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Selecting Symbols to Load
The File Load Symbols menu item allows the user to configure the symbols/sectors to load and scan.
Once
symbols have completed loading(the
progress bar will indicate how far
along the load process is)
Stormtracker is in SCAN
mode. When in
SCAN mode, the user
- can configure new
studies/conditions/complexconditions/modules
on existing timeframes
- can
scan more symbols by using the
Secondary Load process
When
in SCAN mode the user CANNOT
- Import
or Export (stormsets, studies,
conditions, complex conditions,
modules)
- Add
or Delete Timeframes
The
user will need to Stop Scanning in
order to import/export or Add/Delete
Timeframes, then start scanning
Refer
to the FAQ
page for a reference to Stormtracker
Symbology for the NDX, SPX and
market internals.
Refer
to the Futures
documentation for a reference to
Stormtracker Futures functionality
Recommended Practices:
The first time symbols are loaded
will take a little longer than
subsequent times. This is
because stormtracker loads
historical data for the symbols
you've configured. Subsequent
loads will take less time as it only
loads the data required to perform
the scan.
This is why it's recommended the
first time you use stormtracker , do
a preload - the day before you first
plan to use stormtracker, configure
the symbols you wish to load and
Load Symbols. This will update
the Symbol Database.
Anytime you clear out the Symbol
DB or add more than 100 new symbols,
either
- Do a preload or
- Load 2 times
consecutively - Once the
first load completes, stop
scanning, and load again. The second time will also take
significantly less time and this
will ensure the accuracy of the
data being loaded.
The Left Column represents a list of Valid Stormtracker Sectors. Right click on the Left Column textbox
to obtain a list of valid Stormtracker sectors and their corresponding symbol lists. Clicking on
one of the selections in the menu auto loads it into the boxes.
The right column shows text files containing the symbols that will be loaded and scanned. Right click on a
textbox on the right side to Add/Change File Select a different file
OpenFile Edit the text file to modify the symbol list.
The Left column doesn't have to have a Sector Configured , it could also have a
a) Valid Symbol Name
b) a valid Stormtracker futures symbol
c) NOSECTOR( a selection in the context menu)
The NOSECTOR name can be used in multiple rows of the Left Column and is used
when the user doesn't want to use the sectors functionality of the Scanner
Sectors Functionality - There are 2 kinds of Sectors functionality
- For each sector configured there is a condition that is automatically generated.
When this condition is used in the entry criteria of a Module, then the scan
is restricted to symbols in the sectors (specified by the corresponding
symbolfile) In this case
the user doesn't have to
specify a real sector(that is
a symbol recognized by
Stormchaser) for instance he
may want to group symbols by
class, so he could construct
an "#EQUITIES#" and
a "#FUTURES" sector,
with symbollists corresponding
to these classes.
- A module can be configured that scans for the list of sectors .
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