A trading indicator is a mathematical calculation that generates a time-series/metric whose value is derived from the asset price, fundamental data or any other data. You can add one or several indicators in a chart or pane. In each pane, there are three icons located in top-left corner. Click on the first one to add a new indicator. A new form should appear. Indicator/Function form The Add Indicator/Function form contains several tabs: Overlays This tab appears only when you want to add an indicator to the first pane of a chart. It contains popular technical analysis indicators that should be plotted on the pane where candlestick bars are drawn. Popular Indicators This tab does not appear when you add an indicator to the first pane of a chart. It contains popular and commonly used technical indicators. All Indicators This is the second tab and it is always visible. It contains a list of all available trading indicators in QuantShare (+300). Select a category to search for specific indicators or type a keyword in the search input box to find all indicators whose name or full name contains the keyword you have typed. On the left pane, the function name, description and parameters are displayed. - You can update a function parameter values by double clicking on any cell under the "Value" column. - Next to the "Value" column, click on the icon to display the parameter type. - Next to it, another icon helps you set the parameter value when you click on it. Under the parameters control, there is a checkbox named "Numeric". When this field is checked, only numeric indicators are displayed (Numeric indicators are functions that return a numeric value), otherwise only string/text functions are displayed. Databases/Fields This tab allows you to create an indicator that displays values of a database's field. You should first create and populate a database in order to use this function (More info later) Advanced Rules This tab allows you to create advanced rules (More info later)
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