TradeViewer is a trading results visualization tool. It draws lines, markers and color coded rectangles to denote the entry price and exit price of each of your trades with optional highlighting of the maximum favorable (MFE) and adverse (MAE) excursions of price during the trade.
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:
The ChartMiniTrader is a minimalist user interface for submitting trading orders that is seen in a sidebar at the right side of the chart.
ChartMiniTrader is an RTX extension available to all Investor/RT subscribers. To invoke the Mini Trader, right-click in any multi-pane chart and choose Trade > ChartMiniTrader. The ChartMiniTrader is a minimalist user interface for submitting trading orders that is seen in a sidebar at the right side of the chart. Since the Mini Trader occupies only a small portion of the side typically, the side bar can also be setup to contain other RTX extension such as a Clock, or various FlexMeters. For users of CQG, Gain, and RIthmic order routing, server side OCO bracket orders are supported using Trading Strategy setups.
ChartTradingDOM Sample Chart with Bollinger Bands and DOM Buttons
This video demonstrates how to use the Button Indicator to invoke limit orders with variable size and using a drawing tool to select the limit price. Another Button (indicator) is used to set the size of the limit order. A third button is demonstrated which flattens any open positions. Limit orders may be dragged to a different price, or revised (quantity or price) by right-clicking on the working order reference line.
This video explores the use of the Trading System Indicator to automate a simple system with a single entry and one stop and one target.
The Trading Order is a named object that specifies the properties of an order that can be sent to the brokerage (or the Investor/RT trading simulator) in various ways. Trading Orders can be executed (sent to brokerage) via Chart Buttons, via a Signal Action, via a Trading System rule, via an RTX Extension such as the Chart Trading DOM or the Chart Mini Trader extensions.
The Trading Rule Indicator operating inside a chart tests a user-specified trading signal. When the trading signal fires true, the trading rule indicator executes a user-specified trading order.