Select the Strategy Handlings-> Scripting and then Indicator -> New or Edit menu items to program new indicators or make changes to existing indicators.
Editing
Should you wish to change/modify an existing indicator, select the Edit menu item to open the following Indicators dialog window:
The buttons inside this window have the following functions:
- Click the Edit button or double-click on the entry to open the scripting window for the selected indicator.
- Click the Delete button to remove the selected indicator.
- Click the Compile button to compile all indicators, conditions, strategies and alert handlers. If you delete an indicator, the system will only accept changes after you have clicked the Compile button.
Creating a new indicator
After selecting the New->Create menu item for creating a new indicator you will receive a navigation popup with the option to either create a new indicator or import an indicator from a different trading platform:
- Step 1. Enter the name
- Chart-Panel: if this is checked the indicator will be displayed in the charting panel.
- Indicator-Panel: if this checked the indicator will be displayed beneath the chart.
- Step 2. Define parameters.
- Step 3. Define the Plots-Outputs for visualization of the indicator.
- Step 4. Define Level-Lines with the fixed threshold values (if necessary).
- Step 5. Begin writing the indicator-specific program code.
- Step 6. Compile the indicator by pressing the
button, after which it will become available.
- The compile function is availalbe via Strategy Handling- > Scripting -> Compile
After Indicator would be available in indicator list