getting-started

License Codes defined

A license code is an 18-digit number that you enter into the License Activation window in Investor/RT (File > License...). The number remains in effect as long as you continue as a subscriber. The license code tells Investor/RT which product and features you have licensed at any point in time.

Retrieve your License Code

Login to the Linn Software web site using your email address and password. If you do not know your password, request a new one. Once logged in, your Licenses, Subscription, and Billing information are all readily available for viewing.

Trader Workstation Configuration

1. Open Trader Workstation and go to File > Global Configuration.
2. Click on API in the left menu that appears and then choose Settings in the right section of the window.
3. Check Enable ActiveX and Socket Clients and set the Socket Port field to 7497.
4. Press OK to close the window. Follow the instructions in the next section below to configure Investor/RT.

Investor/RT Configuration

We'll need to create a scan that we'll use to set a T# variable (we'll just use T#1 in our case) to the name of the quotepage (or something close to that name). We'll assume for this example that you have 3 quotepages with names of "GroupA", "GroupB", and "GroupC". The syntax of our scan will be as follows: SET(T#1, GroupA)

The IB Version now supports improved setup and chart backfill for currency pairs, e.g. EUR.USD, JPY.USD, etc. When adding such instruments via the Setup: Instruments window. choose "Forex" as the security type. IRT automatically sets up the Underlying Symbol and the Currency for the instrument by extracting this information from the ticker symbol, e.g. the ticker EUR.USD results in EUR as Underlying and USD as currency.

Access to Market Breadth Indices and other Statistics like the TICK.Z, TRIN, ADD, VIX, TYX, TNX, PREM etc., are available at an additional cost if you are using DTN IQfeed or ESignal for real time data. To add these to your account, you will have to contact them directly. If you are feeding Investor/RT with a broker feed and using DTN Market Access for historical data, you may notice that these indices are available by downloading them but the data is not flowing in real time.

When using Interactive Brokers ( IB ) with Investor/RT, there is a simple setup and chart backfill for currency pairs, e.g. EUR.USD, JPY.USD, etc. When adding such instruments via the Setup: Instruments window. choose Forex as the security type. Investor/RT automatically sets up the Underlying Symbol and the Currency for the instrument by extracting this information from the ticker symbol, e.g. the ticker EUR.USD results in EUR as Underlying and USD as currency.

The Object Manager is an essential tool in Investor/RT. Understanding its role is important for new users.. Please take the time to review this article thoroughly and familiarize yourself with the Object Manager as this feature is critical to your success with Investor/RT. The Object Manger serves as a "central hub" in Investor/RT to mainipulate (Open, Edit, Delete, etc.) most of the elements within the program. It serves as a "Jumping off" or starting point to reach amost any Object including the following:

Right-click inside the message area of the main toolbar and access the Layout Toolbar submenu. You can choose to pin the toolbar to the right of the main toolbar, or bring the toolbar to the center of the screen. Once the layout toolar is visible, you may, of course, reposition it as desired by dragging it with the mouse.

Periodically, market data servers send Investor/RT a time of day notification to ensure that the user's computer clock is in sync with the server. When the time of day sent by the server, which we consider authoritative, is offset more than a second or two from the current time of day on your computer clock, this message will appear. It indicates a condition that should be corrected. It is important that your computer clock be set to the exact hour/minute/second every day.