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===Using Volume Profile=== | ===Using Volume Profile=== | ||
Volume Profile can be turned on/off from the '''Format Instruments''' window: | Volume Profile can be turned on/off from the '''Format Instruments''' window: | ||
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# Select the '''Volume Profile''' tab. | # Select the '''Volume Profile''' tab. | ||
# Check the '''Show Volume Profile''' check box to turn Volume Profile on/off. The '''Show Volume Profile''' check box is unchecked by default. | # Check the '''Show Volume Profile''' check box to turn Volume Profile on/off. The '''Show Volume Profile''' check box is unchecked by default. | ||
===General=== | |||
# Select one of the available '''Profiles''': | # Select one of the available '''Profiles''': | ||
#* '''Tick Count'''. If this profile is selected, volume provided by the data source is not taken into account. Each tick volume equals to 1. Each line demonstrates the number of ticks traded on a specific price level colored in blue (by default). The following components are available for this volume profile style: | #* '''Tick Count'''. If this profile is selected, volume provided by the data source is not taken into account. Each tick volume equals to 1. Each line demonstrates the number of ticks traded on a specific price level colored in blue (by default). The following components are available for this volume profile style: | ||
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#*'''Days''' option is available if the basic resolution in chart settings is larger than one day. <div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">'''Note''': '''Minutes''' and '''Days''' options are not available if '''Breakdown by''' = '''Ask Traded vs Bid Traded'''.</div> | #*'''Days''' option is available if the basic resolution in chart settings is larger than one day. <div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">'''Note''': '''Minutes''' and '''Days''' options are not available if '''Breakdown by''' = '''Ask Traded vs Bid Traded'''.</div> | ||
# Adjust '''Ticks per Row''' value (set to 1 by default) to change the the amount of minimum price increments (set in [[Setting Properties#Editing a new symbol properties|QuoteManager by Price Scale and Min. Movement]] covered by each line of Volume Profile. | # Adjust '''Ticks per Row''' value (set to 1 by default) to change the the amount of minimum price increments (set in [[Setting Properties#Editing a new symbol properties|QuoteManager by Price Scale and Min. Movement]] covered by each line of Volume Profile. | ||
# | ===Time=== | ||
# | Select 1 of 4 available '''Time''' parameters for the Volume Profile to be shown: | ||
# | # If '''Last''' option is selected, it shows Volume Profile for the specified: | ||
# | #* Number of last '''Bars'''; or | ||
# | #* Number of last '''Sessions'''; or | ||
# | #* Number of last '''Weeks'''.<div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">'''Note''': In comparison to '''Every''', the starting point for '''Last''' is the current/latest bar on chart. Volume profile will not cover a period more than the specified [[Data Range]] in chart settings.</div> | ||
# | # If '''Every''' option is selected, it shows Volume Profile: | ||
# | #* Every specified number of '''Bars'''; or | ||
# | #* Every specified number of '''Sessions'''; or | ||
# | #* Every specified number of '''Weeks'''.<div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">'''Note''': In comparison to '''Last''', the starting point for '''Every''' is the first bar on chart. Volume profile will not cover a period more than the specified [[Data Range]] in chart settings.</div> | ||
# | # If '''Start ... End ...''' option is selected, it shows Volume Profile for a specified period of time according to your regional settings.<div style="background-color: #E5F6FF;">'''Example''': Show volume Profile from ''dd/mm/yy hh:mm:ss'' to ''dd/mm/yy hh:mm:ss''.</div> | ||
# | # If '''Start ... Bars ...''' option is selected, '''Start''' stands for the begging and '''Bars''' stands for the duration of the Volume Profile. | ||
# | === Style=== | ||
# | This section allows to adjust the color, size and style of the Volume Profile components. | ||
=== Appearance === | |||
Adjust additional settings according to your preferences | |||
#'''Always show entire number''' turns off K and M abbreviations.<br> | |||
#'''Display above price bars''' puts the Volume Profile in front and the bars in the background. By default the Volume Profile is in the background.<br> | |||
#'''Alignment''' displays the Volume Profile along the right or left border. | |||
#'''Position''' determines the location of the Volume Profile if Time is set to Every 1 Bar. | |||
#'''Transparency''' regulates the transparency of the volume profile. Though the Volume Profile transparency can be set to 0%, one will still be able to see the bars of the symbol data series. That is because by default Volume Profile is shown in the background and the data series stays on the foreground.<br> | |||
#'''Width''' regulates the width of the Volume Profile. | |||
#* If '''Last''' is selected in '''Time''' section, the 100% of '''Width''' is 100% of visual chart space. | #* If '''Last''' is selected in '''Time''' section, the 100% of '''Width''' is 100% of visual chart space. | ||
#* If '''Every''' is selected in '''Time''' section, the 100% of '''Width''' is 100% of space allocated for specified number of bars/sessions. | #* If '''Every''' is selected in '''Time''' section, the 100% of '''Width''' is 100% of space allocated for specified number of bars/sessions. | ||
#* If '''Start ... End ...''' is selected in '''Time''' section, the 100% of '''Width''' is 100% of space allocated for specified time period. | #* If '''Start ... End ...''' is selected in '''Time''' section, the 100% of '''Width''' is 100% of space allocated for specified time period. | ||
# | #'''Value area:''' determines the area of the most traded volume of the profile.<br> | ||
Check '''Use As Default''' box to use your custom settings of volume profile as default ones. | |||
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===Displaying Multiple Volume Profiles=== | |||
Volume profile is a tool that can be enabled or disabled for a particular data series. 1 data series can have only 1 Volume Profile displayed, however it is possible to see multiple different Volume Profiles for the same instrument on 1 chart: | Volume profile is a tool that can be enabled or disabled for a particular data series. 1 data series can have only 1 Volume Profile displayed, however it is possible to see multiple different Volume Profiles for the same instrument on 1 chart: | ||
# [[Volume Profile#Using Volume profile|Create a chart with Volume Profile]], | # [[Volume Profile#Using Volume profile|Create a chart with Volume Profile]], | ||
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All the rest settings should be 100% identical to the original data series. | All the rest settings should be 100% identical to the original data series. | ||
===Volume Profile Switch=== | |||
Since MultiCharts 8.7 beta 1 Volume Profile can be plotted on the chart with a single click on the '''Volume Profile Switch''' [[File:VPSwitch.png]]button located in the status line. | Since MultiCharts 8.7 beta 1 Volume Profile can be plotted on the chart with a single click on the '''Volume Profile Switch''' [[File:VPSwitch.png]]button located in the status line. | ||
[[Category:Charts]] | [[Category:Charts]] |