User Manual - InterTrader
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1. Bar FOr 4 TS pa 100 units Daily Indicator Backtest 1 To create an alert you have to click first on the E IT Finance com Data 1s real time Cict Moy Dec 2007 Ad va Su _ N TEs Pt QA 16 ITCharts Advanced Quick Manual Information Technology for Finance A new window appears in which you can define all the characteristics of your alert let s set an alert for a EUR USD price above 1 2994 Alert settings Sid Add condition EUR USD Spot Time unit Daily Price 1 E Value iw Current period _ condition 1 Trigger Real time iv Signal Undefined i Ph 3 Activate now C Store for future activation Mew J Cancel T Finarte com Data is real time Oct Moy Dec 2007 a asso Aa 17 ITCharts Advanced Quick Manual Information Technology for Finance 2 Let s create now another alert based on 2 conditions EUR USD price below its 20 day simple moving average that has already been drawn in blue on the chart Condition 1 and when MACD 12 26 9 price is above its signal Condition 2 To create Condition 1 simply repeat step 1 and select Boll middle in the drop down menu as shown below Alert settings Add condition EUR USD Spot Time unit condition 1 Price Moving average Price 1 IEEE Boll up 4 Signal ur Boll down 1 2 Boll middle 1 a Activate now J Store er rare activation Mew J Cancel 18 ITCharts Advan2. JUN FINANCE Information Technology for Finance ITCharts Advanced Quick Manual ITCharts Advanced Quick Manual Information Technology for Finance Contents PPVEE OG UG Cl OW eenean a EE E aE A EEE 2 Customization EXAMPIES ccccecceeeeeeceeceeeceeeeneeeeceeseneeeecensonseeesensonecneceasonsonsesonseeesesensaeags 2 Toolbar COSCUI OG OU aes cacscec cee ceeccen ccc acsncedanat snccneandanncee seaesecunacaruesteususecanacescesanacevaeeceoescecsare 11 Cursor Mode Default Mode cccccccsesceceececceeeecseseeceuseceeeensueecsaeeeseueessuseessaeecsaeeseeseesenseeeeenas 11 CNS ALS AAO e ecetocte EE E E EEE A 11 LONA O E C as s ee e EEE e P E EEE RETER 11 Drawing a segment or a NINC cc cecceceeccsececescceseecessceseeseusenseeeeaeesueesaeesaueesaeeseseenesecseeteesuesensensans 11 Drawing FIDOMACCI MMC S serie EEE EEE O EE E ORE 11 MOINS CS E E A ae wren E A ti ati anodes E N E E E O a A 12 COPYING AOD eat ee greiner EE EEE E EE EE E EER 12 Moving anm ODOC eeen E A ge namenemubeaudennamtansat 12 Deleng an TO eset career E E E E E a EE E E EA tip EEE 12 Changing the options of AN ODJECT ccc ecccceccecseeeeseeeeeseeeeeeeeeeseeeeeseeeeseeeeseeeesseeeeeseeeeesaeeseeseeegeenes 12 create JIEN Sore E EEE E 16 ITCharts Advanced Quick Manual Information Technology for Finance Introduction The following presentation will help you understand the basics of ITCharts Advanced in just a few minutes Pl
3. to click on New Alert settings Eok Add condition EUR USD Spot Time unit Daily iStoch eK 1 __ 52 5805 b y Value w 54 6567 current period 7 Trigger Realtime Signal Undefined i fh condition 1 3 Activate now C Store for future activation Stochastic 1435 5 Mos Dec al 38 Qo Note that if you modify a drawn line that is used for an alert the characteristics of the corresponding alert change accordingly Note that you can also make modifications on the chart included in the above window as if it was a normal chart window change scale modify drawn lines 22 ITCharts Advanced Quick Manual Information Technology for Finance The current status of the alerts we have just created is available in the Alerts status window You can launch this window from the Display menu available with a right click on the chart 3 alerts have been created and one of them id 1 has 2 conditions Notice the different display between visualised alerts and those that have been triggered but not yet visualised Rear FOYT O ra 100 units Daily Indicator Backtest Display Alerts status Chart settings Settings Price Maximize Price Restore Price Noy Dec 2007 al oe a S amp JANNAA Alerts status a Marne Reference 1 Ret Status Period EURVUSD Spot Bollinger Triggered Lots of customizable alerts can be created within a few clic
4. Background even days Background todd days Text C Scale background Scale text O Display indicator name Always i Vertical scale density Normal Horizontal grid vertical grid Close Click on the color and select any other of your choice When you select Always the names of indicator will always be shown on the charts Click the option Horizontal grid to enable the horizontal Grid Click the option Vertical grid to enable the vertical Grid en SX You can come back to the optimized view by clicking on this icon A A Click on to zoom out or to Zoom in 15 ITCharts Advanced Quick Manual Information Technology for Finance Create alerts You can create alerts based on a specific price of a security a specific price of a customized indicator the crossing of a customized line with a customized indicator the crossing of a customized indicator with another customized indicator An alert may be either a single condition of the ones listed above or be made up of several conditions which happen simultaneously All kinds of alerts are possible Here are the steps needed to create an alert a icon of the tools menu shown below BIR 4 4 ROY 4 SD Then click on the chart of the security you wish to create an alert for For example if you want to create an alert on the EUR USD price you should click on the blue area outlined below
5. O LY Le Highlight value on Y axis M17 Finance cam Data is real time MACD 12269 J O of Short term MA 12 A O O Long term MA 26 2 Relative strength index RSh 14 B a ma Signal nbr periods gf Bl Apply to Close w Crt Adve Su lose Note that you can hide the indicators titles by unchecking Always display Indicator Titles in charts on the Chart settings menu ITCharts Advanced Quick Manual Information Technology for Finance Let s move the Relative Strength Index window above the MACD window Left click on the Relative Strength Index title outlined below in red hold down and move the mouse upwards until you see the rectangle outlined in blue Oar OY 4S O pa 100 units Daily w Indicator Backtest Relative strength index rif I Swap Relative strength index RSI Relative strength index RSM M ___ Oct fie Oct2006 Nov Dec 2007 aos a S amp iW Aaa Note that you can also enlarge the Relative Strength Index window by left clicking on the white blank between Price window and Relative Strength Index window holding down and moving the mouse upwards ITCharts Advanced Quick Manual Information Technology for Finance Rav FOXY 4S O ra 100 units Daily O Indicator Backtest woms FOS Al T a a A Oct daw fer 2007 A a ok ARAA peas L LEA 2 pa 100 units Daily Indicat
6. You will obtain this new window gl 4 B Se lt Save or delete Ctri yy w Detault template Click on Save or delete ee el a ee aL Save or delete Ctri yy Jo Defaut template 13 ITCharts Advanced Quick Manual Information Technology for Finance The following window will appear Template Saved templates Template to be saved or deleted l SAYE l Delete l Cancel Click in the blue box and type in a name Work 1 for example to save your template Finally click on Save Template Saved templates Template to be saved or deleted I orkt Saye Delete Cancel Whenever you want to load it again simply click on this icon gl The name will appear in the drop down menu A F Aa Sail Save or delete Ctr y work 1 F1 Defaut template 14 ITCharts Advanced Quick Manual Information Technology for Finance 4 ve When you click on this icon you will have access to a tools library to use in your technical analysis You can also add text comments on it Click on this icon to save the new elements drawn on the graph supports texts resistances Click on this icon and set the width and height of the image of the chart You can either save it on your PC or print it Image generation Image size width 800 Height 600 Prit Save Cancel A Click on this icon to set the properties of the graph Chart settings Chats
7. ced Quick Manual Information Technology for Finance To create Condition 2 click on Add condition see button on image above then click again on the blue area outlined below and fill in the limit in the Value box shown on the second image below Finally click on New R Aar 4 LETA k pz 100 units v Daily O IndicatorBacktest Oct Bow Dec 2007 Feb 19 ITCharts Advanced Quick Manual Information Technology for Finance Alert settings Sieg Add condtion EUR USD Spot Time unit Daily Condition 1 MACD minus Signal 1 Condition 2 l l E value 0 2015 0 0015 Current period iv Delete condition Trigger Real time Signal Undefined Ph 3 Activate now _ Store for future activation Pien If Cancel MACD 12269 5 5 T Finance com Data is real Hrne Mor Dec as ne 20 ITCharts Advanced Quick Manual Information Technology for Finance Let s add another alert on the Stochastic Indicator the alert should be triggered when the Stochastic K crosses the red line shown below Click on the icon of the tools menu and click on the red line Way OY TMD pa 100 units x Daily Indicator Backtest Oct Novy Dec 2007 A A Fage IEA 21 ITCharts Advanced Quick Manual Information Technology for Finance The characteristics of the alert are automatically filled as shown below and you just need
8. draw lines is similar to the method of segment drawing clicking on the left button of your mouse to successively define two points by which the line should go through The icon still allows you to draw a line but the drawn line will this time be horizontal The icon allows you to draw a vertical line E Drawing Fibonacci lines Select the Fibonacci levels icon and left click on two points in the chart to define the two extremes of the Fibonacci levels E A series of horizontal lines are drawn at the Fibonacci levels of 0 0 23 6 38 2 50 61 8 and 100 of the trend line Fibonacci levels can be customized using the Edit and Configure the object characteristics feature 11 ITCharts Advanced Quick Manual Information Technology for Finance F Typing text Clicking on the icon allows you to add text on the charts Once the icon is pressed down you can click anywhere on the charts to type your text A window will automatically open allowing you to select the text s font size style and color Click on OK to confirm your choice Bear in mind that you can modify the place in which the text is situated refer to paragraph H and the style options of the text refer to paragraph J G Copying an object The icon wv represents two parallel lines This button allows you indeed to make a copy of any line but also of any text element on your chart Simply click on the object to copy and click anywhere else on the c
9. ds on the duration option you have chosen 1 day of quotations will obviously take less time to load than 5 years of quotations Note that you can also select the quantity of quotes to load in terms of units One unit corresponds to one trading day 50 units therefore correspond to 50 trading days or 10 weeks of quotations Tip we advise you to create at least 2 templates please refer to the corresponding section The first template could use few data and will hence load quickly The second one could use more data to make more detailed analyses ITCharts Advanced Quick Manual Information Technology for Finance Timescale representation of each candlestick or bar chart Changing the timescale resolution will directly affect the meaning of each candlestick or bar chart or any other dot as chosen in the Style drop down menu in the My Indicators menu The timescale resolution defines the number of time units which one candlestick contains For instance each candlestick will represent 5 minutes of trading orders if you select 5 minutes in the drop down menu named View Note that you have the choice between minutes hours daily weekly monthly and yearly resolution Calculation method in weekly representation for instance the open high low close prices are respectively the Monday opening the highest the lowest and the Friday close of each week The volume in this mode is the sum of the volumes of the 5 trad
10. ease check that you understand each of the steps so as to make a pleasant experience out of ITCharts Advanced ITCharts Advanced can be fully customizable it is possible to change colours style scale type add indicators switch indicators change indicators parameters make comparisons between securities or resize indicators windows Customization examples Here are some examples of customization Let s begin with a 3 month closing line view of EUR USD without any indicators Let s change from a closing line view to a candlesticks view There are actually two possibilities either right click on the closing EUR USD line and select Settings Price or left click on the tool outlined in blue below Both actions launch the Settings Price window kh ay Dy ad i e pz 100 unita Daily w Indicator Backtest MlT Finance cam Data is a Uh T _ Oct Noy EO Noy 2006 Dec 2007 84 8 Sg EE T E E Qt Q ITCharts Advanced Quick Manual Information Technology for Finance Next click on the Style drop down menu and choose Candlestick Settings Price Eg Add w P Add it a Colors uptrend f dawntrend O Colors even foul days Color uptrend E Color dow ntrengd Style Bar chart HI Histogram Points Invisible Ear chat lt o candlestick Mountain Candle olume Equity olume kagi Point and Figure Renko Three line break Heikin 4
11. hart to paste the new object Notice that when you approach an object this object turns to light blue indicating that you can already click with your left mouse button to select it this prevents you from having to aim precisely on the object giving you a wider area in which to click H Moving an object The button r is very similar to the previous one in the sense that instead of copying an object the same procedure will move any object you have selected This feature is very much like the cut and paste function in word processing software Deleting an object Clicking on this icon T and then on any object text or line will delete it Note again that when you approach an object it turns to light blue indicating that you can already left click to delete it J Changing the options of an object The icon aS allows you to change the options of an object whether it be a text element or a line Click on the object to modify and a window opens to let you modify the characteristics of this object style font size and colour for text width colour style and limits for lines E Click on this icon to change the colour This feature is very useful to draw support and resistance with different colours E Select this icon to enable disable the icons of the icon bar 12 ITCharts Advanced Quick Manual Information Technology for Finance A dss ea Se a AAA We describe the function of the f
12. ing days of each week Bear in mind that changing timescale resolution affects all graphs indicators and trend lines 10 ITCharts Advanced Quick Manual Information Technology for Finance Toolbar description A Cursor Mode Default Mode The icon corresponds to the Cursor Standard Mode which is selected by default Click on the left button of the mouse wherever on the charts hold down and move your cursor to move the charts It can be helpful when you want to display some future B Create an Alert ui 1 The icon allows you to create an alert Click on the bell and then in the chart displaying the security upon which the alert will be set C Zooming into the chart n The icon amp is the zoom button Click on the left button of the mouse to set the first date of the time period on which you wish to zoom in Move the mouse rightwards and left click again to set the second date Note that on a zoomed view you can use the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of the chart to see quotes from other dates with the same zoomed view D Drawing a segment ora line The icon a representing a segment allows you to draw segments Click on the left button of the mouse to define the first point of your segment Then move the mouse cursor and left click again to define the second point of the segment The icon x representing a longer segment than the previous icon allows you to draw lines The method to
13. irst icon When you click on this icon you access to this pull down menu Alas a So onts Cursor type a wf Cursor mode after each drawing Drawing assistance w Lines displayed on interior time units w Display Cursor details on chart windows Display objects Set time Zone and trading hours Contextual help Select display Cursor details on chart windows there s a new window In this one you can read some informations about the price open high low close and the levels of the indicators Click on Cursor type you access to a new pull down menu and you have the choice for the style of cursor Circles Line Cross None When you select cursor mode after each drawing you obtain the cursor after each line drawing When this option is not selected you can draw several lines on after the other Drawing assistance can be selected help you in drawing supports and resistances each time you place the mouse cursor near a specific quote price extrema close open or near an indicator specific value Bollinger oscillator the first value used to draw the line will be this specific value and the drawing assistance will help you in selecting the second point needed to draw the line When you select display objects the icon bar and the pull down menu will be visible Click again on the option and the objects mentioned will be hidden Let s take a look at the second icon To save your templates you click on gl l
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15. or Backtest Nov Dec 2007 al oF ee ITCharts Advanced Quick Manual Information Technology for Finance You can define two different parameters the amount of historic data to load Duration and the time scale View for the charts you are viewing Was PHY S 1 day Tick by tick Price e O O 2 days x ticks 1 week 1 second 1 month Cx minutes 3 months 1 minute rity el uas a 1year 2 minutes 2 Years 3 mintes Ta 2 pr mru Wears mintes E 5 T Finance com Date is 10 years ell 10 minutes Relative strength index Ri 30 years 15 minutes 25 units 30 minutes ol 30 units ee hour a ere n 50 units 2 hours PS unita 3 hours 100 unta 4 hours MACD 12 26 9 JA A 120 units 150 unta o 200 units E I zi 500 unita Mess Giuarterly 2007 ml F all data Yearly Bp Qt a Duration selection of the amount of data to load This option is available in both Intraday and End of Day mode It defines the quantity of data you wish to load For instance if you wish to have 2 years of quotations loaded into your software you should select 2 Years in the drop down menu named Duration Changing the chartered stock will not affect the selection in terms of the duration option in the same example if you have loaded 2 years of historical data for a security say Vodafone then switching for another stock say Microsoft will load 2 years of data The time to load the data therefore directly depen
16. s _ FIN A NCE ITCharts Advanced Quick Manual Information Technology for Finance R Qy Al FY i Eis ra 100 units Daily Indicator Backtest me FOO per g a fi 3057 Li fi h 1 2946 Sone 205 Ty i E E E Bi 4 E iii Lt E i nan 5 T Finance com Data is real time MACD 12 269 1 Poe 0 002 Oct Nov Dec 2007 ELEL JARA A BR 2B A x ito i ra 100units Daily wa BEZE 5 T Finance com Data is real time MACD 2269 A A amp G I I I I I Mow Dec O07 Feb har ict Note You can come back to the optimized view by clicking on the icon N FIN ANCE ITCharts Advanced Quick Manual Information Technology for Finance Let s introduce a 14 days Relative Strength Index Left click on the Indicator Backtest button that is at the top right position of the charting window select Relative Strength Index Let s change MACD histogram to a two lines MACD view Click on the tool outlined below to change the properties of the MACD Select MACD minus Signal then click on Style drop down menu and select Invisible Then select Signal then click on Style drop down menu and select Finally select MACD then click on Style drop down menu and select Settings MACD fx ri 2 Oe Color uptrend pa 100 unts ay Pa aK ia Color downtrend Horizontal line Ss Ea p
17. shi Let s introduce now a 5 days moving average 20 days Bollinger and standard Parabolic SAR on the EUR USD candlestick chart Launch the Settings Price window and click on Add drop down menu to include them one by one Make sure you have on the left side of the Settings Price window Moving average Parabolic SAR and Boll up Boll down Boll middle ITCharts Advanced Quick Manual Information Technology for Finance Click on Moving average and set Nbr periods to 5 Please note that you can also change other settings of the Moving average depending on your needs Here is an example with a thicker line trait a blue colour and a Exponential Method Settings Price Ed Color uptrend ne Farab SAR Color dow ntrend sae E Boll nen ie Boll middle 1 32603 Toz 1 3057 k Fk 1 2946 Highlight value on axis 1 283 Nbr periods 55 t 126 Horizontal shitt ike 5 T Finance cam Data is reali ee Vertical shift olz MACD 12289 2 O O ical shift 9 SS 0 002 Apply to Close Oct ao A Sit Delte Close Note that you can resize the horizontal scale by clicking on the left button of the mouse in the red rectangle outlined below by holding down left button and moving the mouse to the left or to the right You can also resize the vertical scale by clicking on the left button of the mouse in the blue rectangle outlined below holding down left button and moving the mouse upwards or downward
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