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2 minute / 3 minute bars

Dave W.
2013-03-07 04:44:52

Probably an easy answer, but I couldn't see how to change the chart timeframe to be 2 minutes or 3 minutes. I saw the functionality to create new periodicty, but there didn't seem to be an option to
add a period based on minutes or seconds...

Thanks for your help.

QuantShare
2013-03-07 10:35:40

At the bottom of the chart, click on the time frame control then select "Custom I". Specify the number of seconds (Example: 120 for 2 minutes).

Dave W.
2013-03-07 15:50:38

Great.

So, I'd like to make a feature request that we be able to set custom time intervals have have them be persistent and selectable. For example, I often want to look at 2, 3, and 7 minute charts. With the current functionality, it appears I'd have to manually type in the number of seconds for each interval every time I want to use it.

It would be much more useful to be able to define a set X (maybe up to 10) custom time intervals and have those intervals be selectable via the Chart TimeFrame list.

Is this already on the "to-do" list?

QuantShare
2013-03-08 10:54:10

Best Answer

For this, you can create a script (Tools -> Script Editor) then add it to the bookmark panel.
http://www.quantshare.com/how-264-what-is-the-bookmark-panel

The script formula could be: (For 2-minutes time frame)

int timeframeMinutes = 2;
Chart chart = Charts.GetSelectedChart();
if(chart != null)
{
chart.IsHistorical = false;
chart.TimeFrame = timeframeMinutes * 60;
}

Dave W.
2013-03-09 20:17:43

This worked great. Thanks.

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