Investor/RT Tips

Config: RangeBarAltMethod - Alternate Range Bars

A configuration variable (File: Preferences: ConfiguratIon) titled RangeBarAltMethod controls how range bars are formed.  By default, RangeBarAltMethod is False and as such, range bars will continue to form until price breaks out of the specified range.  For instance, for a 4 tick range bar, the bar will continue to form until the range becomes 4 ticks, and it will continue to form beyond that until the first tick in which price trades outside the range.  That tick will be the first tick of a new bar.  So essentially, price must trade outside the range specified to begin a new bar.  The ope

Switching Data Feeds Tips

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).

Managing historical data

Managing historical data

This video covers techniques to manage your data mostly focusing on intra-day data and tick data. This is an important concept in Investor/RT. If you keep your historical data to a minimum, the program will run much more efficiently.

TPO Profile Shortcuts

TPO Profile Shortcuts

This video demonstrates a number of keyboard shortcuts and popup window shortcuts available in TPO charts.

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