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Menus and Shortcuts |
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Menus and Shortcuts |
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The Menus across the top of the main screen give you access to all the functions and features available in the program:
File: |
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Select a quote site from the available site list. |
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Select an alternate server for the quote site, if available or Relogin. |
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Clear --- Data ... |
Clear the quotes and Intraday data for this symbol. |
Clear data for All Symbols ... |
Clear the quotes and Intraday data for all symbols. |
Save Layout... |
Saves the current screen layout. |
Load Layout... |
Loads a saved layout. |
Save Intraday Data Now |
Force QuoteTracker to save (to disk) accumulated intraday data immediately. |
Backup Settings |
Automatic Backups of essential files. |
Restore Backups |
Restores files from Backup. |
Print... |
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Encryption and password for the data files and program. |
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Fetched Pages |
Options to show the last data retrieved. Useful to debug. |
Show Last Quotes Page |
Retrieved quote(s) |
Show Last Fund Page |
Fundamental data (data that does not change during the day). |
Show Last Index Page |
Indices in the Indices Panel. |
Show Last News Page |
News Item for a symbol. |
Exit |
Quit QuoteTracker and save all (data) files. |
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Portfolio: |
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Open a portfolio in a new window. |
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Select Portfolio |
Switch to another portfolio |
Edit Portfolios/Alerts |
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Trade ... |
Sets up the current symbol in the Trading panel. |
Refresh |
Refresh the current portfolio. |
Refresh All |
Refresh all portfolios. |
Refresh News for... |
Refresh the News for the selected symbol. |
Backfill all symbols |
Intraday Charts backfill for all symbols in the portfolio. |
Hist Backfill all symbols |
Historical Charts backfill for all symbols in the portfolio. |
Refresh Fundamental Data |
Refresh the data such as 52 week high and low. |
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Automatic Refresh |
Check to change to Auto Refresh of quotes. |
or Start Streaming |
When Streamer is being used. Same as START button. |
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Manual Refresh |
Check to change to Manual Refresh of quotes. |
or Stop Streaming |
When Streamer is being used. Same as STOP button. |
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Turn OFF Sorting |
If you are sorting on a column, select to turn off the sort. |
Alerts: |
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Edit Alerts for... |
Modify the alert for the symbol. |
New Alert for... |
Create a new alert for the symbol |
Turn off Alert |
Reset the triggered alert. |
Open Trade-Ideas Alerts |
Starts the Trade-Ideas integrated alerts system. |
Edit Alerts |
Brings up the Alert Screen. |
Clear ALL Alerts |
Resets all alerts. |
Alert Log |
View all the triggered alerts, if any. |
Disable All Alerts |
With this option checked, all alerts are deactivated. |
View: |
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Select View |
Change to another view with different columns. |
Edit Views |
Modify the columns in your portfolio. |
Indices |
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Brief View |
Show index symbol only in the Indices panel. |
Extended View |
Show index description in the Indices panel. |
Hide/Show Indices Panel |
Same as clicking on the vertical bar to the left of the panel. |
Edit Indices |
Setup your indices preferences. |
Hide/Show Top Panel |
Same as clicking on the vertical bar to the left of the panel |
Status Bar |
Hide or show the bottom status bar on the portfolio window. |
Resize Columns |
Width of columns will be resized based on the size of the data they currently contain. |
Color Scheme |
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Sunny |
Allows you to select one of the available Color Schemes |
Underwater |
for your portfolios to suit your preference. |
Azure |
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Chalk |
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Mellow Green |
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Translate |
Selects the language to be used for the menus and dialogs. |
Options: |
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Allows you to customize many aspects of the program. |
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Sets up sources for data and details for a proxy server. |
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Sets up trading accounts to be used with Integrated Trading. |
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Get the latest files without leaving the program. |
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Research: |
Provides links to extensive research websites. |
Charts: |
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Historical Charts for... |
Historical Charts (dynamic). |
Prophet Charts for... |
Charts available from ProphetFinance. |
BigCharts for... |
Charts available from BigCharts. |
Chart Paintbar Editor |
Brings up the Paintbar Editor window to add/edit paintbar rules. |
Show All Charts |
Open Intraday Charts for all symbols. |
Close All Charts |
Close all Intraday Charts windows that are currently open. |
Sync all Charts Crosshair |
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Un-sync all Charts Crosshair |
Un-syncs the crosshairs. |
Tools: |
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Level II/Market Depth for... |
View the Level II data on the symbol. |
Trade ... |
Brings up the Trading panel window for the selected symbol. |
News for... |
Brings up the latest news available for the stock symbol. |
Options Chain for... |
Shows the options for the selected underlying symbol. |
Research for... |
Web link to the Research for the symbol. |
Raw Data/Time & Sales for... |
Allows viewing and modifying of accumulated quotes data. |
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Opens the Watchlist portfolio. |
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Opens the Most Active market symbols list. |
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Opens a scrolling ticker with customizable options. |
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Opens the All News window. |
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Launches the End of Day stocks scanning system. |
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Starts the Trade-Ideas integrated alerts system. |
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Launches the Trade-Ideas Auto-Trading Robot (for TD AMERITRADE Clients only). |
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Search for a symbol based on Company or partial name. |
Help: |
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Help Topics |
View this Help File. |
Help for ... |
Some sites may link to specific help web pages. |
Take a Survey |
Fill out and send us this to help us serve you better. |
QuoteTracker Website |
Link to http://www.quotetracker.com. |
Link to our website to see a list of program changes for the current main production release (non-beta). Beta version changes can be viewed on the Beta download page. |
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Email Tech. Support |
Opens your email client to send an email to us. |
How to Register (Web Page) |
Link to our website to register the program and to manage existing registrations. |
Shows the current versions of the program and files that QuoteTracker is using in the system. |
Right click menu items for specific features are discussed in the appropriate sections.
The following are the Keyboard Shortcuts available in QuoteTracker:
F1 |
Display this Help file. |
Ctrl S |
Save Intraday Data Now -- See above in File Menu description. |
Ctrl P |
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Ctrl T |
Sets up the current symbol in the Trading panel. |
F5 |
Refresh the current portfolio. |
Shift F5 |
Refresh all portfolios. |
Shift Ctrl E |
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Ctrl I |
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Ctrl N |
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Ctrl H |
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Ctrl B |
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Ctrl O |
Option Chains |
Shift Ctrl R |
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Ctrl D |
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Ctrl L |
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F10 |
Sync all Charts Crosshair |
F11 |
Un-sync all Charts Crosshair |
Ins |
Add Symbols to portfolio. |
Shift Del |
Delete the current symbol. |
The above are the shortcuts for the menu on the main screen. There may be others on the right click menus specific to certain features as well as on the charts.