Let's assume for our example that you would like to set the box size to $0.25 for stocks trading under $5, $0.50 to stocks trading between $5 and $20, and to $1.00 for stocks trading over $20. The following scan will accomplish this.
To display a slide show of Instruments, open a QuotePage containing those Instruments and on the QuotePage Toolbar, select the Slideshow Icon as shown below:
Manipulating Bar and Candle Width This video demonstrates the process.
Yes. Open your preference window for the chart (double-clicking in horizontal scale at bottom of chart will get you there). In the "General" tab, you’ll find the “Pixels/Bar” setting, which controls the number of pixels allocated to each bar. Instead of a single number, you can manually enter text in the following format:
X:Y
There are two methods for doing this. Both are pretty simple and straightforward. There is the manual method documented below. There is also an automated method: right-click in chart and choose "Scrub Data". Start with a light scrub and see if that solves the problem. If not, you can either try a heavier scrub or the manual method below. There is a button on the chart toolbar labeled "Edit/Delete Bar/Tick Data" (7th from bottom on right column). It's the black candle with the red X through it.
There are actually multiple ways to do multiple periodicities.
Let's use the specific example above of overlaying a 5-minute stochastics on a 1-minute chart. Let's further assume that we are specifically after the "Fast %D" component of that 5-minute stochastics.
Using Mixed Periodicity Data Indicator (MPD)
Once solution (and probably the most popular solution now days) would be to use the Mixed Periodicity (MPD) indicator. You can access additional information on MPD at:
This 29 minute video discusses the important basic elements of traditional multi-pane (bar/candle) charts. Topics include creating charts, using the chart setup wizard, changing the ticker symbol or periodicity of a chart, and sharing chart setups and images with support and other Investor/RT Users.
This 12-minute video demonstrates various methods and shortcuts for managing space in Multi-Pane charts. Topics include adjusting the pixels per bar setting using the arrow keys or mouse scroll wheel, and adjusting the amount of right margin space at the right side of your charts.
This 14 minute video covers many aspects of customizing multi-pane charts. Topics include adjust various chart colors (foreground, background, gradient), chart periodicity, revising ticker symbol, scaling options, scrolling, and more.
These indicators may be "cumulative" indicators. A cumulative indicator is one that builds upon itself (using its own previous value). For example, any indicator involving an exponential smoothing fits into this "cumulative" category. When an indicator is cumulative, its value is dependent in some way on all previous data elements that are considered in the calculation. While the chart is loading a certain number of bars (depending on the chart's viewing period), the custom column is loading a minimal number of bars for efficiency reasons.