertical axis up or down changes the scale. +
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-**H. Set Grid Lines** +
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-1. In the **Grid Lines** section, select or clear the **Display** option to show or hide grid lines. +
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-2. Double-click the color box, click a color, and then click **OK**. +
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-3. Click the grid style you want to set in the **Style** menu. +
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-4. In the **Customization** window, click **OK**. +
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-5. The grid lines are set. +
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-**I. Set Vertical Axis** +
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-1. In the **Vertical Axis** section, double-click the color box, click a color, and then click **OK**. +
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-2. In the **Layout** menu, click **Left**, **Right**, or **Both**. +
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-3. In the **Value Label** subsection, +
-  * select or clear the **Display** check box to show or hide the value label; +
-  * double-click the color box for **Text Color**, click a color, and then click **OK**; +
-  * double-click the color box for **Background Color**, click a color, and then click **OK**. +
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-4. In the **Customization** window, click **OK**. +
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-5. The vertical axis is set. +
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-**J. Set Cross Hair Cursor** +
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-1. In the Cross Hair Cursor section, +
-  * double-click the **Color** box, click a color, and then click **OK**; +
-  * click the cross hair cursor style you want to set in the **Style** menu; +
-  * select or clear the **Sync on View** check box to sync or unsync. +
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-2. In the **Value Label** subsection, +
-  * select or clear the **Display** check box to show or hide the value label; +
-  * double-click the color box for **Text Color**, click a color, and then click **OK**; +
-  * double-click the color box for **Background Color**, click a color, and then click **OK**. +
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-3. In the **Customization** window, click **OK**. +
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-4. The cross hair cursor is set. +
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-**K. Set Horizontal Axis** +
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-1. In the **Horizontal Axis** section, double-click the color box, click a color, and then click **OK**. +
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-2. In the **Value Label** subsection, +
-  * select or clear the **Display** check box to show or hide the value label; +
-  * double-click the color box for **Text Color**, click a color, and then click **OK**; +
-  * double-click the color box for **Background Color**, click a color, and then click **OK**. +
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-3. In the **Customization** window, click **OK**. +
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-4. The horizontal axis is set. +
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-===Font=== +
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-Use the Font window to set the overall font for the Chart Window. +
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-1. Click the **Font** sub-tab. +
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-{{ :cw_051.png?nolink |}} +
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-2. The **Font** window appears. +
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-**Set a font for the Chart Window** +
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-1. In the **Font** window, double-click the color box for **Text Color**, click a color, and then click **OK**. +
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-2. Click **Set Font...**. +
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-3. The **Select Font** window appears. +
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-4. Click the font, font style, size, effects, and writing system you want to set. +
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-5. Click **OK**. +
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-6. In the **Customization** window, click **OK**. +
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-7. The font is set. +
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-===Menu Bar=== +
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-Use the Menu Bar window to show or hide icons from the menu bar in the Chart Window. +
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-1. Click the **Menu Bar** sub-tab. +
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-2. The **Menu Bar** window appears. +
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-**Show an item in the Chart Window** +
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-1. In the **Menu Bar** window, click an item in the **Unselected items** window. +
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-2. Click the right arrow to move the item to the **Selected items** list. +
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-3. In the **Customization** window, click **OK**. +
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-4. The item appears in the **Chart Window**. +
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-**Hide an item from the Chart Window** +
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-1. In the **Menu Bar** window, click an item in the **Selected items** list. +
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-2. Click the left arrow to move the item to the **Unselected items** list. +
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-3. In the **Customization** window, click **OK**. +
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-4. The item is hidden from the **Chart Window**. +
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-===Chart Data=== +
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-Use the Chart Data window to clear data from the Chart Window, and to hide or display weekend and holiday data. +
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-1. Click the **Chart Data** sub-tab. +
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-2. The **Chart Data** window appears. +
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-**Clear cache data** +
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-1. In the **Chart Data** window, click the **Chart Data** menu, and then click an option (either **All Data**, **Minute Data**, or **Day Data**). +
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-2. Click the **Range** menu, and then click **All** or **Today**. +
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-3. Click the **Symbol** menu, and then click **All Symbols** or **Current Symbol**. +
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-4. Click **Clear Data**. +
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-5. The cache data is cleared. +
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-**Show or hide weekend and holiday data** +
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-1. In the **Chart Data** window, select or clear the checkboxes for the **Display Weekend** and the **Display Holiday** options to show or hide weekend and holiday data in the **Chart Window**. +
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-2. In the **Customization** window, click **OK**. +
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-3. The chart data is updated. +
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-====Indicators==== +
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-Use the Indicators window to adjust the indicator settings for the Chart Window. +
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-  * Click the **Indicators** tab to open the **Indicators** window. +
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-The Indicators window contains one sub-tab: Technical Indicators. +
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-===Technical Indicators=== +
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-Use the Technical Indicators window to create, adjust, or delete technical indicators for the Chart Window. +
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-**Create a technical indicator** +
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-1. In the **Technical Indicators** window, click **Create**. +
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-2. The **Create New Indicator** window appears. +
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-3. Click an indicator in the **Available Indicators** list. +
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-4. Click **OK**. +
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-5. The indicator appears in the **Indicators** section. +
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-5. In the **Indicator Settings** section, type or click to adjust the indicator’s settings. +
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-6. Click **OK**. +
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-7. The indicator appears in the **Chart Window**. +
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-====Multiple Symbols==== +
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-Use the Multiple Symbols window to add, remove, and compare multiple symbols from the Chart Window. +
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-  * Click the **Multiple Symbols** tab to open the **Multiple Symbols** window. +
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-The Multiple Symbols window contains one sub-tab: Side by Side. +
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-===Side by Side=== +
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-Use the Side by Side window to compare symbols, side by side, in the Chart Window. +
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-**Add a symbol for comparison** +
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-1. In the **Side by Side** window, click **Add**. +
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-2. A row appears in the **Compare Symbols** table. +
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-3. Double-click each cell in the row and type or click the symbol, shape type, up tick color, down tick color, and neutral tick color you want to set. +
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-4. Click **OK**. +
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-5. The symbol is added to the **Chart Window** for comparison. +
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-**Delete a symbol from comparison** +
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-1. In the **Multiple Symbols** window, click the row for the symbol you want to delete. +
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-2. Click **Remove**. +
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-3. Click **OK**. +
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-4. The symbol is deleted from comparison in the Chart Window. +
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-=====OHLC===== +
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-Use the OHLC window to show OHLC values for daily and time-specific values. The OHLC title bar displays daily values, and the OHLC window display data points. To show or hide the OHLC window, select or clear the check box for the **OHLC Window** display option in **Chart Window Customization: Display: Common Settings**. +
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-====OHLC title bar==== +
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-Use the OHLC title bar to view daily values, including: +
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-  * TOp = Today’s Opening price +
-  * THp = Today’s High price +
-  * TLp = Today’s Low price +
-  * YCp = Yesterday’s Closing price +
-  * TVo = Today’s Volume +
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-===OHLC window=== +
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-Use the OHLC window to view the last data point (candle) values, or any data point highlighted by the crosshair, including: +
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-  * Timestamp +
-  * Op = Opening price +
-  * Hp = High price +
-  * Lp = Low price +
-  * Cp = Closing price +
-  * Vo = Volume +
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-=====Additional Notes===== +
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-=====See Also===== +
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-=====References=====+
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