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Spread Bar (SprdBar) ............................................................................................ 83 TFlow (TFlow) ....................................................................................................... 85 Time-Based TFlow (TTFlow) .................................................................................... 88 Tick (Tick) ............................................................................................................ 91 Tick Chart Smoothing (TCS) ................................................................................... 93 Yield (Yield) .......................................................................................................... 96 Working with Charts ............................................................................................... 103 Entry Field: Entering Symbols, Types, and Intervals ................................................ 103 Keyboard Shortcuts ............................................................................................. 108 Changing the Chart Type, Interval, and Symbol ...................................................... 109 Price Scale .......................................................................................................... 112 Time Scale ......................................................................................................... 117 Adding Lines (Cursors) to Charts ........................................................................... 120 Overlaying Charts (Analog) ................................................................................... 124 Saving Bar Data Locally (Disk Cache) ..................................................................... 128 Trading on a Chart ................................................................................................. 131 To open a trading application ................................................................................ 132 Order Book ......................................................................................................... 133 Trading on a Chart with SnapTrader ...................................................................... 135 Trading on a Chart with Studies ............................................................................ 141 Forward and Yield Curves ........................................................................................ 143 Opening the Forward Curve or Yield Curve window .................................................. 145 The Curve Toolbar ............................................................................................... 147 Working with the Curve Chart ............................................................................... 148 Working with Instruments .................................................................................... 150 Working with Portfolios ........................................................................................ 153 Working with Curves ............................................................................................ 155 Setting Forward and Yield Curve Preferences .......................................................... 157 Pointer Tools ......................................................................................................... 159 Currency Value ($) .............................................................................................. 160 Cycle Finder (CFind) ............................................................................................ 162 Ellipse (Ellipse) ................................................................................................... 164 Eraser (Eras) ...................................................................................................... 165 Fibonacci Circles (FiboC) ...................................................................................... 166 Fibonacci Extensions (FiboE) ................................................................................. 168 Fibonacci Retracements (FiboR) ............................................................................ 170
Fibonacci Time Retracement (FiboTR) .................................................................... 172 Fibonacci Time Zones (FiboTZ) .............................................................................. 174 Gann Lines (Gann) .............................................................................................. 176 Horizontal Line (HorzL) ........................................................................................ 178 Linear Regression (LinR) ...................................................................................... 179 Pitchfork (Andrews) Lines (PFork) .......................................................................... 182 Probability Projection (PrbPrj) ............................................................................... 184 Profile Area ......................................................................................................... 185 Rectangle (Rectngl) ............................................................................................. 188 Speed Lines (SpdLin) ........................................................................................... 189 Text (Text) ......................................................................................................... 191 Trend (Trend) ..................................................................................................... 194 Trend Channel (TrCh) .......................................................................................... 198 Vertical Line (VertL) ............................................................................................. 200 Zoom (Zoom) ..................................................................................................... 201 Redo Zoom (ReZm) ............................................................................................. 202 Undo Zoom (UnZm) ............................................................................................. 203 Adding and Removing Pointer Tools ....................................................................... 204 Working with Pointer Tools ................................................................................... 206 Basic Studies ......................................................................................................... 209 Accumulation/Distribution (A_D) ........................................................................... 210 Accumulative Swing Index (ASI) ........................................................................... 211 Adaptive Moving Average (AMA) ............................................................................ 213 Aroon Oscillator (AroonOSC) ................................................................................. 215 Average Directional Movement Index (ADX) ........................................................... 218 Average True Range (ATR) ................................................................................... 219 Bar External Data (BarXData) ............................................................................... 220 Bollinger Bands® (BBnds) .................................................................................... 222 Bollinger Band Difference (BDIF) ........................................................................... 224 CVB External Data (CVBXData) ............................................................................. 226 Candlestick Formations (CndlFm) .......................................................................... 228 Channel (CHNL) .................................................................................................. 236 Chart Analog Overlay (Analog) .............................................................................. 238 Commodity Channel Index (CCI) ........................................................................... 243 Congestion Count (ConCnt) .................................................................................. 245 Delta Contours (Delta) ......................................................................................... 247
Page 1 and 2: CQG Integrated Client Charting and
Page 3: Table of Contents Charting and Stud
Page 7 and 8: Triple Exponential (Trix) .........
Page 9 and 10: Charting and Studies in CQG IC Page
Page 11 and 12: CQG Charts Page 3 CQG provides a nu
Page 13 and 14: Bars The bar display changes depend
Page 15 and 16: Scroll buttons These buttons allow
Page 17: Using Charts in Training Mode Page
Page 20 and 21: Page 12 Setting Main Preferences On
Page 22 and 23: Page 14 To change the session type
Page 24 and 25: Page 16 From the Custom Sessions wi
Page 26 and 27: Page 18 Setting Miscellaneous Prefe
Page 28 and 29: Page 20 Preference Description Rese
Page 30 and 31: Page 22 Type Description Selecting
Page 32 and 33: Page 24 Setting Bond Continuation P
Page 34 and 35: Page 26 Setting CID Preferences CID
Page 36 and 37: Page 28 Select Grid Display Setting
Page 38 and 39: Page 30 Set Time Shading Select the
Page 40 and 41: Page 32 If you want to change the r
Page 42 and 43: Page 34 Setting Labels and Values P
Page 44 and 45: Page 36 Study Titles Study titles a
Page 46 and 47: Page 38 Display the Order Book The
Page 48 and 49: Page 40 Common Parameters Some char
Page 51 and 52: Chart Types Page 43 CQG offers over
Page 53 and 54: 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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Page 255 reversal. In any case, the
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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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Page 271 Imoku:3 (MaxPer(High, Peri
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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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Page 289 unable to track an extende
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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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Page 299 different when in real-tim
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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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Parabolic Outputs • Para: Value o
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%R Parameters • Display • MarkI
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Rank Parameters • Display • Mar
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Page 319 ROC, like other oscillator
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Relative Strength Index (RSI) Page
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Reversal (Rev) Page 323 Measures th
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Slow Stochastics (SStoch) Page 325
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Tick Volume (TckVol) Page 327 Tick
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TFlow External Data (TFXData) Page
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TFlow On Balance Volume (TFOBV) Pag
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Triple Exponential Parameters • D
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Volatility Stop (VolStp) Page 335 T
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Volatility System (VolSys) Page 337
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Volume (Vol) This study displays ac
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Volume Calculation Trade volume is
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Volume Profile (VP) Page 343 The Vo
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Volume and Open Interest (VolOI) Pa
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Volume and Open Interest Parameters
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ZigZag (ZZ) Page 349 The ZigZag stu
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Pre-Trade Studies DOMActivity (DmAc
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DOMTracker Oscillator (DmTrOsc) Thi
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Trading Studies Page 355 This set o
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Open Trade Equity (OTE) The OTE stu
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Order Display (OrderDis) The Order
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Order Display Parameters Parameters
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To modify study parameters 1. Right
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Position Parameters • Display •
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Profit & Loss Parameters • Displa
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Page 370 Adding Study Buttons to th
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Page 372 To clear study buttons fro
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Page 374 To add a study to a chart
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Page 376 There are several ways to
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Page 378 The DOM will display squar
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Page 380 To remove study values Rig
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Page 382 Adding Conditions to a Cha
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Page 384 To create a custom conditi
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Page 386 To set an alert from a con
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Page 388 4. Click Include. To add e
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Page 390 Opening the Instrument Mon
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Page 392 Instrument Monitor Compone
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Page 394 Chart types The right pane
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Page 396 Title bar The monitor titl
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Page 398 Watch List The watch list
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Page 400 X Global Click this button
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Page 402 Price values Choose whethe
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Page 404 Setting Trading Display Pr
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Page 406 Setting Portfolio Monitor
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Page 408 Setting Basic Formatting P
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Page 410 Setting Histogram Paramete
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Page 412 Setting Child Row Coloring
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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 432 The watch list is displaye
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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 458 Possible Turning Point (at
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Page 460 Support and Resistance Ban
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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 466 Trend Strength 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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Page 503 It appears on the chart as
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Time Average Bands (TAvBand) Page 5
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TAvBand Parameters Name Default Def
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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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CciStep Parameters Name Default Def
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HVOL Steps (HvlStep) Philosophy Thi
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Page 519 Bonds will also rarely ext
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Page 521 intraday charts are finall
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Page 523 intraday charts are finall
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Page 525 consecutive times this occ
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Page 527 differ considerably from t
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Trix Steps (TrxStep) Philosophy Pag
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Divergence Studies Page 531 Shaun D
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AdxDiv Parameters Name Default Defi
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CciDiv Parameters Name Default Defi
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DmiDiv Parameters Name Default Defi
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HvlDiv Parameters Name Default Defi
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MacdDiv Parameters Name Default Def
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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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Stochastic Divergence (StDiv) Philo
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Name Default Definition Page 551 St
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TrxDiv Parameters Name Default Defi
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Page 555 The second chart is a 30 m
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SMR Studies Page 557 Momentum tradi
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Page 559 This example below illustr
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Trend Change Identification Methods
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Page 563 Moving Average Method: Thi
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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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Page 569 Again, you always want to
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SMR Turning Point Indicators (SMRDL
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Page 573 The example below is a cha
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Turning Point Parameters Page 575 T
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Page 577 The SMR Dotted Line (DL) i
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Timing Oscillator A (SMRTOA) "A" Bu
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Timing Oscillator BC (SMRTOB) "B" B
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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 590 "Using Stochastics to Fore
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Page 592 Color Coded Support System
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Page 594 Color Coded Support System
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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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