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Time Interval (Daily above) - Sets the chart aggregation (period) that each bar on the chart represents
Date Range(calendar icon) - Sets a custom date range
Studies - Add a study / technical indicator to the chart
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Compare - You can add up to three other symbols for price comparison directly on the chart.
f(x) - You can plot an expression or common futures spread by clicking on the "f(x)" button
Save chart (camera) - Download or share the chart image via Twitter
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Trade - Opens the trading interface, allowing you to execute directly from the chart
Right Click Options
A menu will display that will allow customization of the chart after right clicking anywhere inside the chart.
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Many of the chart’s Toolbar features can be accessed using the right click menu. This menu will allow you to remove the crosshair (is applied as default) and change how bar data is displayed using the Tooltip menu. Floating tooltip will display the bar’s data in the upper right corner of the chart by default.
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As you key in a symbol, a list of suggested symbols will display below the search field.
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You can opt to display dividends, earnings and splits on chart when applicable (Securities only).
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When selected, you can hover your cursor over the D (dividends), E (earnings) or S (splits) boxes and display that symbol’s event data on that day.
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You can also right click on the chart and apply Events as well.
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Symbol Search and Expression Entry
Type in a futures symbol, futures root symbol, keyword or instrument name and you will see a list of suggested symbols.
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Use the arrow icons to expand and collapse different asset classes and symbol groupings.
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By clicking on the f(x) button, you can insert your own custom expression or use a preconfigured one.
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Below are some helpful rules when creating your own custom expression:
symbols - must be enclosed in "curly brackets". Examples: {ZC*1} {ESU17} {IBM} {^EURUSD}
constants: any floating point number like 2.35; note that we don't support "scientific" notation (for example 1.72E5)
operators:
unary operator - (negation) so you may enter -2 + 1 and are not forced to type 1 - 2
binary operators:
+ (addition)
- (subtraction)
* (multiplication)
/ (division)
^(power)
These are listed in order from lowest to highest precedence (multiplication and division will always happen before addition and subtraction, unless grouped by parentheses).to make sure precedence is correct, parentheses ( and ) can be used; for example 2 ^ 2 + 3 = 7 but 2 ^ (2 + 3) = 32
Events
When selected, the chart will show dividends, earnings or splits on the applicable date.
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When hovering over the bar of the even, the data view will display that event’s value.
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Time Interval
The Interval (sometimes referred to as the period) defines the amount of data represented by each bar. For example, selecting a Time Interval of "15 minutes" results in a chart with a bar drawn at every 15 minute interval. lick the Interval drop-down list at the top of the chart (this appears just to the left of the Study button) and select from an option shown.
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For Daily / Weekly / Monthly / Quarterly / Yearly: Shows the historical trading activity only for the contract specified.
For Daily Nearest / Weekly Nearest / Monthly Nearest / Quarterly Nearest / Yearly Nearest: Builds a historical chart using the nearest contract. The nearest contract is the closest unexpired contract for the underlying commodity, where every chart bar represents the front month at that point in history.
For Daily Continue / Weekly Continue / Monthly Continue / Quarterly Continue / Yearly Continue: Builds a historical chart using the same month specified for the original contract. For example, if the symbol is ZSX13 (Soybeans November 2013), the chart is built using all previous November contracts for Soybeans (ZSX13, ZSX12, ZSX11, ZSX10 etc).
cmdtyView has a Custom bar feature that will allow you to create bars based on a predetermined number of minutes. Below is a 120 minute (two hour) chart.
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You can also right click on the chart and change the time frame as well.
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Range Bars: custom bars available include ticks (trades), custom intraday (custom periods per bar), seconds per bar (user defined seconds per bar), custom ticks (user defined amount of ticks per bar), custom volume (user defined amount of volume per bar), custom range (user defined range per bar)
Date Range
You may set a custom date range for a specific aggregation by clicking the Calendar icon. First, choose whether you want to see Intraday, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Quarterly, then choose "Date" from the period drop-down list. You can then enter a beginning and ending date range.
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Studies
cmdtyView allows you to add an unlimited number of studies on a chart. Studies are classified as either Overlay studies (plotted in the same pane as the symbol data) or Stand-alone studies (a study that uses a different price scale than that of the underlying symbol). When you add a study to a chart, It is added using default parameter and color settings. You may change these settings by editing the study. After clicking on the Studies button, overlay studies will appear first and you can scroll through the list using the scroll bar. You can search for s specific study by using the search for study box.
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You can also right click on the chart and select Add Study to apply an indicator.
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When you add a study to a chart, It is applied using default parameter and color settings. Once a study is applied, you can change the settings by clicking on the Study name in the upper right corner of the chart (for overlaid studies) and below the chart for standalone studies.
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Note: A tool tip option must be selected in order for the chart study to be edited.
When viewing a study’s Parameters, the periods can be customized and the colors displayed can be changed or hidden.
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To remove a study you can click on the “x” next to the study name.
When a Stand-alone study is added, it appears as a separate pane underneath the symbol's data. Chart panes are divided by a separator (or padded bar), which can be dragged and dropped to change the size of each pane.
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When you hover over the Draw button in the chart menu you will see the available tools that can be added to the chart.
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You can also right click on the chart to add drawings as well.
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Once a tool is selected, place your cursor where you wish the line to start, left-click and drag over the chart, releasing your mouse where the line should end.
You can left click and drag anywhere on the tool and move it to your desired location.
After right clicking on a tool a menu will display.
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You can change the the tool (when applicable) to dashes using the first line button.
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The width of the tool can be changed using the second line button.
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The color can be changed by clicking on the color button (default color is orange).
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The More button will allow you to display the tool’s prices, bar count, percent difference and extend either end of the tool.
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You can remove a tool by left clicking on the Tool and then hitting the delete button on your keyboard.
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Note: Once left clicked on, “handles” will appear on either end of the tool.You may change these settings by clicking on the applied study and editing the parameters.
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For more info on the studies available, please click here.
Drawing Tools
Apply a number of different tools to the chart by clicking on Draw in the main toolbar.
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Left click on a applied tool to move adjust the location and right click to edit the tool’s coloration or range and count.
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You can remove a tool by left clicking on the Tool and then hitting the delete button on your keyboard.
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Note: Once left clicked on, “handles” will appear on either end of the tool.
Plot Type
By default, charts in cmdtyView are set to candlestick. Click on ‘Candlestick’ to view the bay types available.
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Compare
A Comparison chart allows you to enter up to four different symbols to overlay onto the chart's base symbol for price and trend comparisons. The result is one chart with the price data of all the symbols represented.
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Comparison charts can display the price scales of each symbol, or you can choose to produce a chart of percent changes between symbols. Each symbol is represented by a different color on the chart.
Save Chart
Copy or download the chart’s URL or tweet the chart using the ‘Camera’ icon.
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Print Chart
Use the ‘Printer’ icon to print. Complete the information in the Print dialog box, and click Print.
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Percent Change
Use the ‘%' button to change the chart’s scale to percent change.
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Settings
Click on the ‘cogwheel’ icon to pull up the chart settings dialogue.
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On the main dialogue, you change the plot type, bar coloring rule (close to close or open to close), bar color selection, and contract roll method. Opt to roll based on volume and open interest from month to month or on a set days to expiration for futures.
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Under the Display section, update font size, axis settings and opt to remove the chart legend (current session’s data)
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Chart Template creation can be found in the settings. After configuring a chart to desired specifications, you can create a saved template that can be then applied to other charts across the platform by setting it as a Default Template.
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When a standalone study is applied, you can customize the study by clicking on Pane 2. Pane 1 will take you back to the Global display for chart.
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Right Click Options
Many of the features avialine in the main toolbar and settings can used via the right click context menu. A menu will display that will allow customization of the chart after right clicking anywhere inside the chart.
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