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The Real-Time Market Scanner (also known as "Screener" or "Quote Window") is a data grid (quote sheet) which can display quotes, market data, and indicator data in spreadsheet format. | |||
The Scanner is indispensable for monitoring, screening, searching, and organizing many symbols according to user defined criteria. The Scanner can accept symbols from different data feeds. | |||
The Scanner can also plot charts automatically without having to manually add the chart via a new chart window. Symbols can also be sorted by user-defined criteria. | |||
The Scanner is used to: | |||
* Monitor real-time market data in different resolutions (ticks, minutes, days, etc) | |||
* Find trading opportunities based on customizable criteria and sorting | |||
* Plot studies that are either newly built or imported from other sources | |||
Scanner features: | |||
* 5,000 symbols per Scanner window (In MultiCharts 32 bit) / No limitation for the amount of symbols per Scanner window (In MultiCharts 64 bit) | |||
* 200+ built-in studies | |||
* Multiple-core and multiple CPU support | |||
* Symbol sorting either on a per-second basis or based on a timer | |||
* Ability to mix different data feeds within the same Scanner window | |||
* Ability to use different resolutions for each symbol | |||
* Ability to use all resolutions available in MultiCharts | |||
* Ability to handle both real-time and end-of-day data | |||
* Access to locally stored data | |||
* Ability to handle different custom sessions for different symbols | |||
* Ability to link symbols within a Scanner to a chart | |||
* Ability to create a chart directly from the Scanner with a mouse click | |||
* Ability to choose the number of bars/days back for study calculations | |||
* Visual, audio, and e-mail alerts | |||
* Direct access to PowerLanguage Editor to view and modify study scripts | |||
* Script-driven text generation in the Scanner cells | |||
* Customizable text and background colors | |||
* Dedicated market trend histogram | |||
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== Working with Scanner Windows == | |||
A Scanner window with all the settings is always created and then being saved in a Workspace. | |||
<div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">Note: When the window position is detached it can be visually located outside of the Workspace.</div> | |||
The number of windows that can be added to workspaces is limited only by computer's hardware configuration. | |||
To create a new Scanner window: | |||
# Click on the '''New Scanner Window''' [[File:New Scanner Window (125).png]] icon on the Main Toolbar, or | |||
# Select '''File''' in the main menu, then point to '''New''' and click on '''New Scanner Window''', or | |||
# Use CTRL+SHIFT+INSERT hot key combination, or | |||
# Right-click on the empty area of the workspace and select '''Scanner Window'''. | |||
You can copy a symbol or symbols from the Real-Time Market Scanner or from some other source and then paste it into the Real-Time Market Scanner. | |||
To copy and paste symbols within the Real-Time Market Scanner: | |||
# Highlight a symbol or symbols that you need with the help of CTRL or/and SHIFT buttons on your keyboard | |||
# Right click on the highlighted space and select '''Copy''' from the dropbox below, or | |||
# Press CTRL+C to copy selected symbols | |||
# Right click on the cell where you want to paste it and select '''Paste''' from the dropbox below, or | |||
# Press CTRL+V to paste selected symbols. | |||
To create a Group of symbols in the Real-Time Market Scanner: | |||
# Right click on the cell in the Real-Time Market Scanner where you want to create it | |||
# Select '''Insert Group''' from the dropbox below, or | |||
# Go to the main menu of MultiCharts '''Insert''' | |||
# Select '''Group''', or | |||
# Press '''F8''' on your keyboard. | |||
To rename Group: | |||
# Right click on the Group line | |||
# Select '''Rename''' | |||
# Enter the name of the group | |||
# Click '''Enter'''. | |||
To hide/extend the symbols in Group: | |||
# Right click on the Group line | |||
# Select '''Toggle''', or | |||
# Click on “+” / “-“. | |||
<br>Learn more about working with windows: | |||
[[MultiCharts_Work_Area#Understanding Workspaces|Workspaces]] | |||
<br>[[MultiCharts_Work_Area#Arranging Windows|Arranging Windows]] | |||
<br>[[MultiCharts_Work_Area#Copying Windows|Copying Windows]] | |||
<br>[[MultiCharts_Work_Area#Detaching and Attaching Windows|Detaching/Attaching Windows]] | |||
<br>[[MultiCharts_Work_Area#Detached Windows "Always on Top" Feature|Detached Windows "Always on Top" Feature]] | |||
<br>[[MultiCharts_Work_Area#Deleting Windows|Deleting Windows]] | |||
<br>[[MultiCharts_Work_Area#Switching between Windows|Switching between Windows]] | |||
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