Bars and monitors
The ideal approach could be 4 monitors or more and a set of charts for 1 instrument in each monitor or 1 large chart per monitor - then you see it all in the best view and size - workspaces work off 1 monitor for server use as default. VIP workspaces have a lot more features and tabs and multi-time frames
Self Optimizing Bars
Some sessions can scrunch up - you can maximize the chart and check the bars look better in full view - ideally, the whole series of bars will fit into 1 session.. on screen - the aim is around 150 bars per session - some days are less some are more.. Note: we are not winning prizes for presentation with these bars - function first form last - but in maximized view, it should make sense.. when normalized the view might not all fit in the same chart window.
Self-optimizing bars result from years of experience and research and negate manual optimizing and setting with the market phases.
If bars are scrunched up or have strange wild-looking bars it's data and lack of - sometimes NT does not get all the data from the server, so a routine daily habit of manually downloading bars is essential to keep things in sync and a good state.
- For DSFG charts 15 Days tick - must be a minimum of 7
- For WSFG charts 30 to 90 days Tick to 120 days 60min depending on series
- Daily/Weekly Charts - 365 to 10 years 3650
Bars per session
The amount of bars per session will vary from around 100 to 250 depending on the session. The average we aim for is about 150 per session for daily session breakout.
Downloading data is a key routine
Daily in the pre-session download 2 days of data to fix ticks and get the backfills
on a weekend it's best to download the last 15 days to get all data kinks out.
or reload the data on the chart or market analyzer in one go.
Historical data download
- select the market analyzer - click ctrl + shift + r - for all instruments in 1 go
- Click a chart - click ctrl + shift + r - for 1 instrument at a time
- use the Historical Data Manager - download 2 to 15 days etc depending on the charts
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