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Help Contents:
SuperCharts Contents
Getting the most out of this book
Who is this book designed for?
What's new in SuperCharts 2.0
What's inside....
Conventions
Quick Answers to commonly asked questions
Macro Language
Documentation Route
Technical Support
Installation
System Requirements
Installing SuperCharts for the first time
Installing SuperCharts as an Update
After Installation
Starting SuperCharts
Creating, Opening, and Saving Pages - The Page Menu
Before you begin
The Page Philosophy
Close
Save As
Save All
Rename
Delete
Print
Open Page(s) List
Creating, Deleting, and Arranging Windows - The Window Menu
Before you begin
Context Sensitive User Interface
Active Window Concept
Delete
Arrange All
Arrange Horizontally
Arrange Vertically
Cascade
Sizing and Arranging Windows
Active Window List
Chart Setup - The Chart Menu
Editing a Chart Window
Create/Edit Chart window
Creating / Editing Multi-Data Charts
Edit Data Dialog Box
Multi-Data Chart Setup Dialog Box
The "Spread" Indicator
Show Scroll Bar
Show Day Breaks
Bar Spacing
Background
Refresh Screen
Applying Tools - The Tools Menu
About Tools
Active Tool
Moving a Tool
Configuration
Trend Line Based Tools
Title Bar
Tool Alerts
Edit Active Tool
Up/Down Arrow
Chart Status
Standard Cycle Line Series
Cycle Interval
Fibonacci Line Series
Ellipse
Erase
Erase All
Gann Fan Line Series
Horizontal Line
Percent Retracement
Pointer (Small/Large)
Rectangle
Speed/Resistance Arc
Speed Resistance Fan Line Series
Support Resistance Line Series
Trend Line
Write
Zoom In
Zoom Out Partial
Zoom Out All
Applying Analysis Techniques - The Analysis Menu
About
Applying Analysis Techniques
Semi-Log Scaling
Study Inputs
Style
Study Alerts
Study Options
Study Status On/Off
Removing a study
Studies and Multi-Data Chart Windows
Spread Indicator
Selecting a System
System Inputs and Optimization
System Options
System Stops
Costs
System Status On/Off
Removing a system
OK/Optimize Command Button
Show Test Results
Creating Analysis Techniques - The Editor Menu
About Editor
About Indicators
Indicator - Create
Indicator - Edit
Indicator - Delete
Indicator - Copy
Indicator - Print
About ShowMe
ShowMe - Create
ShowMe - Edit
ShowMe - Delete
ShowMe - Copy
ShowMe -Print
About PaintBar
PaintBar - Create
PaintBar - Edit
PaintBar - Delete
PaintBar - Copy
PaintBar - Print
About Systems
System - Create
System - Edit
System - Delete
System - Copy
System - Print
About User Functions
User Function - Create
User Function - Edit
User Function - Delete
User Function - Copy
User Function - Print
About Alerts
Transfer
Verify All
Automated Analyst - The Auto-Analyst Menu
About
Customizing the Charting Environment - The Options Menu
About
User Setup
Easy Icons
Auto Create New Pages
CleanScreen
Pop Up Menu
Show Icon Pallet
Show Window Caption
Sub-graph dividers
Auto Bar Spacing
Show Date/Time
Auto Arrange Windows
GoTo DataManager
Easy Icon Library
Page and Window Icons
Chart Icons
Tool Icons
Utilities Icons
Drop Down Icons
Custom Icons
Easy Language
About
Organization
DataManager
Introduction
Securities, Composites, and Downloading
Data Manipulation
File/Directory Maintenance
Function Library
Indicators
Math & Trig Functions
Date & Time Functions
Data Information Functions
Position Information Functions
Performance Information Functions
Indicator Library
About this Chapter
Accumulation Distribution
Accumulation Swing Index
Bollinger Bands
Commodity Channel Index
Commodity Channel Index Average
Custom 1 Line
Custom 2 Lines
Custom 3 Lines
Custom 4 Lines
DMI- Directional Movement Index
DownTicks
Gapless Bar Chart
MACD- Moving Average Convergence Divergence
McClellan Oscillator
Market Facilitation Index (MFI)
Momentum
Moving Average Displaced
Moving Average Weighted
Moving Average 1 Line (Simple Average)
Moving Average 2 Line (Simple Average)
Moving Average 3 Line (Simple Average)
Moving Average Envelopes
Moving Average Exponential
OBV - On Balance Volume
Open Interest
Parabolic
Percent Chng 2 Data
Percent Chng 3 Data
Percent Chng 4 Data
Percent R - %R
Price Channel
Rate Of Change
RSI - Relative Strength Index
RSI w/o Zones - Relative Strength Index without Zones
Spread
Stochastics - Fast
Stochastics - Slow
Stochastics - Fast Custom
Stochastics - Slow Custom
Swing Index
Ultimate Oscillator
Up/Down Tick Diff.
Volatility
Volume
Volume (Down Tick volume)
Volume (Up Tick Volume)
Volume (Tick Vol)
ShowMeTM Library
About this chapter
BrkOut of x bar high
BrkOut of x bar low
Consecutive x bar Dn
Consecutive x bar Up
Gap Down Bar
Gap Bar Up
Inside Bar
Island Reversal Down
Island Reversal Up
Key Reversal Down
Key Reversal Up
Outside Bar
ShowMe(tm) Anything
PaintBarTM Library
About this chapter
%R < x
%R > x
Close Avg < Open Avg
Close Avg > Open Avg
Momentum Decreasing
Momentum Increasing
Price < x Bar Avg
Price > x Bar Avg
System Library
About this chapter
CCI Avg Crossover
Channel Brk IntraBar
Channel Brk on Close
Channel Brk Weighted
Consecutive Closes
Divergence
Key Reversal Major
MovAvg (3) Crossover
MovAvg Crossover
Parabolic
PercentR Oscillator
RSI Oscillator
Stochastic Crossover
Weighted Avg Crssovr
XAverage Crossover
Data Formats
About
Create a New Page
Create a New Chart Window
AIQ Data Format(Version 4.0 or higher)
ASCII Data Format
CompuTrac Data Format
CSI Data Format
DataManager Data Format
Knight Ridder Final Market Format
MetaStock Data Format
Quotron A/E Advantage Historical Data
TeleChart 2000 Data Format
Tick Data Inc. Data Format
Other Data Formats
ASCII Files
About
Order Of Fields In The Data File
How To Tell Ify
A Data File Is Correct
Menu Overview
Macro Command Library
About
One Year Tick Database
About
Compressing a File
About
DR. Watson Log
About
General Protection Faults
About
Bulletin Board Instructions
About
Program Application Mapping
Charting Dialog Boxes
Who is this book designed for?F
Who is this book designed for?
SuperCharts
User's Manual
describes the most frequently used features in SuperCharts.
SuperCharts
User's Manual
is for new and experienced users alike. It should serve as a teaching tool for new users and as a reference tool for experienced users.
Prior to reading this book you should have a strong grasp of the basic concepts and techniques of Microsoft
Windows. For further information please refer to your Windows documentation. Windows 3.1 users might further benefit from working with the on-line tutorial.
What's new in SuperCharts 2.0E
What's new in SuperCharts 2.0
The CleanScreen
feature is found on page 247.
The new floating Icon Palette is found on page 260.
The Drop Down Icons
feature is found on page 255.
The Optimization of inputs and stops is found on page 163 and 169 respectively.
The Automated Analyst
feature can be found on page 225.
The Downloader/DataManager chapter starts on page 297.
The improved printing capability is discussed on page 29.
Indicator alerts are discussed on page 218.
What's inside....9
What's inside....
SuperCharts
User's Manual
contains the following chapters:
Chapter 1: Installation,
provides step-by-step instructions on installing SuperCharts and any historical data purchased from Omega.
Chapter 2: Creating, Opening, and Saving Pages - The Page Menu
, provides quick overview on setting up your pages and windows. Covers the common tasks associated with the
Page
menu.
Chapter 3: Creating, Deleting, and Arranging Windows -
The Window Menu
, covers the tasks associated with the
Window
menu.
Chapter 4: Chart Setup -
The Chart Menu
, describes how to setup a chart window. Also covers tasks associated with the
Chart
menu.
Chapter 5: Applying Tools -
The Tools Menu
, describes how to add tools to a Chart window.
Chapter 6: Applying Indicators, ShowMe(s), Systems and PaintBar(s) -
The Analysis Menu
, describes how to add studies and systems to a charting window.
Chapter
7: Creating Analysis Techniques in the Editor-
The Editor Menu
, describes how to create studies, systems, and user functions.
Chapter
8:
Automated Analyst-
The Auto-Anaylst Menu
, describes how to use the Automated Analyst.
Chapter
9: Customizing the Charting Environment -
The Options Menu
, covers the global settings found under the
Options
menu.
Chapter
10: Easy Icon Library
, defines all Easy Icons.
Chapter
11: Easy Language
, defines the elements, rules, format, and syntax of the Easy Language.
Chapter
12: DataManager -
Covers the tasks associated with the DataManager/Downloader.
Chapter
13: Function Library -
Describes and lists all built-in function.
Chapter
14: Indicator Library -
Describes and lists all indicators.
Chapter
15: ShowMe Library -
Describes and lists all ShowMe studies.
Chapter
16: PaintBar Library -
Describes and lists all ShowMe studies.
Conventions3
Conventions
The following are typographical conventions used in SuperCharts
User's Manual
Bold -
Bold is used to draw special attention to a word or phase
Italics
- Place holders for text you provide, for example
filename
. Also used to identify book titles. Italics is also used to identify key words or phrases.
[ ] - Square brackets indicate that the item is optional. Don't type in the brackets themselves. Also identifies when your selection is needed or when your selection determines what you see.
This typeface is used to identify names of menus, command buttons, option buttons, Easy Icons
, edit boxes, and list boxes.
There are 3 basic mouse functions used in SuperCharts
User's Manual:
Single click of the left mouse button. When a procedure states to click, assume this function.
Double click of the left mouse button in rapid succession. When required, you will be told explicitly.
Click and drag requires the user to highlight a series of text. This is accomplished by clicking and holding down the left mouse button at the beginning of the text and dragging it to the end of the text and then releasing the left mouse button.
The following conventions are used in SuperCharts
User's Manual
to identify certain function key actions to be taken by you
Keyboard keys appear as follows:
Key names separated by a + (plus sign) indicate that you hold down the first key, press the second key, and then release both keys. For example,
Key names separated by a - (dash sign) indicate a sequence of key strokes are needed. For example,
, indicates that after simultaneously pressing the
and
keys the
key must be pressed.
The following conventions are used in SuperCharts
User's Manual
to identify certain menu actions to be taken by you
Menu names appear in this typeface
Menu selections separated by a - (dash sign) indicate a sequence of mouse clicks are needed. For example, click
Page - Exit
, requires you to click the
menu and then click the
menu choice.
The following is the hierarchically structure used in SuperCharts
User's Manual:
You may also notice a definite hierarchical
ly structure throughout the manual. This is evidenced by the size of the section titles and the dividing lines preceding them. Major Headings, like chapter titles are preceded by a thick double line and have a type size of 24 points. Primary section titles are preceded by a relatively thick single line and have a type size of 14 points. Secondary section titles are preceded by a thin double line and have a type size of 13. Finally sub-titles of secondary section titles have are preceded by a thin single line and have a type size of 12.
Quick Answers to commonly asked questionsQ
Quick Answers to commonly asked questions
1. What number do I call if I have a problem with SuperCharts?
Technical Support for SuperCharts is available in 3 different forms:
Via Phone
(305) 270-0174
Via Fax
(305) 270-9650
Via BBS
(305) 270-8771
If I have a billing problem or wish to change any of my information (address, phone etc.) which number do I call?
Customer service can be reached in two different forms:
Phone (305) 270-1095
Via Fax (305) 270-
3. Where do I find my customer number?
Your customer number is located on the invoice supplied to you with your product shipment and looks similar to RESEOMEG00. If you accidentally discarded it, please call the customer service department and they will be glad to get it for you. You will need your customer number to receive technical support.
4. If I have historical daily data and want to use it with data I will be downloading from dial data what do I do?
The first thing you have to do is check to see that the symbol names you will be importing match the symbol names that dial data uses to download. If they do not match you will have to change the name of the symbol as you import each symbol into the DataManager.
The second step you must take is to import the data into the DataManager securities list. Please follow the instructions in your User's Manual in section 3 of the DataManager chapter.
Finally, after you have imported the data into the DataManager, you are ready to download data through dial data. Please check the User's Manual, DataManager chapter 12, section 1. You could download the data from dial data first but remember, any imported data that overlaps the dial data downloaded data will be overwritten.
5. If I want to download daily weekly and monthly data into the DataManager for different tests I want to run, what must I do?
Keep in mind that weekly bars can be build from daily data, and monthly bars can be build from both daily and weekly bars.
Since symbols carry the same name (no matter the time period) you can't maintain daily, weekly and monthly files of the same symbol in the same directory. Therefore, you must create different directories for the different time periods. You must also make two or three telephone calls to complete the download for the different time periods. For example :
Daily files under C:\DDData\Daily
Weekly files under C:\DDData\Weekly
Monthly files under C:\DDData\Monthly
6. I have another Omega Research product and wanted to use that data in SuperCharts. How can I do that?
This depends on the type of data it is. As of 12/93 Daily data can be exporte
d from the other Omega product into an ASCII file and either read directly into the SuperCharts charting application or imported into the DataManager. As of 12/93 Intra-day collected data can only be exported into an ASCII file and then read directly into the SuperCharts charting application.
7. How do I set up SuperCharts for color printing?
SuperCharts is installed via Windows. If you have already set up your printer under Windows during the Windows install, SuperCharts reads those drivers and prints through them. To print in color with SuperCharts, simply click the Color Printing check box that is displayed in the "Print" dialog box after click Page, Print.
8. Are those zero's or the letter O in my serial number?
All Omega Research products carry zero's in serial numbers or passwords.
9. What do I do if the symbols I want to download are not in the Master Universe list?
If the symbols you want to download are not in the Master Universe list you can add them to your download list in one of two ways.
Add all the symbols to your master universe list first, following the instructions in the DataManager chapter 12, section 3. Then add the symbols to the securities list through the group add or by adding one symbol at a time. Please see the section 1 of the DataManager chapter.
Add the symbols you want to add to your list one by one in the Add Securities dialog box. The default in the master universe for that security type is used when adding symbols to the security list. As you add symbols to the securities list they are automatically added to the Master Universe list.
I received four disks and only needed three for the installation, why?
First time installers of SuperCharts will need all four disks. When installing as an update, the demo and sample data files are not installed, therefore not needing a forth disk.
How can I get easy language support on SuperCharts?
If you are writing a system or indicator and need a term defined or any mechanical questions answered regarding how to apply, access or find any information our technicians would be happy to help you. However, if you require assistance in writing any analysis tool, please fax it to the Technical Support Dept./Custom System Writing Dept. and they will get back to you within 10 days with an estimate on time and cost.
Once I pay for SuperCharts do I have any other payments to make to Omega Research?
Once you pay for SuperCharts the product is yours and you no longer owe us any money. If you are using the downloader with dial data, you will need to pay them for the downloading cost incurred every month. If there is an update of SuperCharts, you will be alerted by letter on how to order and the cost involved.
Macro Language6
Macro Language
There are many different executable commands in the Charting module, and several different ways of performing the same command. There are four different methods of performing the same commands: the Menu Method, the Easy Icon Method, the Hot Key Method and the Macro Language Method.
The Menu Method utilizes the Windows pull-down menu choices to execute the command. The Easy Icon Method uses the Easy Icons to execute the command. The Hot Key method is available for only the most commonly used commands. The Hot Key method assigns the command to a Function Key. For example to start the Charting Module or switch to the Charv
ting Module the
function key is your Hot Key. Some commands may only be available using certain methods, while others can be executed using the method of your choice.
The Macro Language Method allows you to type in a keyword to execute a given command. Many of the Macro Language commands are unique to that method, meaning they can only be performed using the Macro Language. For a complete listing of Macro Language commands please see Appendix D in the back of the SuperCharts
User's Manual.
To execute a Macro Language command:
Look at the title bar on the SuperCharts
Main Menu.
From the SuperCharts
Main Menu, type in the macro command and any required inputs.
Notice the title bar on the screen reflects your keyboard input.
Press the
key to start the command.
Documentation Route;
Documentation Route
The documentation provided with SuperCharts must be used correctly to be of any use to you. The following is a brief description of each piece of documentation .
The SuperCharts
User's Manual
gives step-by-step instructions on the most frequently performed SuperCharts tasks you will be performing. This includes installation instructions.
On-line Help documents every SuperCharts feature, and dialog box.
Getting Started Guide and Video
gives a tutorial on SuperCharts Basics
Technical Support9
Technical Support
At Omega Research we pride ourselves on outstanding Customer Service and expert Technical Support. If you need our assistance, we will do our very best to help.
The first thing to do if you are having difficulties is sit back for a moment and think. A bit of clear contemplation can often work wonders with a problem. What are the symptoms? What was I doing just before it happened? What has changed since it last worked?
Assuming you need our help, you may reach our
Technical Support Team
Omega Research Inc.
Omega Research Building
Technical Support Dept.
9200 Sunset Drive
Miami, FL 33173
Technical Support ----
Phone:
(305) 270-0174
: (305) 270-9650
Hours: 9:00 A.M.- 6:00 P.M. Eastern Time, Monday-Friday
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