MetaStock® Professional

Name. Type your name. Your name is used for multi-user networkcontrol of shared data files (see page 541). If you change your UserName, it does not take effect until the next time you run MetaStock Pro.Real-time PageEnable Real-time. Check this box if you want intraday data to flowinto MetaStock Pro from your real-time data vendor. Note that real-timedata will only flow into MetaStock Pro if your vendor's software isproperly installed and running (see your Getting Started manual for realtimevendor information).Enable Live Bars. Check this box if you want the current bar to reflectthe incoming real-time tick prices. If this is left unchecked, a bar will notappear until the end of the specified intraday interval (i.e., 1-minute, 5-minute, etc).Recalculate Expert Live. Check this box if you would like theexperts that are attached to your intraday charts to recalculate and updatewith each new tick. If left unchecked, experts will only recalculate at thecompletion of each bar. A mathematically complex expert can bedemanding on your system's resources, particularly with actively tradedsecurities. If your system is struggling to keep up, you may want to leavethis box unchecked.Update Commentary on. Choose when to update the expertcommentary attached to a chart—with each tick, at the completion ofeach bar, or with the Refresh button only.Maximum number of records in intraday charts. Enter thenumber of bars (or ticks) that a chart can display (between 200 and65,500). If the number of bars exceeds this number, the oldest bars will36 • The Workplace MetaStock Professional