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 Knowledge Base

 Prospective User FAQ's

 Licensing

 Getting Started - Initial Datafeed setup

  • Rithmic - Getting Started
  • Rithmic Market Data and Order Routing
  • Rithmic - Prop Firm Support
  • CQG - Getting Started
  • DTN Market Access - Getting Started
  • IQFeed - Getting Started
  • Interactive Brokers - Getting started
  • Installing Investor/RT on Macintosh
  • Managing your linnsoft.com account
  • Using the Help Menu in Investor/RT

 Getting Started - Symbol Guide

  • All About Futures Rollover in Investor/RT
  • Rollover calendar
  • Symbol Guide
  • DTNMA Symbol Guide
  • IQFeed Symbol Guide
  • Rithmic Symbol Guide
  • CQG Symbol Guide
  • Interactive Brokers Symbol Guide
  • How do I setup a forex instrument with IB and IDEALPRO exchange?
  • How can I access Market Indices like the TICK.Z, TRIN, ADD, VIX, TYX, TNX, PREM etc.
  • Why do long term @ES# charts show different prices in prior months than other charting services?

 Getting Started - User Interface 101

  • Why are all Windows Floating?
  • Object Manager, Investor/RT "central hub"
  • Customizing the Main Toolbar
  • Where is my main Toolbar ? Chart Toolbar ? Layout Toolbar ?
  • Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Message Log
  • Arranging the sequence the tabs on the Layout Toolbar

 Database Support 101

  • Maintaining Database Restore Points
  • Moving your Database to Another Computer
  • Start over with a Fresh Database
  • Installing Multiple IRT instances
  • Installing IRT on a Solid State Drive (or any secondary drive)
  • Startup Manager
  • Tune Up
  • Send Database to Support
  • Database File Size Monitoring
  • Unable to Open Database file message
  • Error: IRTACTIVE file in use

 Multi-Pane Charts 101

  • Charts Quick Start
  • Drawing Tool Setup Using Buttons
  • Exporting and Importing Charts
  • Pane Element Menu
  • Adjust the pane Drawing Order of Chart Objects
  • Linking Charts
  • Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts For Multi-Pane Charts
  • Copy and paste Indicators (including Buttons) from one chart to another
  • Understanding Vertical Scale Preferences

 Buttons

  • Changing Periodicity with a Button
  • How do I create a button on a chart (or a keyboard shortcut) that will open a specific chart, quotepage, or layout?
  • How can I remove the row of buttons at the top of my chart? (Button Pane)
  • How would I add a chart button that toggles (adds/removes) a technical indicator with specific preferences?
  • Is it possible to copy and paste a Button indicator from one chart to another?
  • Toggle a Group of Indicators on off

 TPO Profile Charts

 Sessions

  • Adjusting for Daylight Savings Time
  • Forex Trading Times
  • What is an "INCOMPATIBLE SESSION"
  • Clock offset "N" seconds in my Message Area
  • Add or Remove Holidays

 Periodicities

  • What is a Chart Periodicity?
  • Range Bars and Change Bars in Version 12
  • What is the "Fresh Start" option and how can I access it?
  • Mixing Periodicities on Charts
  • Specifying a different PNF box size
  • Why are my Range Bars off by one tick?
  • Daily Periodicity Volumes don't match Intraday
  • The difference between Daily and 1 Day* Periodicities

 Charting

  • Chart Slide Shows
  • Diagnosing Sluggish Performance
  • Display the amount of time, ticks, or volume left in the current bar (%BARLEFT)
  • Simulating Tick Data on longer time frame Charts
  • Changing thickness of Bars and Candles without Zooming
  • Video: Customizing Multi-Pane Charts
  • Multi-Session Volume Profiling
  • Video: Moving Indicators Between Charts
  • Video: Multi-Pane Chart Spacing
  • Video: Technical Indicator Scope
  • Video: Traditional Multi-Pane Charting Overview
  • Add a Watermark to a Multi-Pane Chart
  • Volume Profiling non-Time Based Charts
  • Why don't my charts match my educators charts?
  • Printing Charts and Quotepages
  • How do I setup alarms/alerts for technical indicators?
  • How do I turn off all the alarms I have setup? Can I put them "on hold" and reactivate them all later?

 Technical Indicators

  • Text that's printed above and below the dotted rectangle of the Profile Indicator
  • Create a Moving Average of any Technical Indicator
  • Premium RTX Extensions
  • Understanding Dynamic Profiles and MPB or BOP
  • Deleting a Technical Indicator from a chart
  • Split Sessions for the Volume Profile Indicator
  • Technical Indicator Presets
  • Retracement Bands Indicator
  • Video: Painting Bars and Backgrounds in Multi-Pane Charts
  • The Annotation Indicator that contains % BARLEFT updates only when a trade occurs.
  • How do I place a box or note on a chart which shows the current value of some technical indicator?

 Quote Pages

  • Identifying Symbol Groups in QuotePages
  • How can I merge the symbols from several quotepages into a single quotepage?
  • How do I delete all the symbols in my database and start from scratch?
  • How do I globally change the formats for my existing quotepages to my desired format?
  • How do I make quotepage with all the symbols in two other quotepages?
  • I have a scan that I would like to run every 5 minutes throughout the day, but I would like a quotepage to accumulate all hits
  • The Change, %Change, and/or Prev Close columns in the quotepage are showing incorrect values.
  • What is the "QuotePage Browser"?
    • Is there a way to add symbols to a quotepage without the quotepage being open?

 Custom Columns

  • Custom Column Values are different than actual RTL Object Values
  • How Do I Add a Custom Column to a QuotePage?
  • Why Custom Column Values can Differ from Chart Values

 Custom Instruments

  • Custom Instruments Setup
  • How do I create a custom instrument to track the advancing or declining issues for a large list of stocks?
  • Can I import ticker symbols of pairs or spreads into Investor/RT from a text or csv file?

 Data Support

  • Downloading and Retaining Data
  • Where is my Historical Data?
  • Backfill Automation
  • About Interactive Brokers Historical Data
  • DTNMA and Broker's Data do not match (off by 10, 100 or 1000, etc).
  • What is Fast Market Mode?
  • Brokers Data vs. other Feeds
  • What is Posting (Post History)? Do end-of-day (EOD) users need to post?
  • Eliminating Whitespace, Gaps that Occur on Holiday Dates
  • Smart Tick Compression (Legacy feature)
  • Viewing Long term Composite Charts
  • How do I import external historical data from a text or csv file?
  • Using DDE links to get data from Investor/RT
  • Eliminating Bad Ticks
  • Data appears to be delayed

 Trading Systems

  • Trading System Tools Overview
  • Trading System Builder Interface
  • Trading System Optimization
  • Trading System Realization (Walk Forward Testing feature)
  • Trading Rule Settings (Action, Quantity and Price) and Backtesting tokens
  • Trading System Resources (Videos, FAQ,...)

 Trading

  • Trading with Investor/RT : check list
  • OCO/OSO order management with Trading strategies
  • Enable or Disable Trading Markers
  • How can I setup Investor/RT for automatic trading with Rithmic, CQG, Gain or Interactive Brokers? (Autotrading)

 RTX Developers Corner

  • Introduction to IRT SDK and RTX extensions
  • RTX development Video Series
  • Building RTX with the setup wizard and Visual Studio 2022
  • Presentation of RTX setup wizard features

 Whats New

  • What's New in Version 15
  • What's New in Version 14
  • What's New in Version 13.5
  • What's New in Version 13
  • What's New in Version 12.7
  • What's New in Version 12.6
  • What's New in Version 12.5
  • What's New in Version 12.4
  • What's New in Version 12.3
  • What's New in Version 12.2
  • What's New in Version 12
  • What's New in Version 11.3
  • What's New in Version 11.2
  • What's New in Version 11.1
  • What's New in Version 10.6
  • What's New in Version 10.5

 Miscellaneous Topics

  • Using the Functions Window
  • Warning Message: Memory requirements have reached 250MB
  • Controlling the Font Size of Labels
  • How can I change the ChartScrollBackColor and other configuration variables easily?
  • How can I configure Investor/RT to automatically download adjusted data on continuous futures contracts from DTN?
  • How can I plot the level I bid/ask size information on my multi-pane charts? What is the Bid/Ask Tool?
  • How can I plot the volume (range) relative to the average of the same bar (time) over past days or session?
  • How do I add a line to an intraday chart which display the previous daily closing price?
  • When exporting RTL objects, can I specify a standard comment so I will not be prompted?
  • How do I know when new versions of Investor/RT are available?
  • How do you display bid/ask dots/lines on the chart?
  • View or Export the volume at price data of the Profile Indicator
  • How does the Volume Breakdown determine if a trade should be considered a buy (ask volume) or a sell (bid volume)?
  • I would like to be able to optimize column widths in Portfolios but, I would like to have the preference set for actual data rather than column headings as sometimes the column headings are substantially larger than the data.
  • I'm getting a message at startup that some of my symbols are setup with non-standard daily/weekly/monthly data retention. settings. What does this mean?
  • I'm having a problem upgrading to the latest version of Investor/RT. What can I do?
  • If you run two copies of IB/TWS, how to you tell Investo/RT which on to connect to when you Start Data?
  • Is there a way for me to force trendlines to snap to the high and/or low price of a bar?
  • Is there a way to plot the projected high and low of the current rangebar?
  • Is there any way to increase the thickness of the Candle Wicks from 1 pixel wide to 2 pixels wide?
  • Can I paint the background of the overnight session a different color from that of the day session for a multi-pane chart?
  • Naming conventions for scans, Quotepages, and other objects
  • Plugins Folder Warning Message
  • Track the Developing VPOC or VA
  • Understanding Groups
  • Using Gmail, Yahoo Mail, or Hotmail for outgoing Mail
  • VISTA.TAF Error Message
  • Video: Coloring Lines & Histograms in Multi-Pane Charts
  • What exchanges are supported by the various data services / data feeds that Investor/RT supports?
  • What is Presentation Mode?
  • What is the Delete Key in the Macintosh Version. How about the Alt-Key and Ctrl-Key
  • Why do I have a message STATIC CHART in the window title?
  • Why do my TPO Indicator lines (Developing VPOC) only go back 10 days?
  • Windows Stacking up on each other (Charts, Quotepages, etc.).
  • How do I setup a schedule action that will automatically save the quotepage that results from a scan?
  • Can you explain what the wicks or tails of Renko charts represent?
  • Setting up Custom Voice Alert Sounds

Trading System Resources

This page gathers all key resources about Trading Systems within Investor/RT

Trading System support page Trading System Tools Overview Trading System Builder Interface and Setup Window Trading System Rule Settings and Backtesting Tokens Trading System Optimization Trading System Walk Forward Testing (aka Realization) Trading System and Backtesting Video Series RTL & Backtesting forum threads Trading System Indicator (Live System Deployment)Trading Systems Q&A How do I implement a fixed stop and/or target in a trading system? How do I implement a trailing stop in a trading system? How do I put an overall stop loss or target on a trading system that trades a basket of symbols? How do I change the default Account Balance Chart that comes up as part of the output of a backtest?
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