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Getting Started

    Recommended viewing for new users of Investor/RT

Weekly Webinars

    Recording of Weekly and New User Webinars for Investor/RT users

Multi-Pane Charts

    General Operation of Traditional Multi-Pane Bar/Candle Charts and Indicators

Miscellaneous

    Instruction videos on various important aspects of Investor/RT

Market Profile

    Videos on Market Profile chart setup and operation

Trading Systems

    Trading system development, backtesting, optimization, and deployment
   
Getting Started
Title Description Duration
Getting Started
with Investor/RT		 This video guides users through the process of getting started with Investor/RT, including selecting a data feed, subscribing, installing, and activating Investor/RT, starting your data feed, and important videos for new users. Watch Video
16 minutes
Top 10: Secrets to Success for New Investor/RT Users This video and list on this page also is highly recommended for new users.  Covers keys to success in learning to use Investor/RT and in trading. Watch Video
16 minutes
Investor/RT Overview Webinar Webinar done for the Big Mike Trading forum in April 2011.  General overview of key features in Investor/RT. Watch Video
1hr 47mins
Installing Investor/RT on Mac OS X This video (Apple QuickTime Movie) shows how to install Investor/RT on OS X. Watch Video
6.5 minutes
Where's My Data? This video covers all the basics of data management in Investor/RT and answers common questions such as "Why can't I see data 20 days back?" and "Do I have to manually backfill my charts each day"?  This video is highly recommended for new users. Watch Video
16 minutes
Where's My Tick  Data?

This video explains how to setup and maintain Investor/RT to retain and display longer term tick data and how to avoid overwriting tick data with one-minute data.

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10 minutes
Setting up Symbols (General) This video discusses some important aspects of setting up symbols (particularly futures symbols), and touches on sessions and override sessions.  Also see video just below on "Sessions". Watch Video
8 minutes
Setting up Symbols in Zen-Fire / Rithmic This video discusses some important aspects of setting up futures symbols for the Zen-Fire / Rithmic brokerage feed. Watch Video
15 minutes
Setting up Symbols in TransAct/Infinity This video discusses some important aspects of setting up futures symbols for the TransAct / Infinity brokerage feed. Watch Video
17 minutes

DTNMA Symbols with Multipliers

This video demonstrates how to setup DTNMA symbols with multiplier for symbols whose live data has prices on a different scale from the prices of the backfill data.

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6 minutes
Setting up Symbols in Interactive Brokers This video discusses some important aspects of setting up futures symbols for Interactive Brokers. (Also: read this Q&A on IB Symbol Setup) Watch Video
7 minutes
Sessions Sessions define trading periods (times and days of week) for markets and instruments and are very important in a variety of aspects of Investor/RT.  [see also Session Tour] Watch Video
9 minutes
Managing Objects:
Symbols, Quotepages, Charts		 This video discusses some basics including creating quotepages, adding and setting up symbols, and creating and managing charts. Watch Video
11 minutes
QuotePages
 		 QuotePages are spreadsheets showing columns of data on user-specified lists of symbols. This video demonstrates the basics of quotepage management and manipulation, including adding/removing symbols and columns, and much more. Watch Video
19 minutes
Futures Rollover This video discusses how to rollover symbols as well as different options available at rollover, including tracking multiple contracts, changing symbols in charts, and duplicating charts.  (More on Rollover and Adjusting Calendar Spread Gaps) Watch Video
7 minutes
Signal Markers &
Custom Indicators		 This video discusses how to create signals and custom indicators, and a quick and easy way to add them to charts via signal markers or custom indicators.  (Pro Version Required)  (Also: read this RTL Tutorial and RTL 101) Watch Video
5 minutes
Manipulating Signal Markers &
Custom Indicators		 This video discuss how to manipulate custom indicators and signal markers within charts including: moving between charts, changing color and style, changing parameters or syntax.  (Pro Version Required)  (Also: read this RTL Tutorial and RTL 101) Watch Video
8 minutes
RTL 101 - Video Examples Using RTL Language These videos demonstrate a number of common uses of the RTL language. Watch Video
 
Signals, Scans, Custom Indicators, and Signal Actions This video demonstrates the differences between Signals, Custom Indicators, Scans, and Signal Actions.
[See also: RTL Lesson Video Series]		 Watch Video
9 minutes
RTL Lesson: Initial Balance Multiples This video demonstrates how to add the Initial Balance as well as Initial Balance Multiples (IBH1.5, IBL2.0, etc) to multi-pane charts. It discusses how to add these both to day session and Globex session charts, as well as how to add to rangebar, volumebar, and tickbar charts. It references these charts on charthub:
http://www.charthub.com/images/2011/08/30/InitialBalance
http://www.charthub.com/images/2011/08/30/InitialBalance_MPD
[See also: RTL Lesson Video Series]		 Watch Video
10 minutes
RTL Lesson:  Shooting Star Candlestick Pattern This video describes how to code a signal which identifies the shooting star candlestick pattern
[See also: RTL Lesson Video Series]		 Watch Video
10 minutes
RTL Lesson:  Price Volume Relationship This video demonstrates how to write signals that find higher price during lower volume and lower price during higher volume. It also shows how to quickly move these signals to other charts or create buttons to toggle the signal markers on/off. Watch Video
4 minutes
Importing Lists of Stocks/Equities This video discusses how to quickly to import and/or delete lists of stocks/equities in Investor/RT via Yahoo!, text files, and quotepages, and how to quickly download data on the new lists. Watch Video
10 minutes
Scanning for Candidates This video covers the process of importing lists of symbols into Investor/RT, downloading daily and fundamental data from Yahoo!, and creating and performing scans on that the imported list and data.  It also discusses moving to the next level of performing intraday analysis on the candidates produced by the daily scans. Watch Video
19 minutes
 
Weekly Webinars
Title Description Duration
New User Webinar June 8, 2010
This video covers the function of each button in the multi-pane chart toolbar.		 Watch Video
36 minutes
New User Webinar June 3, 2010 Watch Video
31 minutes
New User Webinar May 20, 2010 Watch Video
22 minutes
New User Webinar May 13, 2010 Watch Video
29 minutes
New User Webinar May 11, 2010 Watch Video
30 minutes
Weekly Webinar -
10/09/2009		 - TPO Indicator and drawing bands (wiggle) around the DVAH and DVAL
- Using Session Statistics to draw IBH, IBL, and IB multiples
- Backtesting and use of the SHOW token
- Using the Trading System Indicator to show historical V# values in a chart
- VWAP Indicator and VWAP Bands
- DTNMA and it's importance to users of brokerage feeds
- Running two instance of I/RT on same computer
- Using "Compact" Reference Lines
- Toolbar placement and maintenance
- Database Maintenance and purging vs deleting historical data		 Watch Video
67 minutes
Weekly Webinar -
10/16/2009
Multi-Pane Charts		 - Adding multiple symbols to a chart
- Charting multiple periodicities
- Tabbing between elements
- Keyboard manipulation of indicators and drawing tools
- Exporting indicator data
- Duplicating indicators
- Element drawing order
- Recalculation frequency and statistics
- Volume profile charting style
- Lookahead period
- Swing High/Low with Retracements		 Watch Video
49 minutes
 
Traditional Multi-Pane (Bar/Candle) Charts
(Backtesting requires the Pro Backtester or Pro Complete version of Investor/RT)
Title Description Duration
Traditional Multi-Pane Charts Overview This video discusses the important basic elements of traditional multi-pane (bar/candle) charts including creating charts, changing the symbol or periodicity, and sharing charts. Watch Video
29 minutes
Manipulating Multi-Pane Charts

This video covers many aspects of customizing multi-pane charts including colors, periodicity, symbol, scaling, scrolling, and much more.

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14 minutes
Technical Indicators This video provides instruction on adding, positioning, and manipulating technical indicators in traditional charts. Watch Video
13 minutes
Scope of Indicators This video demonstrates the various scope options available to each indicator including: This Chart All Instruments, This Chart This Instrument, All Charts This Instrument and All Charts All Instruments. Watch Video
13 minutes
Chart Spacing This video demonstrates various methods and shortcuts for managing space in Multi-Pane charts. Watch Video
12 minutes
Moving Indicators Between Charts This video demonstrates how to quickly and easily move indicators from one chart to another while retaining the indicators settings.  (Drag/Drop, Copy/Paste, Make Default) Watch Video
6 minutes
Chart Toolbar This video covers the function of each button in the multi-pane chart toolbar. Watch Video
36 minutes
Painting Bars and Backgrounds This video demonstrates how to quickly paint the bar or background of a bar based on the value of any technical indicator using the Paintbar Indicator or the Color Marker Indicator. Watch Video
8 minutes
Coloring Lines & Histograms This video demonstrates how to color line and histogram-style indicators different colors based on various conditions. Watch Video
6 minutes
Signal Markers &
Custom Indicators		 This video discusses how to create signals and custom indicators, and a quick and easy way to add them to charts via signal markers or custom indicators.  (Pro Version Required) Watch Video
5 minutes
Signal Markers & Labeling Bars This video takes a closer look at the Signal Marker preferences, and discusses how to label Signal Markers with historical numerical values (such as each bars change).  (Pro Version Required) Watch Video
8 minutes
QuoteBoard Indicator This video demonstrates the QuoteBoard Indicator which allows the user to display quotes, customized price levels, and daily bars on any symbol or group of symbols within a multi-pane chart. (More QuoteBoard Videos) Watch Video
19 minutes
Railroad Tracks QuoteBoard The Railroad Tracks QuoteBoard (RRT QB) was created in response to a request from a user in order to plot many time- and date-sensitive prices that are also plotted by a Railroad Tracks indicator provided by DTI.  The RRT QB plots the following short term and long term values. Watch Video
19 minutes
FuturesTrader71 QuoteBoard This video/chart is used to help automated the overnight numbers (VPOC, High and Low), provide labels for all price levels, and to present the levels in a sorted QuoteBoard, in the FT71_ES_Intraday chart. Click here for chart and more details. Watch Video
16 minutes
IOAMT VWAP Bands This video explains how to implement the IOAMT VWAP Bands.  This video will explain how to import and utilize the chart definitions. Watch Video
10 minutes
Info Box Indicator This video demonstrates how to add and manipulate the Info Box indicator to provide the user with both price and indicator data for each bar. Watch Video
9 minutes
Naked Fractals This video demonstrates how to add the extend a line from the naked high and low prices of the Fractals indicator until they are touched by a future bar. Watch Video
5 minutes
Replicating Reference Lines This video demonstrates how to add a reference line to one chart and have it reflected in another chart or charts automatically. Watch Video
6 minutes
Current Price Highlighter This video demonstrates how to highlight current price in the scale, and how to draw a dynamically updating line across the chart reflecting the current price, in a multi-pane chart. Watch Video
5 minutes
Current Price Brackets This video demonstrates how to put a reference line in the chart that follows the current price and draws multiple bands at certain price increments above and below current price. Watch Video
5 minutes
Highlighting Area on Multiple Charts This video demonstrates how to highlight a rectangular region on one chart and have that same region (price range and date/time range) highlighted on other charts containing the same symbol. Watch Video
4 minutes
Changing Indicator Colors This video demonstrates how to quickly change the color, width, or style of indicator lines quickly from a pop-up menu. Watch Video
3 minutes
Volume Profile Charting Style (new in 9.2) This video demonstrates the new Volume Profile charting style along with the ability for bars to load Volume at Price data, and how this positively impacts the VWAP, Profile, and Volume Breakdown Indicators. Watch Video
13 minutes
New Periodicities:
POC Volume &
Volume Breakout		 This video demonstrates two new periodicities that have been added to version 9.2: POC Volume and Volume Breakout. Watch Video
9 minutes
Point and Figure Charting (new in 8.8) This video demonstrates how to access and manipulate the new Point and Figure Charting capability of traditional charts, added in version 8.8. (additional info) Watch Video
10 minutes
Point and Figure Alternative Drawing Option This video demonstrates an alternative drawing option (9.0.8 and later) for Point and Figure charts, which is more representative of a "reversal" bar than traditional PNF. Watch Video
5 minutes
Renko Charting (new in 8.9) This video demonstrates how to access and manipulate the new Renko Charting capability of traditional charts, added in version 8.9. (additional info) Watch Video
9 minutes
Trendline Based Indicators This video provides instruction on adding, positioning, and manipulating trendline-based indicators, including reference lines, regression, Gann, Fibonacci, Shapes, Annotation, InfoBox, etc. Watch Video
17 minutes
Shapes Indicator This video demonstrates a variety of ways to use the Shapes Indicator including highlighting key areas, painting indicator panes with different background color, and drawing repeating and concentric shapes. Watch Video
12 minutes
Price Bands Indicator This video demonstrates a variety of ways to use the Price Bands indicator for drawing historical bands between two prices or custom indicators. Watch Video
12 minutes
Drawing Horizontal Bands This video demonstrates several methods for drawing horizontal bands between specific prices in multi-pane charts. Watch Video
7 minutes
Cloning Trendline / Labeling and Arrowheads This video provides instruction on cloning/duplicating trendlines (with same length and slope as original), and discusses using trendlines as custom labels with arrowheads pointing to a specific bar. Watch Video
6 minutes
Reference Lines Between Bars This video demonstrates how to draw a horizontal reference line between any two bars and how to easily move the line or vary the length using the mouse. It also discusses creating buttons to initiate these lines and how to force these lines to snap to high or low of bar. Watch Video
4 minutes
Adding and Removing Chart Lines This video shows techniques for quickly adding and removing multiple reference lines and trendlines in charts. Updated for version 10.3 Watch Video
5 minutes
Drawing Notes in Charts This video instructs users on various ways to use the Annotation indicator in traditional charts. Watch Video
5 minutes
Vertical and Horizontal Scales This video demonstrates the options and manipulation of vertical and horizontal scales in traditional chart panes. Watch Video
13 minutes
Gridlines This video discusses dotted vs solid gridlines and demonstrates how to customize the gridline frequency both horizontally and vertically. Watch Video
2 minutes
Presets &
Button Indicator		 This video discusses the concept of Presets (indicator preference settings), how they interact with the Button Indicator, and the various ways to use and manipulate the Button indicator. Watch Video
12 minutes
Bands This video describes a new option to draw multiple bands automatically around certain indicators based on multiples of price, ticks, percent, or ATR.  Convenient for drawing "wiggle rooms" around any given line. Watch Video
9 minutes
Reference Line Bands This video demonstrates how to use the horizontal reference line bands feature, combined with the button indicator, to quickly drop down horizontal strips of specific heights in multi-pane charts. Watch Video
8 minutes
DPOC Shift Alert This video demonstrates how to trigger an audible alert when the developing point of control (DPOC) shifts up or down. Watch Video
4 minutes
Editing Chart Button Placement This video shows how to cut, copy, paste, and move buttons within a chart using improved methods introduced in version 9.2. Watch Video
12 minutes
Labeling Current Value of Indicators This video demonstrates how the user can label each indicator with it's current value while adjusting "Right Margin" of charts. Watch Video
3 minutes
Text Labels for Indicators Indicator text labels help users keep track of the multiple lines in a chart pane with custom text labels just left of the scale for each indicator. Watch Video
5 minutes
Red/Green Markers for Reversal Bars (PNF Bars) This video demonstrates how to add red and green markers at the top of a Point and Figure or "Reversal" chart. Watch Video
3 minutes
Mixing Periodicity
& MPD Indicator		 This video demonstrates various ways to mix periodicities in traditional charts, including use of MPD (Mixed Periodicity Data) Indicator. Watch Video
14 minutes
Using MPD Efficiently (Mixed Periodicity Data) Anyone using MPD in any context should watch this video.  This video demonstrates how to make the most efficient use of the MPD (Mixed Periodicity Data) indicator, which can be extremely inefficient without the use of the special method. Watch Video
6 minutes
More Mixing Periodicities This video demonstrates how to plot the any indicators current value from any chart, on any other chart.  In our example, we plotted the daily Volatility Stop on a 3-minute chart as a horizontal reference line. Watch Video
5 minutes
Mixing Periodicity (MPD) Revisited This video discusses some important aspects of the Mixed Periodicity Data indicator that users should be aware of when using it, and provides some alternative methods to the use of MPD to mix periods. Watch Video
7 minutes
Volume Breakdown Indicator This video details the Volume Breakdown indicator which breaks down volume into buy volume, sell volume, and delta of volume. (additional info) Watch Video
5 minutes
Effective Volume Indicator Simulating longer term cumulative delta using 1-minute data. Watch Video
7 minutes
Mixed Periodicity Delta This video demonstrates how to access the delta of larger timeframes or periodicities from charts and signals.  Specifically, it explains how to access the 10-minute delta from a 2-minute chart. Watch Video
6 minutes
Trendlines on Cumulative Delta Bars This video demonstrates new functionality for trendlines for maintaining their relative position as the cumulative delta data changes from day to day. Watch Video
9 minutes
Zig Zag on Cumulative Delta Bars This video describes how to add the Zig Zag Indicator to the Volume Breakdown indicator configured with cumulative delta bars. Watch Video
8 minutes
Indicators on Cumulative Delta Bars This video demonstrates how to add indicators to Cumulative Delta Bars (Volume Breakdown Indicator) including Moving Averages, MACDs, Bollinger Bands, and much more.  (additional info) Watch Video
7 minutes
Profile Indicator: A Comprehensive Overview A comprehensive overview of the Profile Indicator: A Powerful, Flexible, and Complete Tool for Time and Volume Profiling.   (additional info) Watch Video
61 minutes

w/ Table of Contents
Profile Indicator This video details the Profile indicator which provides users with the ability to plot profiles (time/tpo-based or volume-based) on their traditional charts, of varying custom durations.   Especially of interest to longer term Market Profile chartists.   (additional info) Watch Video
11 minutes
Profile Indicator Drawing Tool This video demonstrates how to draw volume- or time-based profiles across any group of consecutive bars of any periodicity. It also discusses how to edit and manipulate these profiles, as well as how to add buttons that activate different profile settings.   (additional info) Watch Video
16 minutes
Profile Indicator Drawing Tool - Phase 2 This video demonstrates enhancements made to the Profile drawing tool in version 9.2.8 including an option to shade each price based on volume, easier dragging and manipulation, an open/close candle body, and more.   (additional info) Watch Video
9 minutes
Transferring Volume Nodes

How to quickly, and efficiently transfer peaks (high volume nodes) and valleys (low volume nodes) to other charts.  (CHVN, CLVN)

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9 minutes
Profile Indicator - Auto-Peaks/Vallys & Naked POCs

This video demonstrates some new features available to the Profile Indicator including auto-Peak/Valley lines, Naked POCs, and Naked Closes.   (additional info)

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9 minutes
Profile Management and Clean-up

This video demonstrates how to better manage and clean-up profiles and bars in multi-pane charts.   (additional info)

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8 minutes
Profile Indicator: Volume Profiling and Managing Volume at Price This video focuses on the longer term Volume Profiling aspects of the Profile Indicator and discusses how Investor/RT divides up volume among price when tick data and 1-miute data is available.   (additional info) Watch Video
9 minutes
Ten Point Profiles This video demonstrates how to use the Zig Zag Indicator to identify ten point moves and label them with the delta of each move. It also shows how to use the Profile Indicator to plot volume profiles of each of these moves and extend the naked VPOC, High, and Low of those profiles.   (additional info and definition) Watch Video
11 minutes
Trading Notes This video demonstrates trading note improvements made in version 10.3. Watch Video
9 minutes
TPO Indicator This video details the TPO indicator which provides historical Value Area (VA) and Point of Control (POC) lines, both developing and previous day.   (additional info) Watch Video
3 minutes
VPOC Shift Alerts This video details a chart which provides alerts when the daily VPOC shifts or is about to shift.  (chart definition) Watch Video
7 minutes
Session Statistics I
Average Volume of Time Periods		 This video demonstrates various uses for the Session Statistics Indicator, including average volume or range of each bar or time period, and plotting the highest high / lowest low of first x bars/minutes. Watch Video
7 minutes
Session
Statistics II
Average for Day of Week & Projecting Volumes		 This video demonstrates some new functionality added to Session Statistics in 9.2.13 and beyond including the ability to compare the volume of each bar or time period with average volumes over the same time periods on same day of week during previous weeks.  It also discusses projecting the current bars volume when computing relative strengths of volume. Watch Video
10 minutes
Plotting Key Prices with Session Statistics and MPD This video demonstrates how to plot the IB High and Low, Overnight High and Low, Previous (Globex) High and Low, Previous Close, and Day Session Open using a mixture of the Session Statistics Indicator and the MPD Indicator.  The video also demonstrates how to paint the background of the day session a different color. Watch Video
13 minutes
IB and Day Range as Text This video demonstrates how to plot the Initial Balance and Day Ranges as text on charts using the Annotation Indicator. Watch Video
5 minutes
Extending Naked Lines This video demonstrates how to extend time-sensitive prices, such as IB high, until the line is taken out by a future price. Watch Video
5 minutes
Pivot Point Indicator This video details the Pivot Point indicator and provides various methods for calculation pivot levels (day session pivots, using settlement price, weekly or monthly pivots, and more)  (additional info) Watch Video
14 minutes
Weekly Pivots - Day Session Only This video demonstrates how to calculate the weekly pivots, but using only the data within the day session.  Also discusses monthly. Watch Video
7 minutes
VWAP Indicator
with Bands		 Volume Weighted Average Price.  VWAP calculation options.  VWAP standard deviation bands.  VWAP +/- half of range bands.  Transferring VWAP to MP charts.  Importing volume POC into multi-pane charts. Watch Video
15 minutes
Cumulative VWAP This video demonstrates how to easily add and manipulate a cumulative VWAP line beginning at any bar in a multi-pane chart, with optional standard deviation bands. Watch Video
3 minutes
Ichimoku Kinko Hyo This video demonstrates how to chart indicators and signals related to Ichimoku Kinko Hyo on multi-pane charts, including Tenkan-Sen, Kijan-Sen, Chikou Span and Senkou Span. Watch Video
20 minutes
More Pronounced Opening Line This video demonstrates how to create a more pronounced line separating the sessions in a multi-pane chart. Watch Video
3 minutes
Painting Overnight Session This video demonstrates how to paint the overnight period of the Globex session a different color from the background of the day session. Watch Video
3 minutes
Charting Relative Performance This video demonstrates how to plot the relative performance of multiple symbols on a percent change basis within a single chart. Watch Video
7 minutes
 
Miscellaneous
Title Description Duration
Historical Data Management This video discusses how to manage historical data (tick & 1-minute) in order to keep Investor/RT running as efficiently as possible based on your data requirements. Watch Video
3 minutes
Investor/RT Tune-Up This video demonstrates several steps user can take periodically to keep Investor/RT running as healthy, lean, fast, and efficient as possible.  Users are recommended to perform a tune-up every 1-2 months if not more frequently. Watch Video
28 minutes
Running an Efficient Investor/RT This video demonstrates ways users can ensure that they are running Investor/RT as efficiently as possible based on their needs.  Recommended for users having lag, slowness or unresponsiveness. Watch Video
17 minutes
Homework, Research, Statistics This video demonstrates how to compute an export a variety of different statistical values including average ranges/volume, VPOC statistics, HOD/LOD counts, and IB Breakouts. Watch Videos
4 Videos
Volume Volume and more Volume This video highlights the volume-driven functionality available in Investor/RT. Watch Video
19 minutes
Cumulative Delta on Many Symbols This video demonstrates how to efficiently compute the cumulative session delta for a large QuotePage of symbols by properly managing the Ask and Bid Volume data columns. Watch Video
10 minutes
Schedules Schedules allow users to perform an action or list of actions in Investor/RT at specified times/schedule each day or using keyboards shortcuts/macros.  [see also Schedule Tour] Watch Video
11 minutes
Floating Windows - Multiple Monitors This video highlights the ability to float windows outside of the Investor/RT task window on multiple monitor setups. Watch Video
5 minutes
Layout Toolbar: Tabbed Layouts (Workspaces) This video demonstrates how to use the Layout Toolbar to create and manage tabbed layouts (workspaces) in Investor/RT. Watch Video
11 minutes
Sequencing Layout Toolbar tabs This video shows how to arrange the tabs in the layout toolbar in some user desired sequence. Watch Video
5 minutes
Multi-Linking This video demonstrates the various uses of multi-linking charts in Investor/RT.  Multi-linking allows users to change the symbol or periodicity of multiple charts at once. Watch Video
10 minutes
Trim Layout during Heavy Volume This video demonstrates how to create a trimmed down layout for use during heavy volume periods, and how to create keyboard shortcuts to quickly toggle between the trim and full layouts.  Especially useful for users who run with many charts open and have seen prices run behind during high volume periods. Watch Video
7 minutes
Sharing Charts and Layouts This video highlights the ability to share charts, quotepages, and layouts through charthub.com or through text definition files. Watch Video
9 minutes
Custom Quotepage Columns This video illustrates how to create customized columns and add them to quotepages. Watch Video
6 minutes
User Variables
V# Variables		 This video illustrates the very powerful concept of User Variables or V# Variables.  User Variables allows various components of Investor/RT to set and share data, including quotepages, scans, charts (annotations, ref lines), and custom indicator.  (Components not covered: importing, exporting, backtesting, DDE linking) Watch Video
16 minutes
Importing and Exporting Historical Data This video illustrates how to export historical tick data from Investor/RT to a text file, and how to import tick data from a text file into Investor/RT.  This video is useful for users who want to....move tick data from one system to another...import tick data from an external source...or export tick data for use in an external program. Watch Video
11 minutes
Audible Alerts for Key Levels on Multiple Symbols This video demonstrates how to setup audible alerts (and logging) for price approaching key levels such as the previous day session high or low. Watch Video
18 minutes
Audible Alerts: Follow-Up Video This video is a follow-up to the first Audible Alerts video and discussions some alternate, efficient and dynamic methods for implementing these audible/visible alerts on key price levels. Watch Video
21 minutes
Plotting Time-Sensitive Prices This video below demonstrates how to plot reference lines on multi-pane charts for various key time-sensitive prices including the previous session close, the current day session open, the overnight high and low, the opening range (OR), initial balance (IB) and several IB multiples.  These concepts can be used to plot a variety of similar time-sensitive prices on charts of any periodicity and any session.  The video covers various concepts including user variables, custom columns, custom indicators, and reference lines. Watch Video
34 minutes
Creating Pairs This video demonstrates how to use the pair wizard to quickly build pairs from any two stocks. Watch Video
9 minutes
Pair Correlation This video demonstrates how to compute the correlation between the two components in a pair, both historical in a chart, as well as in a quotepage column. Watch Video
7 minutes
Woodie's CCI - Pairs Trading This video covers the process of importing Woodie's layout (charts and symbols) for pairs trading. Woodie trades using range bar charts of pairs along with the Woodie's CCI indicator and other key price indicators. Watch Video
30 minutes
FuturesTrader71 Quick Start Guide This is comprehensive guide for setting up FT71's charts in Investor/RT.  It covers everything including: selecting proper data service, installation and activation of software, import of charts, historical data setup and import, and much more.  It is highly recommended that any FT71 follower wishing to replicate his charts in Investor/RT watch this video in it's entirety at least once.  It covers just about everything mentioned in the videos below and more.   For more information, click here. Watch Video
1 hr, 9 mins

(w/ Table of Contents)
Duplicating FT71 Charts This video demonstrates how to duplicate FT71's composite and intraday charts and how to set them up properly for other symbols such as Crude Oil. Watch Video
7 mins

(w/ Table of Contents)
FuturesTrader71 Webinar This video is a recording of a webinar hosted by Chad Payne and FuturesTrader71 in which FuturesTrader71's 4 primary charts were created and shared.  For more information, click here. Watch Video
1 hr, 37 mins
FuturesTrader71 Webinar Follow-up This video is a follow-up to the webinar, with a brief summary of each chart, instruction on how to import those charts, and answers to questions that resulted from the webinar.  For more information, click here. Watch Video
30 minutes
Alarms: Automating Alerts for New Highs and Lows This video demonstrates the Alarms functionality in Investor/RT and explains various ways to set and use alarms, including alerts for  new highs and lows. Watch Video
24 minutes
Alarms: Customizing Alarm Sounds This video demonstrates how to give each symbol it's own unique high and low alarm sound. Watch Video
8 minutes
FuturesTrader71 Composite Profile Details This video is another follow-up to the webinar, which focuses primarily on the Composite Profile of FT71 and covers various issues which can result in discrepancies between users.  Included in the discussion is how to setup symbols properly for continuous contracts, and how to adjust the data to account for the calendar-spread gap created at rollover..  For more information, click here. Watch Video
28 minutes
User Variables and Reference Lines This video illustrates how to use reference lines based on V# variables to set high and low alarms for a variety of symbols directly in a chart.  This method also works well for reference lines based on High and Low Alarm levels. Watch Video
10 minutes
Global Market Playback This video demonstrates the ability to playback past data globally in Investor/RT. Watch Video
7 minutes
Custom Symbols:
Tracking the Bid/Ask		 This video demonstrates how to create a custom instrument which tracks the bid or ask price of another symbol, and retains and charts the information historically.  Especially useful for infrequently traded options to track their bid price regardless of whether the option actually trades or not. Watch Video
5 minutes
Custom Symbols:
Advancers / Decliners		 This video discusses how to create custom symbols which track various statistics for large lists of symbols, such as advancers/decliners, Adv/Dec volume, up ticks, up tick volume, on SP500, NQ100, or any custom list of symbols. Watch Video
13 minutes
Custom Symbols:
Custom TICK		 This video discusses how to create a custom symbol which tracks the TICK value of any custom group of symbols, and chart that symbol historically. Watch Video
9 minutes
Advance / Decline Line for Interactive Brokers This video details how to create an NYSE Advance / Decline line for the IB data feed. Watch Video
4 minutes
Custom Price Level Alerts This video explains how to create custom price level alerts for one or multiple symbols, which can be updated anytime by changing a value in a quotepage, or dragging a line in a chart. Watch Video
12 minutes
Deleting Bad Ticks From time to time, a bad tick might creep into your data, and a download/refresh of data may not solve the problem.  This video explains a quick and easy way to get rid of that tick. Watch Video
2 minutes
Day Session Prices This video demonstrates how to display day session prices (high, low, open) onto charts that are setup on the 24 hour session (session 31).  (Pro Version Required) Watch Video
9 minutes
Switching Data Feeds This video provides some tips on switching between feeds, and will be especially valuable for futures traders (for whom the symbols are different between feeds). Watch Video
6 minutes
Importing Current Data from Excel This video demonstrates how to import current data (such as Pivot Levels) into Investor/RT quotepages and user variables (V# variables) periodically, either manually or on a schedule. Watch Video
8 minutes
Market Profile & Pivot Point Levels This video demonstrates how to transfer Pivot Levels (S3, S3, S1, PP, R1, R2, R3) automatically to Market Profile charts (and to V# variables).  This video also demonstrates how to force Pivots to calculate off the day session intraday data only (and be independent of daily data).  It covers several topics including V# variables and schedules. Watch Video
16 minutes
Importing tickdata.com data This video demonstrates how to export data from the TickWrite program of tickdata.com and import into Investor/RT. Watch Video
5 minutes
 
Market Profile
(more on MP)
Title Description Duration
Market Profile Overview This video gives a general overview of the Market Profile chart interface. Watch Video
6 minutes
Market Profile
Chart Preferences		 This video discusses the various options in the 5 tabs of the Market Profile preference window. Watch Video
22 minutes
Composite Profiles, Splits and Merges This video demonstrates how to build automated composite profiles (weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly, etc), as well as how to split or merge daily profiles. Watch Video
11 minutes
What's New in MP
January 2006		 This video discusses many of the recent innovations in Market Profile charts, in versions 8.5 and 8.6, including toggle reference lines, additional ref lines, toggling fonts, space between letters, new letter color options, and more... Watch Video
9 minutes
What's New in MP
August 2006		 This video discusses many of the recent innovations in Market Profile charts, including Singles, Naked POCs, individual profile splitting, custom letter colors, sharing of charts, and more... Watch Video
7 minutes
Market Profile Playback This video demonstrates the ability to playback the current session, or previous sessions, in Market Profile charts. Watch Video
3 minutes
Market Profile
Shortcuts		 This video explains various keyboards shortcuts associated with the Market Profile chart, along with discussing the options in the right-click pop-up menu. Watch Video
4 minutes
Market Profile
InfoBox		 This video discusses the various information available in the Market Profile InfoBox.   [see also Q&A] Watch Video
4 minutes
Exporting Price Levels This video demonstrates how to transfer Market Profile lines such as VAH, VAL, POC, etc, over to bar or candle charts, and have them automatically update on a tick by tick basis. [see also Q&A] Watch Video
4 minutes
Importing Price Levels This video demonstrates how to transfer price values from other sources, such as bar or candle charts, to Market Profile reference lines. Watch Video
7 minutes
Alerting to DVA Movement This video demonstrates how to create alerts when the developing value area high or low moves up or down. Watch Video
18 minutes
MORE MP Reference Lines Need more reference lines in your MP charts?  This video demonstrates how to add up to 512 more using a V# variable trick.. Watch Video
5 minutes
Market Profile &
Pivot Point Levels		 This video demonstrates how to transfer Pivot Levels (S3, S3, S1, PP, R1, R2, R3) automatically to Market Profile charts (and to V# variables).  This video also demonstrates how to force Pivots to calculate off the day session intraday data only (and be independent of daily data).  It covers several topics including V# variables and schedules. Watch Video
16 minutes
 
Trading Systems and Backtesting
Title Description Duration
Signal Markers &
Custom Indicators		 This video is posted in the miscellaneous section above, but is good prerequisite viewing for the trading system videos. Watch Video
5 minutes
Opening Range System This video documents how to create a trading system which enters when price breaks outside of opening range.  (system definition - chart definition) Watch Video
13 minutes
Video Series: Fading the VWAP Bands This page will be used to host a video series on "Fading the VWAP Bands: From Idea to Automation".  Videos will be posted to this page as they are produced. Watch Video
 
Multiple Targets and/or Stops This video demonstrates how to create a system that exits at multiple target and/or stop levels, as well as how to move a stop (to breakeven) after an initial target is reached. Watch Video
13 minutes
1) Idea:
Formulating A Strategy		 This video discusses the "brainstorming" phase of developing a trading system. Watch Video
7 minutes
2) Coding:
Building A System
Trading System Window		 This video discusses the building of the system signals and rules in the trading system window. Watch Video
15 minutes
3) Testing:
Backtesting A System
Backtest Setup Window		 This video discusses the different options in the backtest setup window and demonstrates an actual backtest. Watch Video
10 minutes
3b) Debugging:
Debugging Trading Systems and Verifying Results		 This video was made independently of the rest of this backtesting series, but is a good complement to the videos above.  It goes through the complete development of another system and focuses on various ways to debug systems and verify results. Watch Video
19 minutes
4) Evaluation
Making Sense of Reports
Trusting the Results		 This video covers the various reports that result from a backtest and discusses some different statistical results that the user should pay careful attention to. Watch Video
16 minutes
5) Refining
Buying More
Adding Targets and Stops		 This video adds some different twists to the trading system, including buying/shorting more, and adding profit targets. Watch Video
13 minutes
6) Optimization
Finding the Optimal
Combination		 This video demonstrates the optimization of several variables in a trading system. Watch Video
14 minutes
7) Implementation
Trading / Automating
the System		 Coming Soon...  
8) Futures
Applying Backtesting Concepts to Futures		 Coming Soon...  
9) Syntax
Common Signals for
Crossovers, Reversals, etc.		 Coming Soon...