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Getting Started

   Recommended viewing for new users of Investor/RT

Traditional Charts

   General Operation of Traditional Bar/Candle Charts and Indicators

Miscellaneous

   Instruction videos on various important aspects of Investor/RT

Market Profile

   Videos on Market Profile chart setup and operation

Trading Systems

   Trading system development, backtesting, optimization, and deployment
   
Getting Started
Title Description Duration
Getting Started
with Investor/RT
This video guides users through the process of getting started with Investor/RT, including selecting a data feed, subscribing, installing, and activating Investor/RT, starting your data feed, and important videos for new users. Watch Video
16 minutes
Installing Investor/RT on Mac OS X This video (Apple Quicktime Movie) shows how to install Investor/RT on OS X. Watch Video
6.5 minutes
  Where's My Data? This video covers all the basics of data management in Investor/RT and answers common questions such as "Why can't I see data 20 days back?" and "Do I have to manually backfill my charts each day"?  This video is highly recommended for new users. Watch Video
16 minutes
Setting up Symbols This video discusses some important aspects of setting up symbols (particularly futures symbols), and touches on sessions and override sessions.  Also see video just below on "Sessions". Watch Video
8 minutes
Setting up Futures in Interactive Brokers This video discusses some important aspects of setting up futures symbols for Interactive Brokers. (Also: read this Q&A on IB Symbol Setup) Watch Video
4 minutes
Sessions Sessions define trading periods (times and days of week) for markets and instruments and are very important in a variety of aspects of Investor/RT.  [see also Session Tour] Watch Video
9 minutes
Managing Objects:
Symbols, Quotepages, Charts
This video discusses some basics including creating quotepages, adding and setting up symbols, and creating and managing charts. Watch Video
11 minutes
Futures Rollover This video discusses how to rollover futures symbols. Watch Video
4 minutes
Futures Rollover -
More Options
This video discusses different options available at rollover, including tracking multiple contracts, changing symbols in charts, and duplicating charts. Watch Video
7 minutes
Signal Markers &
Custom Indicators
This video discusses how to create signals and custom indicators, and a quick and easy way to add them to charts via signal markers or custom indicators.  (Pro Version Required)  (Also: read this RTL Tutorial and RTL 101) Watch Video
5 minutes
Importing Lists of Stocks/Equities This video discusses how to quickly to import and/or delete lists of stocks/equities in Investor/RT via Yahoo!, text files, and quotepages, and how to quickly download data on the new lists. Watch Video
10 minutes
Scanning for Candidates This video covers the process of importing lists of symbols into Investor/RT, downloading daily and fundamental data from Yahoo!, and creating and performing scans on that the imported list and data.  It also discusses moving to the next level of performing intraday analysis on the candidates produced by the daily scans. Watch Video
19 minutes
 
Traditional (Bar/Candle) Charts
(Backtesting requires the Pro Backtester or Pro Complete version of Investor/RT)
Title Description Duration
Traditional Charts Overview This video gives a general overview of the creation and operation of traditional (bar/candle) charts. Watch Video
17 minutes
Technical Indicators This video provides instruction on adding, positioning, and manipulating technical indicators in traditional charts. Watch Video
13 minutes
Coloring Lines & Histograms This video demonstrates how to color line and histogram-style indicators different colors based on various conditions. Watch Video
6 minutes
Signal Markers &
Custom Indicators
This video discusses how to create signals and custom indicators, and a quick and easy way to add them to charts via signal markers or custom indicators.  (Pro Version Required) Watch Video
5 minutes
Signal Markers & Labeling Bars This video takes a closer look at the Signal Marker preferences, and discusses how to label Signal Markers with historical numerical values (such as each bars change).  (Pro Version Required) Watch Video
8 minutes
Volume Profile Charting Style (new in 9.2) This video demonstrates the new Volume Profile charting style along with the ability for bars to load Volume at Price data, and how this positively impacts the VWAP, Profile, and Volume Breakdown Indicators. Watch Video
13 minutes
New Periodicities:
POC Volume &
Volume Breakout
This video demonstrates two new periodicities that have been added to version 9.2: POC Volume and Volume Breakout. Watch Video
9 minutes
Point and Figure Charting (new in 8.8) This video demonstrates how to access and manipulate the new Point and Figure Charting capability of traditional charts, added in version 8.8. (additional info) Watch Video
10 minutes
Point and Figure Alternative Drawing Option This video demonstrates an alternative drawing option (9.0.8 and later) for Point and Figure charts, which is more representative of a "reversal" bar than traditional PNF. Watch Video
5 minutes
Renko Charting (new in 8.9) This video demonstrates how to access and manipulate the new Renko Charting capability of traditional charts, added in version 8.9. (additional info) Watch Video
9 minutes
Trendline Based Indicators This video provides instruction on adding, positioning, and manipulating trendline-based indicators, including reference lines, regression, Gann, Fibonacci, Shapes, Annotation, InfoBox, etc. Watch Video
17 minutes
Cloning Trendline / Labeling and Arrowheads This video provides instruction on cloning/duplicating trendlines (with same length and slope as original), and discusses using trendlines as custom labels with arrowheads pointing to a specific bar. Watch Video
6 minutes
Drawing Notes in Charts This video instructs users on various ways to use the Annotation indicator in traditional charts. Watch Video
5 minutes
Vertical and Horizontal Scales This video demonstrates the options and manipulation of vertical and horizontal scales in traditional chart panes. Watch Video
13 minutes
Gridlines This video discusses dotted vs solid gridlines and demonstrates how to customize the gridline frequency both horizontally and vertically. Watch Video
2 minutes
Presets &
Button Indicator
This video discusses the concept of Presets (indicator preference settings), how they interact with the Button Indicator, and the various ways to use and manipulate the Button indicator. Watch Video
12 minutes
Editing Chart Button Placement This video shows how to cut, copy, paste, and move buttons within a chart using improved methods introduced in version 9.2. Watch Video
12 minutes
Labeling Current Value of Indicators This video demonstrates how the user can label each indicator with it's current value while adjusting "Right Margin" of charts. Watch Video
3 minutes
Red/Green Markers for Reversal Bars (PNF Bars) This video demonstrates how to add red and green markers at the top of a Point and Figure or "Reversal" chart. Watch Video
3 minutes
Mixing Periodicity
& MPD Indicator
This video demonstrates various ways to mix periodicities in traditional charts, including use of MPD (Mixed Periodicity Data) Indicator. Watch Video
14 minutes
Using MPD Efficiently (Mixed Periodicity Data) Anyone using MPD in any context should watch this video.  This video demonstrates how to make the most efficient use of the MPD (Mixed Periodicity Data) indicator, which can be extremely inefficient without the use of the special method. Watch Video
6 minutes
More Mixing Periodicities This video demonstrates how to plot the any indicators current value from any chart, on any other chart.  In our example, we plotted the daily Volatility Stop on a 3-minute chart as a horizontal reference line. Watch Video
5 minutes
Mixing Periodicity (MPD) Revisited This video discusses some important aspects of the Mixed Periodicity Data indicator that users should be aware of when using it, and provides some alternative methods to the use of MPD to mix periods. Watch Video
7 minutes
Volume Breakdown Indicator This video details the Volume Breakdown indicator which breaks down volume into buy volume, sell volume, and delta of volume. (additional info) Watch Video
5 minutes
Profile Indicator This video details the Profile indicator which provides users with the ability to plot profiles (time/tpo-based or volume-based) on their traditional charts, of varying custom durations.   Especially of interest to longer term Market Profile chartists.   (additional info) Watch Video
11 minutes
Profile Indicator Drawing Tool This video demonstrates how to draw volume- or time-based profiles across any group of consecutive bars of any periodicity. It also discusses how to edit and manipulate these profiles, as well as how to add buttons that activate different profile settings.   (additional info) Watch Video
16 minutes
Profile Indicator Drawing Tool - Phase 2 This video demonstrates enhancements made to the Profile drawing tool in version 9.2.8 including an option to shade each price based on volume, easier dragging and manipulation, an open/close candle body, and more.   (additional info) Watch Video
9 minutes
TPO Indicator This video details the TPO indicator which provides historical Value Area (VA) and Point of Control (POC) lines, both developing and previous day.   (additional info) Watch Video
3 minutes
Session Statistics I
Average Volume of Time Periods
This video demonstrates various uses for the Session Statistics Indicator, including average volume or range of each bar or time period, and plotting the highest high / lowest low of first x bars/minutes. Watch Video
7 minutes
Session
Statistics II
Average for Day of Week & Projecting Volumes
This video demonstrates some new functionality added to Session Statistics in 9.2.13 and beyond including the ability to compare the volume of each bar or time period with average volumes over the same time periods on same day of week during previous weeks.  It also discusses projecting the current bars volume when computing relative strengths of volume. Watch Video
10 minutes
Pivot Point Indicator This video details the Pivot Point indicator and provides various methods for calculation pivot levels (day session pivots, using settlement price, weekly or monthly pivots, and more)  (additional info) Watch Video
14 minutes
Weekly Pivots - Day Session Only This video demonstrates how to calculate the weekly pivots, but using only the data within the day session.  Also discusses monthly. Watch Video
7 minutes
VWAP Indicator
with Bands
Volume Weighted Average Price.  VWAP calculation options.  VWAP standard deviation bands.  VWAP +/- half of range bands.  Transferring VWAP to MP charts.  Importing volume POC into traditional charts. Watch Video
15 minutes
Ichimoku Kinko Hyo This video demonstrates how to chart indicators and signals related to Ichimoku Kinko Hyo on multi-pane charts, including Tenkan-Sen, Kijan-Sen, Chikou Span and Senkou Span. Watch Video
20 minutes
 
Miscellaneous
Title Description Duration
Historical Data Management This video discusses how to manage historical data (tick & 1-minute) in order to keep Investor/RT running as efficiently as possible based on your data requirements. Watch Video
15 minutes
Running an Efficient Investor/RT This video demonstrates ways users can ensure that they are running Investor/RT as efficiently as possible based on their needs.  Recommended for users having lag, slowness or unresponsiveness. Watch Video
17 minutes
Volume Volume and more Volume This video highlights the volume-driven functionality available in Investor/RT. Watch Video
19 minutes
Schedules Schedules allow users to perform an action or list of actions in Investor/RT at specified times/schedule each day or using keyboards shortcuts/macros.  [see also Schedule Tour] Watch Video
11 minutes
Floating Windows - Multiple Monitors This video highlights the ability to float windows outside of the Investor/RT task window on multiple monitor setups. Watch Video
5 minutes
Layout Toolbar: Tabbed Layouts (Workspaces) This video demonstrates how to use the Layout Toolbar to create and manage tabbed layouts (workspaces) in Investor/RT. Watch Video
11 minutes
Trim Layout during Heavy Volume This video demonstrates how to create a trimmed down layout for use during heavy volume periods, and how to create keyboard shortcuts to quickly toggle between the trim and full layouts.  Especially useful for users who run with many charts open and have seen prices run behind during high volume periods. Watch Video
7 minutes
Sharing Charts and Layouts This video highlights the ability to share charts, quotepages, and layouts through charthub.com or through text definition files. Watch Video
9 minutes
Custom Quotepage Columns This video illustrates how to create customized columns and add them to quotepages. Watch Video
6 minutes
User Variables
V# Variables
This video illustrates the very powerful concept of User Variables or V# Variables.  User Variables allows various components of Investor/RT to set and share data, including quotepages, scans, charts (annotations, ref lines), and custom indicator.  (Components not covered: importing, exporting, backtesting, DDE linking) Watch Video
16 minutes
Plotting Time-Sensitive Prices This video below demonstrates how to plot reference lines on multi-pane charts for various key time-sensitive prices including the previous session close, the current day session open, the overnight high and low, the opening range (OR), initial balance (IB) and several IB multiples.  These concepts can be used to plot a variety of similar time-sensitive prices on charts of any periodicity and any session.  The video covers various concepts including user variables, custom columns, custom indicators, and reference lines. Watch Video
34 minutes
Creating Pairs This video demonstrates how to use the pair wizard to quickly build pairs from any two stocks. Watch Video
9 minutes
Woodie's CCI - Pairs Trading This video covers the process of importing Woodie's layout (charts and symbols) for pairs trading. Woodie trades using range bar charts of pairs along with the Woodie's CCI indicator and other key price indicators. Watch Video
30 minutes
User Variables and Reference Lines This video illustrates how to use reference lines based on V# variables to set high and low alarms for a variety of symbols directly in a chart.  This method also works well for reference lines based on High and Low Alarm levels. Watch Video
10 minutes
Global Market Playback This video demonstrates the ability to playback past data globally in Investor/RT. Watch Video
7 minutes
Custom Symbols:
Tracking the Bid/Ask
This video demonstrates how to create a custom instrument which tracks the bid or ask price of another symbol, and retains and charts the information historically.  Especially useful for infrequently traded options to track their bid price regardless of whether the option actually trades or not. Watch Video
5 minutes
Custom Symbols:
Advancers / Decliners
This video discusses how to create custom symbols which track various statistics for large lists of symbols, such as advancers/decliners, Adv/Dec volume, up ticks, up tick volume, on SP500, NQ100, or any custom list of symbols. Watch Video
13 minutes
Custom Symbols:
Custom TICK
This video discusses how to create a custom symbol which tracks the TICK value of any custom group of symbols, and chart that symbol historically. Watch Video
9 minutes
Advance / Decline Line for Interactive Brokers This video details how to create an NYSE Advance / Decline line for the IB data feed. Watch Video
4 minutes
Custom Price Level Alerts This video explains how to create custom price level alerts for one or multiple symbols, which can be updated anytime by changing a value in a quotepage, or dragging a line in a chart. Watch Video
12 minutes
Deleting Bad Ticks From time to time, a bad tick might creep into your data, and a download/refresh of data may not solve the problem.  This video explains a quick and easy way to get rid of that tick. Watch Video
2 minutes
Day Session Prices This video demonstrates how to display day session prices (high, low, open) onto charts that are setup on the 24 hour session (session 31).  (Pro Version Required) Watch Video
9 minutes
Switching Data Feeds 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). Watch Video
6 minutes
Importing Current Data from Excel This video demonstrates how to import current data (such as Pivot Levels) into Investor/RT quotepages and user variables (V# variables) periodically, either manually or on a schedule. Watch Video
8 minutes
Market Profile & Pivot Point Levels This video demonstrates how to transfer Pivot Levels (S3, S3, S1, PP, R1, R2, R3) automatically to Market Profile charts (and to V# variables).  This video also demonstrates how to force Pivots to calculate off the day session intraday data only (and be independent of daily data).  It covers several topics including V# variables and schedules. Watch Video
16 minutes
Importing tickdata.com data This video demonstrates how to export data from the TickWrite program of tickdata.com and import into Investor/RT. Watch Video
5 minutes
 
Market Profile
(more on MP)
Title Description Duration
Market Profile Overview This video gives a general overview of the Market Profile chart interface. Watch Video
6 minutes
Market Profile
Chart Preferences
This video discusses the various options in the 5 tabs of the Market Profile preference window. Watch Video
22 minutes
Composite Profiles, Splits and Merges This video demonstrates how to build automated composite profiles (weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly, etc), as well as how to split or merge daily profiles. Watch Video
11 minutes
What's New in MP
January 2006
This video discusses many of the recent innovations in Market Profile charts, in versions 8.5 and 8.6, including toggle reference lines, additional ref lines, toggling fonts, space between letters, new letter color options, and more... Watch Video
9 minutes
What's New in MP
August 2006
This video discusses many of the recent innovations in Market Profile charts, including Singles, Naked POCs, individual profile splitting, custom letter colors, sharing of charts, and more... Watch Video
7 minutes
Market Profile Playback This video demonstrates the ability to playback the current session, or previous sessions, in Market Profile charts. Watch Video
3 minutes
Market Profile
Shortcuts
This video explains various keyboards shortcuts associated with the Market Profile chart, along with discussing the options in the right-click pop-up menu. Watch Video
4 minutes
Market Profile
InfoBox
This video discusses the various information available in the Market Profile InfoBox.   [see also Q&A] Watch Video
4 minutes
Exporting Price Levels This video demonstrates how to transfer Market Profile lines such as VAH, VAL, POC, etc, over to bar or candle charts, and have them automatically update on a tick by tick basis. [see also Q&A] Watch Video
4 minutes
Importing Price Levels This video demonstrates how to transfer price values from other sources, such as bar or candle charts, to Market Profile reference lines. Watch Video
7 minutes
Alerting to DVA Movement This video demonstrates how to create alerts when the developing value area high or low moves up or down. Watch Video
18 minutes
MORE MP Reference Lines Need more reference lines in your MP charts?  This video demonstrates how to add up to 512 more using a V# variable trick.. Watch Video
5 minutes
Market Profile &
Pivot Point Levels
This video demonstrates how to transfer Pivot Levels (S3, S3, S1, PP, R1, R2, R3) automatically to Market Profile charts (and to V# variables).  This video also demonstrates how to force Pivots to calculate off the day session intraday data only (and be independent of daily data).  It covers several topics including V# variables and schedules. Watch Video
16 minutes
 
Trading Systems and Backtesting
Title Description Duration
Signal Markers &
Custom Indicators
This video is posted in the miscellaneous section above, but is good prerequisite viewing for the trading system videos. Watch Video
5 minutes
Multiple Targets and/or Stops This video demonstrates how to create a system that exits at multiple target and/or stop levels, as well as how to move a stop (to breakeven) after an initial target is reached. Watch Video
13 minutes
1) Idea:
Formulating A Strategy
This video discusses the "brainstorming" phase of developing a trading system. Watch Video
7 minutes
2) Coding:
Building A System
Trading System Window
This video discusses the building of the system signals and rules in the trading system window. Watch Video
15 minutes
3) Testing:
Backtesting A System
Backtest Setup Window
This video discusses the different options in the backtest setup window and demonstrates an actual backtest. Watch Video
10 minutes
3b) Debugging:
Debugging Trading Systems and Verifying Results
This video was made independently of the rest of this backtesting series, but is a good complement to the videos above.  It goes through the complete development of another system and focuses on various ways to debug systems and verify results. Watch Video
19 minutes
4) Evaluation
Making Sense of Reports
Trusting the Results
This video covers the various reports that result from a backtest and discusses some different statistical results that the user should pay careful attention to. Watch Video
16 minutes
5) Refining
Buying More
Adding Targets and Stops
This video adds some different twists to the trading system, including buying/shorting more, and adding profit targets. Watch Video
13 minutes
6) Optimization
Finding the Optimal
Combination
This video demonstrates the optimization of several variables in a trading system. Watch Video
14 minutes
7) Implementation
Trading / Automating
the System
Coming Soon...  
8) Futures
Applying Backtesting Concepts to Futures
Coming Soon...  
9) Syntax
Common Signals for
Crossovers, Reversals, etc.
Coming Soon...