A Signal Action is a user-defined and named specfication for actions to be performed when the named signal action is executed. Various indicators in Investor/RT can trigger the execution of a named Signal Action, e.g. when the Reference Line or Trend Line indicator senses that price has touched or broken through the line.
Signal Actions can perform one or more tasks:
- Play a specific sound name
- Run a named schedule
- Display a message in a message box.
- Record a message to a text file
- Treat the message as an alert - alerts can be sent to a designated email address and can optionally include an image of the chart in which the signal action execution was triggered.
- Submit a named Trading Order - a trading order can optionally carry an automated order management Trading Stategy.
- Execute a button inside the chart in which the signal action execution was triggered.
Presentation
Use the Object Manager to view all of your Signal Actions, edit them or create new ones. Note that there is a system generated signal action for each of the built-in sounds, e.g. Play Buzzer is created by Investor/RT to play the sound name Buzzer. These sound-only signal actions are built-in for your convenience when the only action you wish to occur is the playing of a specific sound. These sound-only signal actions have names that convey that all they do is play a particular sound; it is recommended that you create new signal actions for your own user rather than adding additional bevaviors to any of these sound-only signal actions.
