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Answers to Common Questions
Charts & Technical Indicators

If your don't find your answer below, please explore the support options found here.  Also, please notify support@linnsoft.com of any questions that are not answered here, so the answers may be added.

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How do I add a technical indicator to a chart?

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How do I remove/delete a technical indicator from a chart?

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Where can I find more information on a specific technical indicator?

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My charts are not updating (frozen).  What can I do?

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What exactly is a "Preset"?  How do I save multiple sets of preferences for technical indicators?

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How do I know when a new version of Investor/RT is available for downloading?

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I have eSignal as a data feed . Is the fundamental data available from eSignal? Do I need to upgrade my service or subscribe to a different service for fundamentals?

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How do I add a line to an intraday chart which displays the previous daily closing price (or previous daily high, previous daily low, etc.)?

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Where can I find common chart shortcuts, like how to change the active symbol/instrument or periodicity, or how to zoom in and out, etc.?

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Where can I learn more about the Vertical Scale preferences of each traditional chart window pane? (Multi-Scaling, Automatic, Manual, and Instrument-Only Scaling, Custom Markings, Log Scaling, etc.)

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I'm seeing discrepancies between my indicator values in a Custom Column (Scan, Signal, or Backtest) versus the values I see in my chart (or in another program).  What might account for this?

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How do I make an Scan or Signal that looks for consolidation and then break out
of say a 4-8 week consolidation period?

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How do I setup alarms/alerts for technical indicators?

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How would I setup a scan or signal to find Hammer, Inverse Hammer, or any other Candlestick Patterns (CPR)?

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Is there any way to place a box or note on a chart which shows the current value of WPR (or any other technical indicator)?

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How do I eliminate errors (bad ticks) in data that are distorting indicators on a chart like moving averages or Donchian bands?

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How do I add the daily or weekly pivot point to an intraday chart?

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How would I add a button to a chart which toggles a specific technical indicator (with a specific set of preferences) on and off?

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How do I create a button on a chart (or a keyboard shortcut) that will open a specific chart, quotepage, or layout?

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Is it possible to copy and paste a Button indicator from one chart to another?

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Is there any way to export technical indicator data/values to a text file?

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How can I draw historical daily Pivot Point levels/lines on my intraday chart?

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Where would I find additional information on the various statistical values that are shown in the title bar of the Price/Time Profile charts (TFF, TPO, POC, and Q%)?

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How would I create a scan or signal which accessed data from multiple periodicities simultaneously (1-min, 5-min, 30-min, 90-min, and Daily)?

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I'm seeing the message "NOT MARKED INTRADAY" in the title bar of some of my charts.  What exactly does this mean?  What does it mean to mark a symbol for intraday monitoring?

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How can I copy and paste indicators (including Button indicators) from one chart to another?

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Where can I find additional information on the various periodicities that are available such as Range Bars, Change Bars, Tick Bars, and Volume Bars?

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How can I paint a technical indicator line or histogram based on any given signal or condition?

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What is the best way to go about mixing periodicities on charts?  I would like to overlay a 5-minute stochastics on a 1-minute chart.

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How would I create a signal that found MSH (Market Structure High) and MSL (Market Structure Low)?

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Is there any way to adjust the order of chart objects (instruments and technical indicators)?  Both the order in which they are drawn, and the order they appear in the pane title.

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My toolbar seems to have disappeared.  How can I recover the toolbar that corresponds to my quotepage or chart?

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In my Point and Figure (PNF) charts, and the Point and Figure indicator, can I specify different box sizes based on the price of the symbol?

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I created a chart with a 25 period Linear Regression.  Why does the Linear Regression line disappear when I switch periodicities (to weekly, or 30-minute)?

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I have a technical indicator (Exponential Moving Average - EMA) whose values in a chart, custom column, or scan does not match those of another source.  What could account for the discrepancy?

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Is it possible to create moving averages of specific technical indicators (Money Flow, Money Flow Index, Fischer Transform, etc.), that would be shown in the same pane as the indicator? More generally, can I see an indicator of an indicator?

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How can scans or signals be incorporated into a chart so that visual backtesting may be performed?

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How do I create a cumulative daily A-D Line for the S&P 500 (or any other custom group of stocks or symbols)?

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What is the Chart Highlighter and where can I adjust it's settings (colors, etc.)?

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How do you display bid/ask dots/lines on the chart as shown on the screen shot in the "Day Trading Tutorial" (page 3) of the LinnSoft site (demo screen shot 1 min bar, FORE chart)?

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How can I monitor the difference between the ask volume and bid volume (AVOL - BVOL) historically on an intraday chart?

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Is it possible to change the thickness/width of bars/candles without zooming in our out on a chart?

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How do I add or remove whitespace (lookahead period) from the right side of my chart, between the most current bar, and the vertical scale?

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Does Investor/RT offer access to Jurik indicators?

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Does Investor/RT provide a Software Developer's Kit (SDK) so that user may write their own indicators externally to Investor/RT?

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I am trying to determine if IRT has the drawing tool feature which calculates the difference in price between two chosen price bars. It would be applied similar to drawing a trendline, but would calculate the difference in price between those two points as either price or percent change.    Answer

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What is the difference between the Value Area computations methods of Method A and Method B?    Answer

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How do I share my chart with LinnSoft support, or another user?    Answer

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Where can I find more information on the Market Playback feature of Investor/RT?    Answer

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Is there any way I can setup my charts to backfill automatically?    Answer

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How would I add red and green markers at the top of a Point and Figure or "Reversal" chart to signify up or down bars?

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Is there a way to add a button to a chart that toggles a group of indicators together?

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How can I plot two or more symbols in the same pane in a multi-pane chart? (multi-symbol charting)

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