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Page 364 Position (Pos) The Position study is one of a several trading studies. It has a single output representing open position. Long positions have a positive value, while short positions have a negative value. For the current trading day, position is calculated for the bar time. Trading Studies
Position Parameters • Display • MarkIt • Account Filter: Select All Accounts, Selected Accounts, or a single account. If you choose Selected Accounts, then: Page 365 • if there is an account associated with the chart, either through SnapTrader or the Order Book, then that account is used. • if there is no account associated with the chart, then no study values are returned. Once this parameter is set, if you select a different account on the chart, then the newly selected account is automatically applied. • Instrument Filter: Select Current Instrument or All Instruments. For spreads, only Current Instrument is available. Charting and Studies User Guide
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CQG Integrated Client Charting and
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Table of Contents Charting and Stud
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Fibonacci Time Retracement (FiboTR)
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Triple Exponential (Trix) .........
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Charting and Studies in CQG IC Page
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CQG Charts Page 3 CQG provides a nu
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Bars The bar display changes depend
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Scroll buttons These buttons allow
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Using Charts in Training Mode Page
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Page 12 Setting Main Preferences On
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Page 14 To change the session type
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Page 16 From the Custom Sessions wi
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Page 18 Setting Miscellaneous Prefe
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Page 20 Preference Description Rese
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Page 22 Type Description Selecting
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Page 24 Setting Bond Continuation P
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Page 26 Setting CID Preferences CID
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Page 28 Select Grid Display Setting
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Page 30 Set Time Shading Select the
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Page 32 If you want to change the r
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Page 34 Setting Labels and Values P
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Page 36 Study Titles Study titles a
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Page 38 Display the Order Book The
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Page 40 Common Parameters Some char
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Chart Types Page 43 CQG offers over
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Bar Parameters • Color • MarkIt
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Page 47 In the FX market, the Aband
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Page 49 A constant volume chart may
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Constant Volume Bars Parameters •
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Equalize Sessions Parameters • Co
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Line (Line) Page 55 Connects succes
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Market Profile (MP) Page 57 Market
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TPO Time TPO US CST Time K 1300 k 1
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Markers and Indicators Page 61 Init
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Page 63 Right-click the volume, and
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Market Profile Toolbar The Market P
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Changing the Price Scale Page 67 CQ
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Changing TPO Distribution Profiles
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To display distributions by session
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Page 73 To remove the splits in thi
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No Gap Parameters • Display • R
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Percent Bar Parameters • Color
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No Xs or Os are displayed if prices
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Page 81 • One Step Back: Tells th
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Spread Bar (SprdBar) Spread bar ret
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TFlow (TFlow) Page 85 TFlow offers
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TFlow Outputs Page 87 The cursor va
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Time-Based TFlow Outputs Page 89 Th
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Tick (Tick) Tick charts display eac
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Tick Chart Smoothing (TCS) Page 93
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Tick Chart Smoothing Outputs • Op
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Yield Parameters • Color • Mark
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Simple Bond Page 99 The concept of
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Moosmuller Page 101 The Moosmuller
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Working with Charts Page 103 Entry
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Shortcut Opens symbol,M monthly cha
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Embedded Errors Chart-specific resp
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Changing the Chart Type, Interval,
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To change the symbol Type a symbol
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To share grids between charts Page
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To use logarithmic or linear scale
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Time Scale Click and drag the price
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To set default spacing 1. Move the
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To use global cursors Page 121 This
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To set Price X Line alerts 1. Add a
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Page 125 Note that if the contracts
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Page 127 Charting and Studies User
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1. Click the Setup button. 2. Click
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Trading on a Chart Page 131 CQG off
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Order Book The Order Book displays
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Trading on a Chart with SnapTrader
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To place a market order Click or to
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To return to current best bid and a
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Trading on a Chart with Studies Pag
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Forward and Yield Curves Page 143 T
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Opening the Forward Curve or Yield
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The Curve Toolbar The toolbar for f
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To move across the instruments 1. C
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To change instrument 1. Right-click
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Working with Portfolios Page 153 Th
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Working with Curves Page 155 You ca
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Setting Forward and Yield Curve Pre
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Pointer Tools Page 159 Many pointer
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Parameters $1:1 = entry point of fi
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Parameters CF1:1 = the center point
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Eraser (Eras) What it does: Deletes
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Parameters FC1:FC1 = circle of orig
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Parameters Page 169 • FE1 Value:
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Parameters Page 171 • Value: Sele
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Parameters • Date: Defines the da
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Parameters • Color • Weight •
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How to use it: Parameters 1. Select
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Linear Regression (LinR) What it do
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Parameters • Display Page 181 •
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Parameters Page 183 • PFork 1 Val
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Profile Area What it does: Page 185
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• Calculate On: Select Price or V
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Speed Lines (SpdLin) What it does:
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Text (Text) What it does: Page 191
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Parameters Txt1: text = the text as
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To display the angle of the trend l
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Add a trend line to another pointer
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Parameters • Value: Allows the us
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Zoom (Zoom) What it does: Page 201
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Undo Zoom (UnZm) What it does: Page
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To remove Pointer Tools Page 205 Th
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To adjust pointer tools Page 207 1.
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Basic Studies Page 209 CQG offers a
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Accumulative Swing Index (ASI) Page
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Adaptive Moving Average (AMA) Page
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Aroon Oscillator (AroonOSC) Page 21
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Aroon Oscillator Parameters • Dis
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Average True Range (ATR) Page 219 T
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BarXData Parameters • Color • M
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Bollinger Band Parameters • Displ
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Bollinger Band Difference Parameter
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CVBXData Parameters • Display •
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Harami Bearish (HI) Harami Bullish
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Engulfing Bullish Page 231 The Engu
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Morning Star Page 233 The Morning S
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Candlestick Formation Parameters
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Channel Parameters Set parameters f
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To overlay charts Page 239 Overlayi
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Other Chart Overlay Actions • To
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Commodity Channel Index (CCI) Page
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Congestion Count (ConCnt) Page 245
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Delta Contours (Delta) All options
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• Params Model: Choose model. Opt
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Directional Movement Index Paramete
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DMI Difference Parameters • Displ
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• Display: Page 257 Peak Sync: Wh
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Envelope Parameters • Display Pag
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Data file format The ASCII file mus
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Fancy On Balance Volume (FOBV) Page
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Fancy On Balance Volume Parameters
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Fast Stochastics Parameters • Dis
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Standard Deviation: See Standard De
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Implied Volatility (ImpVol) Page 27
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Symbol MinDE MaxDE ODR SR MinTicks
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Symbol MinDE MaxDE ODR SR MinTicks
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Keltner Channel Parameters • Disp
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Details of MPVA Calculation Page 28
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Market Profile Value Areas Paramete
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Missing Bar Count (MBCnt) This stud
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Momentum (Mom) Page 287 The Momentu
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The formula for calculating the ESM
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Moving Average Convergence/Divergen
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Moving Average Convergence Divergen
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Moving Average Cross Parameters •
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Moving Linear Regression R Squared
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On Balance Volume (OBV) Page 303 On
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Open Interest (OI) Page 305 The Ope
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Oscillator (Osc) Page 307 The Oscil
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Oscillator Cross (OSCx) Page 309 Th
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Oscillator - MA of Oscillator (OsMA
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Page 329 and 330: Relative Strength Index (RSI) Page
Page 331 and 332: Reversal (Rev) Page 323 Measures th
Page 333 and 334: Slow Stochastics (SStoch) Page 325
Page 335 and 336: Tick Volume (TckVol) Page 327 Tick
Page 337 and 338: TFlow External Data (TFXData) Page
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Page 341 and 342: Triple Exponential Parameters • D
Page 343 and 344: Volatility Stop (VolStp) Page 335 T
Page 345 and 346: Volatility System (VolSys) Page 337
Page 347 and 348: Volume (Vol) This study displays ac
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Page 353 and 354: Volume and Open Interest (VolOI) Pa
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Page 357 and 358: ZigZag (ZZ) Page 349 The ZigZag stu
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Page 367 and 368: Order Display (OrderDis) The Order
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Page 378 and 379: Page 370 Adding Study Buttons to th
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Page 382 and 383: Page 374 To add a study to a chart
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Page 390 and 391: Page 382 Adding Conditions to a Cha
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Page 404 and 405: Page 396 Title bar The monitor titl
Page 406 and 407: Page 398 Watch List The watch list
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Page 410 and 411: Page 402 Price values Choose whethe
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Page 414 and 415: Page 406 Setting Portfolio Monitor
Page 416 and 417: Page 408 Setting Basic Formatting P
Page 418 and 419: Page 410 Setting Histogram Paramete
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Page 414 To add a tab to the monito
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Page 416 Working with Studies and C
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Page 418 To add conditions You can
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Page 420 Working with Chart Columns
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Page 422 To cut, copy, and paste 1.
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Page 424 Working with Chart and Stu
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Page 426 To modify a study 1. Right
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Page 428 To hide or show columns 1.
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Page 430 To create, edit, and delet
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Page 434 Trading Column Description
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Page 436 Column Image Description W
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Page 438 To add, remove, and move t
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Page 440 To modify and cancel order
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Third-Party Studies CQG offers many
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Display Parameter Display parameter
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OB/OS Parameter These parameters ap
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Page 450 Add on Alert (atmAoA) AoA
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Page 452 Direction Speed Indicator
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Page 454 First Alert (atmFA) The Fi
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Page 456 Major Wave Oscillator (atm
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Page 462 Trader Alert (atmTA) The A
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Page 464 Trend Direction Indicator
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Page 468 Umbrella (atmUmb) The ATM
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DiNapoli Studies Page 471 The DiNap
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Retracement (DNRetr) Page 473 DiNap
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Expansion (DNExp) CQG calculates an
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Profitunity Studies Page 477 Since
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Awesome Oscillator (AweO) Page 479
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BW All Studies (BWAll) Applies all
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BW AO (BWAO) Page 483 Investors can
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BW Zone Trade (BWZT) Page 485 The Z
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Blue Light (BluLite) The Blue Light
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Super Awesome Oscillator (SuperAO)
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Shaun Downey Studies Page 491 Benef
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HiLoCnt Parameters Name Default Def
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Interpretation Page 495 The thresho
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PRHLCnt Parameters Name Default Def
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Interpretation Page 499 The thresho
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PVHLCnt Parameters Display Paramete
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Time Average Bands (TAvBand) Page 5
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Philosophy Page 509 Volatility Time
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ADX Steps (AdxStep) Philosophy Page
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CCI Steps (CciStep) Philosophy Page
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HVOL Steps (HvlStep) Philosophy Thi
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Trix Steps (TrxStep) Philosophy Pag
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Divergence Studies Page 531 Shaun D
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DmiDiv Parameters Name Default Defi
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MmDiv Parameters Name Default Defin
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RcDiv Parameters Name Default Defin
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Interpretation Page 547 Each moment
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Name Default Definition Page 551 St
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SMR Studies Page 557 Momentum tradi
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Trend Change Identification Methods
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Cluster: A Stop Loss Tool (SMRCtr)
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Line Study (SMRLin) The SMR Line St
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SMR Turning Point Indicators (SMRDL
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Turning Point Parameters Page 575 T
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Timing Oscillator A (SMRTOA) "A" Bu
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"D-1" Buy Signal Page 583 • The c
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Trading the SMR Oscillator Checklis
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Are Your Stops Being Hit Too Often?
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Page 596 Candlestick Indicators (KC
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Page 598 Evening & Morning Star Pat
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Page 600 DevStop (KDevStp) The DevS
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Page 602 Peak Oscillator (KPO) The
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Page 604 Permission Screen (KPrmSc)
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Page 606 Permission Stochastic (KPr
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Page 608 Stop Amounts (KStpAm) The
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Page 610 Danger Signals and Related
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Supplemental Studies This category
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Tom Joseph Studies These studies in
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Page 617 For further information on
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Pivot (TJPvt) Page 619 There are tw
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Trend Index (TJTI) Page 621 The Tom
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