Getting Started

License Activation and Subscription Management

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.

Installing Investor/RT on Macintosh

Linn Software no longer distributes the previous 32-bit versions of Investor/RT that ran natively on Mac OS (up to Mojave 10.14).
Prospective users with Apple hardware, running the latest MacOS with M1/M2 chips, should instead install the latest 64-bit version (Investor/RT 15) under Windows11 virtualisation using the latest version of Parallels Desktop software. This environment provides the same level of performance as a native Windows machine.

Investor/RT Overview at a Glance

Investor/RT Overview at a Glance

Investor/RT is a powerful trading platform offering advanced charting and market analytics to professional traders and active investors around the world. Continually refined for more than two decades, Investor/RT's charting and technical analysis tools offers traders a view of the market that second to none.

Charting Essentials: New Charts, Chart Templates, and Chart Shortcuts

Charting Essentials

This video covers the essentials for creating and manipulating charts in Investor/RT. It's packed with essential tools and shortcuts for building and fine-tuning new charts and for using those fine-tuned charts as chart templates. Every Investor/RT user should become familiar with the information and shortcuts discussed in this short video.

Technical Indicator Library

Select the Indicator of interest from the list to the left. Filter the list of indicators by category, e.g. Core Indicators, and click Search. You may select one or more categories by Ctrl+Clicking on them. Click the View All button to see the full list of indicators. To further refine the list to those indicators having names that contain some word, enter text into the Filter by Indicator Name box and click Search.

Adding Futures Contracts

Adding Futures Contracts

Walks users through Adding Futures Contracts as well has how to request new Futures Contracts be added to the Investor/RT Symbol Database.

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