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Groups: Registered, Registered Users Joined: 10/29/2004(UTC) Posts: 24
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I don't think I've seen this mentioned, but I'd love to have multiple "pages" -- kind of like multiple "desktops" -- for my charts.
For example, on Page 1, the default page, I'd have some broad market charts: tick, ticki, adv/dec, etc. and when I clicked on Page 2 I'd have an empty screen again which I could populate with various stocks I was watching for the day. On page 3, I could have a layout (or a number of charts) for a specific stock in multiple time frames, and on Page 4 I could do the same.
So I'd always start out with Page 1, then be able to switch views anytime by clicking on the appropriate page on a new toolbar.
At the end of the day, I'd have the option of "saving the workspace" as I do now, only MSWIN would save the layouts on each of the multiple pages.
This is implemented in eTrade's "Power eTrade Pro" (a Java application) and I find it incredibly useful and WISH MSWIN would do this.
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Groups: Registered, Registered Users Joined: 3/19/2005(UTC) Posts: 2,995
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Hey Ophelia-
QuoteCenter has this capability, but the charting is not nearly as robust as that of MetaStock.
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Thanks for the tip, Grant, but the last thing I need is another program...
I thought of a better way to describe the "multiple page layouts": tabbed pages like FireFox or some of the other, newer browsers have.
Have you thought of creating a poll for the Wish List here on the forum? Each item could have a 1 to 7 rating, from "Really, Really Want" to "Couldn't Care Less".
I Really Really Want my tabbed pages, but that didn't even make into the official list today -- I'm going to go cry myself a river now, bye. :((
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Groups: Registered, Registered Users Joined: 6/13/2005(UTC) Posts: 52
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I agree with Ophelia and would also like to see a tab format.
In addition, it would be nice to have a way to turn an indicator off and on instead of either adding or removing.
Also, is there a way to reduce the Title Bar or better yet incorporate it into the chart? I know it can be eliminated but then you loose the information.
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Groups: Registered, Registered Users, Subscribers Joined: 3/7/2005(UTC) Posts: 1,346
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hey ophelia.... i do understand the tab page deal.... is there a reason for not using the lower toolbar to create those pages.... in a sense, each blank space is a new desktop, as you fill it up and save it becomes a layout .... a layout is nothing more than an arranged workspace of your design.....
all those things you listed i do now.... while its true i click on the icon on the lower toolbar instead of a tab, the result is the same... you can even switch back and forth between all sorts of programs other than meta itself....
i'm sure you know the steps so this is for those that might not..... [url="http://www.hayseedville.com//cu[censored]r.htm] just one click[/url] switches back and forth while all are updating in real time.... just a thought....h
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Groups: Registered, Registered Users Joined: 10/29/2004(UTC) Posts: 24
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Hayseed,
I've tried that and it just doesn't work for me. Why? In a word, your method is all too confusing. For me.
I trade off 1min ticks in whatever catches my fancy at the time and while I like layouts, they tend to proliferate and I tend to forget them, or what they represent. I also forget to delete them.. :)
So your method takes too long to set something up and I can't tell where it is once I have -- all those damn icons look alike and the "mouseover tooltips" take too much time to examine. If I DO set one up and click on it, it takes too long to load fresh data (try 14 days of five charts and 1min ticks -- eSignal and good cable still takes a long time).
I can see how your system might work on a longer time frame, or especially for examining EOD data, but for me and the way I trade it's a bust. In a way, it's an example of how TOO MUCH information is a bad thing.
I don't need a gazillion indicators to trade well; in fact I can get by just fine on 6 or 7. The first thing I do when I install a new release of MSWIN is export just the formulae I want and delete the rest. Then copy the pared .DTA files back. And I certainly don't need 16.7 million color choices for my moving averages and trendlines... But I digress.
One of the advantages to a 4 or 5 page tabbed layout limit is the constraint it places on the trading environment. You note Pareto's principle on your homepage (which is WAY cool, BTW) and I subscribe to it wholeheartedly. 20% of what's inside MSWIN at any given moment going to give me 80% of my profits. The principle also operates along the time axis, so if I chew up time futzing with layouts and figuring which of the 26 identical icons represents what I want to see, as is the case in your example, I've lost a whole hell of a lot of time I could have devoted to apprehending and acting on data.
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