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The easiest way to get up and running with marketDirection Monitor is by loading one of the Demo pages that were included in the installation. You can find detailed step-by-step instructions on how to load one of these pages in the Watchlist Operation and Chart Operation sections. Information on the actual Demo pages and their configuration can be found in the Demo Pages section.

 

However if, for whatever reason, you prefer to set up your own page then please follow the steps below:

 

Creating Your Own Page


 

Open a new page in eSignal.

Click on the blue eSignal icon at the top-left of the application and then select the New Page option from the menu.

 

Load a watchlist and a chart into the page and align them as needed.

Click on the New button on the top toolbar and select New Chart and then New Watchlist from the drop-down menu.

 

Create a Time Template

Right-click in the chart and select the Time Template option from the pop-up menu.

 

Select the Edit option.

 

In the Time Template dialog click on the (+) sign at the top-left to create a new Template

 

Type in a name for the new Template.

 

Under Data Range select Fixed and type in 500 and then select Bars from the drop-down in the next field.

 

Under Sessions select Auto.

 

Click on the Close button when done.

 

Attach the Time Template to the watchlist and to the chart.

Right-click in the body of the watchlist.

 

Select the Time Template option from the pop-up menu.

 

In the new menu that appears, click on the Time Template that you just created to select it.

 

Repeat this procedure in the chart.

 

Both the watchlist and the chart should now be attached to the same Time Template.

 

Turn off Hibernation

Click anywhere in the watchlist to select it.

 

In the eSignal toolbar at the top of the application click on the Watch List button.

 

If Hibernation Mode is checked, click on it to uncheck it.

 

See the Hibernation section for more information.

 

Link the chart to the watchlist by Symbol and by Interval

At the top-left of the chart (just to the left of the word "Chart") you will see two small buttons, the first one is probably already green. Click on the second button and select Green as the interval link. So now both of those buttons in the chart should be green.

 

Do exactly the same thing with the watchlist (i.e., set both of those buttons to green)

 

The watchlist and chart are now linked by Symbol and by Interval.

 

See the Symbol/Interval Link section for more information.

 

Type in, or import your list of securities into the watchlist.

To import a "canned" list of securities, right-click anywhere inside of the watchlist and select the Insert List option from the pop-up menu.

 

From the Insert List dialog, click on the Tab you want to use (i.e., Hot List, Sector List, Index Constituents, From File).

 

Click on the list you want to use then click on the Insert button.

 

The list of symbols you selected should now be pulled into your watchlist.

 

The imported list will probably have a title row indicating where the list came from. You can remove this by right-clicking anywhere in that row and selecting the Delete Row option from the menu.

 

See the Adding a List of Symbols section for a more detailed look at this process.

 

Load the marketDirection Monitor indicator into the watchlist.

Right-click in the title row of the watchlist and select the Add Columns option.

 

In the Columns dialog, click on the Formulas tab.

 

Scroll down until you see the marketDirectionMonitor folder.

 

Double-click on the folder to open it, then click on the marketDirectionMonitor.efs file and click on the Apply button to load it, then click the Close button.

 

Right-click in the title row of the watchlist again and this time select the Edit Columns option.

 

Type in the bar interval you want to use in the Interval field and then click on the Apply button you will see at top-right.

 

The marketDirection Monitor indicator is now loaded in your watchlist and set to the interval you wish to monitor.

 

Load the marketDirection Monitor indicator into the chart.

Right-click in the chart and select the Insert Study option.

 

In the Insert Study dialog, click on the Formulas tab.

 

Scroll down until you see the marketDirectionMonitor folder.

 

Double-click on the folder to open it, then click on the marketDirectionMonitor.efs file and click on the Apply button to load it, then click the Close button.

 

The marketDirection Monitor indicator is now loaded in your chart.

 

Save your work.

Click on the blue eSignal icon at top-left of the application and select the Save Page As option from the menu.

 

Type in a name for your page and save it.

 

That's it, you are done!

You should now be able to click on any row in the watchlist and the information for that formation should appear in the chart (and the chart should be displaying the same symbol and interval as the watchlist is using).

 

 


See Also:

 

Watchlist Operation

Chart Operation

Symbol/Interval Link

Demo Pages

Time Templates

Params Linking

 

 

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