Aspen Graphics 4.2 User Manual

Aspen Graphics 4.2 User Manual

Aspen Graphics 4.2 User Manual ....................................................................................... 1 What Is Aspen Graphics 4.2?.............................................................................................. 8

Objects in Aspen ............................................................................................................. 8 Charts .......................................................................................................................... 8 Clocks ......................................................................................................................... 8 Quotes ......................................................................................................................... 8 News ........................................................................................................................... 8 Time and Sales............................................................................................................ 9 Price and Volume........................................................................................................ 9 Other Windows ........................................................................................................... 9

Display Options .............................................................................................................. 9 Toolbars .................................................................................................................... 10 Menu Bar .................................................................................................................. 11 Status Bar .................................................................................................................. 11

Accessing Menu Options .............................................................................................. 11 Managing the Desktop .................................................................................................. 11 Setup Options Dialog.................................................................................................... 12

Miscellaneous ........................................................................................................... 12 File Management .............................................................................................................. 13

About Aspen Pages and Aspen Windows..................................................................... 13 Saving Files............................................................................................................... 14 Opening Files ............................................................................................................ 16

Charts ................................................................................................................................ 21 Adding a Chart.............................................................................................................. 21 Chart Toolbar ............................................................................................................ 21 Chart Elements.......................................................................................................... 25 Chart Properties Dialog................................................................................................. 26 Entering Symbols.......................................................................................................... 31 Handling Futures Contracts ...................................................................................... 34 Continuing Contracts ................................................................................................ 35 Entering Multiple Symbols ....................................................................................... 37 Editing Symbols........................................................................................................ 38 Copy and Paste Symbols........................................................................................... 39 Changing Timeframes................................................................................................... 40 Timeframes and Performance ................................................................................... 41 Navigating Charts ......................................................................................................... 42

Chart Types....................................................................................................................... 42 Bar Charts ..................................................................................................................... 42 Candlestick Charts ........................................................................................................ 43 Displaying Candlesticks............................................................................................ 44 Candlesticks Colors .................................................................................................. 45 Point and Figure Charts ................................................................................................ 47 Displaying a Point and Figure Chart......................................................................... 47 Point and Figure Parameters ..................................................................................... 48 Tic Charts...................................................................................................................... 49

Tic Over Time Charts ............................................................................................... 50 Zero Minute Charts ................................................................................................... 51 Line Chart ................................................................................................................. 53 Equitick Charts.......................................................................................................... 54 Layer Charts.............................................................................................................. 56 Indicators........................................................................................................................... 59 Indicator Related Icons ................................................................................................. 59 Adding an Overlay........................................................................................................ 60 Adding a Study to a Split Window ............................................................................... 61 Removing Indicators..................................................................................................... 63 Removing Split Windows ......................................................................................... 63 The Study Dialog .............................................................................................................. 64 Displaying the Study Dialog......................................................................................... 65 Using the Study Dialog................................................................................................. 66 Adding Studies and Overlays.................................................................................... 66 Trendlines ......................................................................................................................... 67 Entering and Exiting Trend Mode ................................................................................ 67 The Trend Mode Tool Bar ............................................................................................ 67 Freehand Mode ............................................................................................................. 70 Drawing Horizontal Lines............................................................................................. 70 Drawing Horizontal Fibonacci Retracements............................................................... 71 Drawing Diagonal Fibonacci Retracements ................................................................. 72 Fibonacci Options ......................................................................................................... 73 Displaying the Fibonacci Options Dialog................................................................. 74 Drawing Speed Lines.................................................................................................... 74 Drawing Gann Time/Price Angles................................................................................ 76 Gann Time/Price Options ......................................................................................... 77 Drawing Gann Squares ................................................................................................. 79 Gann Squares Options Dialog................................................................................... 80 Drawing Andrew's Pitchfork........................................................................................ 81 Drawing Thom Demark Relative Retracement............................................................. 82 Qualifying Relative Retracement.............................................................................. 84 Drawing Thom DeMark Absolute Retracement ........................................................... 84 Drawing Thom DeMark Trend Factors ........................................................................ 86 Drawing Thom DeMark Retracement Arcs.................................................................. 87 Thom DeMark Trendline Property Dialog ............................................................... 89 Manipulating Trendlines............................................................................................... 89 Moving Trendlines.................................................................................................... 89 Pivoting Trendlines................................................................................................... 90 Extending and Retracting Trendlines........................................................................ 90 Adding Parallel Lines ............................................................................................... 91 Adding Linked Parallel Lines ................................................................................... 92 Deleting Lines............................................................................................................... 93 Deleting a Single Line .............................................................................................. 93 Delete a Group of Lines............................................................................................ 93 Delete All Trend Lines.............................................................................................. 94

Annotating Charts ............................................................................................................. 94 Entering Text Mode ...................................................................................................... 95 Adding Text .................................................................................................................. 95 Changing Text Parameters............................................................................................ 96 Displaying the Text Parameters ................................................................................ 97

Quotes ............................................................................................................................... 97 Quote Properties Dialog................................................................................................ 98 Understanding Quotes in Aspen ................................................................................. 100 Quote Code Variables ............................................................................................. 100 Opening Pre-Defined Quote Windows ....................................................................... 101 Displaying a Quote Grid Window .......................................................................... 102 Displaying a Quote Board Window........................................................................ 103 Entering Symbols........................................................................................................ 103 Creating a Free Format Quote Window...................................................................... 105 The Quote Code Dialog .............................................................................................. 106 Displaying the Quote Code Dialog ......................................................................... 106 Using the Quote Code Dialog ................................................................................. 107 The Quote Window Toolbar ....................................................................................... 108 Adding Formulas or Text to a Quote Window ........................................................... 111 Fill Down and Fill Right ............................................................................................. 112 Filling a Specified Range........................................................................................ 115 Quote Code Definitions .............................................................................................. 116

Clocks ............................................................................................................................. 119 Clock Toolbar ............................................................................................................. 119 Clock Properties Dialog.............................................................................................. 121 Changing the Time Zone ............................................................................................ 122 Time Zone Codes........................................................................................................ 123

Price/Volume .................................................................................................................. 124 Market Profile Anatomy ............................................................................................. 125 Price Volume Cursor................................................................................................... 126 Displaying a Market Profile........................................................................................ 126 Market Profile Toolbar ............................................................................................... 127 The Market Profile Menu............................................................................................ 128 Profile Properties Dialog............................................................................................. 129 Displaying the Market Profile Properties Dialog.................................................... 133 Merging Profiles ......................................................................................................... 133 Removing Merged Profiles ..................................................................................... 133 TPO's .......................................................................................................................... 134 Old TPO Alphanumeric Assignments .................................................................... 134 New TPO Alphanumeric Assignments................................................................... 134

News ............................................................................................................................... 135 Displaying a News Window ................................................................................... 136

News Window Toolbar ............................................................................................... 136 News Search................................................................................................................ 137

Display by Category ............................................................................................... 137 Keyword Search...................................................................................................... 138

Additional News Window Tips .................................................................................. 139 Time and Sales................................................................................................................ 140

Displaying a Time and Sales Window........................................................................ 141 Time and Sales Property Dialog ................................................................................. 141

Displaying the Time and Sales Property Dialog..................................................... 144 Formulas ......................................................................................................................... 145

The Parts of a Formula................................................................................................ 145 Expressions ............................................................................................................. 146

Functions..................................................................................................................... 150 Study Functions ...................................................................................................... 151 Chart Functions....................................................................................................... 152 Trig Functions......................................................................................................... 154

Special Functions ........................................................................................................ 154 The Chart Function ................................................................................................. 154 The Scale Function ................................................................................................. 157

Writing a Formula....................................................................................................... 159 The Formula Editor................................................................................................. 159 Example Formula.................................................................................................... 161 Multi Line Formula Writing ................................................................................... 166 Multi-Line Formula Examples................................................................................ 168

Color Rules ................................................................................................................. 172 Color Rule Dialog ................................................................................................... 173 Creating a Custom Color Rule................................................................................ 174 Edit a Color Rule .................................................................................................... 176 Using Color Rules in a Chart .................................................................................. 176

Alarms......................................................................................................................... 179 What can Trigger an Alarm?................................................................................... 179 The Alarm List Dialog ............................................................................................ 181 Adding or Editing an Alarm ................................................................................... 182

Alarm Examples.......................................................................................................... 188 Slow Stochastic Lines Crossing.............................................................................. 188 Slow Stochastic Lines Crossing Above 80 or Below 20 ........................................ 189 Price Breakouts from Bollinger Bands ................................................................... 189 Momentum Changes Direction ............................................................................... 190 Option Volume Increases........................................................................................ 190 Moving Average Crossover .................................................................................... 191 Index or Instrument Outside a Given Range........................................................... 191 Instrument Up/Down 5 points................................................................................. 191 Auto-Print 3 days prior to Expire............................................................................ 192

DDE / Exporting Data to Excel ...................................................................................... 192 Loading the Aspen Graphics DDE toolbar in Excel................................................... 193 Displaying the DDE Link Generator Dialog Box....................................................... 195 Quote ? "Live" Links from Aspen Graphics into Excel ......................................... 195 History ? Exporting Historical Data from Aspen Graphics to Excel...................... 197

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