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Answers to Common Questions
Custom Instruments: Spreads & Pairs

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Question:

Is it possible to create a custom symbol that tracks the bid or ask price of another symbol, which I can chart historically?

Question:

How would I create a "spread" or "pair" in Investor/RT representing the difference in price between two symbols/instruments?

  Answer 

Question:

How do I setup a ticker symbol for the e-mini which monitors only the RTH day session?

  Answer 

Question:

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

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Question:

Can I import  ticker symbols of pairs or spreads into Investor/RT from a text or csv file?  (custom instruments)

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Question:

I need to change a multiplier or a component of a pair / custom instrument.  How would I go about that?    Answer

Question:

Is there any way to create a custom symbol which tracked the advancing or declining issues (adv/dec vol, up ticks, down ticks, etc) for large list of stocks?    Answer