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.
First, create a Schedule (Setup: Schedules). Let's assume in this specific example that we want to open up both a chart and a quotepage. Your schedule should contain two Actions. The first action will be Open a Chart with your specific chart selected in the list. The second will be "Open a Quotepage" with your specific quotepage selected.
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.
Here is an example: assume we want to create a button that will toggle Pivot Point indicator lines on and off. First, add the Pivot Point indicator to your chart with the preferred settings. To create a toggle button for any indicator in your chart, right-click on the indicator and choose "Add Button" from the ensuing pop-up menu. The button will then appear in the chart. To test it, click the button and watch the indicator in question disappear and then return as you click.
Follow these steps to create a Group of Technical Indicators that you can toggle on and off with a Button:
A common example of when this process might be needed would be when a scan automatically sorts it's results (based on the scan setup), and then the user wants to run a subsequent scan on that quotepage which uses tokens (such as SEQ) which rely on the order of the symbols to be saved.
First, create a quotepage which contains the group of stocks or symbols on which you'd like to create your cumulative A-D Line. Now download enough daily data on the quotepage to cover the desired period. In our example, we'll create an A-D Line on the S&P 500 from January 1, 2004 to present (August 20, 2004).
Once you've downloaded enough data, we'll need to create two custom indicators which will provide us with what we need.
The first custom indicator will have the following syntax:
(CL > CL.1) + (CL.1 > CL)
The Array User Variable (ARRAY) technical indicator will be instrumental in accomplishing an overall stop loss on a system which tests a basket/quotepage of stocks. In our example, we'll assume that our system is an intraday system running on a given quotepage of stocks, and when the overall system gets down a certain dollar amount, we want to get out of all positions and not re-enter until the next day. Otherwise, the process should be system-independent.
Can you break expressions up on multiple lines?
Yes, just end each line with a semi-colon. The following Signal gives an example:
SET(V#1, MA / CL);
IF(V#1 > 0) THEN (SET(V#2, HI)) ELSE (SET(V#3, LO));
V#1 > 0
The bid/ask feedback has been improved since this tutorial was originally written. Instead of dots at the bid and ask, we now draw a vertical line from the bid to the ask price. There is also a small horizontal line representing the current price that protrudes left from the bid/ask line (this becomes an arrow when in "Presentation Mode").