Platform Features Release: Economic Dashboard, Chart Adjustment, Chart Time Period

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Announcing the latest Release of feature and functionality enhancements to the trading platform to improve the investment/trading decision process.

Economic Dashboard: View chart data from dozens of economic reports. Includes information on why it is important, what to look for, and how to apply the data to trading.

Chart Adjustment: Ability to compress and expand y-axis.

Chart Periods: New look, improved functionality.

Economic Dashboard

Located under the Home/Market Tab, this powerful research tool provides important economic information in chart format.
  1. Select from 1*, 5,10 or 25-year views
  2. Allows you to select display order as well as ‘hide’ charts.
  3. Click on the Title to display: What the data represents, Why it is important, What to look for and How to apply the data in trading
  4. Provides info on the Economic Report Category (Consumer), what the numbers represent (%, $, units, etc), how Frequent the data is reported (Quarterly, Annually, Monthly, etc)

* Some reports are released annually. 5, 10 or 25 year view are recommended in these instances.

The Units and More popup for an indicator: Category Consumer Index, Unit Percent, Frequency Annual (highlighted), Not Seasonally Adjusted

Open as article: Economic Dashboard

Simply click you cursor to the right of the y-axis, then drag your mouse/cursor up or down.

Chart Adjustment/y-axis

Chart Adjustment

AAPL chart annotated: click the cursor right of the y-axis until dual arrows appear, drag up to widen the price display or down to compress it

Adjusting the chart’s y-axis gives you more flexibility – whether it’s forecasting, adding notes, viewing current positions, etc.

Simply click your cursor to the right of the y-axis, then drag your mouse/cursor up or down.

To reset, click the ‘refresh’ icon Refresh (reset) icon on the chart toolbar

Open as article: Chart Adjustment/y-axis

Chart Time Periods

The Chart Period format has been streamlined for a cleaner look.

The current chart period will be displayed at the top of the ‘favorite’ (saved) drop-down list.

Chart period favorites drop-down open, with the current chart period shown at the top and an X to remove saved periods

Change Log

  • ‘x’ moved to left side of symbol list in Research Tab
  • Key Ratio and Compare Views are session sticky
  • Seasonal chart corrected to show Price
  • Cancel/Reuse display on Credit orders corrected
  • Stock data restored on Scan backtest
  • Staged Order display on chart functionality corrected
  • Schwab Order Ticket close orders corrected
  • Trade Station added under “Open New Account”
  • Reward/Risk more clearly marked on Trade from Chart
  • 1 Day/1 Minute added to Custom Page charts
  • Resolved Seasonality percent chart
  • Corrected MACD histogram overlap
  • 60-minute charts/Schwab conflict resolved
  • P/L Insight Graph includes up-to-date data
  • Tradier Live Account Ticket credit/debit correction
  • Staged Orders/Current Orders display consistency restored
  • Screener – Score resulting in 0 candidates resolved