The My Default Settings allows you to set custom settings for chart appearance and indicator options. These settings will only affect newly created charts after the selection has been made.
If you wish to apply your chosen settings to all the charts you have open, click the "Apply to all charts" button that appears on all the screens in this folder.
To Open the My Default Settings Folder:
Click on the "plus sign" to the left of the yellow My Default Settings folder, and select the section you want to customize.
Appearance
This screen allows the user to change tick color options, ruler paper options, background changes and much more.
1. Grid Lines and Day Line:
a. Light & Dark Grid Lines: Select the check box in front of the line to display them on the chart. Change the color of the grid line by clicking on the color box and selecting a new color from the Windows Color Palette. These lines are based on the scaling selected for the chart. For more information see Scaling.
b. Grid Lines in Indicator Window: Displays dark Grid Lines in the Indicator Window if selected.
2. Day Line: Displays an additional vertical line, based on the
day of the week, on the chart by selecting the check box. Select a
particular day of the week by clicking on the drop down menu. Change the
color by clicking on the color box and select a color from the Color
Palette.
a. Expiration and Notice Dates: Click on the corresponding check box in front of the item to display: Options Expiration, Last Trading Date, or First Notice Date on your Chart. To change the color of the line, click on the corresponding color box and select a new color from the Windows Color Palette.
3. Ruler Colors:
a. Ruler Text / Marks: Indicates the color used for the ruler lines and text.
b. Ruler Background: Indicates the color used for the background of the rulers.
4. Chart Background and Order Colors:
a. To change the background color of your chart window, click on the color box and select a new color from the Color Palette.
b. To change the color of your order arrow, click on the color box and select a new color from the Color Palette.
5. Price Bars:
a. Changes, based on the #6 condition, are displayed by tick color. Specify the color for: No Change, Close Lower, and Close Higher by clicking on the color box and selecting a color from the Color Palette.
b. Highlight: When holding down the SHIFT key while using the pointer tool, you will see a vertical line highlighting the chosen trading day from the chart window through the Indicator window. To change the highlight color, click on the color box and select a color from the Color Palette.
6. Choose the value used to calculate the price bar change. You
may choose: Yesterday's Open, High, Low, Close or Today's Open, High, or
Low to compare to today's close. If you would like to modify the colors
of the ticks based on this change, see step 5a.
7. Proportional Tick Thickness: When selected, this feature
increases the thickness of both chart price bars and indicator lines.
a. Fill All Candles: When this feature is selected, all of the candle bodies will be filled.8. Buy/Sell Arrows: When this feature is selected the buy/sell signals are enabled. You also have the option to see the arrows for the full contract or just the last few months. Enter the number of months in the edit box.
9. Print Background Color: When printing, you have the option to print the background.
10. Click on "Apply to Active Charts" if you would like to see your selected settings on all the charts you have open. Click on "Restore Factory Defaults" if you would like to restore original software settings for this window.
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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