Released: Jan 3, 2014
Investor/RT's automatic backfill is designed to keep daily and intra-day historical data up to date automatically without user involvement. Generally speaking, if you track fewer than 100 symbols, all historical data management should simply be done for you; there should not be a need to manually perform data downloading operations. Users who track many hundreds or thousands of symbols are exceptional cases where a higher degree of user involvement is required to keep your historical data current.
Setup the Profile Indicator with "Time Per Profile" preferences seen below. Notice that "Custom" is checked, with "3 Sessions" selected from the list box to the right. In this example, we will only be using 2 sessions but 3 sessions is possible. Just under "Per 1" is where we specify the 1st period (or first session) in minutes.
This article applies to the Windows edition of Investor/RT. By design, Investor/RT for Windows does not have minimize, maximize, restore buttons on the title bar, only the close button. All windows, charts, quote pages, preferences windows, object manager, etc. are floating windows. The benefit of this approach is two-fold: (a) any window is eligible to be positioned on any monitor you wish; windows are not confined to the main Investor/RT window, and (b) all windows are equals; any window can be brought fully to the front and can float above other open windows.
Sequencing Layout Toolbar Tabs
This 5 minute video demonstrates how to arrange the tabs in the layout toolbar according to your preference.
To customize the icons on the Main Toolbar, go to Setup: Preferences: Main Toolbar. Use this window to choose which buttons you would like to appear in your main toolbar:
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:
Investor/RT for Windows has a built-in warning system designed to alert you if memory usage climbs to abnormal levels.