Charting Module of the StockData Manager (SDMCha)

SDMCha offers the following features:

• Reatime live Tick View Window
• Tick Skew index
• Customizable Layouts
• You can program your strategy (see Sample.sdl)
• All data also available as convenient Spreedsheet file (see IBMSample.csv)
• Smart Envelope detection (see Envelope.sdl)
• Powerfull Position viewer with StopOut Line
• Smart Notch style Position stop out protection
• Advanced multilevel Bid/Ask Size Display
• Scroll Up/down
• Dynamic Zoom In/Out
• Show all points with quick shortcut 'a'
• Window portions can be dynamically adjusted (Size=XX %)
• You can zoom to an area by simply click on the start and drag to the end
• You can include or exclude Pre/Post Market trades/bars (ShowNonMarket=No/Yes)
• You can start the realtime updates (right click, Ticker,Start)
• You can view the recent Trades (Time & Sales) right next to your chart
• Convenient F5 refresh shortcut
• Smart Candlestick display: If the Open Price is close/at the Close, show Ellipse,
  if Open is exactly the Close show a netral ellipse (black) not the usual green/red bars
• You can view Intra Day data for one or across several days
• Dynamically switch between you favorite layouts
• Create new Layouts on the fly (Open existing layout, copy all, File New, paste and modify)
  Save as XXX.sdl   (SDChart Layout file), by selecting "Save As" All files and then enter XXX.sdl)
• Many prebuild index calculations (Money Flow Index, True Strength Index, Bollinger Bands etc)
• Convenient Toolsbar were you can enter your symbol, IntraDay/Daily or Ticks data type and the Date Range
  then click on Apply
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Chart Sample with live Ticker:

High/Low Smart Envelope detection:
Each significant High is marked with H1,H2,H3... and Lows are marked with L1,L2,L3, Gaps of more tha 1.5% reset channels

Price merged with Indicators Sample Screen:

Tick View Sample:

Sample Smart Color

Sample Recent Percent Change

Sample Position Smart Stop Out Line

Using the (Multi)Stream Layout:

Define sds file in sdc entry:
[Layout]
Stream=ES30

Using the Compact all in one file (sdc) Layout:

Dont Define sds file in sdc entry:
[Layout]
;Stream=ES30

Define formula in sdc

Functions:
Max{Drop|Rise}Percent([nBack][,Style]])

Checking recent change ranges:
$DropPercent = MaxDropPercent()
$RisePercent = MaxRisePercent()

StartUp via INI file (SDMCha.ini)

[CHART]
Database=C:/SDM
Layout=XLayout
InitData=ES|4 Min|9/30.02

Layout

• Try $\Definitions\XLayout.sdc
  StreamMode if [Layout] Stream=XStream
  $\Definitions\XStream.sds
• Try $\Definitions\XLayout.sds if found StreamMode
  else Plain Chart Mode

Stream Definition (XXX.sds)

[General]
DataType=4 Min
SkipNonMarket=YES

[Stream1]
Title=CCI_RSI
DataType=4 Min
Warmup=ES_CCI_RSI
Layout=ES_CCI_RSI_Chart
Entry=ES_CCI_RSI_Entry
;Exit=ES_CCI_RSI_Exit