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Quotes Application
In This Section
Overview 694
Getting Started 695
News headline monitor 696
The quotes monitor 697
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Overview
The Quotes application provides the ability to monitor tickers in realtime or delayed, together with news headlines. A variety of additional
services are also available depending on your data source.
The Quotes Window
To open the Quotes application double click the Quotes icon found in
the TradingExpert Pro Program Group (or Quick Launch Menu).
Real-time quotes grid
Note
Please ensure that access to
your data service is operating
properly before configuring
AIQ Quotes.
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Getting started
When Quotes is launched for the first time, you are prompted by a
dialog box to select your data provider, user ID and password. You
will not be able to access news or quotes until these details are
entered.
The Quotes screen is divided into two sections:
• Top – The news headlines monitor
News headlines scroll up the screen as they are received from your
news service provider. Double click a news headline to view the full
story.
• Bottom – The quotes monitor
The quotes monitor window displays dynamically updating market
information for a list of user specified symbols. The quotes that
appear may reflect real-time or delayed information.
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News headlines monitor
The list of headlines shown in the news headlines monitor can be
sorted in the order of any of the four columns available, Item, Date,
Time, or Headline.
Viewing a news story
å To view a news story:
• Double click on a headline.
Note
Duplicate news stories may
appear if you have subscribed
to more than one news
service.
News story overlaid on
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• The news story for which the headline pertains will appear in a text
window.
The quotes monitor
The list of quotes shown in the quotes monitor can be sorted in the
order of any of the columns. The columns provided in the quotes
monitor are dependent on your data service.
Adding, removing and renaming columns
You may add new columns to the quotes monitor. You can also
remove or rename existing columns.
Note:
You may add all the tickers
in a list or group/sector by
highlighting the list or group/
sector symbol and clicking
OK.
å To add a new column to the quotes monitor:
1. Click with your right mouse button on any existing column header
and select Insert Column from the menu that appears. A dialog box
appears listing the available columns.
2. Select the column that you want to add and click OK.
å To remove an existing column:
1. Click with your right mouse button on any existing column header.
2. From the menu that appears, select Remove Column.
å To
replace an existing column with another:
1. Click with your right mouse button on the column header you wish
to replace.
2. From the menu that appears, select Rename Column.
Adding tickers to the quotes monitor
To set up Quotes to monitor tickers in real-time, you begin by adding
tickers individually or from an AIQ list. The number of tickers you
are allowed to add is dependent on your data service.
å To add a symbol to the quotes monitor:
1. From the Ticker menu, select Add or click with the right mouse
button anywhere in the quotes monitor, and select Add Ticker from
the menu.
2. Use the Add Ticker dialog box to enter a symbol you wish to
monitor.
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å To add tickers from an AIQ list to the quotes monitor:
1. From the Ticker menu, select Add Ticker from List (or click with
your right mouse button anywhere in the quotes monitor, and select
Add Ticker from List).
2. From the dialog box that appears, select a list. To add all tickers in
the selected list, click OK.
3. To add an individual symbol, open the list, select the symbol you
wish to add, and click OK.
Removing tickers
Note:
Multiple tickers may be
removed by holding down
your CTRL key and clicking
with your left mouse button.
Tickers can be individually removed from the quotes monitor.
å To remove a ticker from the quotes monitor:
1. Highlight the ticker that you want to remove.
2. Select Remove Tickers from the Ticker menu (or click with your
right mouse button on the ticker to be removed, and select Remove
Tickers). The selected ticker will be removed.
Charting tickers from Quotes
An AIQ chart of a ticker can be accessed directly from the quotes
monitor. The chart can be either real-time or historical.
å To access an AIQ chart:
1. Select the ticker to chart by clicking on it with your left mouse
button.
2. From the Ticker menu, select Launch Historical Chart or Launch
Realtime Chart. The chart will be displayed.
Ticker News
You can obtain a list of all news stories available for a specific ticker.
å To access news stories for an individual ticker:
1. Click with your left-hand mouse button on a ticker listed in the
quotes monitor section.
2. From the Ticker menu, select Ticker News. A list of headlines for
stories concerning the selected ticker will appear.
3. To view an individual story, double click on that story.
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