May 2010 Archives

Chart Control (When focused on a chart as opposed to Main Port Window)

F1..................................Context Sensitive Help

(the # key definitions are for time based charts)
1.....................................10 min Period
2.....................................30 min Period
3.....................................1 hour Period
4.....................................2 hours Period
5.....................................All Data
6.....................................Current Day
7.....................................Last 2 days
8.....................................Last 3 Days
0.....................................Set custom chart period
=.....................................Jump to custom chart period

(the CTRL+# key definitions are for time based charts)
CTRL-1.............................1 min Frequency
CTRL-2.............................3 min Frequency
CTRL-3.............................5 min Frequency
CTRL-4.............................10 min Frequency
CTRL-5.............................15 min Frequency
CTRL-0.............................Set custom chart frequency
CTRL-=.............................Jump to "custom" chart frequency

arrow left...........................Scroll along x-axis right
arrow right..........................Scroll along x-axis left

+......................................Decrease chart period
-......................................Increase chart period
scrollwheel...........................Scroll chart
CTRL-scrollwheel..................Increase/decrease chart period
Page Up.............................Scroll one visible chart period back
Page Down..........................Scroll one visible chart period forward.
Home.................................Scroll to earliest data point visible
End...................................Scroll to latest data point visible

CTRL.................................Momentary toggle crosshair show/hide
Alt....................................Momentary toggle default/freestyle Cross-hair

Left Click & Drag...........Draw trendline
Shift+Left Click & Drag...........Draw trendline locked horiz/vert
Alt+Left Click & Drag..............Draw arrow

CTRL-Right Click & Drag..........Enable "zoom" box

DoubleClick Upper Chart..........Maximize Chart/Restore Chart
DoubleClick Lower Chart..........Call Technical Indicators panel
RightClick Upper Chart Y-Axis...Call Vertical Scale Control
SHIFT + LeftClick & Drag on Y-axis....Turns on Absolute Vertical Scale Control
CTRL + LeftClick & Drag on Y-axis....Turns on Sliding Vertical Scale Control

Shift + Ctrl + H >> Delete the highest data point in view (of a chart)
Shift + Ctrl + L >> Delete the lowest data point in view (of a chart)

QuoteTracker用IB

Indices 用TD Ameritrade做数据源，但用IB做BackFill时，在AMTD中^DJI，而IB中的symbol则是$INDU，但这样还不够，如果backfill的时候，指数需要写完整的：NYSE:$INDU，碰到"backfill chart for ^DJI as"填 NYSE:$INDU 

https://www.quotetracker.com/help/ib.shtml

For STOCKS the format is ROUTE:SYMBOL. If the ROUTE: portion is omitted, QuoteTracker will default the route to SMART. For example, both AOL and SMART:AOL are legitimate symbols and represent the same security.

For OPTIONS you should use the standard option symbol prefixed with a period. You would need to get the actual symbol from IB web site or TWS. for US Option symbol formats, please refer to IB's Option Symbology Initiative page. For Example:
BOX:.ESI   100220C00110000

NOTE: that the root symbol must be 6 characters, so you must pad it with appropriate number of spaces

For FUTURES you should use the futures symbol as shown on Contract Description/SYMBOL column in TWS, prefixed with the exchange and an at sign (@). For example, GLOBEX:@ESH0. Some exchanges use a fixed length SSSS MMM YY symbol format (ECBOT and DTB for example). Example:
DTB:@FDAX MAR 10

For YM underlying symbol, you would need to add spaces to fill in the SSSS section of the symbol since YM is just 2 characters:
ECBOT:@YM   MAR 10
(with 3 spaces after YM and 1 space after MAR)

For FUTURE OPTIONS you should use the symbol as shown on the end of the DESCRIPTION column in TWS, prefixed with the exchange and an carot character(^). For example, GLOBEX:^ESH0 C1080

For WARRANTS you should use the symbol as shown on the end of the DESCRIPTION column in TWS, prefixed with the exchange and an exclamation point character(!). For example, FWB:!DB25LU

For CASH you should use the symbol as shown on the end of the DESCRIPTION column in TWS, prefixed with the exchange and an pound sign(#). For example, IDEALPRO:#EUR.USD

For INDICES prefix the symbol with the exchange and a dollar sign ($). For example, PHLX:$SOX

You can specify order routing for options, futures and indices, same as for stocks.

On the trading panel, you can either enter just the symbol without any prefix, then specify the routing and security type, or you can enter the above formatted symbols and QuoteTracker will convert them for you.

COMMON SYMBOL EXAMPLES: