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[amibroker] Re: Chart linking and cursor tracking



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Hi,

These all look like good features. 

I feel a bit lost without the cursor linking. Hopefully we will have 
it back soon.

Greg

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "scourt2000" <stevehite@xxx> wrote:
>
> 
> Regardless of what anyone may think of eSignal's charting 
> (specifically), in general, they certainly set the bar very high 
when 
> it came to the following chart/GUI elements which just about every 
> other charting package on the market has been playing catch-up on 
for 
> the past few years.   I've been using these things for 4 years now 
in 
> my trading and they're real timesavers:
> 
> 1. Symbol linking (option embedded in the title bar, color-coded)
> 
> 2. Interval linking (option embedded in the title bar, color-coded)
> 
> 3. Cursor tracking.  On a per-chart basis one can set whether or 
not 
> the X movements (tracking time), denoted by vertical lines, sync-up 
> with other chart windows.  I can have a tick/volume charts, 2 min 
> chart, 5 min chart, 30 min chart, etc. etc. all with cursor 
tracking 
> turned on and each of X movements will match up with the specific 
price 
> bar in each timeframe.  It's a fantastic way to see how the same 
> futures contract/security is acting among the different timeframes -
or- 
> how multiple symbols are moving in comparision to one another 
through 
> the same or multiple timeframes.
> 
> 4. Title bars can be completely collapsed into just a thick-ribbed 
line 
> to save screen space while still being able to do #1 and #2 above.
> 
> It's a good thing that none of these "inventions" were ever 
patented 
> like that static price DOM trading ladder idea or we would all less 
off 
> for it.
> 
> One other thing about popping charts out of the main chart window 
so 
> they can float about onto other monitors:
> 
> eSignal still has the coolest implementation of this.  It's all 
managed 
> from the title bar window of each chart and is super-intuitive.  
Why 
> all of the other charting packages just don't directly copy this 
idea 
> is beyond me.  But, like the saying goes, if it that easy to 
implement, 
> everyone would be doing it.  Regardless, it must have been very 
time 
> consuming to implement and have everything so fluid for the user to 
> manipulate.
>




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