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Real-Time and History Market Scanner

104 bytes removed, 11:09, 7 October 2013
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The fact that some data providers have a limitation on number of simultaneous real-time data subscriptions made scanning numerous markets almost impossible. Real-Time and History Market Scanner allows managing sets of instruments in both Real-Time and Historical request modes at the same time.
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==Working with Real-Time and History Market Scanner==
A Scanner window with all the settings is always created and then being saved in a Workspace. The number of windows that can be added to workspaces is limited only by computer's hardware configuration.
# Right-click on the empty area of the workspace and select Scanner Window.
When Scanner Window is opened for the first time, a Real-Time scanner Watchlist field is shown by default.
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To open Historical Scanner Pre-Scanning click the '''SHOW HISTPre-Scanning''' text at the top of the Scanner Window.
* The new scanner concept contains of two parts (see screenshots below):
# Real-Time scanner Watchlist (bottom window) that is a standard version of MultiCharts Scanner;# Historical scanner Pre-Scanning (top window) that requests historical data after a certain time interval pre-set by a user. This data can be analyzed in accordance with the pre-set scan filters and the instruments that satisfy the conditions can be copied into Real-Time Scanner the Watchlist window for observing their movement in real-time.
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==Setting up scanning criteria==
Scanning criteria is to be set with the '''Criteria''' toolbar at the top of the Scanner Window.
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# '''Rescan now''' / '''Stop Scan''' button.
# Select the sorting order (Alphabetical or Reverse Alphabetical) by clicking the order button [[File:orderbutton.png]] ;
# Click Ok;
 
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===Starting Scanning===

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