Indices Panel

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Once you set up your Indices on the Indices tab of the Data Sources screen, the Indices will appear in the Index panel on the main screen.  Right click on any of the indices to bring up a pop up menu:

 

You can open the Intraday or Historical chart for the index, Edit Indices or Refresh  Indices (not applicable to a streaming Indices source).  You can also choose one of two modes for the index panel display -- Brief View (symbol only) or Extended View (full description).  In addition, you can set create a new or edit an existing alert for the index symbol which will bring up the Alerts screen.  You may notice the symbol specified is not the same as the one from the selected site - QuoteTracker uses internal symbols for the major indices.

 

 

BRIEF VIEW

 

EXTENDED VIEW

 

 

The Index numbers will be GREEN, if the index is up for the day, otherwise RED.  The arrow to the right of the Index is the tick, which shows the current direction of the Index.  If the current value is higher than the previous displayed (fetched) value, the arrow will be GREEN and point up.  If the current value is lower, the arrow will be RED and point down.

 

You can click on the green arrows at either end of the Index panel to scroll and see the other indices.  Alternatively, you can grab an index by holding down the right mouse button (when the cursor turns to a hand) and drag the Indices left or right to scroll.