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When performing a backtest of a trading system named X, if the Account Balance Chart checkbox is checked in the backtest setup, a chart of the trading system ticker $X is produced. Users who wish to customize the account balance chart in various ways can do so by revising the chart then right-clicking in the chart and issuing the Save As Default Chart command, thereby saving the customized version of the chart as the default for the the ticker $X.

The Import Window is accessible via the Data menu. Investor/RT supports importing of daily, weekly, monthly, or intra-day data.When importing historical data you must specify via the Import Format menu, how the data in the input file is arranged. When the desired format is not one of the formats available in the menu, go to File > Preferences > QuotePage > QuotePage Formats to create a format that lists the incoming data fields in order. The newly format name will then be available for selection in the Data > Import window.

Fast Market Mode is available for extreme market conditions and is rarely needed by Investor/RT users due to efficiency improvements that have been made over time. In certain circumstances, it is possible for an extreme surge in volume to result in the program getting behind on the processing of ticks. During this situation, Fast Market Mode can be turned on in order to allow Investor/RT to quickly catch up. When Fast Market Mode is on, Investor/RT streamlines the reception of certain non-trade information (bid/ask changes).

You can do this manually, by opening the .All Symbols quotepage and deleting the symbols one at a time, by clicking on the ticker symbol in the quotepage and then clicking on the red trash can icon in the quotepage toolbar. You can delete ALL the symbols by clicking on the "Ticker" column heading and then clicking on the red trash can icon on the quotepage toolbar. However, that will remove the symbols from other quotepages as well.

You can create a scan (File > Open > RTL) as shown below:

Each running copy of TWS has a Socket Port number used to communicate with 3rd party applications. Normally TWS is setup to listen for API connections on socket port number 7496. Leave one TWS setup with socket port 7496. Go to the other TWS and use the Configure Menu; Configure-->API-->Socket Port and enter some other port number, e.g 7497. In Investor/RT, use the IB Menu; IB-->Setup and set the Port setting to the socket port number of the TWS to which you wish to connect.

The RTL language enables user text variables that can hold up to 30 characters of textual information. Each ticker symbol tracked by Investor/RT has its own set of 32 textual values. The RTL token names for these variables are T#1, T#2, ... T#32, analogous to the nomenclature for numeric V# variables. Like V#'s, any T# variable may be displayed in a quotepage and may be included in a quotepage format.

Investor/RT allows the user to create Custom Instruments which reflect some arithmetic combination of other instruments. The feature can be used for tracking the spread between two instruments or tracking the value of a basket of Securities, a Portfolio or a Mutual Fund. 

Investor/RT allows the user to setup user-defined instruments which are defined as:

To enable or disable trading related Annotations, Fill Markers or position lines, go to File > Preferences > Trading > Trading General to adjust:

Annotations containing the text token % BARLEFT show you the time left in the current bar. This annotation is updated each time a trade occurs for the instrument associated  with the annotation indicator.

The Watermark Indicator adds a watermark to the chart background. It can be used to identify the user, his or her organization, or the ticker symbol of the primary instrument in the chart. The watermark appears as semi transparent text overlaying the chart background. The indicator has setups that include: the watermark text to be displayed, the position of the watermark, the font and size of the watermark text, and the opacity of the watermark. Opacity settings of low, medium and high are available.