Symbol Linking

Windows that are symbol-linked share symbol information and sometimes interval information.

Overview

When you create a link from an app to a chart, you can click a symbol in the app, and the chart automatically changes to that symbol. For example, set the chart to a color, and one of the apps to the same color. Now when you click a symbol in the app, the chart automatically updates to the symbol. The chart is like a listener.

Linking from an app to a chart

  1. Organize your workspace so that at least one chart is open, and at least one Positions, Orders, Quotes, or Hot Lists app is also open.
  2. On the chart, click the grey square that is to the left of the symbol name. From the pull-down, choose a color. The chart will now listen to an app that has the same color.
    Chart, Symbol Link
  3. If desired, change the interval on the chart.
    • The Orders and Positions apps link the symbol information only; the interval is still defined in the chart.
    • The Quotes app can link the symbol and interval, or symbol only.
  4. Open an Orders or Positions app. Click the grey square that is to the left of the symbol name. From the pull-down, choose the same color that you chose for the chart. Or, if you open a Quotes app, the pull-down has additional choices. First choose either Symbol & Interval or Symbol Only. Next, choose the same color that you chose for the chart.
    Quotes, symbol link
  5. Click a symbol in the app. The chart updates to the new symbol.

To disable symbol linking, repeat the steps above but choose Off from the pull-down. The colored squares return to grey.