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Feb
15

Developing a Scan

Third installment on using pattern scanner.

Most people who think of using scanners do not know what they are doing, period. (Lawrence: I know I am very harsh here, but I do get emotional when I see people doing things to harm their trading accounts unnecessarily.) Throwing in whole bunch of indicators, filtering settings, etc. that you think would yield a list of candidates to monitor in real-time will not help you pick out the winning trades. Even if you do not have a concrete trading plan, you still need to think and research properly with the pattern scanners first. This article shows you the basics in using the pattern scanner to identify market bias for you.
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Feb
5

Optimize the Real-Time Performance of Pattern Scanners

Second installment on using the pattern scanner more effectively. You can find the first one here.

There are many techniques to improve scanning performance significantly by turning on/off certain options within the pattern scanner. There are also some global settings within NeoTicker that affect scanning in real-time. I will now discuss each item separately.
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Feb
3

Understanding the Pattern Scanners

A multi-part guideline to get top performance from using the pattern scanners.

Why Use Pattern Scanner?

Pattern Scanner, especially its ability to utilize multiple indicators in its scan, is very useful for the detection of complex setups.

Pattern Scanner is also very flexible in terms of its ability to chain the scanning, send its results to quote window, etc. Making it the tool of choice to identify trading opportunities across many symbols.
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Jan
7

Howto Download and Import Historical Data

This article is a step by step guide that shows how to import historical data files downloaded from TickQuest website customer area in to NeoTicker.
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Dec
21

Howto Build Calculated Symbols 2

This time around I will show how to build a spread symbol and a completely new method to fill in historical calculation that better emulate real time data building using lower time frame and compress series calls.
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Dec
11

Howto Build Calculated Symbols

Calculated symbols are symbols base on modifying underlying data, resulting data can be used as regular data series for real-time or historical data analysis.

NeoTicker user defined symbols provide real-time custom calculated data series, historical data for these calculated symbols can be filled in with calculated cache data.
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Oct
24

Access to Excel within Your Own Indicator

A simple example showing how you can access data directly from your Excel.

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Oct
17

Howto List and Rank Indicator Result

NeoTicker® quote window have formula columns which allow users to easily see multiple symbols indicator calculated results in a list format. However quote window calculated columns are not available when NeoTicker® is in offline mode, in this case pattern scanner can be used to list indicator results.
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Oct
10

Using NeoTicker with Excel Part 2

Overview

To create highly presentable technical analysis chart has been a complex and tedious task for years. With NeoTicker®, you can simply send your chart data and technical indicators into Excel for presentation formatting. By utilizing Excel’s capability in presentation graphics, you can create high impact presentation easily.
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Oct
10

Using Excel with NeoTicker Part 1

Overview

You need to take a snapshot of the current market prices of a list of symbols and format the data for presentation purpose. NeoTicker® can export data directly to Excel and reformat the data for this purpose.
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