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New IQFeed, New Options for HA Study, DYO for Rising/Falling Colors in Section, Scrolling Through Charts/Symbols, ESPL |
Feb 7 , 2007
16:32 Ensign Howard: Welcome to training class.... this is Howard, the owner of Ensign Software.... I will be the instructor today. Let me begin by covering a list of all the New things available:
16:33 Ensign Howard: 1st: The folks at DTN.IQ have released a new version of IQFeed.... which can be downloaded from the Download page of our web site. The IQFeed version is now 4.2.0.7...... so if you use the DTN.IQ or IQFeeds, please upgrade to this new release by clicking the link on our download page for IQFeed.
http://www.ensignsoftware.com/download.htm
16:35 Ensign Howard: 2nd: There is a newer version of the EDS program. This is a minor upgrade with simple changes such as having better defaults for the Port and Address already in place. The FXCM and Cybertrader feeds have run very well this past week. We have 100% up time with the FXCM feed once we got it back on line last week after class.
16:37 Ensign Howard: Mike has made some changes and we have higher hopes now that the problem which caused the feed to be down last Wednesday late afternoon have been resolved and will not happen again. Today we had 116 simultaneously users connected to the FXCM feed, which is excellent for our 1 month anniversary of the release of this feed to our users.
16:38 Ensign Howard: If you are not yet experiencing the FXCM forex feed, it is simple to set up and use. This web page has the details.
http://www.ensignsoftware.com/help/fxcm.htm
16:38 Ensign Howard: Any questions or feedback about the FXCM feed?
16:40 scotte: Can it run at the same time as the IB feed?
16:40 Ensign Howard: Yes scotte, can be run simultaneously with any of the supported vendor feeds.
16:39 skg: Thank you for the great job this last week....FXCM has been running great!
16:39 Ensign Howard: 3rd new item is Ensign Windows has been updated with a version for today. Changes of late have been rather minor, but still appreciated by the one who asked for a change or improvement.
http://www.ensignsoftware.com/whatsnew.htm
16:41 Ensign Howard: One change is a check box option for a modified Schiff line on the Andrews Pitchfork. On the What's New page is a link to an example of the modified Schiff line.
16:42 Ensign Howard: Another minor addition was 2 new Study Flags for the Heikin-Ashi study to indicate whether the HA candle body is covered by the regular bar candle body, or still visible behind it. Some, like Buffy, might make use of that new study flag. (This flag does NOT round HA Study to nearest tick before comparing it to price.)
16:43 Ensign Howard: Any questions about the changes of late to the program?
16:44 Ensign Howard: 4th new item is that Ensign Software has moved to a nicer office in Idaho Falls, and the new address is 113 Stillwater Drive, Idaho Falls, ID 83404
16:44 Ensign Howard: This address can be found on the Contact Us page of the web site.
http://www.ensignsoftware.com/help/support.htm
16:45 cos: Congrats on the better move for you Howard.
16:46 Ensign Howard: Press the CTRL+Q keys to post ? key by your nickname and I will call on you for your question.
DYO Rising/Falling Colors in Section
16:46 Ensign Howard: mow, your ?
16:47 MakesOwnWeather: Ensign Howard, I would like to thank you for all the help you have given me so far. I have two challenges today and I am very close to ending my DYO building as my workspace is almost complete. Those challenges are:
1. Sometimes when I have several indicator lines (for example several STO or WMA lines) and they are in the same spot on the screen, I can not tell the color of one or two of them as they are obscured by some third indicator line. Sometimes the obscured line is the last object in the object list. So the challenge is that I would like to be able to put the color of the indicator lines in a "square" or message area somewhere --- so by the color of the "square" I can tell it the line is rising or falling.
2. My other challenge is that I would like to build a DYO which "flashes" a message (in someplace other than Sections 1 to 7 as I have them taken for now) when 2 of three WMA are rising and another message when all three WMAs are rising.
16:48 Ensign Howard: mow, the studies calculate and draw in the sequence order you have the objects on the chart objects list (CTRL+O for list). So if multiple studies share the same panel, the one that is higher on the list calculates first and paints first. You can layer the studies by their order on the list. You are asking if a study can put a unique color in one of the Section areas at the bottom of the chart?
16:49 MakesOwnWeather: Yes, I know but still the last object is sometimes obscured. Usually using "fuzzy line" obscures another line which is in back of it on the list. You can look at the example which I send via email when you have time. Anyway, would it be possible to get a DYO to put the rising falling of the line color. Yes --- to tell rising - falling of a line by color.
16:51 Ensign Howard: One suggestion is to use solid lines instead of the fuzzy line because the fuzzy line is 20 pixels in width. The solid line selections are 1 to 5 pixel widths
16:51 MakesOwnWeather: Section areas are OK as I will just live with it.
16:51 Ensign Howard: ok, let me try to find an answer for the section color, 1 moment
16:52 MakesOwnWeather: Yes, I laughed at the fuzzy line when you presented it. But, the joke is on me because I have found them VERY useful in seeing charts.
16:55 Ensign Howard: Here is simple example to teach principle. Chart has moving average, and then a DYO. The DYO property is shown, and the Line Logic for the Section 1 message will be the Label from Line A or from Line B
16:56 MakesOwnWeather: Excellent. I can use this. Thank you!
16:56 Ensign Howard: When Line A is True the message will be the Line A label of Rise and the background color will be Yellow. When the study line is falling, the Line B label of Fall and the color of pink will be used. Now let me go back and read your 2nd question.
16:57 Ensign Howard: Your 2nd question can be solved by using a Study Alert, and it has an Alert Message that can show at the top of the chart. This message area can be shared with other study alerts. And the alert can have its Auto Remove box checked so it is removed when the condition is no longer true.
16:59 MakesOwnWeather: I looked at the study alerts, but could not figure the and/or logic to display the message.
16:59 Ensign Howard: You can use Panel A for the study flag for one of the lines rising
16:59 Ensign Howard: You can use panel B for the test of the other study line rising and the condition is A AND B. That way the alert message shows when both lines are rising or the study alert can read the flag written to a GV by a DYO that does more complex logic
17:00 MakesOwnWeather: And, the third line? Where does that get tested?
17:01 Ensign Howard: Here the section message just changed in real-time to Fall in pink -- it caught my eye
17:05 Ensign Howard: This example has 3 MA on chart, and the DYO Lines D, E, F and G test for all 3 to be rising. When this condition exists, the background is colored in gray. The flag result is written in GV [4] which could also be tested by a Study Alert, which I will show next.
17:13 Ensign Howard: So the DYO puts a flag in [4] which is then tested by the Study Alert, which puts up the alert message at top of chart.
All Sessions vs Day Session Only
17:14 Ensign Howard: cos, your ? please. Was it about 24 hours for ES symbol
17:14 cos: that was me Howard
17:15 Ensign Howard: use these settings for 24 hour ES. Press CTRL+P keys for chart properties, select Symbol tab and have the Day Session Only unchecked. This box controls whether the chart shows just day session, or both sessions
17:15 cos: I mean if I do 24 hr on a chart will that just affect that particular chart?
17:15 Ensign Howard: Each chart has a private properties file. So pick which chart is to be one way or the other and sets its DSO flag. Then resave your workspace so the collection on the screen restores the way you just set it.
17:15 cos: ok -- great and thank you
Scrolling Through Charts
17:19 Maura: Hi Howard, I understand that the best way to create a portfolio and track a watchlist of about 100 stocks is via a custom quote page, and that it is possible to set up a workspace containing a chart with 4 different timeframes to use to review this portfolio, and that it is possible to set the timer when reviewing the portfolio. Could you please let me know the best way to proceed with this? Many thanks in advance.
17:20 Ensign Howard: Maura, the principle is to make use of the Symbol Color grouping, which we have a web page discussing. Let me post the link
http://www.ensignsoftware.com/help/colorgrouping.htm
17:21 Ensign Howard: So you will select a color such as Red for the group and change the color group square on the quote page to be red, and on each of the 4 charts to also be red. Now you have a linked Red group, and as you scroll on the quote page or double click on a quote page row, the symbols will be used by the 4 charts, and the 4 charts will persevere their time frame, such as 5-min, daily, weekly, and 30-min.
17:23 Ensign Howard: if you want a timer to scroll the charts through your list of symbols on the open quote page, then click menu Setup | Charts. There is an edit box on this form for Scroll Speed in seconds, and a typical entry would be 5 seconds. This is how long the view is shown before the next symbol is scrolled to. Then to put the auto scroll in motion you click menu Charts | Auto Scroll and this menu item will then show a check and the scroll will happen.
17:25 Ensign Howard: To stop the scroll you uncheck the same Charts | Auto Scroll menu.
http:/// www.ensignsoftware.com/tips/tradingtips04.htm
17:25 Ensign Howard: Here is an article on scrolling.
http://www.ensignsoftware.com/help/chartcontrols.htm
17:25 Ensign Howard: and another article on Auto Scroll
MOW Setup
17:19 Ensign Howard: MOW will tell us about his multiple monitor set up. Go ahead mow.... thx
17:26 MakesOwnWeather: Hello. I have a machine which has 10 Dell 2790 or 2970 (2500x1200 pixels) in a Chief Array. They sit on my desk and take up an area that is 6 foot wide (concave) by 56 inches high. We use an 3 ATI 4 port graphics cards (I believe it is called ATI G4). The monitors are very bright and respond well. My boss has 12 and is never here so I use his desk as much as I can. I highly recommend the Dell and ATI products with the Chief Array matrix. They work well with Ensign Software. The charts respond well. At first I had some challenges having 12000 bars on each chart, but once I cleared that up all went well. It is fun to trade with this setup. But, sometimes I have a challenge seeing the other side and so that is why I am building these "little squares" to tell me what is going on on the other side of the desk. If there are any question I will be pleased to answer with all that I know. My boss set it all up so I might have some of the numbers incorrect.
17:28 Ensign Howard: wow.... 10 monitors with such high resolution. Take a picture sometime and post to the dacharts site.
17:29 MakesOwnWeather: Yes. I will.
17:29 Ensign Howard: 6 feet wide and 5 feet high is a lot of screen real-estate to be watching. You are a power user. I have heard of one other user with 20 monitors organized as 4 rows of 5 each and watching 4 charts per monitor for a total of 80 charts. What I use is a humble set up of 2 monitors on the development platform and 1 monitor on the e-mail machine.
17:31 MakesOwnWeather: Some are very small like Mr. Sniffy's Radar.
17:31 Ensign Howard: Which data feed?
17:31 MakesOwnWeather: We have eSignal for something but IB for Ensign Software.
17:32 Ensign Howard: ok, thanks for sharing this information with us.... causes some to drool with envy
17:33 Ensign Howard: Cool. I did not see that picture when it was posted last Jan 1st
17:33 Randy: ... getting there sir -- 3 boxes pushing 12 here (and one Laptop) heh
17:35 Ensign Howard: any more questions or feedback ?
ESPL
17:36 Flag: Hi Howard, I sure wish there were more examples of ESPL trading systems in help & HTML. I could only find 2: the simple 2MA x over and SAR. Particularly interested in how the easy system building blocks in DYO & alerts, once tested can be turned into exportable orders via ESPL
17:38 Ensign Howard: flag, what interface would ESPL be using to execute the orders?
17:38 Flag: There are several on the net
17:38 Ensign Howard: ok, all using an ASCII file script interface?
17:39 Flag: More are appearing? y
17:39 Ensign Howard: ok, the ESPL route to pursue would be to clear the Output window, writeln the control string text to the output window, possibly multiple lines as needed. Then save the output window to the ASCII file in the folder where needed.
17:40 Flag: yes, done that
17:40 MakesOwnWeather: We have one that we do not use. But, they work well. There is an IB interface which integrates a disk folder in ram every x milliseconds for a file. When it finds the file, it deletes it and moves it to another folder and then executes the order.
17:42 Ensign Howard: ok, if you have a specific question, direct it by e-mail to Kimball
17:42 Flag: Having trouble with how the reporting function from barbegin to barend you demo, can be changed to write one command at time RT.
17:44 Ensign Howard: You can test both to be equal and when equal then you are doing a RT calc and not a screen repaint recalc. So you could have something like this:
Begin
if BarBegin = 2 then begin {do initialization}
...
end
else if BarBegin=BarEnd then begin {do RT order testing}
...
end;
17:46 Flag: Oh yes!
17:54 Ensign Howard: thanks for attending class.... you all have a good week trading
17:54 Ensign Howard: bye
17:54 @Buffy2: night Howard
17:55 MakesOwnWeather: Thank you Ensign Howard! :>
17:56 Maura: Thank you Howard!