1. Period: To specify the number of weeks used in calculating the
JBCOT Buy/Sell indicator, simply highlight the current number and type
in a new value.
2. Style & Color: Trend lines can be displayed as Solid, Dotted, or
none. Click on the drop down menu to specify the type of line style
desired. Next to the drop down menu is the color box, click on this box
to open a panel and change the line color.
3. The Three Commitment of Traders: Commercial, Non-Commercial(Large),
and Non-Reportable(Small).
4. Open Interest: The total number of futures, or futures and
options contracts of a given commodity for all three Commitment of
traders.
5. COT Graph Dataset: You can have the data be either the "Futures
Only" data or the "Futures and Options" combined data.
6. COT Graph Shows: This setting will graph the COT either as a
Histogram or a Line.
a. As shown in screen shot on previous page, the first option in the
drop down menu is the COT indicator displayed as Bullish/Bearish
histogram.
b. As shown below the second option in the drop down menu displays the
COT indicator as a Bullish/Bearish line.
c. As shown below the third option in the drop down menu displays the
COT indicator as a Total Position Histogram. To change the color of
short positions, use the slider bar labeled "Long/Short color difference
shading".
d. As shown below the forth option in the drop down menu displays the
COT indicator as a Total Position line. To change the color of short
position, use the slider bar labeled "Long/Short color difference
shading".
7. To display the indicator in the chart window, click the check
box.
8. Ruler Bar: See the Ruler Bar section at the end of this
chapter.
9. Preview Window: This window allows you to make changes and
preview them before saving them.
10. Click on "Apply to active charts" if you would like to see
your selecting settings on all the charts you open. Click on "Restore
Factory Defaults" if you would like to restore original software
settings.
11. Help: Information from the manual has been integrated into
the software. When clicking on the "Help" button you will get specific
documentation based on the location of the button. You may also press F1
on your keyboard to access this information.
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