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1. editable If you would like to specify different time periods for an average it is recommended that you use a moving average instead of the MAC Indicators 3 Type Choose between Simple Linearly Weighted and Exponentially Smoothed averages for each line Click on the drop down menu and select the type desired 4 Data To change the data that the line is based on click on the drop down menu The options available are High Low Open and Close 5 Style amp Color Average lines can be displayed as solid dashed or dotted lines Click on the drop down menu to specify the type of line style Next to the drop down menu is the color box for the line Click on the color box to choose a new color from the Color Palette 6 Check these boxes to display the 3x3 and or the 10x8 MAC Lines on your charts 7 Click on Apply to active charts if you would like to see your selecting settings on all the charts you have open Click on Restore Factory Defaults if you would like to restore original software settings 8 Help Information from the Manual has been integrated into the software When clicking on the He p button and you will get specific documentation based on the location of the button You may also press F1 on your keyboard Moving Averages Track n Trade Program Options Select Category Moving Average Lines E Global Settings Z My Default Settings 2 Period 3 Type 4 Data 5 Style Color Appearance v Av2. C ase S e ya fe Program Options Global Settings The Global Settings section of the Program Options folder gives you the ability to change settings that will affect only new Chartbooks or new charts opened within a saved Chartbook Saved Charts will keep the settings on currently drawn tools and apply the new settings to new tools drawn on the chart For example if you change the Global setting Line Tool Color to blue and then open a previously saved chart that contains tools drawn on it in green these tools will keep the green color Any new tools that you draw on this saved chart will be colored blue until the setting is changed See the Tool section for more information Global Settings Window in Track n Trade Track n Trade Program Options Select Category Global Settings lm Global Settings 2 My Default Settings E Current Chart Settings a f Track n Trade Pro Save Settings Load Settings Restore Factory Defaults Help d E Cancel To open the Global Settings folder click on the plus sign to the left of the folder The blue Global Settings folder contains your Long Term Chartings settings and your Tool settings Track n Trade Pro 4 0 User Manual 212 Track n Trade Pro Themes i Track n Trade Pro gives you the ability to take all of the settings in the Program Options settings and save them into a theme file This gives you the ability to have different theme
3. Default Flag for the Flag Notation Tool by clicking on the Flag Button A window will open with a selection of Flags to choose from You may also import a custom flag Reset Questions In Track n Trade you will get extra help in using the software with questions that prompt you throughout your use These questions are initially shown when you install the software however on each question window there is an option to hide the display questions If you have selected this option but would now like to see the questions again click on the Reset Questions button To set the options back to Factory Defaults click on the Restore Defaults button on the bottom of the Properties screen Help Information from the Manual has been integrated into the software When clicking on the Help button and you will get specific documentation based on the location of the button You may also press F1 on your keyboard Program Options My Default Settings The My Default Settings allows you to set custom settings for chart appearance and indicator options These settings will only affect newly created charts after the selection has been made If you wish to apply your chosen settings to all the charts you have open click the Apply to all charts button that appears on all the screens in this folder Track n Trade Program Options Select Category My Default Settings g E Global Settings Current Chart Settings id Apply to all charts Re
4. For information on their value and how they are calculated refer to the Indicator Section 2 Style amp Color The Pivot Point Indicator lines can be displayed as a solid dashed or dotted Click on the drop down menu to specify the type of line style To change the line color click on the color box next to the line and select new color from the Color Palette 3 Pivot Points are available in Traditional Variation 1 and Variation 4 Show Text This option displays the pivot point line values in the chart window Press F9 to toggle it on and off rack n Trade Pro 4 0 User Manua 5 This section controls how the pivot points are displayed The pivot points include predication and historical lines available in Daily Weekly and Monthly calculations Show If checked this turns on the items selected Historical Lines Check the daily weekly or monthly box to select for display Show Lines Check the daily weekly or monthly box to select prediction lines for display 6 Click on Apply to active charts if you would like to see your selected settings on all the charts you have open Click on Restore Factory Defaults if you would like to restore original software settings 7 Help Information from the Manual has been integrated into the software When clicking on the He p button and you will get specific documentation based on the location of the button You may also press F1 on your keyboard PSAR Wilder s Parabolic Time
5. OSV STRK E Current Chart Settings 1 1 Apply to active charts Restore factory defaults 12 Lok cne 1 The MACD Indicator can be displayed differently choose from Difference as Histogram or Difference as Line in the drop down menu 2 Period To specify the number of days used in calculating the MACD simply click on the box highlight the current number and type in a new value 3 Style amp Color MACD Trigger line can be displayed as solid or dotted line Click on the drop down menu to specify the type of line style Click on the color box and a color panel will open for you to specify the new color 4 The MACD is calculated using two exponential moving averages To change the periods used in the formula highlight the number value and type in the new value desired 5 There are three components that create the MACD Indicator Bullish Bearish and Trigger lines More rack n Trade Pro 4 0 User Manual Z 0 information on how these components are calculated in the Indicators section under MACD MACD Type Choose from two types of MACD Indicators a Standard Calculation b Extra Smoothed This Calculation is a proprietary formula developed by Lan H Turner president and founder of Gecko Software Inc and Gecko Software s Programming staff This method increases the movement in the MACD Indicator and has shown to be more accurate in Gecko Software s market testing than the standard calculation Click the E
6. corresponding indicator Ruler Bar See the Ruler Bar at the end of this section Preview Window This Window allows you to make changes and preview them before saving them Click on Apply to active charts if you would like to see your selecting settings on all the charts you have open Click on Restore Factory Defaults if you would like to restore original software settings Help Information from the Manual has been integrated into the software When clicking on the Help button and you will get specific documentation based on the location of the button You may also press F1 on your keyboard VOL OI Volume and Open Interest rack n Trade Pro 4 0 User Manua Track n Trade Program Options Select Category Volume V and Open Interest Ol g lm Global Settings 4 Style Color 3 05 My Default Settings Appearance Open Interest Line Solid m Bollinger Bands Volume Bars Down m e A Iv Show Volume In Two Colors Up w oving Averages Pivot Points Scale Status Bar digi TUN Use Same Scale Show volume Ht Scalin rice Bars AD i C Use Individual Scale C Show Interest CCI COT DMI ADX HVOL MACD MOM OSV STRK XR RSI Seasonals FSTO SSTO 5 v Display Volume and Open Interest 3 J weet JE n E u sc d s a u E cu cs cs u selelose teleate ae LC i Current Chart Settings 8 Apply to active charts Restore factory defaults Cancel 1 Style amp Color The V
7. exclude 10 days the last few days will apply this rule and exclude the last 10 days of data 4 To set the options back to Factory Defaults click on the Restore Factory Defaults button on the bottom of the Properties screen 5 Help Information from the Manual has been integrated into the software When clicking on the He p button and you will get specific documentation based on the location of the button You may also press F1 on your keyboard IMPORTANT After applying the new settings in Program Options you will need to delete the long term chart from the Active Charts list if you currently have a long term open and then re generate the chart to apply the new settings to the long term chart Tools The Tools Default Options section allows you to change properties of the Charting Advanced Charting Notation and Accounting Tools Clicking the OK button will apply new default settings and will apply all changes made in this window to any NEW tools or text created from this point forward Any tools within the active Chartbook that have already been created will NOT be affected by this change unless you press the Apply To All Charts button These new default settings will then be stored in Track n Trade and applied to any new AND past files upon the opening or reopening of those files Simply click on the Apply all Color Changes button if you would like to apply ONLY the color changes to the tools in all the Active Charts
8. see the line in the indicator window Lower Threshold number The crossing of the CCl line above this number is the buy signal Check the check box to see the line in the indicator window To Display the indicator click the check box Ruler Bar See the Ruler Bar at the end of this section Preview Window This Window allows you to make changes and preview them before saving them Click on Apply to active charts if you would like to see your selecting settings on all the charts you open Click on Restore Factory Defaults if you would like to restore Original software settings Help Information from the Manual has been integrated into the software When clicking on the Help button and you will get specific documentation based on the location of the button You may also press F1 on your keyboard DON Donchian Channels Track n Trade Program Options Select Category Donchian Channels DON i em I Appearance 14 nc Donchian Channel Hiah Solid i MAC Donchian Channel Low Solid n Moving amp verages Pivot Points PSAR Scaling amp Price Bars AD CEI COT DMI ADX HVOL MACD MOM OSV STRK XR RSI E 3 r Display Donchian Channels lll SSTO Vv Dl 4 Apply to active charts Restore factory defaults 5 Help Cancel 1 Period To specify the number of days used in calculating DMI simply click on the box highlight the current number and type in a new value Be sure to click on Ok to save y
9. 7 F Display DMI Indicator ZA RSI Seasonals pe 1 n E Current Chart Settings 11 Cancel 1 Period To specify the number of days used in calculating DMI simply click on the box highlight the current number and type in a new value Be sure to click on Ok to save your changes 2 Style amp Color The DMI Lines can be displayed as a solid dashed or dotted Click on the drop down menu to specify the type of line style desired Next to the drop down menu is a color box click on this box to change the color of the line 3 Directional Indicator The two methods available in displaying the DMI Indicator are Averaged Directional Index ADX and the Directional Index DX Click on the radio button in front of the method to select For more information on the different values refer to the article above 4 Use Relative Scale When choosing this option the 100 location is changed to the highest point value in the DMI Indicator 5 The drop down menu for Show Buy Sell Arrows allows you to select either Always Show Arrows or Only When Indicator is Visible to view the buy sell signals or Never Show Arrows to never see the AD arrows 6 10 11 Extreme Point Validation This filter delays the buy sell arrows at least a day by requiring that the market move higher or lower than the high or low on the day the DM DM cross over happened If a new higher high or lower or low is not obtained before the next D
10. If you would like to change settings for one specific tool you will need to right click on that tool and select the individual tool settings See Individual Tool Settings for more information Program Options Track n Trade Program Options Select Category Tool Default Options im Global Settings Font Options Long Term 4 j Tool Labels Text Boxes Change 5 My Default Settings i Current Chart Settings AasBbGo 123 AaBbCe 123 Line Options Line Color m Line Style Solid Line Thickness 11 Arc Thickness 1 k Backoround Color E Default Flag 4 5 Reset Questions 6 Re store Factory Defaults tees 1 Font Options a Tool Labels This setting changes the text in any tool included in Track n Trade Pro To change font size color etc click on the Change Button See the Font Window that opens on the following page Font Window in Track n Trade Program Options Font Font style Arial Regular Regular F Arial Alternative m lalic TT Arial Alternative Symbc Bold Arial Black Bald Italic Arial Naro O Arial Rounded MT Bol T AvantGarde BK BT Effects Sample Strikeout Underline o ama Color L OTSE Script Wesen o rack n Trade Pro 4 0 User Manual 216 Font Change the Default Font by clicking on a Font listed below Font Style Change the Default Font Style by clicking on a new Font Style listed below Size Change the Fo
11. M cross over the buy sell arrow is suppressed completely for that previous period The filter does not require the use of DX ADX although it does stack with the other filters if they are used ADX Trend Strength number This filter is simple to understand The directional index DX or averaged directional index ADX line must be above the target number before a DM cross will give a buy sell arrow The theory is that the DX ADX lines indicate trend strength but not trend direction and if it is below 20 there is practically no trend Values above 40 indicate a strong trend Different articles would use values between 20 and 40 as targets to look for The directional index indicator line must be on for this rule to be available Turning Point Validation This filter is simply that your directional index line DX or ADX must be above the point where DM crossed To me this is like a variable trend strength filter The directional index can indicate any trend strengths as long as the trend strength is greater than the value of the DM crossing point This indicator also requires that the directional index indicator line be on To display the indicator in the chart window click the check box Ruler Bar See the Ruller Bar at the end of this section Preview Window This Window allows you to make changes and preview them before saving them Click on Apply to active charts if you would like to see your selecting settings on a
12. Price Track n Trade Program Options Select Category Wilder s Parabolic Time Price f Global Settings s My Default Settings Appearance Parabolic Stop and Reversal PSA amp R 2 Squares m Bollinger Bands MAC Moving Averages 4 Initial Acceleration 20 1000 fen BEAR Additional amp cceleration 20 71000 Scaling amp Price Bars Acceleration Limit 200 1000 AD CCI DMI ADX HVOL Ici MACD MOM XR RSI lui STO VOL Ol E Current Chart Settings Style Color 3 Display Parabolic Stop And Reversal PS amp R 4 Apply to active charts Restore Factory Defaults 5 Help Cancel 1 To enter the values for the Initial Acceleration Additional Acceleration and Acceleration Limit highlight the current numbers and type in your value 2 Style amp Color To change the style click on the dropdown menu and choose from squares dots lines or crosses Click on the color box to change the color of the indicator 3 Check this box to Display the PSAR Indicator 4 Click on Apply to active charts if you would like to see your selected settings on all the charts you have open Click on Restore Factory Defaults if you would like to restore original software settings 5 Help Information from the Manual has been integrated into the software When clicking on the Help button and you will get specific documentation based on the location of the button You may also press F1 on your ke
13. TRACK N TRADE PRO VERSION 4 0 Accumulating Wealth One Tic at a Time PROGRAM PTIONS Program Options Track n Trade Pro 4 0 User Manual 210 PROGRAM OPTIONS Customizing each chart for your maximum benefit Introduction The Program Options in Track n Trade Pro enable you to customize the chart appearance tool options and indicator settings on either a Global or Per Chart basis The Program Options window includes three setting areas 1 Global Settings This section contains settings for Tools and Long Term settings and some Plug in Settings if you have the Plug in installed These settings will only affect new charts that are opened 2 My Default Settings This section contains settings for the chart appearance and indicators Anything changed in this section will affect new Chartbooks and new charts opened in a saved Chartbook it will not affect currently opened charts or already saved charts 3 Current Chart Settings This section contains all of the settings also in the My Default Section of Program Options Anything changed in this section will affect only the specific chart that you have open and have selected To View the Program Options Screen There are two ways to pull up the Program Options screen 1 Click on the View Menu and select Program Options 2 You can also click on the Program Options icon on the main Toolbar shown below ks Book modified Track n Trade Pro File View Help
14. TRAK A mi X Seasonals ku FSTO SSTO v Dl E Current Chart Settings N amp Apply to active charts Restore factory defaults 10 KU cms 1 Period To specify the number of days used in calculating the RSI simply click on the box highlight the current number and type in a new value 2 Style amp Color The RSI line can be displayed as a solid dashed or dotted line Click on the drop down menu to specify the type of line style desired Next to the drop down menu is a color box click on this box to change the color of the line 3 Average Calculation Choose between Exponential Simple and Wilder s smoothing calculations 4 The drop down menu for Show Buy Sell Arrows allows you to select either Always Show Arrows or Only When Indicator is Visible to view the buy sell signals or Never Show Arrows to never see the RSI arrows 5 Upper Threshold number The crossing of the RSI line below this number is a sell signal Check the check box to see the line in the indicator window Lower Threshold number The crossing of the RSI line above this number is the buy signal Check the check box to see the line in the indicator window A Al b A Trada Dra fA i LA RAR Ae rack rade Pro 4 0 User Manual 24 Program Options Iw I nd 6 To Display the indicator in the chart window click the check box 7 Ruler Bar See the Ruler Bar at the end of this section 8 Preview Window This Window allows you to ma
15. a should be included 10 Years v A Current Chart Settings 10 Years r Read ahead to next contract month before the end of the current contract month Ignore the last day s Monthly Long Term Options 4 Build Long Term Chart From Front Month Data Y 2 How much data should be included 25 Years v of the curent contract month lanore the last day s 3 m Read ahead to next contract month before the end 4 Restore Factory Defaults Seen Long Term Charting Options 1 Build Long Term Charts From a Front Month Data This option uses data from one contract month to the next in historical order For example Jan 2001 Mar 2001 May 2001 and so on b Contract Month Data This option uses data from a contract month from each successive year For example Jan 2001 Jan 2002 Jan 2003 and so on 2 How much data should be included 2 10 years of data can be displayed at a time on a long term chart Click on the drop down menu to specify the number of years to be displayed 3 To cut off the end of the contract used in your long term chart click on the empty check box in front of the text Read ahead to next contract month before the end of the current contract month Next specify the number of days in the box that you would like to exclude Note This option is best used for historical data If you are looking at a long term chart that includes current data remember that if you set this option to
16. actory Defaults Cancel All of the options that appear in this folder are identical to those found in the My Default Settings folder The difference between the two folders is when you set your options in the Current Chart Settings folder the options you change will only affect your currently opened chart Track n Trade Pro 4 0 User Manual 247
17. ble on the screen shown above 3 Vertical Scaling Check this option to automatically adjust to fit your chart window vertically Note If you have the Accounting amp Simulator Plug in which includes the play controls the Auto Scale Chart feature will re scale the chart each time you click a Play button 4 Click on Apply to active charts if you would like to see your selecting settings on all the charts you have open Click on Restore Factory Defaults if you would like to restore original software settings 5 Help Information from the Manual has been integrated into the software When clicking on the He p button and you will get specific documentation based on the location of the button You may also press F1 on your keyboard AD Williams Accumulation Distribution Track n Trade Program Options Select Category Williams Accumulation Distribution Index AD g Ge Global Settings F My Default Settings 1 wed 2 Style cola Appearance Willams amp ccumulation Distribution Index Solid m Bollinger Bands n MAC ADMA Moving Average of AD 28 Solid v i Moving Averages Pivot Points itt PSAR Scaling amp Price Bars z DMI ADX kil HvOL 4 MACD ShowBuy Sell mows Only When Indicator is Visible pe Ml MOM Display William s AD Mil OSV STRK autaa kai R RSI Seasonals 6 li FSTO SSTO 3 kai v ol E Current Chart Settings 8 Apply to active charts Restore factory defaults t
18. chart Change the color of the Grid Line by clicking on the color box and selecting a new color from the Windows Color Palette These lines are based on the scaling selected for the chart For more information see Scaling b Day Line Displays an additional vertical line based on the day of the week on the chart by selecting the check box Select a particular day of the week by clicking on the drop down menu Change the color by clicking on the color box and select a color from the Color Palette 2 Expiration and Notice Dates Click on the corresponding check box in front of the item to display Options Expiration Last Trading Date or First Notice Date on your Chart To change the color of the line click on the corresponding color box and select a new color from the Windows Color Palette 3 Ruler Colors a Ruler Text Marks Indicates the color used for the ruler lines and text b Ruler Background Indicates the color used for the background of the rulers 4 Chart Background and Order Colors a To change the background color of your chart window click on the color box and select a new color from the Color Palette b To change the color of your order arrow click on the color box and select a new color from the Color Palette 5 Price Bars a Changes based the 6 condition are displayed by tick color specify the color for No Change Close Lower and Close Higher by clicking on the color box and selecting a color fr
19. e 100 location is changed to the highest point value in the HVOL Indicator To display the indicator in the chart window click the check box Ruler Bar See the Ruler Bar at the end of this section Preview Window This Window allows you to make changes and preview them before saving them Click on Apply to active charts if you would like to see your selecting settings on all the charts you have open Click on Dranram elti nece Program Options v I E Restore Factory Defaults if you would like to restore original software settings Help Information from the Manual has been integrated into the software When clicking on the He p button and you will get specific documentation based on the location of the button You may also press F1 on your keyboard MACD Moving Average Convergence Divergence Track n Trade Program Options Select Category Moving Average Convergence I Divergence MACD Em Global Settings 2 5 My Default Settings 1 Difference as Histogram 2 Period 3 Style Color i Appearance 4 Exponential Moving Average 1 12 Bollinger Bands Exponential Moving Average 2 26 MAC Moving Averages Bullish MACD Line mm Pivot Points 5 Bearish MACD Line E PSAR Scaling amp Price Bars Trigger Line 3 Solid xJ il AD MACD Type ku CCI Standard Calculation DMI ADX C Extra Smoothing qu HVOL Ti Buy Sell Arrows Only When Indicator is Visible h mil MOM 8 Display MACD Indicator
20. een Period To specify the number of days used in calculating the ADMA Indicator simply highlight the current number and type in a new value Style The AD Indicator lines can be displayed as a solid or dotted lines Click on the drop down menu to specify the type of line style desired 3 Color Click on the color box and a color panel will open for you to specify the new color To display the Buy signal the AD line needs to cross above the ADMA line and to display a Sell signal the AD line needs to cross below the ADMA line If the ADMA Line Style is None then the buy sell arrows will not be displayed The drop down menu for Show Buy Sell Arrows allows you to select either Always Show Arrows or Only When Indicator is Visible to view the buy sell signals or Never Show Arrows to never see the AD arrows N J To display the indicator in the chart window click the check box Ruler Bar See the Ruler Bar at the end of this section Preview Window This Window allows you to make changes and preview them before saving them Click on Apply to active charts if you would like to see your selecting settings on all the charts you have open Click on Restore Factory Defaults if you would like to restore original software settings Help Information from the Manual has been integrated into the software When clicking on the Help button and you Will get specific documentation based on the location of the button Y
21. er Bar The Ruler Bar inside the Program Options windows for the indicators that are displayed in the Indicator window allows user s to create highlighted regions or horizontal lines within the indicator window To create a highlighted region Click at either end of the Ruler bar and drag either up or down to the end point of the region To place a line Click in side the ruler bar and drag the line to the desired point To change the color of the highlighted region You must right click on either the bottom edge if it is on the top of the indicator window or the top edge if it is on the bottom of the indicator window Next choose the Select Color option from the right click menu The Color Palette will open choose a color and click on OK l T R Clear All Clear Seleck Color Program Options You may also Clear the item that you right clicked on or Clear All items in the Indicator window by selecting these items from the right click menu Current Chart Settings This folder only appears in the Program Options screen when a Chart is open Track n Trade Program Options Select Category Current Chart Settings x m Global Settings 25 My Default Settings E Appearance Track n Trade Pro Bollinger Bands MAC Moving Averages Pivot Points PSAR Scaling amp Price Bars AD CCI DMI ADX HVOL MACD MOM ZA RSI STO VOL Ol Restore My Defaults Restore F
22. erage 1 5 Simple Close l Solid a 1H Bollinger Bands M Average2 10 Simple v Close soia EBI MAC Moving Averages 1 Average3 20 Simple Close Solid Ej Ht Pivot Point ibo cs Average 4 30 Simple Close Solid gui Scaling amp Price Bars Average 5 50 Simple Close Solid d Qui AD CCI Average6 5 Simple v Cose w seia DMI ADX HVOL A ail MACD MOM OSV STRK XR RSI Seasonals FSTO SSTO 6 Display Moving Average Lines v DI Current Chart Settings 7 Apply to active charts Restore factory defaults 8 Help Cancel 1 Average1 6 Each Moving average displayed on the chart is referred to as an Average You may have up to 6 different averages displayed at once on the screen 2 Period To specify the number of days used in calculating the moving average simply click on the box highlight the current number and type in a new value 3 Type Choose from simple linearly weighted and exponentially smoothed calculations Click on the drop down menu to specify the type 4 Data The average can be based on four values Open High Low or Close Click on the drop down menu and select the data value 5 Style amp Color Average lines can be displayed as solid dashed or dotted lines Click on the drop down menu to specify the type of Line Style Also change the color of the line by clicking on the color box for the line ands elect a
23. ight the current number and type in a new value A f llaar Adar A ro 4 0 Usel vanua Track n Trade 10 11 Style amp Color The Fast Stochastics Indicator lines can be displayed as a solid dashed or dotted Click on the drop down menu to specify the type of line style desired To change the line color click on the color box Stochastic Formula Using Chose from the drop down menu the type of formula you prefer to be used The choices are the Exponential Moving Average and the Simple Moving Average For more information on the formulas used see the Stochastics information under the Using Indicators Section The drop down menu for Show Buy Sell Arrows allows you to select either Always Show Arrows or Only When Indicator is Visible to view the buy sell signals or Never Show Arrows to never see the FSTO arrows Upper Threshold number The crossing of the D line above the 96K line is the sell signal and only confirmed if this crossing happened above the upper threshold number Check the check box to see the line in the indicator window Lower Threshold number The crossing of the D line below the K line is the buy signal and only confirmed if this crossing happened below the lower threshold number Check the check box to see the line in the indicator window To Display the Fast Stochastics indicators check the box by the corresponding indicator Ruler Bar See the Ruler Bar at the end of this sectio
24. ke changes and preview them before saving them 9 Click on Apply to active charts if you would like to see your selecting settings on all the charts you have open Click on Restore Factory Defaults if you would like to restore original software settings 10 Help Information from the Manual has been integrated into the software When clicking on the Help button and you will get specific documentation based on the location of the button You may also press F1 on your keyboard FSTO Fast Stochastics Track n Trade Program Options Select Category Fast Stochastics FSTO g im Global Settings Period Smooth Styl Col E51 My Default Settings 1 MERGE oI Ben UE 3 eee j Appearance Percent K Line 14 Solid n e Bands Percent D Line 3 Solid i Moving Averages 4 Stochastic formula using Exponential Moving Average Default h Pivot Points PSAR Scaling amp Price Bars Ku AD CCl 5 Show Buy Sell Arrows Only When Indicator is Visible gt DMI ADX ma HVOL 6 jv Upper Threshold 80 Iv Lower Threshold 20 7 f Display Fast Stochastics mil MACD gil MOM OSV STRK E Current Chart Settings 1 1 _ Heb Cancel 1 Period To specify the number of days used in calculating the Fast Stochastics Indicator simply click on the box highlight the current number and type in a new value 2 Smoothing To specify the number of days used in calculating Smoothing simply click on the box highl
25. l signal Check the check box to see the line in the indicator window Lower Threshold number The crossing of the R line above this number is the buy signal Check the check box to see the line in the indicator window To Display the indicator in the chart window click the check box Ruler Bar See the Ruler Bar at the end of this section Preview Window This Window allows you to make changes and preview them before saving them Click on Apply to active charts if you would like to see your selecting settings on all the charts you have open Click on Restore Factory Defaults if you would like to restore original software settings Help Information from the Manual has been integrated into the software When clicking on the Help button and you will get specific documentation based on the location of the button You may also press F1 on your keyboard RSI Relative Strength Index Track n Trade Program Options Select Category Relative Strength Index RSI Em Global Settings Period Styl Col 155 My Default Settings 4 ero 2 yle olor iat Appearance Relative Strength Index 14 Solid m H i i 3 Average Calculation Moving Averages 3 Exponential Pivot Points Simple PSAR Wilder s Smoothing Scaling amp Price Bars AD amp Show Buy Sell Arrows Orly When Indicator is Visible H m m CCI DMI ADX 5 Iv Upper Threshold 70 iu HvOL V Lower Threshold 30 n r item G display ns OSV S
26. ll the charts you have open Click on Restore Factory Defaults if you would like to restore original software settings Help Information from the Manual has been integrated into the software When clicking on the Help button and you will get specific documentation based on the location of the button You may also press F1 on your keyboard HVOL Historic Volatility Track n Trade Program Options Select Category Historic Volatility HVOL lm Global Settings Period Styl Col 465 My Default Settings 1 me 2 BE Appearance Historic Volatility 14 sea Ed Bollinger Bands ae MAC Historic Volatility Ratio Moving Averages Pivot Points n PSAR Use Relative Scale tH Scaling amp Price B His HIT 3 f HVOL Relative Scale CCI DMI ADX MOM XR RSI STO VOL Ol Current Chart Settings 7 Apply to active charts Restore Factory Defaults 8 Help Cancel Period To specify the number of days used in calculating Historic Volatility simply click on the box highlight the current number and type in a new value Be sure to click on Ok to save your changes Style amp Color The Historic Volatility Line can be displayed as a solid dashed or dotted line Click on the drop down menu to specify the type of line style desired Next to the drop down menu is a color box click on this box to change the color of the line Use Relative Scale When choosing this option th
27. n Preview Window This Window allows you to make changes and preview them before saving them Click on Apply to active charts if you would like to see your selecting settings on all the charts you have open Click on Restore Factory Defaults if you would like to restore original software settings Help Information from the Manual has been integrated into the software When clicking on the Help button and you will get specific documentation based on the location of the button You may also press F1 on your keyboard Dranram yntinnc Program Options SSTO Slow Stochastics Track n Trade Program Options Select Category Slow Stochastics SSTO g fe Global Settings Period Smooth Styl Col 5 My Default Settings 1 SARA NY anak 3 We GOGE f Appearance Percent K Line 14 3 Solid Y m Bollinger Bands MAC Percent D Line 3 Solid E Moving Averages 4 Stochastic formula using Exponential Moving Average Default M Pivot Points PSAR Scaling amp Price Bars uj AD CCl 5 Show Buy Sell Arrows Only When Indicator is Visible X a DMI ADX iX HvOL 6 v Upper Threshold 80 v Lower Threshold 20 7 Display Slow Stochastics mil MACD mil MOM OSV STRAK P E Current Chart Settings 11 cem Cancel 1 Period To specify the number of days used in calculating the Slow Stochastics Indicator simply click on the box highlight the current number and type in a new value 2 Smoothing To
28. new color from the Color Palette Program Options 6 Check this box to Display the Moving Average Lines Only the lines checked above will show on the chart 7 Click on Apply to active charts if you would like to see your selected settings on all the charts you have open Click on Restore Factory Defaults if you would like to restore original software settings 8 Help Information from the Manual has been integrated into the software When clicking on the He p button and you will get specific documentation based on the location of the button You may also press F1 on your keyboard Pivot Points Track n Trade Program Options Select Category Pivot Points p B Global Settings 1 2 Sile Color 3465 My Default Settings Appearance Iv Second Resistance Line Solid 1H Bolli Band MET itii Iw First Resistance Line Solid Moving Averages Iw Pivot Point Line Solid PSAR v First Support Line Solid Scaling amp Price Bars V Second Support Line Solid AD CCI 3 Traditional COT Variation 1 mmi DMI AD V HV L Variation 2 MACD 4 Iv Show Text F3 to toggle ji MOM 05V STRK Show Historical Lines Show Line XR Daily r a v RSI Weekly li v Seasonals Monthly T r iv FSTO SSTO v 0I Current Chart Settings 6 Apply to active charts Restore factory defaults 1 Help Cancel 1 Pivot Point Lines Pivot Points are made up of 5 Lines You can specify preferences for each line independently
29. nt Size by clicking on a new size listed below Effects Add a Strikeout or Underline effect to the Default Font by checking one or both of these items Color Change the Color of the Default Font by clicking on the drop down arrow and selecting a new color Sample See a Preview of the newly created settings for the Default Font Script Change the Font Script by clicking on the drop down arrow and selecting a new Script Text Boxes This tool applies to the Text Tool only Click on the Change button too see the Font Window and change the Default Text Box settings 2 Line Options Line Color Change the Default Line Color used by all Track n Trade Tools by clicking on the color box and choosing a new color from the Windows Color Palette Line Style Change the Default Line Style to Solid Dashed Dotted and more by clicking on the drop down arrow and choosing a new style Line Thickness Change the Default Line Thickness used on all Track n Trade Tools by clicking on the drop down menu and choosing a new thickness 0 6 Arc Thickness Change the Default Arcs Thickness on the Track n Trade Tools that include Arcs An example is the 1 2 3 Tool Click on the drop down menu to select a new thickness 0 6 3 Background Color Change the Default Color used for backgrounds of tools that have background capabilities Click on the color box to choose a new color from the Windows Color Palette 4 Default Flag Change the
30. ntegrated into the software When clicking on the He p button and you will get specific documentation based on the location of the button You may also press F1 on your keyboard Bollinger Band Track n Trade Program Options Select Category Bollinger Bands lm Global Settings Period I 4 Dat Style Col My Default Settings 2 es 3 ma a 5 B e Appearance 1 Upper Band Solid a J i Bolinger Bendy MiddeBand 20 Simple Close s soia gt BH Moving Averages Lower Band Solid Pivot Points E PSAR 200 Deviation Scaling amp Price Bars AD CCI DMI ADX HVOL MACD MOM XR RSI STO VOL Ol E Current Chart Settings 6 Display Bollinger Bands 7 Apply to active charts Restore Factory Defaults 8 Help Cancel 1 Bands The Bollinger Band Indicator is made up of three lines on the chart They are Upper Middle amp Lower 2 Period Define the period interval for the Bollinger Band This value affects all three lines 3 Type The Bollinger Band Indicator can be based on a Simple Linearly Weighted or Exponentially Smoothed Average Click on the drop down menu to change the type of average 4 Data The average can be based on four values Open High Low or Close Click on the drop down menu to change the data option 5 Style amp Color Bollinger Band lines can be displayed as solid dashed or dotted lines Click on the drop down menu to specify the type of line
31. olume Open Interest line can be displayed as a solid dashed or dotted Click on the drop down menu to specify the type of line style desired Next to the drop down menu is the color box click on this box to open a panel and change the line color 2 Volume Bars If you would like to Display the Volume Indicator in two colors check this box 3 Scale Choose how you would like to view the VOL Indicator by selecting the radial button you prefer a Same Scale The VOL Indicator will not be proportional to the size of the indicator window b Individual Scale The VOL Indicator will be displayed with its highest value equal to 100 of the window 4 Status Bar Determines if the Volume or Open Interest is displayed in the status bar The opposite will be shown in the current price bar 5 To Display the indicator in the chart window click the check box 6 Ruler Bar See the Ruler Bar at the end of this section 7 Preview Window This Window allows you to make changes and preview them before saving them 8 Click on Apply to active charts if you would like to see your selecting settings on all the charts you open Click on Restore Factory Defaults if you would like to restore original software settings 9 Help Information from the Manual has been integrated into the software When clicking on the He p button and you will get specific documentation based on the location of the button You may also press F1 on your keyboard Rul
32. om the Color Palette b Highlight When holding down the SHIFT key while using the pointer tool you will see a vertical line highlighting the chosen trading day from the chart window through the Indicator Window To change the highlight color click on the color box and select a color from the Color Palette 6 Choose the value used to calculate the price bar change You may choose yesterday s open high low close or today s open high or low to compare to today s close If you would like to modify the colors of the ticks based on this change see step 5a 7T Proportional Tick Thickness When selected this feature increases the thickness of both chart price bars and indicator lines Fill All Candles When this feature is selected all of the candle bodies will be filled 8 Fill All Candles When this feature is selected all of the candle bodies will be filled 9 Buy Sell Arrows When this feature is selected the buy sell signals are enabled Also you have the option to see the arrows for the Full Contract or just the Last few months the number of months is put in the edit box 10 Print Background Color When printing you have the option to print the background 11 Click on Apply to active charts if you would like to see your selecting settings on all the charts you have open Click on Restore Factory Defaults if you would like to restore original software settings for this window 12 Help Information from the Manual has been i
33. ou may also press F1 on your keyboard CCI Commodity Channel Index Track n Trade Program Options Select Category Commodity Channel Index CCI i Global Settings Period Styl Col 5 5 My Default Settings 1 eno 2 yle olor Appearance Commodity Channel Index 20 Solid EB Bollinger Bands MAC Moving amp verages Pivot Points PSAR ais amp Price Bars 3 show Buy Sell Arrows Only When Indicator is Visible m CCI 4 Upper Threshold 1100 m DMI ADX Lower Threshold 1 100 m HVOL jim 5 Display Commodity Channel Index OSV STRAK XR j dne 6 7 Seasonals EN FSTO SSTO v DI Current Chart Settings 8 Apply to active charts Restore factory defaults j 9 Help Cancel Period To specify the number of days used in calculating CCI simply click on the box highlight the current number and type in a new value Style amp Color The CCI Line can be displayed as a solid dashed or dotted Click on the drop down menu to specify the type of line style To change the color click on the color box select the new color in the Color Palette R X xi The drop down menu for Show Buy Sell Arrows allows you to select either A ways Show Arrows or Only When Indicator is Visible to view the buy sell signals or Never Show Arrows to never see the CCI arrows Upper Threshold number The crossing of the CCI line below this number is a sell signal Check the check box to
34. our changes 2 Style amp Color The DMI Lines can be displayed as a solid dashed or dotted Click on the drop down menu to specify the type of line style desired Next to the drop down menu is a color box click on this box to change the color of the line 3 To display the Donchian Channel click the check box 4 Click on Apply to active charts if you would like to see your selecting settings on all the charts you have open Click on Restore Factory Defaults if you would like to restore original software settings 5 Help Information from the Manual has been integrated into the software When clicking on the Help button and you Will get specific documentation based on the location of the button You may also press F1 on your keyboard DMI ADX Directional Movement Index Track n Trade Program Options SPIE LP Directional Movement Index DMI g fe Global Settings Period Styl Col 1 My Default Settings 1 eno 2 am ANDE Appearance Dynamic Momentum Index 14 Bollinger Bands Positive Directional Movement DM Solid gt MAL Negative Directional Movement DM Sold H Moving amp Sen i ai ds Directional Indicator solid e Averaged Directional Index AD C Directional Index DX iv Relative Scale Show Buy Sell Arrows 5 Only When Indicator is Visible G Extreme Point Validation iv ADX Trend Strength 20 Pivot Points PSAR 3 Scaling amp Price Bars pm Turning Point Validation Kul MOM 1 OSV STRK
35. s and apply many settings quickly to a chart Creating a Theme To create a Theme simply select your desired settings within the three sections of settings Global My Defaults and Per Chart Next go to the Global Settings main page and select the Save Settings button Save settings to file Save in themes o amp File name Type Mame of File HERE Save as type Theme File tts M Cancel This will open the Save As window Choose a name for the file and click on the Save button The theme will be saved in the themes folder located in the Track n Trade Pro folder where you installed it Default location for the software is C Program Files Gecko Software Track n Trade Pro 4 0 To Apply a Theme Open the Program Options window Click on the Load settings button located on the Global Settings page This will open the themes directory Click on the theme file that you would like to apply by clicking on the Open button Long Term The Long Term section allows the user to define how long term charts are calculated There are two types of Long Term Charts Weekly and Monthly See the Long Term Charts Section for information on how these charts are generated and how to use them in your trading Track n Trade Program Options Select Category Long Term Charting Options ls Global Settings Weekly Long Term Options 4 Build Long Term Chart From Front Month Data v 5 My Default Settings 2 How much dat
36. specify the number of days used in calculating Smoothing simply click on the box highlight the current number and type in a new value 3 Style amp Color The Slow Stochastics Indicator lines can be displayed as a solid dashed or dotted Click on the drop down menu to specify the type of line style desired To change the line color click on the color box 4 Stochastic Formula Using Chose from the drop down menu the type of formula you prefer to be used The choices are the Exponential Moving Average and the Simple Moving Average For more information on the formulas used see the Slow Stochastics information under the Using Indicators Section 5 The drop down menu for Show Buy Sell Arrows allows you to select either Always Show Arrows or rack n Trade Pro 4 0 User Manual 243 10 11 Only When Indicator is Visible to view the buy sell signals or Never Show Arrows to never see the SSTO arrows Upper Threshold number The crossing of the D line above the 96K line is the sell signal and only confirmed if this crossing happened above the upper threshold number Check the check box to see the line in the indicator window Lower Threshold number The crossing of the D line below the K line is the buy signal and only confirmed if this crossing happened below the lower threshold number Check the check box to see the line in the indicator window To Display the Slow Stochastics indicators check the box by the
37. store Factory Defaults Cancel To open the My Default Settings folder Click on the plus sign to the left of the yellow My Default Settings folder and select the section you want to customize Track n Trade Pro 4 0 User Manual 219 Appearance This screen allows the user to change tick color options ruler paper options background changes and much more Track n Trade Program Options i x Select Category Chart Appearance P E Global Settings V Light Grid Li t Grid L Chart Back d amp F My Default Settings DEN n 4 AR N BRE l Appearance 1 IV Dark Grid Lines m Orders m Bollinger Bands Day Line First of week v mn MAC Option Expiration m Moving amp verages i Pivot Points 2 v Last Trading Date B 5 Price Bars PSAR First Notice Date i No Change d amp Price Bars 3 Ruler Text Marks mn Closed Lower Hi CCI Ruler Background EH Closed Higher m DMI ADX Highlight colors day v HVOL MACD 6 Bar color changes comparing previous close to current close m kerl Candlestick bars ignore this setting they use the current open m RSI FSTO T v Proportional Width Price Bars 8 Fill All Candles SSTO v Buy Sell Arrows ol FuilContract C Last 6 Months 1 Or Print Background Color 1 1 Apply to active charts Restore factory defaults 12 te 5 cm 1 Grid Lines and Day Line a Light amp Dark Grid Lines Select the check box in front of the line to display them on the
38. style Next to the drop down menu is the color box for the line Click on the color box to choose a new color from the Color Palette 6 Check this box to Display the Bollinger Bands 7 Click on Apply to active charts if you would like to see your selecting settings on all the charts you have open Click on Restore Factory Defaults if you would like to restore original software settings 8 Help Information from the Manual has been integrated into the software When clicking on the Help button and you will get specific documentation based on the location of the button You may also press F1 on your keyboard Track n Trade Program Options Select Category 10x8 and 3x3 Moving Average Convergence MAC im Global Settings 2 Period 3 Type 4 Data B sye My Default Settings Appearance 10x8 Line 1 10 Simple High M Solid Ei Moving Averages Pivot Points 1 PSAR Scaling amp Price Bars Gline 3 Simple r High gt Solid EN e Ae 3x3 Line2 3 Simple v flow Seid jg DMI ADX HVOL MACD MOM XR RSI STO VOL Ol ES Current Chart Settings _ 10x8 Line2 8 Simple z kow see NN Show 10x8 MAC Lines Show 3x3 MAC Lines 7 Apply to active charts Restore Factory Defaults 8 Help Cancel 1 Lines The 10x8 amp 3x3 MAC consists of two lines Each line s parameters may be changed independently in the options screen 2 Period The period values of the MAC Indicators are not
39. ton You may also press F1 on your keyboard MOM Momentum Track n Trade Program Options Select Category g Em Global Settings 5 My Default Settings itt Appearance Bollinger Bands MAC Moving Averages Pivot Points PSAR Scaling amp Price Bars E Current Chart Settings Momentum MOM Momentum Show Momentum as 3 Line Graph Histogram Graph 4 Period 2 Style Color 14 soa M 4 MOMMA Momentum Moving Average 28 Solid a 5 how Buy Sell Arrows Only When Indicator is Visible Y i amp Display Momentum Indicator 10 te amp Apply to active charts Restore factory defaults tees Period To specify the number of days used in calculating the Momentum or MOMMA Indicators simply click on the box highlight the current number and type in a new value Be sure to click on Ok to save your changes Style amp Color The Momentum Indicator Line when displayed as a Line Graph can be displayed as a solid dashed or dotted line Click on the drop down menu to specify the type of line style desired Next to the drop down menu is a color box click on this box to change the color of the line Show Momentum As Histogram Graph Momentum represented as a Time Progression Bar Chart Line Graph Momentum represented as Lines MOMMA Momentum Moving Average This is a moving average of the Momentum line To display the Buy signal the MOM line needs to cross abo
40. ts 4 Updated close lowest highest lowest PSAR Scaling amp Price Bars AD Asrow Buy Sell Arrows Only When Indicator is Visible M Bi CCI DMI ADX 5 Bi Upper Threshold 80 mE HVOL Lower Threshold 20 mE e tay 6 Display William s ZA OSV STRK sn 7 RSI Seasonals E53 My Default Settings 1 Period Psyke Color FSTO SSTO v DI E Current Chart Settings g 9 Apply to active charts Restore factory defaults 10 KT ce Tor _ gt gt gt r gt 10 Period To specify the number of days used in calculating the R simply click on the box highlight the current number and type in a new value Style amp Color The R line can be displayed as a solid dashed or dotted line Click on the drop down menu to specify the type of line style desired Click on the color box and color panel will open for you to specify the new color There are a couple different calculations used for the R Indicators click on the preferred calculation under the Calculation used in R section For more information on the different calculations see the Indicator Section under Williams 9o R The drop down menu for Show Buy Sell Arrows allows you to select either Always Show Arrows or Only When Indicator is Visible to view the buy sell signals or Never Show Arrows to never see the R arrows Upper Threshold number The crossing of the R line below this number is a sel
41. ve the MOMMA line and to display a Sell signal the a b ser Manua MOM line needs to cross below the MOMMA line If the MOMMA Line Style is None then the buy sell arrows will not be displayed The drop down menu for Show Buy Sell Arrows allows you to select either Always Show Arrows or Only When Indicator is Visible to view the buy sell signals or Never Show Arrows to never see the MOM arrows 6 To Display the indicator in the chart window click the check box Once the box is checked you may also select the box to display the MOMMA Indicator 7 Ruler Bar See the Ruler Bar at the end of this section 8 Preview Window This Window allows you to make changes and preview them before saving them Click on Apply to active charts if you would like to see O your selecting settings on all the charts you open Click on Restore Factory Defaults if you would like to restore original software settings 10 Help Information from the Manual has been integrated into the software When clicking on the Help button and you will get specific documentation based on the location of the button You may also press F1 on your keyboard eR Williams Percent R Track n Trade Program Options Select Category Williams Percent R R ly Global Settings Appearance William s Percent R XR 14 soi E Bollinger Bands MAC Calculation used in R Moving Averages 3 Common highest close highest lowest Pivot Poin
42. xtra Smoothed option to test it s accuracy for yourself Its relationship to the MACD is similar to the relationship between the Fast and Slow Stochastics so think of this indicator as the Fast MACD To display the Buy signal the MACD line needs to cross above the Trigger line and the cross needs to happen above zero To display a Sell signal the MACD line needs to cross below the Trigger line and the cross needs to happen below zero If the Trigger Line Style is None then the MACD arrows are determined with the crossing of the MACD line over zero To buy the MACD line will go above zero and to sell it will drop below zero The drop down menu for Show Buy Sell Arrows allows you to select either Always Show Arrows or Only When Indicator is Visible to view the buy sell signals or Never Show Arrows to never see the MACD arrows To Display the indicator in the chart window click the check box Ruler Bar See the Ruler Bar at the end of this section Preview Window This Window allows you to make changes and preview them before saving them Click on Apply to active charts if you would like to see your selecting settings on all the charts you have open Click on Restore Factory Defaults if you would like to restore original software settings Help Information from the Manual has been integrated into the software When clicking on the N 5 Help button and you will get specific documentation based on the location of the but
43. yboard Scaling amp Price Bars Track n Trade Program Options Select Category Chart Scaling and Price Bar Style g lm Global Settings Horizontal Scaling E53 My Default Settings Each price bar style can have separate horizontal scaling attributes 1H Appearance Apps Bands Ht Scales to 15 days per inch Draw dark grid every E days MAC f Moving Averages pr Scalesto 15 days per inch Draw dark grid every lg days H Pivot Points PSAR Scales ta 15 days per inch Draw dark grid every E days Scaling amp Price Bars g amp Price Dars Tr TN to s cessere pee a eet B m CCI DMI ADX 3 HVOL MACD Price Bar 2 m HH ez Tick M M Vertical Scaling XR ASI Charts are always auto scaled when they are opened STO Autoscale Charts automatically re scales charts to visible high and low VOL Ol Current Chart Settings 4 Apply to active charts Restore Factory Defaults 5 Help Cancel 1 This section allows you to select your own preferences on scaling You can select different scaling on each tick style OHLC HLC Close or Candlestick You can select how many days are in one inch on your charts as well as when the dark grid lines appear 2 The Price Bar determines what style of tick is shown on your charts This also can be selected by right clicking on your open chart and selecting OHLC HLC Close or Candlestick The no tick option is only availa
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