ApexTrading and Charting Software

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Time frame effects on price, paintbars and indicators

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Another set of chart templates showing indicators only -- they get placed next to and under
a T-Mode chart -- used for seeing the the oversold condition of higher (or lower) time-frames...
They are especially helpful when I'm using my stochastic scalping method of order entry.

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Some ApexTrader Custom Indicators

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Modify the Fibonacci Retracement Drawing Tools to suit -
in this case it'll draw lines every 10 points and include the level value.

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ApexTrader Drawing Tools and Paintbars

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ApexTrader Paintbars as Signals

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ApexTrader Paintbar Indicators... Design your own & apply to your chart templates
Add color highlights to OHLC bars or candlestick outlines ...or to the indicators ...or to both.

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CONFIGURE ApexTrader's MENUs, TOOLBARs and DRAWING TOOLS
--- Add or remove items to a chart's right-click-menu. Drag & Drop from the configuration list
into the Context Menu for items that are used the most.
--- Drag & Drop to add or remove items to the drawing toolbar which can be set to always
show or be hidden...It can be placed on the top, bottom or sides of the chart. Show items
as an icon, as text or as a combination of both.
--- Configure the properties of the drawing tools to suit your requirements.
Some examples:

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Some Custom Indicators that are available via ApexTrader

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Three chart ENTRY - EXIT perspectives
These are showing orders before being sent to the market.
Once sent and filled, the markers change to a larger size which makes it easier to grab
the adjustment arrows to change the auto-execute feature of the offset bracket orders.

Even with the larger markers it's still easier to grab and move the markers on the DOM.

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Three chart template possibilities via ApexTrader:

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On chart Trade Mode toolbar --- mouse control

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Some more ApexTrader Configuration Features
Setup for my "Control Panel"

Full TradeStation layout

Several on Chart Trading options



Shows how the stochastic indicators can be configured

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Some Custom ShowCase and Coloring indicators from ApexTrader

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Because--the chart data is compiled at different times?

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4 examples of chart templates created with ApexTrader software...

These are all 20 ticks-per-bar of varying widths that are used
for Stochastic Signal Bar T-Mode entries...
These are slightly different from each other in regard to the indicator(s)
that are included within the price panes. They all share the same indicators
that show within the study pane.

Also included on each chart is a Bracket Order Grid which is drawn separately
using an ApexTrader drawing tool:
Entry level in Cyan
Initial Target level in Light Green
Initial Stop level in Magenta

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4 examples of chart templates created with ApexTrader software:

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Explanation of very short term methodology II -

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ApexTrader chart markup tools for short term scalping

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Explanation of a very short term methodology -
Enter using Buy-Stop brackets placed at the high of a completed Signal Bar.
The idea is that price must move up in the proper direction to catch a fill but will not fill if price drops.

Signal Bars are negative and high-lighted with lime outlines when an oversold stochastic is turning up...(created with paint bars)

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"Practice trades"...essential tools to have in your bag-of-tricks
Use practice trades to gauge current market conditions
and to test your methodologies without risking your trading capital.
Switch between "practice and live" throughout the session...
Fine tune your feel for the trade


Setup properties to change the Fibonacci Retracement drawing tool into the Fib-Grid tool

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On chart Trading - Bracket order tools

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Properties for multiple MACD in the price pane...
Change which ones will show and where in the pane they'l show
...Change Auto-Zoom...Change the Histogram Multiplier...Change the Type (line, column, area) etc....
Change the color Transparency Percentages...etc. etc.

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Custom Indicators - Coloring and ShowCase
These allow ApexTrader users to add formulas for high-lighting aspects of
their charts that they may find interesting, regularly occurring or important

They differ from drawing tools which must be manually chosen and placed on charts...
Custom Indicators get shown automatically if they are saved to a particular template.

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Some more Apex tools . . .

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ApexTrader Showcase indicator tools and their condition formulas

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Template SET- UP...some of the settings used :
The picture makes it look like there may be three histograms but there are only two.
Using a combination of color Transparency % and the Coloring indicator allows for three different colors

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Manipulating the Fibonacci Retracement drawing tool properties ...

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'Some" of the settings used creating this template ...

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To paraphrase Andre Agassi ... "Adjust-ability is EVERYTHING" ,,,

Here are some chart setting properties possibilities with ApexTrader software

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ApexTrader order acceptance irregularities today . . . .

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Do you use use ApexTrader software? . .
If you like the template and want to try it on your platform, I can e-mail it to you...
Add it to your template list...It will open as shown and you can check
All Active Indicators for the property values and formulas.

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They're everywhere ...

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Multiple Toolbars & multiple charts on multiple monitors

The gray-ed out items on the Trade Mode toolbar become active once an order is submitted or filled
Certain items in the "other toolbar" become gray-ed out when-ever Trade Mode is activated


Clever people are those software engineers...

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Trade-Mode Toolbar - just recently discovered it 's movable
... to the left, right, top or bottom of the chart.
Unless you run full screen , some of the items are not easily accessed on the fly
when you enable the horizontal mode. Note how much space it takes up in the vertical mode.

So I've sent in an email request to [e-mail] in hopes they'll consider
some changes when they next upgrade ApexTrader

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The importance of knowing your software's capabilities...CUSTOMIZING
An explanation...using MACD of one on my templates...There are many other indicators used as well...

All the Active Indicators that make up this chart:

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ApexTrader -- adjust-ability options
The are many property windows for setting up your charts for how they suit your eye...
Most of the properties of the menu items can also be modified for what you tend to use the most...

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Apex custom chart set up - an example

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Trade Station layout

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Develop methods to cut thru the madness
Mine are explained on my free blog - no sign-up, no ads or tracing

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ApexTrader provides many opens for customizing your charts
Here are a few more:

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Know your charting software's options ...
For example: get familiar with the offered drawing tools and how to manipulate them

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There are many different ways to obtain multiple monitor trade stations...
You can buy one from a company that specializes in making them:
This link goes to Day Trading Computers as an example of what is available.

Or build one yourself - do you have some older unused monitors laying around?
If your current machine has extra video strips on the motherboard, you can install video cards and hook up more monitors.
Or
You can buy inexpensive video adapters that use USB connections and install up to 6 more screens...This link goes to a TigerDirect page with many different adapters that are available

Windows 7 and 10 operating systems can accommodate more than 10 monitors of differing sizes and resolutions.

Below shows my trade station set up - it was built in 2012 running Win 7...it has 2 Dual Video cards and 4 video adapters for operating 8 monitors in total...
Still running fine after all those years.

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Trade Station layouts and configurations . . .
How many monitors and charts do you really need?
In the past I've used 10-11 monitors and 10-15 charts but I've narrowed
them both down quite a bit over the years...currently 7 monitors with 5 charts are used.

All monitors are the same diagonal sizes and are set to 1920 x 1080 resolution
but #6 is rotated 90º with a lower resolution...


I use monitor 6 as my main trading screen.


I like viewing two of the same (or similar) tick-per-bar charts with differing
widths...it can be helpful for perspective when deciding to place an order.
The right hand chart below shows about twice the activity of the left hand chart
Although the indicator parameters are the same on both charts it's sometimes
easier to see price-to-indicator relationships with separate studies.

Compare the charts on #6 monitor (LH chart) and #2 monitor (RH chart)...

Admittedly I suffer from a mild case of dyslexia - I read whats on my trade Station monitors from right to left...
This malady is most apparent when I offer driving directions to people - my words come out correct
but my hand signals fail me (I point with my left hand when I say go to the right).

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Thanks for sharing this info with us.

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Some examples of ApexTrader charts and features