Customize Study Properties - General

When creating or modifying a study, you can customize its properties so that these settings are used when the study performs a calculation. You can modify the name, short name, notes, maximum number of bars the study will reference, and more.

  • Access while editing a study document using the File > Properties menu sequence, or select Properties from the right-click shortcut menu; then select the General tab.

The following section headings and check boxes appear on the tab

Name  

Contains the study's name.

Short Name  

Contains the abbreviated name for the study.

Notes  

Contains relevant notes pertaining to the study.

Maximum number of bars study will reference  

Displays the number of bars to be used. For more information, see Understanding the Maximum Number of Bars a Study Will Reference.

  • Auto-detect - Detects the number of bar the study needs to calculate. Default.
  • User defined - Allows you to set the number of bars to use.

Update value intra-bar (tick-by-tick)  

  • Check this setting to re-calculate the study on a tick-by-tick basis. If this check box is cleared, the indicator waits until the close of each bar before re-calculating.

Enable RunCommand EasyLanguage Keyword  (only visible when a RunCommand is detected in an study)

  • Check this setting to allow an EasyLanguage RunCommand in a study to execute a command or macro string.  
  • The confirmation On/Off setting is a run-time setting that can be modified only after the study or TradingApp is running.
  • Note that if the study is running on an options symbol then macro confirmations will appear regardless of this setting. (Macros executed by studies running on options symbols always must be confirmed.)

Enable order placement objects (only visible when an order placement object is detected in a study) 

  • Check this setting to allow an EasyLanguage order placement object in a study to send an order.  

Load additional data for accumulative calculations (only visible for grid based analysis (RadarScreen, OptionStation, etc.) 

  • Check this setting to allow a preset number of additional bars to be loaded when the study is first applied to a grid.  
  • Click Details for more information about Loading Additional Data for Accumulative Calculations.
  • Additional bars to load - Specifies the number of additional bars to be loaded to accommodate calculations within a study.  This may need to be adjusted after the study is applied to increase the number of bars available based on the interval settings and calculation requirements.

Currency based on  

Specifies whether the currency value for the analysis is based on the symbol or account currency.  For symbols where the US Dollar is not the base symbol, you have the option to choose the symbol currency.

  • Select the currency type from the drop-down list that you want to use as the when calculating currency related values for the study.

Default

  • Click this button to use the current settings as the default for all future studies. A message appears to confirm if you want to use your settings as the default.

  The Preview pane displays a sample of the study using the current settings.

  • Click OK to apply changes or Cancel to exit without changes.