Changing Global Defaults

Changing Defaults for this Portfolio

Many of the default settings in TradingSolutions can be changed to fit individual preferences. To change most of these general options, select Options… from the Tools menu. This will display the Modify Options Dialog, which contains several property pages for modifying program settings.

The following options can be changed from the Modify Options Dialog:

·      Charting Defaults

The Charting page allows you to control the amount of data displayed by default when you open a chart. It also allows you to select which fields are displayed when you press the Chart button in the Information View.

·      Field Creation Defaults

The Field Creation page allows you to change many of the defaults used when creating new optimized or predicted fields.

·      Portfolio Contents

The General page allows you to control whether the Portfolio View will display the name associated with the data, the symbol, or both.

Ä    Note: To change which fields are displayed in the Portfolio View, see Using Display Fields.

·      Signal Analysis Defaults

The Signal Analysis page allows you to change the default trading style and date range to use when automatically analyzing signals for display on the Modify Data Series: Entry/Exit Signals page.

·      Sounds

The Sounds page allows you to change the sounds associated with certain events in TradingSolutions.

·      Startup Behavior

The General page allows you change whether the Welcome Dialog is displayed when TradingSolutions is started. It also allows you to select whether to restore previously open charts and spreadsheets.

Ä    Note: This page can also be reached by selecting Change Startup Behavior from the Welcome Dialog.

&  For help modifying the field formats, see Using Custom Field Formats.

Changing the Work Directory

By default, TradingSolutions will store all of your data in a subdirectory called Work beneath the directory where TradingSolutions was installed. If you would prefer to have your data in another location, use the Change Work Directory… option from the File menu. This will display a Folder Selection Dialog, which will let you select a new Work directory.