Using Charting Application

Chart is a graphical representation of movements of the instrument's price in time.

The Streamster charting application allows you to analyze past behavior of certain instruments, which can significantly help in making trading decisions.

Reading a chart

In the top-right corner of the Charting window stands the Market Instrument ID and the Timescale. The x-axis refers to the date and time while the y-axis refers to the selected instrument price. Movement of the instrument's price can be displayed in various forms, like curve, bar chart and candlestick that spread left-to-right of the window.

Changing a style of a chart

• To change the form how the instrument's price is displayed:
• Right-click within the Charting window
• On context menu click Style
• Select one the offered styles, i.e. candle stick

Changing an instrument

To change the instrument displayed:

• Right-click within the Charting window
• On context menu click Instrument
• Select one the offered instruments

Changing a range on the chart

Range displayed on the Charting window can be changed in two ways:

Changing the time interval displayed:

• Right-click within the Charting window
• On context menu click Timescale
• Select one the offered intervals

Using the zoom:

• Right-click within the Charting window
• On context menu click Zoom
• Select one the offered percentages

Working with "My Charts"

If you are using specific Instrument, Timescale etc. with specific indicators more often than others, Streamster may save your time to adjust the Charting windows to suit your needs.

Adding new chart layout

To add a new chart layout:

• Choose Instrument, Timescale, Zoom, Style and Indicators
• Right-click within the Charting window
• On context menu click Save Chart...
• Add name for the chart
• Click OK

Choosing an existing chart

To choose a chart that was previously saved:

• Right-click within the Charting window
• On context menu click My Charts
• Choose one of the existing chart layouts

Organizing "My Charts"

To organize existing charts:

• Right-click within the Charting window
• On context menu click My Charts
• Click Organize...
• You are able to Delete and / or Rename any of existing charts
• When finished, click Close

Working with indicators

Streamster is offering a number of indicators to rise your trading to a higher level. You could easily combine indicators based on different mathematical models to get the best trading results.

Adding a new indicator

To add a new indicator on a Chart:

• Right-click within the Charting window
• On context menu click Indicators
• Click on one of the indicators offered
• On the left of the Charting window you are offered to change default settings for added indicator, link to find out more about it and to remove it immediately
• Place cursor within the Charting window and click or wait for few seconds for Settings pane to hide.

Removing an indicator

To remove an indicator:

• Click on the curve of the indicator you wish to remove
• Settings pane opens on the left of the Charting window
• Click Remove this indicator

Removing all indicators

To remove all indicators from a Chart:

• Right-click within the Charting window
• On context menu click Indicators then Remove Active Indicators

Editing settings of an indicator

To edit an indicator:

• Click on the curve of the indicator you wish to edit
• Settings pane opens on the left of the Charting window
• Edit colors, periods etc. of an indicator
• Place cursor within the Charting window and click or wait for few seconds for Settings pane to hide

Showing and hiding open positions

Streamster offers possibility to visually monitor OPEN positions. The positions are represented as a light square (yellow: LONG; blue: SHORT) on the chart. Clicking on the square displays a menu to Change... or Close... selected position.

To show or hide OPEN positions on a Chart:

• Right-click within the Charting window
• On context menu click Show positions