# Welcome

Welcome to MotiveWave docs, here you'll find guides, knowledge base articles, how-to articles, frequently asked questions, procedures, and tips on using MotiveWave. Select from the list of articles in the left menu or select the search icon above to search all the documents. If you can't find what you're looking for and need assistance please email . # Quick Start Guide Welcome to MotiveWave™, your powerful and intuitive desktop application for analyzing and trading the markets. Whether you're a seasoned professional or a first-time user, this Quick Start Guide will help you get started with MotiveWave™ and make the most of its features. ### MotiveWave Editions™ If you are currently working with the trial version of MotiveWave™ (available from our website), then you most likely have the Ultimate Edition of MotiveWave™. This edition includes all of our features and functionality (Note: excludes partner modules and studies). If you are currently on a trial and you would like to try a specific edition, please contact . There are several editions of MotiveWave™ available to address the different needs and budgets of traders and market analysts. Detailed information on these editions and the functionality that they provide can be found on our website: * **Ultimate Edition** – This edition includes all of our features and is recommended if you are a professional trader and you are using advanced features such as Elliott Wave, Gann or Gartley. It includes all the functionality of the Professional Edition. * **Professional Edition** – This is for professional traders that do not used advanced features such as Elliott Wave, Gann or Gartley. It includes support for strategy backtesting and optimization. It includes all the functionality of the Order Flow Edition. * **Order Flow Edition** – This includes everything from the Standard Edition and adds the Order Flow Pack and the advanced DOM. * **Elliott Wave Lite Edition** – This is the Standard Edition plus all Elliott Wave functionality except for the Elliott Wave scanner. * **Standard Edition** – This standard-level edition contains a full set of studies (excluding the order flow pack) and essential tools for doing analysis. * **Community Edition -** This free edition is available for anyone with an expired trial. Placing trades is not supported in this edition. This edition is supported via the MotiveWave Forum: ### System Requirements The following are necessary for MotiveWave™ to function properly on your computer: #### Supported Operating Systems (64 bit only) : * Microsoft Windows 7 or higher, * macOS 10.12.6 (Sierra) or higher * Debian based distro (Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Mint, etc), #### Hardware Requirements: * Graphics card with minimum 512MB memory 4 GB system memory (8 GB recommended) * 1 GB free disk space (more for storing historical/tick data) * 4+ core CPU such as Intel i5 / i7 or AMD Ryzen 5 / 7 * Apple silicon M series chip # Getting Started ### Getting Started Welcome to MotiveWave™! This section will guide you through the initial steps to get up and running with the application quickly and effortlessly. Whether you're a new user or upgrading to the latest version, this guide will help you familiarize yourself with the key features and functionalities of MotiveWave™. #### 1. Installation: * If you haven't already, [download](https://motivewave.com/download.htm) the latest version of MotiveWave™ from our website. * Follow the on-screen instructions to install MotiveWave™ on your computer. The installation process is straightforward and typically only takes a few minutes to complete. You can refer to the "[Installation](/user-guide/quick-start-guide/installation)" section of this guide for more details. #### 2. Launching the Application: * Once installed, locate the MotiveWave™ icon on your desktop or in your applications folder. * Double-click the icon to launch MotiveWave™. The application will start up and display the startup up screen where you can select your main workspace or set options. #### 3. User Interface Overview: * Take a moment to familiarize yourself with the user interface of MotiveWave™. The main workspace window is the Console: **4. Basic Operations:** * MotiveWave™ offers a wide range of tools and functionalities to help you accomplish your tasks efficiently. Explore the menus, toolbars, and panels to discover the various options available. * Try out some basic operations such as creating a new chart, plotting drawings using tools and components, and backing up / restoring your workspace via the File menu. #### 5. Next Steps: * Now that you've gotten started with MotiveWave™, check out the "[Next Steps](/user-guide/quick-start-guide/next-steps)" section for suggestions on where to go next. Whether you're interested in exploring [advanced features](/user-guide/quick-start-guide/advanced-features), [customizing](/user-guide/quick-start-guide/customization-options) your workspace, or [getting support](/user-guide/quick-start-guide/troubleshooting-and-support), we've got you covered. #### 6. Enjoy Using MotiveWave™! Congratulations! You're now ready to dive in and start using MotiveWave™. If you have any questions or need assistance along the way, refer back to this guide or reach out to our support team for help. # Installation ### Installation Before you can start using MotiveWave™, you'll need to install it on your computer. Follow the instructions below to download and install MotiveWave™ on your system. 1. **Activation:** When you create a trial for MotiveWave™ from our website, you will be sent an email that contains a link to consent and the instruction to **sign in with your email address**. 2. **Download MotiveWave™:** * Visit our website at and navigate to the [Downloads](https://motivewave.com/download.htm) page. * Click on the "Download" button for your specific platform to begin downloading the installation package for MotiveWave™. The download should start automatically, but you may be prompted to select a download location or confirm the download. 3. **Run the Installation Package:** * Once the download is complete, locate the downloaded installation package ( an .exe file for Windows , .pkg file for macOS or .deb file for Linux). * Double-click the installation package to start the installation process. You may be prompted to confirm that you want to run the installer—click "Yes" or "Run" to proceed. If you are installing MotiveWave on macOS, you may find the following video helpful: {% embed url="" %} If you are installing MotiveWave on Windows, you may find the following video helpful: {% embed url="" %} 4. **Follow the On-Screen Instructions:** * The installation wizard will guide you through the setup process step by step. Follow the on-screen instructions to choose installation options, such as the installation directory and shortcut creation. * Review the End User License Agreement (EULA) and accept the terms and conditions to continue with the installation. 5. **Complete the Installation:** * Once you've configured the installation settings, click the "Install" or "Finish" button to begin installing MotiveWave™ on your computer. * The installation process may take a few minutes to complete, depending on your system's performance and the size of the installation package. 6. **Launch MotiveWave™:** * After the installation is finished, you'll see a confirmation message indicating that MotiveWave™ has been successfully installed. * Locate the MotiveWave™ icon on your desktop or in your applications folder and double-click it to launch the application for the first time. **Refer to the Installation Guide below for the details:** {% file src="/files/YaNZCYUhReLQz9je6UY4" %} # Customization Options Personalize your experience with MotiveWave™ by taking advantage of its extensive customization options. From adjusting the user interface to customizing keyboard shortcuts, there are plenty of ways to tailor MotiveWave™ to suit your preferences and workflow. 1. **User Interface Customization:** * Customize the appearance of the user interface to match your preferences. Choose from different themes, color schemes, and layouts to create a workspace that feels comfortable and visually appealing. {% embed url="" %} * Adjust the size and position of panels, toolbars, and windows to optimize screen real estate and optimize single or multiple monitor setups. {% embed url="" %} 2. **Keyboard Shortcuts:** * Customize keyboard shortcuts to speed up common tasks and actions in MotiveWave™. Assign custom key combinations to frequently used commands, tools, and menu items to reduce mouse clicks and improve efficiency. {% embed url="" %} 3. **Toolbars and Groups:** * Tailor toolbars to display the functionality that you use most frequently. Customize the toolbar layout, add or remove buttons, and rearrange menu items to create a personalized workspace that suits your needs. {% embed url="" %} * Create custom tool or component groups for organizing specific related tools or components for quick access and efficiency. {% embed url="" %} 4. **Workspace and Layout Management:** * Save multiple workspaces to accommodate different connections or workflows. * Create custom layouts with specific chart configurations, panel arrangements, and window positions, and switch between them effortlessly through the use of Pages or Desktops (Professional or Ultimate Editions only). {% embed url="" %} 5. **Preferences and Settings:** * Explore the **Configure > Preferences** menu to access a wide range of customization options and configuration settings. Adjust display settings, performance options, behavior preferences and so much more to tailor MotiveWave™ to your specific needs and preferences. * Preferences are saved as part of your workspace as a .zip file for easy backup and transfer to other devices or installations. {% embed url="" %} 6. **MotiveWave™ Java SDK:** * Take customization to the next level by leveraging the[ Java SDK](https://www.motivewave.com/sdk.htm) functionality in MotiveWave™. Write custom studies or strategies to analyze the markets or automate your trades. ### Ready to Customize Your Experience? Explore these customization options and make MotiveWave™ your own. Experiment with different settings, layouts, and configurations to find the setup that works best for you. With MotiveWave™, the possibilities are endless! # Advanced Features Now that you've mastered the basics, it's time to explore some of the advanced features and capabilities of MotiveWave™. These powerful features can help you take your productivity to the next level and unlock new possibilities with the application. 1. Elliott Wave Functionality: 2. Order Flow Functionality: 3. Scanning Functionality: 4. Replay Mode: 5. Studies and Strategies: [and much more......](https://www.youtube.com/@MotiveWaveSoftware) # Troubleshooting and Support ### Troubleshooting and Support Encountered an issue? Don't worry! Check out the troubleshooting tips below or [contact](https://www.motivewave.com/contact.htm) our support team for assistance. ### Common Issues and Solutions: 1. **Application Won't Launch:** Ensure that your system meets the minimum requirements outlined in the [System Requirements ](/user-guide/quick-start-guide#system-requirements)section. Try restarting your computer and launching the application again. Check for any antivirus or firewall software that may be blocking the application and temporarily disable it to see if the issue persists. 2. **Application Crashes or Freezes:** Make sure you have the latest updates installed for your operating system and graphics drivers including the latest version of MotiveWave™. Try closing other applications and background processes that may be consuming system resources. 3. **Performance Issues:** Close unnecessary tabs, windows, or applications running in the background to free up system resources. Adjust the application settings to optimize performance, such as reducing the number of studies, charts or tickers. If you are using Order Flow studies such as Volume Imprint, try reducing your Imprint Count or selecting Use Historical Minute Bars if you are using a daily timeframe or higher. 4. **Contact Support:** If you're unable to resolve the issue using the troubleshooting tips above, our support team is here to help! Contact us via email for prompt assistance with any technical issues, questions, or concerns you may have. Please provide detailed information about the issue you're experiencing, including any error messages or steps to reproduce the problem, to help us assist you more effectively. Please include a copy of all your log files available via the **Help > Log Files** menu within MotiveWave along with a backup of your workspace available via the **File > Backup** menu. ### Support Resources: * Knowledge Base: [https://docs.motivewave.com/knowledge-base](https://docs.motivewave.com/knowledge-base/getting-started) * Community Forums: * Email Support: [support@motivewave.com ](mailto:undefined) We appreciate your interest in MotiveWave™ and strive to provide you with the best possible support experience. If you have any feedback or suggestions for improving our support services, please don't hesitate to let us know. We're here to ensure your success with MotiveWave™ every step of the way. # Next Steps Congratulations on successfully getting started with MotiveWave™. Now that you're familiar with the basics, here are some next steps to help you further explore and maximize your experience with the application: 1. Explore Advanced Features: * Take your skills to the next level by exploring the [advanced features](/user-guide/quick-start-guide/advanced-features) and capabilities of MotiveWave™. Dive deeper into other topics such as working with [Analyses](broken://pages/-MIye75heYuv2F078zcT), [Volume Order Flow](/user-guide/volume-order-flow-analysis-guide/introduction) and creating custom studies and strategies via our [Java SDK ](https://www.motivewave.com/sdk.htm). Discover how you can maximize your MotiveWave™ experience and enhance your trading and analysis. 2. Check Out Tutorials and Documentation: * Expand your knowledge and learn new tips and tricks by exploring the tutorials, user guides, and documentation available for MotiveWave™. Visit our [website](https://www.motivewave.com/) or [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@MotiveWaveSoftware) to access a wealth of resources to help you master the application. 3. Join the Community: * Connect with other users, share experiences, and get support by joining the MotiveWave™ community. Participate in our [forum](https://forum.motivewave.com/), and social media channels ( [X ](https://www.twitter.com/MotiveWave)and [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/MotiveWave) ) to stay updated on the latest news, updates, and user-generated content. 4. Provide Feedback: * We value your feedback and suggestions! Help us improve MotiveWave™ by providing [feedback ](/knowledge-base/getting-started/does-motivewave-come-with-data)on your experience, feature requests, or any issues you encounter. Your input is invaluable in shaping the future of the application. 5. Stay Updated: * Stay informed about the latest updates, enhancements, and new features by subscribing to our mailing list or following us on social media. We're constantly working to improve MotiveWave™, and we want you to be the first to know about exciting developments. 6. Get Support: * Need assistance or have questions? Our support team is here to help! Contact our support team via for prompt assistance with any technical issues, questions, or concerns you may have. 7. Share Your Success: * If you've had a positive experience with MotiveWave™, consider sharing your success story with others. Your testimonials and recommendations help spread the word and inspire others to try MotiveWave™. ### Thank You for Choosing MotiveWave™! We appreciate your interest in MotiveWave™ and hope this quick start guide has helped you get started on your journey with the application. If you have any further questions or need assistance, don't hesitate to reach out to us. We're here to support you every step of the way. Happy Trading! # Console Overview After you have installed MotiveWave™ and configured your workspace, the first window that you will see when opening that workspace will be the **Console**. The console provides access to all the features in MotiveWave™ and it is initially configured with a default layout.

Default console layout — Default Console Layout

The console is organized into different ***pages*** (see screenshot above). The availability of the Trade Report, Scan and Optimize pages depends on the editions. To access a different page, simply click on the page tab at the bottom of the console window. The default set of pages are as follows: * **Home** – The home page contains a sample layout that has a single chart area and two spots at the bottom for watch lists. * **Charts** – Sample layout of 6 charts. * **Floating** – Sample floating stations provide an alternative to split layouts. * **Account** – Layout containing information about your account, orders, positions and historical trades. * **Trade Report** – Functionality to generate a report that can be filtered by account, instrument, and date * **Options** – Sample layout containing Option Chains. Note: this page is only available on brokers that support options trading. * **Scan** – Layout for using the scanning functionality within MotiveWave™. * **Optimize** – Contains a strategy optimizer panel for Back Testing, Optimization and Walk Forward testing of automated strategies. The following screen shots illustrate the default set of pages in the console:

News page is available depending on your connection(s).

# Docking Framework Guide # Introduction Welcome to the MotiveWave™ Docking Framework Guide! If you are reading this document then you have already installed MotiveWave™ on your computer and you are ready to start using the application. If you have not yet installed MotiveWave™ or registered for a trial on our website, please read the Installation Guide before continuing on with this document. The MotiveWave Docking Framework provides a flexible system to manage multiple panels (such as charts, watch lists etc) within a single application window. This document will outline and explain the features associated with this framework. ## Elements When you first open a workspace in MotiveWave™ the console will be displayed with the default layout. Depending the broker/data service(s) you added to the workspace, the console window will look similar to the screen shot below:

The console has a number of elements outlined below. These elements will be explored in detail in this document. * **Stations** – Stations contain one or more panels (charts, watch lists, etc) stacked on top of each other. The panels are directly accessible from the tabs in the top tab bar. * **Pages** – Pages contain one or more stations arranged in a layout. An application window (Console or Desktop) may contain multiple pages that are accessible from the page tabs at the bottom of the window. * **Layouts** – Stations are arranged within the page using a layout. Two types of layouts are supported: Split Layouts and Floating Station layouts. ## Desktops The examples provided in this document are from the Console window (main application window). The Professional and Ultimate editions also provide Desktop windows that use the docking framework. Desktops may be created/accessed from the Console menu bar (File > New > New Desktop and File > Open > Open Desktop):

# Stations A station holds one or more panels stacked and accessible from tabs at the top of the station. The screen shot below outlines some of the elements in a typical station:

## Station Tool Bar The station will display a tool bar that is specific to the active panel (if one is defined for the panel). In the case below the watch list tool bar is displayed:

## Pop Out Panels A panel can be “popped out” into a separate application window by clicking the pop out button on right side of the tab bar. The original panel stays in the station and a copy of that panel is opened in a separate application window. Application windows can be managed from the Window menu in the top menu bar.

## Reorder Tabs The tabs in the station can be reordered by dragging them with the mouse (left click and hold while moving the mouse). A vertical blue bar highlights the location where the tab will be placed after releasing the mouse button.

After releasing the mouse button the tab is dropped at the given location. The tab is made the active tab in the station.

## Creating New Panels A new panel may be created by click on the **+** button to the right of the last tab in the station. Several different types of panels are available (depending on the edition of MotiveWave™).

The new panel tab will be added to the end of the list of tabs in the tab bar:

## Active Stations The color of the tab bar will change if it is the active station. There are two types of active stations: 1. Active Chart Station – This station contains the active chart for the tool bar(s). 2. Active Station– This station has the current input focus. ### Active Chart Station The tab bar for the station that contains the active chart will have a navy blue color in the Dark/Navy Window theme ( a light greyish-blue color in the Light Window Theme). The highlight visually indicates which chart the tool bar is currently associated with. Contextual settings for these controls reflect the active chart (such as quick search symbol, bar size, auto scale etc). All of the actions (buttons, drop downs etc) in the tool bar will apply to the active chart. The active chart station color can be edited via the Confgure menu > Settings > Theme > Theme > Active Chart Station Color.

### Active Station In cases where the active station is not the active chart station, the tab bars by default will have a dark blue color in both active station and inactive station. The active station color can be changed via the Configure menu > Settings > Theme > Active Station Color. In this case, the active chart station will have the assigned color to indicate that it has the input focus.

# Pages Pages provide a convenient way to manage a virtually unlimited number of panels (charts, watch lists, gauges etc) in different layouts. The page bar at the bottom of the Console window is initially configured with several preset pages. Left click on a page tab to show the layout in the content section of the window. In the default layout you will see the following pages: * **Home** – Contains a sample home layout with a chart section and two watch list sections on the bottom. * **Charts** – Sample chart layout with six charts (2 rows, 3 columns) * **Floating** – This station allows overlap, resizing and can be moved freely while maintaining the fix location and sizing. * **Account** – Account related panels including Accounts, Orders, Positions and Trade History * **Trade Report** – Useful for analyzing your trading performance * **Options** – Contains Groups of Options ( Stock and Future Options) * **Scan** – Sample layout for running a scanner and viewing the results in a chart * **Optimize** – Simple layout with the Back Test/Optimize panel. The screen shot below shows the page bar (at the bottom of the console window) and highlights some of the features.

## Adding a Page Click on the New Page Button (**+** button to the right of the last page tab). This will show the New Page dialog:

The New Page dialog requires a name for the page (displayed in the tab) and a layout. Layouts are arranged in categories: * **Chart** – Typical chart layouts. Some include watch lists and or account/order/position/trades panels. * **Account** – Some account management layouts. Layouts include account, order, position, trades and watch lists panels. * Options – Layouts for Option Chains. * **Scan** – Layouts for performing scans (on Studies, Elliott Waves or Harmonic patterns). * **Optimize** – Layouts for optimizing/back testing strategies * **Floating** – Layout for floating stations. An icon is displayed on the left side of the tab to indicate the category of the layout. The screen shot below shows the new page added to the page bar (and active).

## Edit a Page Click on the **Edit Page** button (right side of the page bar) or go to the **Configure** menu and click on the **Layout** option to change the name and/or layout of the active page:

The screen shot below shows the changes made to the page.

## Copy Page In some cases, it may be convenient to copy an existing page instead of creating a new one. When a page is copied the existing layout is copied including all of the stations and panels. Click on the Copy Page button on the right side of the page bar.

The screen shot below shows the copied page added to the page bar:

## Re-order Pages Page tabs can be re-ordered by clicking/dragging a tab to the desired location. As you drag the tab a vertical blue bar will appear that indicates where the tab will be placed.

## Overflow Tabs There is no limit to the number of page tabs you can have. If there is not enough space to display the tabs, an overflow button will appear with the number of unseen tabs in the label.

## Import/Export Pages One or multiple pages can be exported to .zip files and be imported into another desktop ( See [Desktop](/user-guide/console-1/desktops) for more information) or another workspace. ### Export Pages To export a page, right click on that page ( usually located at the bottom Pages bar) and select **Export Pages** or go to the **File** menu then select **Export Pages** :

The Export Pages dialog will open. You can then assign a location to save the exported file by selecting the Browse button or simply click on the directory section. Click on the plus (+) icon to add the pages. If a Floating page is selected, you can select which floating stations to export by clicking on the pencil icon.

### Import Pages To import pages into another desktop or workspace, simply select File > Import Pages from the top console or right click on a page at the bottom Pages bar and select the .zip file.

If there are already existing pages on the workspace/console, you will have options to change the name of the page or skip the page.

### Auto Export Pages Pages can be automatically exported for your convenience, this can be done via the Configure menu > Settings > General > Backup > Auto Export Pages

# Layouts There are two types of layouts available: * **Split Layouts** – All of the pages in the default layout use split layouts. In these layouts there is one or more stations that are separated by horizontal/vertical splits * **Floating Stations** – In this layout the stations have absolute locations and sizes. Stations can be sized and positioned individually. ## Split Layouts Split layouts use one or more splits (or dividers) to arrange stations on a page. Splits can be horizontal (dividing the available width between two more stations) or vertical (dividing the available height between two or more stations). Splits set the relative size of the stations (ie a percentage of the window size instead of an absolute size in pixels). If the size of the application window changes (either from maximizing or manual resizing) the change in size will be distributed across all of the splits. Splits can also be nested inside of other splits allowing for a flexible and diverse set of layout possibilities The screen shot below shows the two splits in the default layout (highlighted in yellow). The vertical split will adjust the relative heights of the stations. The horizontal divider will adjust the relative widths.

### Moving Panels Between Stations Panels can be moved between stations by clicking/dragging the tabs with the left mouse button. Drag the tab to the center of the station to where you want it moved and release the mouse button. The target station will be highlighted in blue (see below).

The panel will be added to the target station (see below) and made the active station. You will see a new tab in the station placed to the right of the previously active station.

### Custom Split Layouts There are many built in layouts for you to choose from in the New/Edit Page dialogs, but you can also create your own custom layout by arranging the stations using the mouse. Left click and drag any of the station tabs to move a panel into an existing station or to create a new station. In the screen shot below, the DIA chart panel is dragged into a new station that splits the current chart station vertically.

The screen shot below shows the new station created that splits the area occupied by the original chart station with a vertical split.

In the screen shots below another panel is created (Account) and is dragged into a nested vertical split with the stations that we created in the previous example.

## Floating Stations Floating stations provide an alternative to split layouts. In contrast, the stations have fixed locations and sizes. The stations may also overlap other stations similar to application windows. Unlike split layouts, resizing the window (or maximizing it) does not affect the sizes or positions of the stations. Resizing may also cause a station to no longer be visible if its original position lies outside of the new bounds of the visible area. A floating station layout can be chosen when creating a new page or editing an existing page (see below).

The default layout for floating stations includes two overlapping stations in the top left section of the content area:

### Moving Stations Stations can be moved (positioned) by clicking/dragging the empty section of the tab bar. The stations can be placed anywhere, but must be at least partially visible in the content area.

### Resizing Stations Similar to application windows, stations may be resized by dragging the corners or edges of the stations.

### Sticky Edges For convenience, the edges of the stations and the visible bounds of the content area are “sticky”. This effect will cause the station to “snap” to the edge of another station or to the edges/corners of the visible bounds when the station is dragged or resized. The feature makes it easier to layout the stations. The sticky option can be disabled by holding down on the **option** or **Alt** key when dragging or resizing a station.

When resizing an edge of station, it will snap to the edge of a near by station as well. This can be especially convenient when attempt to make the dimension of the stations the same. In the screen shot below the height of the station is made to match the height of the adjacent station when resizing from the bottom edge.

### Resizing Snapped Stations For convenience resizing the top, bottom or sizes of a station that has been snapped to another station will resize those station(s) as well. This behavior can be turned off by holding down on the **option or** Alt key.

### Minimizing Stations Stations can be minimized to clear clutter from the content area. Click on the minimize button in the top right corner of the station to minimize it.

The active tab of the minimized station will appear in the bottom left section of the content area appearing in the order in which they were minimized. Click on a minimized station to restore it to the content area.

### Maximizing Stations A station may be maximized to occupy the entire viewing area. When a station is maximized its size will change when the window is resized. When the station is restored, its original location and size will be preserved. The left and right arrow buttons in the top right corner of the maximized station may be used to cycle through the stations in the viewing area.

### Creating New Stations There are several ways to create new stations: * **New Station (+) Button** – Click on the ‘**+**’ button on the right side of the page bar * **Context Menu** – Right click in an open section of the content area * **Top Menu Bar** – See **New Station** menu in the Dock section of the top menu bar. * **Dragging Station Tabs** – Station tabs can be dragged into an open section of the content area. The following screen shots illustrate the first 3 options for accessing the New Station menu. This menu contains the available panel types similar to the new panel button in the tab bar of a station. Select the desire panel type to create a new station.

In the screen shot below a new DOM panel was created resulting in a new station being added to the layout.

Alternatively, a new station may be created by dragging the tab of an existing panel from its station into an empty section of the content area.

When the mouse button is released in an empty section or on a different station of the content area, the panel from the originating station is remove and a new station is created and added to the new station.

### Moving Panels Between Stations Panels can be moved from one station to another by dragging the tab (left click and drag with the mouse) into the content area of another station.

### Closing/Removing Stations A station is removed when the last panel is removed from the station. This will occur when the last station is either closed or moved into another station. ## Managing Floating Stations The Dock (top menu bar, only visible from a Floating Station layout) and Context Menus (right click) have several options for managing stations in the floating layout: * **Tile Stations** – Positions and resizes visible stations into a grid layout * **Cascade Stations** – Arranges and resizes stations from the top left corner of the visible area * **Restore Stations** – Restores all stations from the minimized state * **Minimize All** – Minimizes all visible stations * **Station Size** – The menu provides preset size (dimension) options * **Station Access** - All visible and minimized stations may be accessed directly from this menu ### Tile Stations This option will position and size all of the non-minimized stations into a grid format with the last station occupying the remaining space on the bottom row. Choose Dock > Tile Stations from the top menu bar:

### Cascade Stations Arranges the non-minimized stations from the top left corner of the content area and offsets them by a few pixels so the tab labels are visible. Choose Dock > Casacade Stations from the top menu bar:

### Station Sizes Several preset stations sizes are available under the Station Size sub menu. A custom size can be chosen from a dialog (see Custom Size option). For convenience the active station size can be saved as the default size when new stations are created.

### Station Access All stations in the layout are listed at the bottom of the Dock menu. This provides a convenient way to location a station that is minimized, hidden behind a set of station or is outside of the visible area.

# Customization Customization options can be found in the Preferences dialog (**Configure > Settings** from the Console menu bar). Click on **General**, then on **Dock**. The following options are available: * **Tab Location** – Location of the station tabs (top or bottom) * **Page Bar Location** – Location of the page bar (top or bottom) * **Grid Spacing** – Sets the distance between the grid dots. The " **Show Grid on Floating Pages"** will enable/disable the grid when selected. * **Snap to Grid** – Automatically aligns stations to the nearest grid when they are moved close. * **Show Tab Icons** – Optionally displays the icons for the station tabs. These icons indicate the panel type. * **Show Bar Size in Tabs** – Optionally displays the bar sizes on the station tabs. * **Show Watchlist Count** – Optionally displays the total number of instruments in a Watchlist. * **Confirm Remove Page** – Shows a warning message when deleting a page (on by default).

The screen shot below shows the console window with the station tabs at the bottom, page bar at the top and station tab icons, bar size, watchlist count enabled.

## Active Tab Bar Colors The colors for the active chart and active focus can be customized from the Preferences dialog (**Configure > Settings** from the Console menu bar). Click on the **Theme** tab, then on the **Theme** sub tab. The screen shot below shows the customized colors:

# Settings The Settings Dialog (choose *Configure > Settings* from the Console menu bar) provides a centralized location for configuring MotiveWave™. This dialog contains many configuration panels organized under tabs (and sub tabs).

Feel free to explore the configuration options within MotiveWave™ by looking at the tabs and sub tabs available in this dialog. More detail on specific configuration options can be found in other parts of this document. # Changing the Look and Feel MotiveWave™ provides several options for changing the look and feel of the window decorations, docking framework, table colors and chart colors. Use the **Settings** dialog to change these attributes (as well as many others). This dialog can be opened by pressing the **Settings** button at top right and bottom right of the console window or by choosing *Configure > Settings* from the top menu bar.

If you would like to modify the preferences for the docking framework, click on the **General** tab then on the **Dock** sub tab. Several options are available from this panel (see below):

The Themes tab provides several options for changing the look and feel of the window decorations as well as the colors for the chart, tables and buy/sell boxes. Custom **Chart,** **Bar and Table** themes can be defined under the corresponding tabs of this section:

The following screen shot shows an example of some theme changes:

Active Chart Station and Active Station Colors. More details

### **Fonts** #### **System Fonts** The system font can be selected via the MotiveWave's ***splash screen > Options > Advanced > System Font:***

In case you would like to add a different font family to the font list, you can simply download the font and install it on your operating system. Any operating system fonts will show up in this list. After you have selected a new system font, click on OK button and make sure to restart MotiveWave for the change to take effect. #### In-App Fonts Fonts and icon sizes can be changed from the **Fonts** panel. Select the **General Font/Icon Size** option to adjust the overall size of the icons and fonts for the windows and dialogs. This option can be particularly useful on a high resolution screen.

Fonts can also be adjusted for the charts on the **Chart Fonts** tab:

# Desktops {% hint style="success" %} Professional / Ultimate {% endhint %} **Desktops** provide a convenient way to organize charts and other panels in one window. A **Desktop** is essentially another Console window and uses the same docking framework to layout pages. Choose *File > New > Desktop* from the Console menu bar to create a Desktop window.

Enter a unique name for the **Desktop** from the **New Desktop** dialog and click the **OK** button to create.

The follow screen shot shows the default layout for a Desktop window when it is first created. The default layout includes two pages: **Charts** and **Charts 2**.

To open or manage existing Desktops, select *File > Open > Desktop* from the Console menu bar:

When you close a Desktop (by clicking on the ‘X’ button in the top left corner), the group is not deleted but still exists in the repository. If you want to permanently remove a Desktop, select it in the **Manage Desktops** dialog and click on the **Delete** button.

# Quote Sheets {% hint style="success" %} Professional / Ultimate {% endhint %} A **Quote Sheet** is a special version of a **Watch List** that can be divided into sub groups. When creating Watch List, make sure to select the **Quote Sheet** option on the first page of the **Watch List** wizard. On the first page of the Watch List Wizard, you will be asked to enter a name for the **Quote Sheet**. Similar to the Watch List, this will be displayed in the tab of the **Quote Sheet Panel**. Make sure to check the **“Quote Sheet”** option below the **Name** entry field. ![New Quote Sheet Wizard](/files/-MIuXZAzBUV9kTQv2YCd) Choosing the columns for the Quote Sheet is the same as you would for a Watch List. Select the column(s) you would like to add from the **Available Columns** list and use the ‘>’ button to add them to the **Selected Columns** list. ![New Quote Sheet – Select Columns](/files/-MIuXZB-fO9RNkVSBX2U) **Quote Sheets** organize instruments into groups. Click on the **New Group** button to add one or more groups to the **Quote Sheet**. You can add instruments to each group by selecting the group from the **Group** drop down and then using the **Add Instrument/Search Instrument** buttons (see below). ![New Quote Sheet – Add Groups/Instruments](/files/-MIuXZB0VJsWIgZ7n4uE) The following screen shot shows a sample Quote Sheet. Noticed that there are groups in the Quote Sheet table that divide the instruments into different categories. Optionally each group can have different colors for the dividers. ![Sample Quote Sheet](/files/-MIuXZB17lq_Oiw-zBQN) # Backup and Restore The Backup/Restore feature enables you to export settings, analyses, instruments, watch lists, scans and open windows/positions to a single backup file. This backup file can be archived to be restored later in case something happens to your computer. Alternatively, you can use this feature to transfer your workspace to another computer. ## Creating a Backup Choose *File > Backup* from the Console menu bar to create a backup file. When you choose this option, you will see the **Backup Workspace** dialog.

When you click the **Create** button, a backup file will be created on your computer desktop. This backup file will be named **\ \.zip** (where \ is the name of your workspace and \ is the current date/time). If you would like to change the name and location, click on the **Browse** button. You can store this file in a safe place (such as Drop Box or Google Drive) or move it to another computer to restore it into an existing workspace. MotiveWave™ also has an Auto Backup feature that will automatically create workspace backups at a selected interval. Having workspace backups from the previous week or more can be very beneficial should something happen to your workspace or analysis. To enable this feature go to ***Configure > Settings > General > Backup > Auto Backup***.

## Restore From Backup Choose *File > Restore* from the Console menu bar to restore from a previously created backup.

# File ## New **Page** – Create a new page within the console. **Watchlist** – Create a new watch list. **Desktop** – Create a new desktop (which is similar to a console). **Chart Window** – Create a new chart in a separate window. **DOM Window** – Create a new DOM in a separate window. **Order Book Window** – Create a new Order Book in a separate window. **Time & Sales Window** – Create a new Time & Sales in a separate window. **Continuous Future** – Create a new continuous futures contract that will automatically rollover based on your selected rollover options. **Custom Instrument** – Create a new custom instrument (spread, ratio, or index). **Trade Copier Account** – Create a new trade copier account to copy trades between different brokerage accounts. **Simulated Account** – Add a new simulated account. **Replay Account** – Create a new replay mode account. Multiple replay accounts can be created for tracking different strategies. ## Open **Open Desktop** – Open an existing desktop. **Open Watch List** – Open an existing watch list. ## Save All Save all titled analyses that have been modified since the previous save point. ## Backup Create a manual workspace backup (.zip file). ## Restore Restore a workspace backup file. This can be a manually created backup or an automated backup. ## Disconnect Disconnect from your data feed or broker connection. ## Export Pages Create and export a set of pages to be shared with others. ## Import Pages Import a set of pages. Please see the feature above. ## Shutdown Disconnect from your connection(s) and shutdown MotiveWave. # Edit ## Undo Undo your previous action. ## Redo Redo the action that was previously undid. ## Duplicate Create a duplicate for the selected drawing/component. ## Delete Delete the selected drawing/component. ## Select All Select all the chart objects and studies. ## Select **All Lines** – Select all lines on the chart. **All Commentary** – Select all commentary on the chart. **All Waves** – Select all Elliott Wave components on the chart. ## Delete All Delete all studies, components and drawings from the chart. # View ## Display **Show Alerts –** Show alerts on the chart **Show Alert History –** Show the Alert History dialog when an alert is triggered. **Show Analysis** – Show/hide titled analyses on the chart. **Show Commentary** – Show/hide commentary on the chart. **Show Trend Lines** – Show/hide trend lines on the chart. **Show Studies** – Show/hide studies on the chart. **Menu Bar** – Show/hide the menu bar. **Toolbar** – Show/hide the toolbar. **Status Bar** – Show/hide the status bar. ## Trade Panel Open an attached [Trade Panel](/user-guide/trade-panel) to the selected chart. ## DOM Panel Open an attached [DOM](/user-guide/depth-of-market) to the selected chart. ## Order Book Open an attached [Order Book](/user-guide/order-book) to the selected chart. ## Time & Sales Panel Open an attached [Time & Sales](/user-guide/time-and-sales) to the selected chart. ## Object Viewer Open the [Object Viewer](https://docs.motivewave.com/user-guide/components#object-viewer) dialog ## Replay Mode Show/hide the [Replay](/user-guide/replay-mode) mode ## Show Crosshair Show/hide the crosshair ## Cursor Data Show/hide the cursor data dialog ## Compact Toggle the Compact Mode. ## **Bird's Eye View** Display the Bird's Eye View chart navigation at the bottom of the selected chart. ## **Bar Size Selector** Display the Bar Size Selector at the bottom of the selected chart. ## **Active Tickers** ## Lock Scroll Toggle the [Lock Scroll](/user-guide/charts-1/lock-scroll) feature ## Lock Studies Toggle the [Lock Studies](/user-guide/charts-1/lock-studies) feature ## Lock/Unlock Components Toggle the [Lock/Unlock Components](https://docs.motivewave.com/user-guide/components#lock-unlock-components) feature ## Group Studies ## Cursor Data Window Display the cursor data window on the chart. ## Study Log Open the Study Log dialog to view log entries created by studies on the chart. This can be useful for tracking down custom study issues. # Chart ## Analysis **New Analysis** – Create a new analysis **New Untitled** – Create a new untitled chart **Add Drawings** – Copy the components and overlay graphs from an analysis to a different chart (under the same symbol) **Manage Analyses** – Select this option to manage the available analyses **Save As Analysis** – Save an untitled chart as a titled analysis **Import Analysis** – Click this option to import analysis **Export Analysis** – Click this option to export analysis **Import Pack** – Click this option to import a pack of analyses **Export Pack** – Click this option to export a pack of analyses ## Elliott Wave **Auto Analyze** – Allow you to pick a specific symbol / instrument for a specified time period and have MotiveWave fill in all of the Elliott Wave patterns for that symbol, as well as automatically decomposing the waves to the chosen wave decomposition level. **Increase/Decrease Hide Below Degree** – Hide/Unhide wave points by degree. **Snap Wave Points** – Select this option to shift the wave labels to the appropriate points. ## Link **Link All** – Link all charts in the current station **No Group** – Ungroup the linked chart **Individual Link Colors** ## Template **Save As Template** – Save studies as template **Manage Templates** – Click this option to manage the available templates in MotiveWave ## Save As Image Save a chart as image ## Copy Image to Clipboard ## Auto Scale Select this option to switch to the Auto Scale mode ## Reset Chart Scale Select this option to reset the chart scale ## Semi-Log Scale Select this option to enable Semi-Log scale ## Data **Export Data** – Click this option to export data **Import Data** – Click this option to import data **Import Tick Data** – Click this option to import tick data ## Extended Session Select this option to enable extended Session ## Clear Local Data Select this option to clear local data # Study ## All Studies ## Recent ## Study Groups # Strategy ## All Strategies ## Recent ## Strategy Groups # Configure ## Workspaces This opens the Manage Workspace dialog. Workspaces are used to manage connection(s) to brokers and/or data services and to store information such as analyses, scans, open charts, layouts, instruments or watchlists. ## Instruments This opens the Manage Instruments dialog. From this dialog you can make changes to the instruments. ## Repository By default, all information is stored in the local database. Repository allows users to store information externally in the file system for more flexibility. See [Repository](/user-guide/repository) for more information. ## Settings This displays the global settings dialog. See [Settings](/user-guide/console-1/settings) for more details. ## Layout Open the Edit Page dialog that allows users to edit the page layout. More information can be found [here](/user-guide/console-1/docking-framework-guide/pages#edit-a-page) ## Custom Columns Custom columns can be added to Watchlists to display values from studies, evaluate conditions from one ore more studies and/or format existing columns ## Order Presets Open the general [Order Presets ](/user-guide/order-presets)dialog ## Commissions Open the [Commissions](/user-guide/account-management/commissions) dialog to set the default commission structures for each type of instrument. ## Save Configuration Save the all configurations on all charts. ## Clear All Local Data # Window **Bring All to Front –** Bring all windows to the front **Tile Windows –** Arrange your charts on a single monitor without having to position the windows manually **Cascade Windows –** Arrange the windows that are on the screen on top of each other offset from the top left corner **Restore Windows –** Restore MotiveWave windows **Always On Top –** Pin MotiveWave windows on top of other windows **Window Size –** You can select a preset or customize window size **List of Open Windows** # Help **Tutorials –** Open our video tutorials **Knowledge Base –** Open our documentation page **SDK –** Open webpage for Software Development Kit (SDK) **Log Files –** Open the **output** folder which contains the log files **Contact Us** **Sign In –** Click here to sign in with your email address **About** # Settings The global Settings dialog can be accessed via the Configure menu on the top bar:

# General ## General {% hint style="info" %} This panel contains general settings that you can configure. {% endhint %} **Auto Save Interval** – Enable auto save and select the interval in seconds. **Tick History Limit** – Number of time and sales entries that will be saved in memory. **DOM History Limit** – Number of market depth entries that will be saved in memory. This setting relates to the Order Heatmap study. **DOM Snapshot Interval** – Set time interval in which a snapshot is taken and saved of the DOM. This snapshot includes price and volume for the DOM's market depth at that time. **Filter Bad Historical Ticks** – MotiveWave will filter out spikes from historical data. This uses a high amount of CPU. **Max Execution History** – Set the maximum trade history. This setting is system wide, older trades will be discarded from the trade history. **Max Journal Entries** – Maximum entries in your workspace Journal. Click + icon next to a chart and select Journal. The Journal keeps a log of many events including connection and orders. **Max Log Files** – Maximum number of log files saved to your drive before MotiveWave will delete the oldest file as it adds a new one. One log file is created each time an instance is started. **P/L Calculation** – For P/L displayed in the Trade Panel, DOM, Positions panel etc. The calculations are as follows: * **Last Price** - The last traded price. * **Bid/Ask Price** - Long trades will use the bid price and short trades will use the ask price. **Value Area Method** – The calculation for determining the value area: * **Standard** 1. Determine the total volume traded in the profile. 2. Take the number volume and multiply it by 0.7 to determine what number is 70 percent of the total volume. (70% is the default; however, any percentage can be used). 3. Start at the Point of Control (POC), The row in the profile with the greatest total volume, and record its total volume number. The POC will be the first profile row added to the Value Area. 4. Now look at the two rows above the POC (the initial value area) and add the total volume of both. 5. Now look at the two rows beneath the POC (the initial value area) and add the total volume of both. 6. Determine which of the total volume numbers is larger and add it to the total volume number of the POC found in step 3. 7. Repeat steps 4 and 5 adding the larger of the next two numbers to the Value Area. 8. Once the total volume of your Value Area matches or slightly surpasses the number found in step 2, the Value Area has been determined. 9. The highest row within the Value Area will be your Value Area High (VAH) and the lowest row within the Value Area will be your Value Area Low (VAL). * **Optimized** 1. Determine the total volume traded in the profile. 2. Take the number volume and multiply it by .7 to determine what number is 70 percent of the total volume. (70% is the default; however, any percentage can be used). 3. Start at the Point of Control (POC), The row in the profile with the greatest total volume, and record its total volume number. The POC will be the first profile row added to the Value Area. 4. Spanning out from the POC (up and down the profile), try to use as few rows as possible to reach the 70 percent value area. 5. Once the total volume of your Value Area matches or slightly surpasses the number found in step 2, the Value Area has been determined. 6. The highest row within the Value Area will be your Value Area High (VAH) and the lowest row within the Value Area will be your Value Area Low (VAL). **Mask Account** – This option will mask your account number with X's starting from the left or right side e.g. 12345 becomes XXX45 or 12XXX. **UI Update Interval** – General chart update interval (Default: 200 ms). Setting this too low may overload your CPU. **Quote Board Mode** – Will color the Watch List Quote Board font. Last Price will color based on up-tick or down-tick and Delta will color based on a positive/negative daily value. **Time Zone** – Default time zone for the console. **24 Hour Clock** – Clock will show 24 hour or AM/PM time. **Confirm Exit** – Displays a dialog confirming you would like to shut the program down. **Link Stacked Charts** – Chart tabs within chart panels will switch when another chart tab is switched on a different chart panel on the same page. ## Keyboard ### Keyboard {% hint style="info" %} This panel allows you to configure custom keyboard shortcuts for commonly used features. Uncheck the Use Defaults button then double-click on an action in the action table to assign/remove a keyboard shortcut. {% endhint %} ### Custom Orders {% hint style="info" %} Use this panel to define a keyboard shortcut for a custom order. {% endhint %}

## Mouse {% hint style="info" %} You can configure the mouse wheel to do one of the following (Note: Alt Wheel Action is using the mouse wheel while pressing the Alt key): * Time Shift - Moves the time period (Hint: Use the Ctrl and Shift keys to change the scrolling speed) * Bar Width - Changes the width of the price bars * Vertical Spacing - Adds/Removes space from the top and bottom of the chart graph {% endhint %} **Wheel Action** – Select the action for the mouse scroll wheel. **Alt Wheel Action** – Select the action for the mouse scroll wheel while holding down the Alt key. **Shift Wheel Action** – Select the action for the mouse scroll wheel while holding down the Shift key. **Disable Mouse Wheel** – Disable all mouse scroll wheel actions. **Invert Button** – If this button is checked, the mouse wheel scrolls in the reverse of the default direction. **Sensitivity Bar** – Range from 0.25 to 15. This bar defines scroll sensitivity of the mouse wheel action. ## Fonts ### System Fonts {% hint style="info" %} The fields below allow you to adjust the general fonts used within the application. {% endhint %} ### Chart Fonts {% hint style="info" %} The fields below allow you to adjust the fonts displayed on the charts. {% endhint %} ## Ticker Tape {% hint style="info" %} This panel allows you to configure the instruments that are displayed in the ticker tape panel as well as other display settings. {% endhint %} **Font** – Define the font and font size of the instruments in the ticker tape **Scroll Speed** – Select the scroll speed of the ticker tape. **Show Ticker Tape** – Enable the ticker tape feature. **Show Change** – Show instrument change in price. **Show Change %** – Show instrument change in percent. ## Linking {% hint style="info" %} This panel defines the type of linking to be used. Linking may be tied to the selected instrument (default), bar size or none (used for replay mode). {% endhint %} **Default Link Type** – Select the link type for all link colors. **Colored Link** – Uncheck *Use Default* to set a link type for each color link. **Note**: More information on the Linking feature can be found here: [Linking Charts](/user-guide/charts-1/linking-charts) . ## Dock {% hint style="info" %} This panel contains preferences for the docking framework. {% endhint %} **Tab Location** – Select the location (top or bottom) for the tabs. **Page Bar Location** – Select the location (top or bottom) for the page bar. **Grid Spacing** – Set the grid spacing for floating layout pages. Uncheck the **Show Grid of Floating Pages** option to disable the grid in the floating pages. **Snap to Grid** – Snap stations to the grid. **Show Tab Icons** – Shows an icon next to the tab indicating the station type e.g. chart, watch list, etc. **Show Bar Size in Tabs** – Optionally displays the bar sizes on the station tabs. **Show Watchlist Count** – Optionally displays the total number of instruments in a Watchlist. **Confirm Remove Page** – Display a dialog confirming you would like to remove a page. See this page [Customization](/user-guide/console-1/docking-framework-guide/customization) for more information. ## Trading Hours {% hint style="info" %} This panel allows you to configure custom trading hours for historical data retrieved from your data provider. Click on the + button to define a new set of trading hours. To assign trading hours to an instrument, edit the instrument and choose the appropriate trading hours from the Trading Hours drop down. {% endhint %} More details on Trading Hours can be found here: [Trading Hours](#trading-hours). ## Simulated Account {% hint style="info" %} The Simulated Account is a paper trading account that locally tracks orders, positions and trades against a virtual account. When placing orders against this account, no actual information (orders/trades) is transmitted to your broker. {% endhint %} **Sim Trade Only** – Disable trading for all accounts except for the internal MotiveWave Simulated accounts. **Enabled** – Enable a simulated account. **Base Currency** – Set the base currency for the simulated account. **Cash Balance** – Set the starting cash balance for the simulated account. **Fill Immediate** – Fill an execution immediately without waiting for a real trade to occur. **Include Commission** – Include commissions in your account P/L. **Reset Account** – Click here to reset your simulated account and clear all the saved trades. See [Simulated Account](/user-guide/account-management/simulated-account) page for the details. ## Auto Update {% hint style="info" %} The Auto Update utility checks for updates and automatically downloads them to your computer. When a new update is available you will be prompted to install when you exit the application. {% endhint %} ## Backup ### Auto Backup {% hint style="info" %} The Auto Backup feature will automatically create a backup file and save it in a folder on the specified interval. Older backups will automatically be deleted to avoid consuming too much disk space. {% endhint %} **Auto Backup Enabled** – Enable the auto workspace backup feature. **Create Backup on Shutdown** – Create a workspace backup each time you shut down the program. **Interval** – Create a workspace backup on a set interval. **Max Files** – Maximum number of workspace backup files. The oldest file will be replaced by any new files. **Folder** – Select the folder where the auto backups will be stored. ### Auto Export Pages {% hint style="info" %} The Auto Page Export feature will automatically export one or more pages from the Console or a Desktop window given folder on the specified interval. Older exports will be automatically deleted to avoid consuming to much disk space. Note: The Console/Desktop window must be open for the export to happen. {% endhint %} **Auto Export Enabled** – Enable the auto export pages feature. **Export on Shutdown** – Create an export page package each time you shut down the program. **Interval** – Create an export page package on a set interval. **Max Files** – Maximum number of export page packages. The oldest file will be replaced by any new files. **Folder** – Select the folder where the export page packages will be stored. **Add Files** – Select the pages you would like included in the export page package. ## Compact Mode {% hint style="info" %} Select the features below that you would like to show or hide when viewing a chart window, chart group, or the console while in Compact Mode. {% endhint %} **Show Tabs** – Show tabs in compact mode. **Show Page Bar** – Show the page bar in compact mode. **Show Menu Bar** – Show the menu in compact mode. **Show Toolbar** – Show toolbars in compact mode. **Show Status Bar** – Show the status bar in compact mode. **Note**: Use F8 or fn+F8 keys to toggle the Compact mode. # Theme ## Theme {% hint style="info" %} Themes are used to change the look of the UI components (Window Theme), chart colors (Chart Theme) and bar colors (Bar Theme). Use the drop down options below to configure themes for MotiveWave. Click OK to apply your changes. {% endhint %} **Window Theme** – The general platform theme. Options are Dark, Navy or Light. **Chart Theme** – The chart theme that includes chart background, grid lines, axis lines, etc. **Bar Theme** – The bar theme that includes up bars, down bars, neutral bars, outlines, etc. **Buy/Sell Colors** – Color theme for various buttons and items throughout the platform. Option include Red/Blue or Red/Green. **Active Chart Station Color** – Color for the active station (top bar of a chart tab). **Active Station Color** – Color for an active station that is not a chart. ## Bar Themes {% hint style="info" %} This panel allows you to configure custom bar themes. Click on the + button to define a new theme. {% endhint %} ## Chart Themes {% hint style="info" %} This panel allows you to configure custom chart themes. Click on the + button to define a new theme. {% endhint %} ## Table **Even/Odd Row Color** – Background color for all tables within the platform. This includes many areas such as the DOM, Order Book, Time & Sales, Watch List, Account panels, etc. Different colors can be set for even/odd rows to create a striped effect. **Selected Row** – Background row color for a currently selected row. This is used in the Watch List. **Arrow Type** – Watch List up/down arrow type. Select from Arrow, Triangle, or None. **Arrow Up** – Up arrow color. **Arrow Down** – Down arrow color. **Up Text** – Up font color. **Down Text** – Down font color. **Up Background** – Up background color. **Down Background** – Down background color. **Update Interval** – Watch List update interval. Lower number will increase CPU usage. **Up/Down Delay** – Time in milliseconds to keep the up/down colors displayed in the watch list after an up/down tick. # Chart ## Chart Settings {% hint style="info" %} The fields below allow you to adjust the default settings for charts. {% endhint %} ### **General** **Mouse Tool** – The default tool to use on a chart **Revert To Default Tool** – When completing an action with the selected tool, the chart will automatically switch back to the default tool (see above). This will apply to the components only, and not the mouse tools. **Axis Style** – Style of the price and time axis. **Chart Symbol** – Option to display the chart symbol/description in the top-left corner of the chart. **Magnet** – Allows components to snap to high and low on the chart. **Time Method** – The method to measure time for specific time-based components. Trading time will count each bar and assume 24 hour markets to come up with a total number. Elapsed time will count time as most people would e.g. skipping the overnight session and ending at the same time the next day would count as 1-day, whereas the Trading Time method may only count that as 12 hours. **Chart Bars** – Percentage of bars to display when first opening a chart (ie fill 90% of the chart area). **Price Bar Spacing** – The space (in pixels) between each bar. Please note, this setting may only be visible when using larger bar widths. **Minimum Bars** – Minimum number of bars to load when opening a chart **Max Linear Bars** – Maximum number of linear bars to load when opening a chart **Max Non Linear Bars** – Maximum number of non-linear bars (ie Range, Renko etc) to load when opening a chart **Max Days (Tick Charts)** – Maximum number of days to display tick-based charts. **Magnifying Glass** – Enables this option will show a popup window magnifying your mouse when you move tool points. **Pop-up Delay (Seconds)** – The time needed to hover over an object before the info box will pop-up. **Study Height (Pixels)** – Default height for study plots. **Min Study Height (Pixels)** – Default minimum height for study plots. **Ctrl + Click** – Object to draw when the user holds down on the Ctrl Key and clicks the left mouse button on the chart **Ctrl + Alt + Click** – Object to draw when the user holds down on the Ctrl and Alt Keys and clicks the left mouse button on the chart **Shift + Click** – Object to draw when the user holds down on the Shift Key and clicks the left mouse button on the chart. ### Options {% hint style="info" %} The fields below allow you to adjust the default settings for charts. {% endhint %} \ **Time Axis Scroll** – Enable a chart scrollbar below the Time Axis. **Study Bar Updates** – Toggle the live updating of studies from level 1 data verses calculating the most recent study values on the close of a bar. **Use Account Position** – This option is used in strategies. It determines whether the strategy will enter a long/short or both position(s) based on the selected position type. **Show Values in Legend** – If enabled, current study values will be displayed next to the study label in the study legend **Link Minimize/Restore** – If enabled, for linked chart windows all windows in the group will be minimized when one of them is minimized. Likewise when one of them is restored, all windows in the group will be restored **Confirm on Close** – If enabled will display a warning message when closing a chart window **Global Cross Hair** – If enabled, the cross hair (where enabled) will be updated across multiple charts that display the same instrument. **Double Cross Hair** – Display two vertical lines encompassing the bar where the cursor is currently (instead of a single vertical line) **Solid Cross Hair** – Display a solid line instead of a dashed line for the cross hair **Lock Studies** – Default Lock Studies state (see [Lock Studies feature](https://docs.motivewave.com/user-guide/charts-1/lock-studies)) **Lock Scroll** – Default lock scroll state (see [Lock Scroll feature](https://docs.motivewave.com/user-guide/charts-1/lock-scroll)) **Show Bird’s Eye Lines** – Display of the vertical lines on the Bird’s Eye plot **Draw Candle Outline** – Draw the outline of the candle rectangle. **Build Daily Bars from Minute Data** – Build the daily bars using minute data instead of the daily bar data provided by your data provider. **Overlay Volume** – Display the volume information as an overlay on the chart instead of a separate plot. **Show Info on Select** – Turn on the Show Info feature when selecting a component **Use Untitled Analyses** – The default behavior is top create a new untitled analysis whenever a chart is opened. Unchecking this option will cause the “Primary Analysis” to be displayed when a new chart is opened. **Hide Primary Name** – If you are not using untitled analyses, you may want to hide the name of the “Primary Analysis” in the price graph. **Snap Open/Close** – If this is enable the mouse tools will automatically snap to open and closing points on the price bars **Auto Load Studies** – Automatically loads custom studies (SDK). **Use Last Image Name** – If this option is enabled the last Save As Image file name will be used the next time you save the chart as an image (instead of generating the file name with the latest timestamp). **Show Exchange** – Toggle the display of the exchange as part of the title on the chart **Show Symbol** – Display the instrument symbol on the chart. **Show Bar Size** – Display the current bar size on the chart **Show Analysis Name** – Display the analysis name in the chart. **Auto Move Bar (Linear Only)** – If enabled, this option will automatically create the next bar when the time has elapsed (instead of waiting for the next bar). This is especially useful for millisecond bars to show a continuously moving chart. **Cross Hair Use Min Tick** – The crosshair will snap to the min tick values of the chart and no other values in between. **Floating Strategy Panel** – If enabled, the Strategy panel will detach from the Trade Panel. You will be able to drag and drop the panel to desired location on chart. **Show Hidden Studies in Legend** – Enable this option for the hidden studies to be displayed in the study legend list. ### Roll **Roll Method** – Defaults roll method 1. **Unadjusted** – No price adjust is made 2. **Last Close** – Determines price difference between the close prices of the old contract and the new contract then adjust components on the new symbol chart depending on the price difference. 3. **Specific Amount** – Enter a specific amount for the price adjustment **Roll All Charts/DOMs/Time Sales** – Updates the symbol for any open charts, Depth of Market panels or Time & Sales panels **Roll Watch Lists** – Looks for all occurrences of the symbol in watch lists (or quote sheets) and replaces them with the new symbol. **Roll Instrument Settings** – Will roll the historical instrument settings and options under the Advanced tab (see Edit Instrument dialog). ### Copyright {% hint style="info" %} This feature will display a copyright label on all charts. The year, month and day can be dynamically inserted by using \[YYYY], \[MMM] or \[MM] and \[DD] markers. {% endhint %} **Enabled Button** – Enable the copyright on your charts. **Font** – Select the font, color and size. **Text** – Copyright text to display on your charts. **Location** – Select the location on the chart for the copyright. **Insets** – Offset the copyright text from the edge of the chart. ### Trade History **Display Mode** – Select from Entry/Exit (displays more information) or Price Label (displays simple execution circles). **Size** – Defines the size of the Entry/Exit or Price Labels. **Show Quantity** – Displays trade quantity. **Show Price** – Displays the trade price. **Show PnL** – Displays the P/L of the trade. **Show Pips** – Displays Pips (in forex). **Show Hover Info** – Displays trade information when hovering mouse over trade markers. **Show Labels** – Displays trade quantity and P/L info. **Show Trade History Lines** – Displays trade history lines. **Show Trade History Indicators** – Display trade history indicators. ## Elliott Wave ### General **Ratio Label Location** – Set the ratio label location. Options are Top/Bottom and Right. **Min Pixels Per Wave** – Minimum number of pixels needed to display a wave. If less, waves will be automatically hidden. **Max Stack Levels** – Maximum amount of levels that wave labels will be stacked on top of each other. * **Stack Wave Labels** – Enables the option to stack the wave labels. **Label Inset** – Offsets the labels from the price bar. **Ratio Lines** – Set the color and line style for the ratio lines. * **Alternating Colors** – Alternate colors for the ratio lines. **Show Wave Lines** – Display the wave lines. **Draw Lines From Last Bar** – Draws the wave lines from the last bar instead of the originating bar to reduce chart lines. **Show Ratio Lines** – Draws the ratio comparison lines. **Range Line Right** – Switches the ration comparison line to the right side of the ratio. **Show Ratio Range** – Shows the ratio range. **Show Ratio Colors** – Colors the ratio labels. **Show Time Label** – Displays the time label. **Show Ratio Labels** – Displays the specific ratio comparison label. **Show Source Line** – Displays the source line. **Show Info Pips** – When the wave is selected the pip info will be displayed. **Show Info Bars** – When the wave is selected the bar info will be displayed. **Show Info Ratio** – When the wave is selected the ratio info will be displayed. **Show No Future Points** – If checked, none of the future points will be displayed. This is in contrast to the **Show Future Points** option being unchecked where only the first future point is displayed. **Show Future Points** – Displays future wave labels. **Show Origin** – If unchecked, the origin point will not be shown (even if it is the top-level wave). ### Degrees {% hint style="info" %} Use this dialog to configure defaults for each Elliott Wave degree. Choose the degree from the drop down and select the font colors etc. {% endhint %} **Degree** – Select the degree you would like to modify. **Font** – Set the font for the selected degree. **Line** – Set the line color and style for the selected degree. **Spacing** – Offset the degree from the price bar. **Reset/Reset All** – Resets the degree style to the default style. ### Price Ratios {% hint style="info" %} This panel may be used to customize the Elliott Wave price ratios. Select the ratio below and select the ratios to display along with the formatting. {% endhint %} ### Time Ratios {% hint style="info" %} This panel may be used to customize the Elliott Wave time ratios. Select the ratio below and select the ratios to display along with the formatting. {% endhint %} ## Harmonics {% hint style="info" %} Use this dialog to configure defaults for all harmonic patterns. {% endhint %} **Min Pixels Per Line** – Used by the Auto Hide feature to determine patters that are visible. **Auto XABCD** – Automatically adjusts XABCD pattern when points are moved. **Show Ranges** – Show ranges. **Fill 1/2/3** – Set the fill color for the ranges. **Show Regions Fill** – Set the fill color for the region. **Show Range Label** – Display the range label. **Label Font** – Set the font style and size. **Line** – Set the line color and style. **Show Lines** – Displays the lines. **Ratio Font** – Set the ratio font style and size. **Ratio Lines** – Set the ratio line color and style. ## Templates {% hint style="info" %} The settings below enable you to change the behavior of chart templates. The default template (if enabled) will be added to all charts. {% endhint %} ### **Settings** **Default Template** – Select one of your templates to load automatically each time you open a new chart. **Use Default** – Enable the Default Template option. **Template Title** – Select the label option for the top-right corner of the chart. Name Only will only show the name of the template. Study Labels Only will list each study within the template. **Overwrite Studies** – Replace studies that are currently on the chart. **Confirm Overwrite Studies** – Confirm that you would like to overwrite studies on the chart. **Link Templates** – Will apply a template to all charts that are part of the link group (if configured, see the **Chart Linking** section). **Use Default In Scanner** – Use the default template studies when viewing scan results. ### Manage Templates {% hint style="info" %} This tab contains available templates. You can edit, remove, import/export or sort the templates {% endhint %} ## Bar Size Selector {% hint style="info" %} This panel allows you to configure the available bar sizes in the Bar Size Selector. These will be shown as a list at the bottom of each chart. {% endhint %} See [Bar Size Selector](https://docs.motivewave.com/user-guide/charts-1/bar-sizes#bar-size-selector) section for more information. ## Watermark {% hint style="info" %} A watermark image may be configured to be displayed on all charts (and/or generated images) in various locations. Select the image by pressing the Browse button below. {% endhint %} **Show Watermark** – Enable the watermark on your charts. **File** – Select an image file to use as a watermark. **Opacity** – Set the opacity of the image. **Location** – Select the location on the chart for the watermark. **Display** – Select how the image watermark will display: * **All** - Watermark will display on your chart and in screenshots. * **Image** - Will display in screenshots but not on your charts. **Insets** – Offset the watermark from the edge of the chart. # Toolbar ## Toolbar {% hint style="info" %} Use this panel to configure the actions available on the toolbar. Select the toolbar you wish to configure from the drop down. {% endhint %} **Toolbar** – Select the toolbar you would like to modify. See [Tool Bar](https://docs.motivewave.com/user-guide/tool-bar) section for more information. ## Custom Tools {% hint style="info" %} Custom tools can be created based on existing tools. Click the + button below to create a new custom tool. {% endhint %} See [Custom Tools](https://docs.motivewave.com/user-guide/components#custom-tools) section for more information. ## Tool Groups {% hint style="info" %} Tool groups are used to organize tools under a drop down menu on a toolbar. {% endhint %} See [Tool Groups](/user-guide/components#tool-groups) section for more information. # Sounds {% hint style="info" %} Use this dialog to configure sounds that are played when a specific events happen. Select the event from the list below and choose the sound by clicking on the Browse button. {% endhint %} **Disable All Sounds** – Select this to disable all sounds coming from MotiveWave. **Sound File** – Select the Sound Event and then Browse to select a sound file. # Historical Data ## General {% hint style="info" %} This panel contains general settings for historical data. {% endhint %} **Note**: Some specific options will be available depending on the connections. Below are settings for historical data in Interactive Brokers: **Google Ext Data** – Pull extended data from Google/Yahoo for Interactive Brokers (Stocks, Indices, Forex) **IB Tick Data** – Use historical tick data from Interactive Brokers (otherwise use minute data) **MotiveWave BackFill Server** – Use MotiveWave's historical backfill server for futures data (quicker loading). Below are settings for historical data in Rithmic: **Use Forward Contract** (where available) – **MotiveWave BackFill Server** – Use MotiveWave's historical backfill server for futures data (quicker loading). **Save Live Ticks** (CQG, CTS and Rithmic only) – Live incoming ticks (Time And Sales) can \ be saved to disk to avoid loading historical tick data from the server. #### Continuous Contracts **Symbol** – Select the contract you would like to modify. **Roll Method** – Set the roll method to be used for the contract above. * **None** – If this is chosen then continuous contracts are disabled by default and only the historical data for the selected futures contract is displayed * **Volume** – The option will choose the roll date based on the daily volume for each futures contract. The roll date is chosen when the daily volume for the succeeding contract exceeds that of the current contract. * **Date** – Various other date methods will be listed. **Back Adjust Method** – Set the back adjust method to be used for the contract above. * **Unadjusted** – This option will leave the historical data unchanged. Gaps will appear where the data rolls over to the next contract. * **Difference Adjusted –** Adjusts the data for the preceding contract using the difference between the daily opening prices on the roll date. Note: this difference is not cumulative for each contract. * **Cumulative Difference Adjusted –** Adjusts the data for the preceding contract using the difference between the daily opening prices on the roll date. Note: this difference is cumulative for each contract. For example, the third futures contract will be adjusted using the difference of roll date 1 + difference of roll date 2. * **Ratio Adjusted** – Adjusts the preceding contract using the ratio calculated from the daily opening prices on the roll date (ie OPEN(i)/OPEN(i-1)). Older contracts will be adjusted by multiplying the ratio by the adjustment ratio from the next roll over date **Reset** – Reset the settings above back to default. #### Intraday Bar Build Method **Method** – Resets interval for building bars, can be set to Daily or Weekly. **Time Zone** – Sets your desired time zone for the start time below. **Start Time** – Starts time for building bars e.g. 09:00 will build 1-hour bars from 09:00-10:00 and so on, whereas a start time of 09:30 would build 1-hour bars from 09:30-10:30 and so on. ## Tick Charts {% hint style="info" %} The entry fields below specify the default intervals for non-linear bar types. These interval values are used to combine ticks into price bars. These values can be set individually for each chart from the context menu (right-click the chart background) or via the Chart Settings. Optionally, minute bars (1-min bars) can be used in place of historical tick data with the tradeoff of bar accuracy. {% endhint %} **Tick Interval** – Set the default tick chart interval. **Range** – Set the default range chart interval. **Renko** – Set the default renko chart interval. * **Show Tails** – Show the true high/low of the renko bar. **Hybrid Renko** – Set the default hybrid renko chart interval. * **Reverse** – Set the default hybrid renko reverse interval. * **Show Tails** – Show the true high/low of the hybrid renko bar. * **Normalize** – Set the open of the bar to the interval setting above/below the previous bar. **Point & Figure** – Set the default P\&F chart interval. * **Reverse** – Set the default P\&F reverse interval. * **Display** – Display the P\&F chart as Xs and Os or bars. **Reversal** – Set the default reversal chart interval. * **Minimum** – Set the minimum range for the bar (high – low) before the reversal amount is applied. **Constant Volume** – Set the default constant volume chart interval. **Allow Range Gaps** – Allow gap up/down of non-linear bars. This will not fill in the gap with bars. **Use Historical Minute Bars** – Use minute-bar data instead of tick data. This will reduce accuracy of non-linear bars. **Restart Tick-Based Charts Daily** – Reset the last bar at the end of the trading session. **Use Points for Interval** – Instead of using ticks for each interval, use full points instead. ## Data Export {% hint style="info" %} Data Export Groups allow you to setup groups of instruments and bar sizes to be exported manually or on an automated schedule. {% endhint %} See [Data Export Groups](https://docs.motivewave.com/user-guide/charts-1/data-export-groups) section for more details. # Orders ## Submission {% hint style="info" %} Limit, stop and market orders can be created and submitted directly from the price axis. Order quantities can be configured in Order Presets. Keyboard modifiers (Ctrl and Shift) may be configured to place different order types from the price axis. {% endhint %} **Create/Submit Order** – Select the action to create and submit an order in a single action. **Create Order (No Submit)** – Select the action to create an order which will not submit unless you click the (T) Transmit button on the order label. **Default (No Key)** – Default chart order type. **Shift Key** – Select the order type when pressing the Shift key. **Ctrl Key** – Select the order type when pressing the Ctrl key. **Ctrl + Shift Key** – Select the order type when pressing the Ctrl + Shift keys. **Show Order Ticket** – Displays the order ticket window. **Confirm Close/Reverse Position** – Display a pop-up dialog confirming a close/reverse of your position. **Show Client OCO Warning** – Display a warning when OCO orders are held on the client (locally) and not server side. **Show Client Attach Warning** – Display a warning when attached orders are held on the client (locally) and not server side. **Show Exit Strategy Warning** – Displays a warning when placing OSO orders ( One-sends-other). When there are multiple exit orders, MotiveWave™ must remain open to send the stop/limit once the initial parent order is filled. **Show Client MIT Warning** – Display a warning when MIT orders are held on the client (locally) and not server side. **Send Email On Filled Order** – Send an email on orders filled. Please see the Preferences -> Email section for set up. **Send Email On Rejected Order** – Send an email on rejected orders. Please see the Preferences -> Email section for set up. ## Display {% hint style="info" %} Configure chart order styles here. Hint: reducing font size will also reduce the label size. {% endhint %} **Align** – Align chart orders to the right or left side. **Filled Align** – Align filled orders to the right or left side. **Line Style** – Select the line style for chart orders. **Extend Order Line Left** – Extend chart order lines all the way to the left side of the chart. **Label Offset** – Offset the chart order label from the edge of the chart (min 5 pixels). **Font** – Select the font for the chart orders. Note: The chart label will scale in size relative to the font. **Show Buttons** – Show orders buttons such as cancel and transmit. **Show Filled** – Show filled order lines/labels on the chart. **Show Price In Label** – Show the order price in the order label. # Alerts {% hint style="info" %} The following fields allow you to configure preferences for alerts. {% endhint %} **Alert Align** – Align the alert label to the right, middle, or left of the chart. **Show Buttons** – Show buttons on the alert label (cancel). **Show Labels** – Show the alert description label. **Show Lines** – Show the alert line. **Play Sound** – Play a sound on alert activated. **Send Email** – Send an email on alert activated. Please see the [Settings > Email](/user-guide/email-configuration) section for set up. **Attach Image** – Attach an image in the email alert. **Disable Alert Window** – Disable the pop-up dialog alert window. **Max History** – Set the max alert history. **Show Alert History (on chart)** – Show the chart marker where an alert was activated. **Alert Order Warning** – Show the warning each time you set a trade based off an alert condition. MotiveWave needs to be running in order to send an alert activated trade. **Alert Deactivate Warning** – Display a warning when attempting to cancel all of the active alerts. **Show Warning on Clear Alert History** – Display a warning when attempting to clear all of the alert history. # Email {% hint style="info" %} This dialog allows you to configure your SMTP settings for outgoing email. Please contact your specific email provider for SMTP settings. {% endhint %} **Email Method** – Set to Do Not Allow or Generic SMTP. **SMTP Server** – SMTP email server domain. **SMTP Port** – Set the SMTP server. Port 25 is standard, port 465 uses SSL encryption, and port 587 (recommended) uses TLS encryption. **Username** – Enter your full email address here. **Password** – Enter your third-party app password here. **Protocol** – This field will display the protocol based on the port being used. **From Email** –Enter your full email address here. **To Email** – Enter your full email address here. **Send Test Email** – Click here to send a test email to see if your configuration is correct. See this [Email page](/user-guide/email-configuration) on how to set up the email. # Buy/Sell {% hint style="info" %} Use this dialog to configure how buy/sell boxes are displayed in the Instrument Organizer. See Orders -> Submission panel to configure order options for these boxes. {% endhint %} **Box Size** – Set the box size based on a few predetermined options. **Show Last Price** – Display the last traded price. **Show Bid/Ask Spread** – Display the bid/ask spread. **Show Active Contract** – Display the active contract. # Accounts Panel The **Account** page in the console provides a convenient view of current account information as well as open orders, positions and historical trades. The columns displayed in each section will vary depending on the broker or data service that you chose for your workspace.

This is the default layout for the **Account** page. You can add these panels anywhere within the Console or Desktop. Simply click on the **Add Tab** button (Plus Icon) next to the existing tab where you want to add the panel.

## Account Panel The **Account** panel displays information about each available account in your workspace. The columns displayed will differ depending on the broker that you chose for your workspace. The **Unrealized PL** column is common to all brokers and displays the current unrealized profit/loss for all positions that belong to each account.

The **Default** column indicates which account is the default for placing orders. You can change the primary account by right clicking on the desired account and choosing **Set As Default Account**. This setting is important to avoid accidentally placing orders on the wrong account.

Other options in the right click panel are: * **Fixed Columns -** Locks a specific amount of columns (0-4) starting on the left side of a narrow panel, keeping them visible as you move the rest of the panel's content left or right. * **Show Vertical Scroll -** Displays a scroll bar on the right of the panel. * **Add Trade Copier Account** - Adds Trade Copier account to the chosen account if you're on the Order Flow edition and above. * **Add Replay Account** - Adds Replay account ## Orders Panel The Orders panel displays the currently active orders in one convenient location. The **Group** column indicates orders that are linked as either OCO (One Cancels Other) or OSO (One Submits Other). The **Status** column displays the current order status (green for active). Click on the ‘C’ to cancel an active order. If an order has outstanding changes, the status column will change to show a ‘T’ and a ‘D’. Click on the ‘T’ to transmit (submit) the changes to the broker or on ‘D’ to discard the changes.

Orders can be edited from here directly by clicking on the appropriate table cell (see below).

Alternatively, right click an order to see additional options. Double clicking on an order will show the **Order Ticket** dialog.

Filled orders are available in the **Filled** tab under the **Orders** panel. The **Status** column displays the current order status (smoky white for filled):

## Positions Panel The Positions panel shows the currently open positions (and closed for some brokers). Individual positions can be closed (at market price) by clicking on the **Close** button (right hand side). If you would like to close all positions, right click on a position and choose *Close All Positions*.

If you have enabled the simulated account, you can add positions manually by clicking the **Add Position** (Plus Icon) button on the top right corner of the panel. This is a useful feature if you would like to track positions that are managed outside of the broker or data service that you are using. The following diagram shows the **Add Position** dialog. It has the following fields: * **Instrument** – select the symbol for the instrument * **Opened Date** – This is when the position was originally opened * **Long/Short** – Long or Short position * **Quantity** – Number of shares, contracts etc * **Avg Price** – Average entry price for the position * **Commission** – Optionally enter a commission to track fees.

For some brokers (such as FXCM) they provide a bit more information on position such as the recently closed positions. Specifically for FXCM hedging accounts, a summary tab is included to roll up individual position totals.

## Executions Panel The Executions panel displays historical trades (i.e. filled orders). Columns displayed on this page will vary depending on the broker chosen for the workspace. Some brokers only report a limited number of historical trades. For this reason, you should rely on the account management tools provided by your broker to ensure accurate reporting of historical trades.

# Simulated Account For convenience, MotiveWave™ has a built in simulated account that you can use to practice your trading. If you chose a data service for your workspace, then this account will be enabled by default. If you are using a broker, it is recommended that you use a demo account if provided by your broker instead. Broker demo accounts will provide a better simulation of their trading environment and supported order types and behaviors. The simulated account can be configured from the "**Settings"** dialog (***Configure > Settings*** from the Console menu bar). Click on the "**General"** tab then on the "**Simulated Account"** tab. This panel has the following fields: * **Sim Trade Only** – Check this box to disable trading for all accounts except for the Simulated Account * **Enabled** – Check this box to enable or disable Simulated account(s) * **Fill Immediate** – If checked market orders will be filled immediately at the current bid/ask value instead of waiting for the next trade * **Include Commission** – If checked, commissions will be included when placing trades.

You can have multiple simulated accounts in one workspace. To add a new account, click on the plus icon (**+)** . A dialog to set up a new simulated account will show up with the options below: * **Name:** Assign a name for your account. If you don't set up a name, it will show the ID of the account. * **Base Currency** – Base currency for the account * **Case Balance** – Initial Cash Balance

To edit an existing account, click on the edit button or double left click on an existing account. You can reset the account back to the initial cash balance by clicking on the "**Reset Account"** button. This also removes all simulated positions, orders, trade history in that account.

If you have the simulated account enabled, you will see an entry in the Accounts panel for the account(s):

The simulated accounts can also be found in the Account Chooser section in the Trade Panel, DOM and Order Book panels:

Simulated accounts listed in the Trade Panel

Should you intend on using a simulated account immediately after enabling it, then we recommend setting the simulated account as the default account in your Accounts panel. Any orders placed via MotiveWave® will default to the ‘Simulated’ account first. To set the ‘Simulated Account’ as the default account, simply right click on the listed ‘Simulated’ account in the Accounts panel and select "**Set As Default Account**".

For more details on the simulated account feature of MotiveWave, please refer to the Trading section of the User’s Guide. # Commissions Commissions can be calculated by MotiveWave™ using the simulated account, in replay mode or as part of Strategy Back Testing. If you would like to include commissions, these can be configured from the Commissions dialog (Configure > Commissions from the Console menu bar). * **Base Cost** – This is the base cost of a trade. Some brokers offer flat rates for commissions. If this is the case, just enter the cost here. * **Unit Cost** – Some brokers charge based on the number of units (ie quantity) that are part of an order (ie shares, contracts etc). * **Unit Size** – If a unit cost has been specified this is the lot size.

The above dialog enables you to define a commission structure that applies to each type of instrument. Some instruments may have their own specific commission structure. If this is the case, you can override this from the **Instrument** dialog (right click on the chart and choose *Edit Instrument,* click on the **Commissions** tab).

# Workspaces # Create a New Workspace When you first install MotiveWave® the install wizard will walk you through the steps of creating your first workspace. For various reasons, you may want to create additional workspaces: **Separate Live and Demo Environments** – This can be a good way to completely separate your demo accounts into a separate “sandbox” where you do not have to be concerned about accidentally placing trades against your live accounts. **Connect to Other Brokers/Data Services** – You can maintain connections across multiple brokers and data services in the Professional and Ultimate Editions. If you have one of the other editions, you will have to create separate workspaces for this purpose. **Start Fresh** – Sometimes, you just want to start over with a fresh workspace that has all the default settings, instruments and watch lists. The simplest way to create a new workspace is to click on the "**Options"** button then select "**Workspaces"** when you first start MotiveWave:

From the "**Manage Workspaces"** dialog, click on the "**New Workspace"** button:

#### Single-Broker Editions The Community, Standard, Order Flow and Elliott Wave Lite editions allow only one connection per workspace. In this case, choose a unique name for your workspace and select a broker/data service from the "**Service"** drop down. When you are finished configuring the connection, click on "**Create Workspace"**. Please Note: available services will depend on the operating system you are using (Windows or macOS). You can find our full list of supported brokers and data services as follows:

#### Multi-Broker Editions The multi-broker feature allows you to have multiple connections to brokers/data services in a single workspace. The feature is available in the Ultimate and Professional versions of MotiveWave®.

When you click on the "**Add Connection"** above, you will see the dialog below. From this dialog you can select a broker or data service (from the Service drop down) to add to the workspace. Please Note: available services will depend on the operating system you are using (Windows or macOS). You can find our full list of supported brokers and data services as follows:

Optionally, you can add more connections to the workspace by clicking on the "**Add Connection"** button. When you are finished, click on the "**Create Workspace"** button to complete this task.

#### Open Workspace The final step is to open the workspace (after you have closed all the dialogs above). Select the new workspace from the "**-Please Select a Workspace-"** drop down and click on the "**Continue"** button to open.

# Add a Connection to a Workspace The Professional and Ultimate Editions of MotiveWave® allow you to maintain connections to multiple brokers and/or data services within the same workspace. Start by editing the workspace. You can do this by clicking on **Configure > Workspaces** from the top menu bar of the Console window :

Alternatively, you can edit a workspace from the **Options >** **Manage Workspaces** dialog on MotiveWave's startup screen:

The **Manage Workspaces** dialog will appear (see below). From this dialog, double click on the workspace you would like to add connection(s) or select the workspace then click on the **Modify** button.

You will see the **Add Connection** button below. From this dialog you can select a broker or data service (from the Service drop down) to add to the workspace. Please Note: available services will depend on the operating system you are using (Windows or macOS). For a full list of [supported brokers and data services](https://www.motivewave.com/connections.htm).

After clicking the **Add Connection** button in the dialog above you will see the **Edit Workspace** dialog below. From here you can add additional connections or click on **Update Workspace** to complete this task.

# Workspace Backup and Restore The Backup/Restore feature enables you to export settings, analyses, instruments, watch lists, scans and open windows/positions to a single backup file. This backup file can be archived to be restored later in case something happens to your computer. Alternatively, you can use this feature to transfer your workspace to another computer. ## Creating a Backup Choose *File > Backup* from the Console menu bar to create a backup file. When you choose this option, you will see the **Backup Workspace** dialog.

## Restore From Backup Choose *File > Restore* from the Console menu bar to restore from a previously created backup.

Click on the **Browse** button and locate the backup file that you created previously. Select **Delete Existing Analyses** option if you want to replace the current workspace with the backup workspace. Please note that all of the existing analyses in the workspace will be deleted before importing the analyses from the backup. Click the **Restore** button to begin the restore process. You will see a progress indicator that reports the status of the restore. Depending on your computer and the size of the backup, this could take up to a minute or two to complete. The file format for the backup in version 7 is compressed zip format (.zip). ### Restoring to a Different Workspace Service In the typical case, the workspace service (i.e broker or data service) will match the service from the backup. You can restore from a backup that was created with a different service, but you may encounter some issues. Each service has a different naming symbology for the instruments that they support and the target service may not support all of the instruments that are in the backup. MotiveWave™ will attempt to map the symbols from the backup service to the target service. However, you may find that some analyses are missing in the new workspace if MotiveWave™ could not find a mapping. # Switch Connections in a Workspace Create a new workspace connected to your new connection. You may want to switch connections in a workspace . Since the connections will use different symbology just removing the old connection and adding the new one will cause issues. This is the preferred method: 1. Backup your old workspace (File > Backup). 2. Create a new workspace connected to your new connection. 3. Open this brand new workspace and then restore your old backup (File > Restore). Using the method above will prompt MotiveWave to attempt to map the symbols over from your old connection to your new connection. Some instruments may not map correctly, in this case they will need to be added manually. # Workspaces Not Showing Up In case you can't find your workspaces when starting MotiveWave, this might occur after you reset/reinstall/upgrade MotiveWave. If you need to restore a workspace, then you can do so using one of the automated backup files found in MotiveWave Backup folder ( via **Configure menu > Settings > General > Backup > Auto Backup**).

After that you can create a new workspace and restore the backup files (via **File menu > Restore**). See [Backup and Restore](/user-guide/console-1/backup-and-restore#restore-from-backup) # Cloud Workspaces Cloud workspaces are hosted on MotiveWave’s server and can be accessed from any computer using the same license key. Cloud workspaces hold all of their data in the MotiveWave™ cloud (including settings, instruments analysis etc.) but also hold a local copy so that the workspace can be opened in “offline” mode. Any changes that are made to the workspace in “offline” mode will be synchronized with the cloud workspace the next time you open the workspace in “online” mode. #### Synchronization Workspace synchronization involves uploading new or changed files and removing deleted files from the cloud repository. For efficiency, untouched files will not be included in the synchronization process. Synchronization occurs at the following times: 1. **Startup** – When the workspace is first loaded, it will be synchronized with the cloud to ensure that the latest files are loaded to the local disk. 2. **Interval** – MotiveWave™ will run the synchronization process at a constant interval (**current every minute**) to check for changes and upload them to the cloud. This happens in the background and will not affect your usage of MotiveWave™. 3. **Shutdown** – When closing the workspace, any remaining changes will be synchronized with the cloud. 4. **Manual** – At any point you can force the synchronization to occur by choosing ***Configure > Synchronize Workspace*** from the Console menu bar. #### Limitations Cloud workspaces currently have the following limitations: * Trial Accounts: * Maximum of 1 Cloud Workspace * Maximum workspace size is 50 MB * Paid Accounts: * Maximum of 3 Cloud Workspace * Maximum workspace size is 200 MB #### Creating/Editing Cloud Workspaces A cloud workspace can be created by choosing “MotiveWave Cloud” from the location drop down in the Create Workspace dialog (see screen shot below). Existing workspaces may also be moved to the cloud in the Edit Workspace dialog. Note: you cannot change the name of a cloud workspace.

The Manage Workspaces dialog has been modified to show local vs cloud workspaces (see below).

# Charts MotiveWave™ has perhaps some of the most advanced charting capabilities of any charting application available. In this section we will be exploring some of the basics of working with charts in MotiveWave™. You can work with charts within the Console window or you can open separate chart windows to work with charts independently. The simplest way to open a chart window is to press the **Open Chart Window** button from the top right section of a chart panel.

Alternatively, choose *File > New > Chart Window* from the top menu bar:

This action will open a chart window similar to the one in the screen shot below. Regardless of whether you choose to work with charts in the console or separate chart windows, the features described in this section are the same.

# Settings ## Default Chart Settings and Options Default chart settings can be set from the **Settings** dialog (*Configure > Settings* from the Console menu bar). You will find the settings for charts in the tabs underneath the **Chart** tab.

The following are options that are available from the **Chart Settings** tab: * **Mouse Tool** – This is the default tool to use on a chart. * **Revert to Default Tool** – When completing an action with the selected tool, the chart will automatically switch back to the default tool (see above). This only applies to the tools and not the default tools themselves. * **Axis Style** – Style of the price and time axis * **Chart Symbol** – Option to display the chart symbol/description in the top-left corner of the chart. * **Magnet** – Allows components to snap to high and low on the chart. * **Time Method** – The method to measure time for specific time-based components. Trading time will count each bar and assume 24 hour markets to come up with a total number. Elapsed time will count time as most people would e.g. skipping the overnight session and ending at the same time the next day would count as 1-day, whereas the Trading Time method may only count that as 12 hours. * **Chart Bars** – Percentage of bars to display when first opening a chart (i.e. fill 90% of the chart area) * **Price Axis Spacing** – Default spacing between the numbers that are displayed on the price axis * **Minimum Bars** – Minimum number of bars to load when opening a chart. * **Max Linear Bars** – Maximum number of linear bars to load when opening a chart * **Max Non Linear Bars** – Maximum number of non-linear bars (ie Range, Renko etc) to load when opening a chart * **Max Days (Tick Charts)** – Maximum number of days to display tick-based charts. * **Magnifying Glass** – Shows a popup window magnifying your mouse when you move tool points. * **Pop-up Delay (Seconds)** – The time needed to hover over an object before the info box will pop-up. * **Study Height** (pixels) – Default height for study plots * **Min Study Height** (pixels) – Minimum height for study plots * **Ctrl + Click** – Object to draw when the user holds down on the Ctrl Key (or command in macOS) and clicks the left mouse button on the chart. * **Ctrl+ Alt + Click** – Object to draw when the user holds down on the Ctrl (or command in macOS) and Alt ( or option in macOS) Keys and clicks the left mouse button on the chart. * **Shift + Click** – Object to draw when the user holds down on the Shift Key and clicks the left mouse button on the chart. Additional chart options can be found via the Settings dialog > Chart > Chart > Options:

* **Time Axis Scroll** – Enable a chart scrollbar below the Time Axis. * **Component Bar** – Enable the floating component bar on chart * **Study Bar Updates** – Toggle the live updating of studies from level 1 data verses calculating the most recent study values on the close of a bar. * **Use Account Position** – This option is used in strategies. It determines whether the strategy will enter a long/short or both position(s) based on the selected position type. * **Show Values in Legend** – If enabled, current study values will be displayed next to the study label in the study legend * **Link Minimize/Restore** – If enabled, for linked chart windows all windows in the group will be minimized when one of them is minimized. Likewise when one of them is restored, all windows in the group will be restored * **Confirm on Close** – If enabled will display a warning message when closing a chart window * **Global Cross Hair** – If enabled, the cross hair (where enabled) will be updated across multiple charts that display the same instrument * **Double Cross Hair** – Display two vertical lines encompassing the bar where the cursor is currently (instead of a single vertical line) * **Solid Cross Hair** – Display a solid line instead of a dashed line for the cross hair * **Lock Studies** – Default Lock Studies state (see [Lock Studies feature](/user-guide/charts-1/lock-studies)) * **Lock Scroll** – Default lock scroll state (see [Lock Scroll feature](/user-guide/charts-1/lock-scroll)) * **Show Bird’s Eye Lines** – Display of the vertical lines on the Bird’s Eye plot * **Draw Candle Outline** – Draw the outline of the candle rectangle. * **Overlay Volume** – Display the volume information as an overlay on the chart instead of a separate plot. * **Show Info on Select** – Turn on the Show Info feature when selecting a component * **Use Untitled Analyses** – The default behavior is top create a new untitled analysis whenever a chart is opened. Unchecking this option will cause the “Primary Analysis” to be displayed when a new chart is opened. * **Hide Primary Name** – If you are not using untitled analyses, you may want to hide the name of the “Primary Analysis” in the price graph. * **Snap Open/Close** – If this is enable the mouse tools will automatically snap to open and closing points on the price bars * **Auto Load Studies** – Automatically load custom studies (SDK). * **Use Last Image Name** – If this option is enabled the last Save As Image file name will be used the next time you save the chart as an image (instead of generating the file name with the latest timestamp). * **Show Exchange** – Toggle the display of the exchange as part of the title on the chart * **Show Symbol** – Display the instrument symbol on the chart. * **Show Bar Size** – Display the current bar size on the chart * **Show Analysis Name** – Display the analysis name in the chart. * **Auto Move Bar (Linear Only)** – If enabled, this option will automatically create the next bar when the time has elapsed (instead of waiting for the next bar). This is especially useful for millisecond bars to show a continuously moving chart. * **Cross Hair Use Min Tick** – The crosshair will snap to the min tick values of the chart and no other values in between. * **Floating Strategy Panel** – Enable this option to make the Strategy panel float instead of being combined to the Trade Panel * **Show Hidden Studies in Legend** – Enable this option to show studies that have been hidden in the study legend ## Chart Specific Settings Chart settings that apply to the selected chart only can be accessed by right clicking on the chart and choosing **Chart Settings** . The settings configured here can be saved as default settings by clicking on the **Defaults** button then **Save As Defaults**. Descriptions of items below can be found in the preceding sections.

# Chart Spacing There are several options for adjusting the horizontal and vertical spacing on the chart. The simplest way is to use the mouse to drag either the time axis (horizontal spacing) or the price axis (vertical spacing). Note: in order to adjust the vertical spacing, you need to click and drag the space between the price labels and the chart area (see below):

# Bar Sizes Bar sizes are useful for changing the resolution of a chart based on time, price or volume movements. MotiveWave™ supports several different types of bars: * **Linear** – time interval based bars (such as 1 minute, 15 minute, 1 day, 2 week etc) * **Range** – bars are based on price movements of a specific price range * **Renko/Hybrid Renko** – these are special price range based bars * **Tick** – these bars are based on a specific number of price ticks (or trades) * **Volume** – each of these bars will have a fixed trading volume * **Point & Figure** There are several ways to change the bar size and type. You can use the Bar Size Chooser from the top tool bar:

The bar size displayed on the chart can be selected to call out the bar size list:

You can also right click on the chart and select the Bar Size from the context menu:

Alternatively, if you go to the **View** menu and enable the **Bar Size Selector**, a tool bar containing the bar sizes will show up at the bottom of the console:

## Custom Bar Sizes MotiveWave™ comes with a default set of bar sizes, but you can create your own bar sizes from the **Custom** tab in the **Bar Size Chooser** panel. The availability of the interval types will depend on your connection(s) and/or the MotiveWave edition you are on. The new bar size can be added to the **Favourites** section in the **Favourites** tab for easy access by clicking on the **Add Favourites** button:

This also adds the new bar size to the bar size list in the right click menu:

To change the orders of the bar sizes in the right-click bar size list, you can drag and move the bar sizes in the Favourites list:

To remove a bar size from the favourite list and from the **Bar Size** option in the right click menu, go to the **Favourites** section and right click on that bar size, then select **Remove From Favourites:**

Settings for the Bar Size Chooser panel ( columns, font, etc) can be found via the gear icon on the top of the panel:

## Bar Size Selector The **Bar Size Selector** is a convenient way access common bar sizes by simply clicking on one of the tabs at the bottom of the chart. If you would like to enable this toolbar, choose ***View > Bar Size Selector*** from the top menu bar to toggle its visibility. Note: the default behavior can modified by right clicking on the chart > ***Chart Settings > Chart*** tab ***>*** Enable the ***Show Bar Size Selector*** option ***>*** Select the ***Defaults*** drop down list ***>*** Select ***Save Defaults >*** Click ***OK :***

You can configure the tabs available in the ***Bar Size Selector*** by right clicking on one of the tabs and choosing ***Configure***. Alternatively, you can find the Bar Size Selector settings panel via the ***Configure menu > Settings > Chart > Bar Size Selector***.

The **Bar Size Selector** also has some buttons on the right hand side (configurable via ***Configure*** menu > ***Settings*** > ***Toolbar*** > ***Toolbar*** > ***Bar Size Selector***):

These can be convenient for the following (in order from left to right): * **Toggle Semi-Log Scale** – Toggles semi-log scaling * **Choose Study Template** – Allows you to choose a study template * **Toggle Birds Eye View** – Toggles the display of the Birds Eye View * **Display Time Frame** – Choose a specific time frame to display on the chart (ie 2 week, 1 day etc) * **Go To Date** – Go to a specific date in history

# Importing Data Historical data may be imported into MotiveWave™ by choosing ***Chart > Data > Import Data*** from the top Console menu bar. Two types of data formats are supported: * **CSV** – Comma Separated Values. This is a very common format for many historical data services. The format of the data file will be automatically detected when specifying files of this type. * **MetaStock™ Database (Files or Directory)** – MetaStock™ Database files or directory containing 1 or more instruments may be imported into MotiveWave’s historical database.

This dialog has the following elements: * **Data Files** – Specify one or more data files by clicking on the Add button to left of the Data Files list. * **Time Zone** – Choose the time zone for the input file. This is important for resolving the data/time values for each historical price bar in the input file. * **Exchange** – Optionally Choose the Exchange for the instrument(s) in the input file(s). * **Trading Hours** – If a value is chosen for Trading Hours, it will be assigned to the instrument when it is created from this dialog. * **Adjust for Stock Splits** – If the file does not contain split adjusted values, this will detect and adjust historical prices for splits. * **Automatically Create Instrument (Do Not Prompt)** – If the instrument does not already exist in the local database, it will be automatically created if this is checked. * **Replace Existing Data** – Replaces data that is already in the local historical database. * **Monitor Input File For Changes** – If checked, MotiveWave™ will monitor the timestamp on the input file to see if it changes in the future. If it does change, the new data will be automatically loaded into MotiveWave™ when a chart is loaded. # Importing Tick Data Historical tick data may be imported into MotiveWave™ by choosing ***Chart > Data > Import Tick Data*** from the top Console menu bar. Two types of data formats are supported: * **CSV** – Comma Separated Values. This is a very common format for many historical data services. The format of the data file will be automatically detected when specifying files of this type. * ASCII - Another popular and simple text-based file format.

This dialog has the following elements: * **Data Files** – Specify one or more data files by clicking on the Add button to left of the Data Files list. * **Time Zone** – Choose the time zone for the input file. This is important for resolving the data/time values for each historical price bar in the input file. * **Replace Existing Data** – Replaces data that is already in the local historical database. # Exporting Data Historical data may be exported from MotiveWave™ in several different formats. Choose ***Chart > Data > Export Data*** from the top Console menu bar. This dialog has the following elements: * **Symbol** – Choose the instrument that you would like to export. By default this is the instrument from the chart where the dialog was launched. * **Bar Size** – Choose the Bar Size for the historical data * **Bar Count** – Number of Bars to Export. Choose All Available to export all available data in the historical database * **Regular Trading Hours (RTH) Data** – Check this to only include bars that are part of the regular trading session * **Data File** – Click on the Browse button to the right to choose the data file where the data will be saved. * **Format** – Choose the Export Format * CSV – yyyyMMdd HHmmss,O,H,L,C,V * CSV – dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss,O,H,L,C,V * Ninja Trader – Start Of Bar Time * Ninja Trader – End Of Bar Time

# Birds Eye View The **Birds' Eye View** provides a convenient way to view the larger picture of the available historical data. Choose *View > Bird’s Eye View* from the top menu bar to toggle the display of this feature. The **Bird’s Eye View** is displayed at the bottom of the chart. The highlighted area (transparent yellow area) illustrates the data that is currently visible in the chart. You can click and drag this area to the left/right to move the visible area. The width of the highlighted area depends on the bar width for the chart. If you would like to change the width, click and drag the time axis.

# Cursor Data **Cursor Data** refers to the data points and their values at the current position of the mouse cursor. There are several different ways to view cursor data. ## Cursor Data Window The C**ursor Data Window** is a separate window that displays data at the current mouse location. This window works across all charts. This window may be opened by choosing ***View > Cursor Data Window*** from the top menu bar.

## Cursor Data Panel The **Cursor Data Panel** is essentially the same as the **Cursor Data Window** except that it is a panel inside of the chart. This panel only works for the enclosing chart. To open this panel, choose ***View > Cursor Data*** from the top menu bar.

## Bar Status Data on the selected price bar can be found in the status bar at the bottom of the window. This reflects the price bar at the position of the mouse cursor.

## Hover Popup A popup will be displayed with information about the price bar if you place the mouse cursor over a price bar and leave it there for about 2 seconds. To adjust the pop-up delay time, go to the ***Configure menu > Settings > Chart > Chart > General***.

## Cross Hair The cross hair feature draws thin horizontal and vertical lines at the current mouse cursor location to indicate the vertical axis and time axis values.

There are several configuration options for the cross hair. These can be found under the ***Chart > Chart > Options*** tab of the **Settings** dialog (***Configure -> Settings*** from the Console menu bar).

### Global Cross Hair The **Global Cross Hair** provides a convenient way to locate the mouse cursor position between several different charts that are displaying the same instrument. This option can be enabled in the **Settings** dialog (see previous section). In the following screen shot you will notice that the current location of the mouse cursor in one chart adjusts the cross hair location in the other charts that show the same instrument.

# Depth Of Market The **Depth Of Market (DOM)** panel shows a tabular view of the current bid and ask sizes. Choose ***View > DOM Panel*** from the top menu bar to show or hide this panel on a chart. For convenience a toggle button is also available on the tool bar. For details on how to use the DOM panel see [Depth Of Market](/user-guide/depth-of-market) section.

# Chart Labels Chart labels display information on the Price Plot of the chart. These labels can appear in any of the 4 corners. The following example shows some chart labels:

You can configure the labels displayed on a chart from the ***Chart Settings > Labels*** dialog (right click on the chart > Chart Settings). You will find the labels under the **Labels** tab:

Double click on one of the labels in the right hand box (or select and press the edit button, ie pencil icon) to edit the properties of the label (see embedded dialog above). From there you can choose which corner to display the label and adjust the color, font etc. The order in which the labels are displayed is determined using the up/down arrow buttons in the **Chart Settings** dialog (see above). # News If supported by your Broker/Data Service, news articles can be displayed on the chart by clicking on the plus button on the chart tab then selecting **News** :

Alternatively, a News page can be opened by clicking on the plus icon on the Page bar:

# Watermark The **Watermark** feature in MotiveWave™ enables you to display a semi-transparent label with the instrument’s symbol and/or description. You can also choose the location and font of this label. The watermark can be configured from the ***Chart Settings*** dialog ( right click on the chart), then ***Watermark*** tab.

The following screen shot shows the watermark description for Apple:

# Scaling Several different scaling options are available for scaling the price/time range of the price plot. By default the chart price range is automatically scaled from the visible data and components (Auto Scale). Scaling options can be found under the **Scaling** tab of the **Chart Settings** dialog ( right click on the chart).

The following are the available scaling options: * **Auto Scale** – Price range is adjusted according to visible data and visible components . This scaling option will lock the vertical movement of the chart. * **Auto Scale Price Only -** If enabled, only the data range is considered. * **Top/Bottom Inset** (in pixels) **-** Specifies the spacing from the top/bottom border of the chart. * **Price Range** – This option keeps the price range constant and enables you to manually move the graph up/down. * **Price Range** – Total amounts of ticks displayed on the chart window. * **Last Price In View (Edge Setback)** – Automatically scrolls back to last price when the last price is out of sight but is still within the current chart window. This feature is disactivated if the last price is completely off the chart window. The assigned value will not let last price go within that any ticks of the top/bottom of the chart. * **Lock Price Range** – If enabled, the price scale can't be adjusted. * **Specific Range** – This option allows you to set a specific price range. This range can't be changed. * **Square** – This option will set a fixed number of points (**Ticks**) per bar width (**Bars**). If the bar width is expanded (or contracted) the price range will be updated to reflect. # Ratios MotiveWave™ provides many different options for identifying time and price ratios. Fibonacci ratios are perhaps the most commonly used ratios for analysis. Available components for Fibonacci analysis can be found under **Components panel** located on the top toolbar:

The screen shot below shows an example of a **Fibonacci Retracement**. Yellow resize points can be used to change the position of the labels and length of the ratio lines.

MotiveWave™ provides a lot of flexibility for working with ratios. If you would like to modify the ratio properties for a particular component, double click on a ratio label to go to the **Properties** dialog for the component. You can add a new ratio by left clicking on the plus icon on the right side of the ratio list. Select an existing ratio to edit or remove it.

## Customized Ratios For each ratio, use the check box to the left to enable/disable. The input field can be used to enter the ratio (in percent). Click on the edit button (pencil icon) to the right to specify how the ratio should be formatted. The custom settings chosen above for this ratio will look like the following:

## Ratio Format Preferences The **Format** tab allows you to change how the ratios are displayed. The settings on this tab apply to all ratio labels/lines in the component (unless explicitly adjusted for each ratio, see previous section).

# Time and Price Guides Guides can be added to the vertical and time axes. A guide is essentially a vertical (or horizontal) line that has an attached indicator to show its value. There are two types of guides: * Price/Value Guide – Displays a horizontal line with an attached indicator in the vertical axis * Time Guide – Displays a horizontal line (across plots) with an attached indicator in the time axis Guides can be added to a chart from the right click menu of the axis (choose *Add Guide*). This menu can also be used to edit the guide or remove it. The location of the guide can be changed by clicking and dragging it.

The Time and Price Guides can also be found in the Components panel ( located on the top toolbar):

# Percent Change Charts Normally the price plot shows the historical prices. Percent change charts are an alternate view that shows the change in the price between each bar as a percentage movement. A percent change chart can be displayed by changing the bar type from the drop down on the tool bar to **Percent Change**.

By default, percent change charts are calculated from the left most point of the chart. This can be changed to a specific bar by right clicking on the chart where you would like the calculation to begin.

Two dashed lines will be displayed to visually indicate where the charts are being calculated (see below).

When combined with the Instrument Overlay, you can compare relative moves between instruments directly on one chart:

# Software Development Kit Custom studies and strategies can be programmed using our Software Development Kit. For more information on this, please visit our website: # Lock Studies The **Lock Studies** feature is a convenient way to keep the current set of studies on a chart when you change the instrument. Choose ***View > Lock Studies*** from the top menu bar to enable this feature on the selected chart. To change the instrument on a chart, type the new symbol into the **Quick Search** box on the left side of the tool bar and press the *Enter* key. The following two screen shots illustrate the usage of the **Lock Studies** feature:

# Lock Scroll Lock scroll is a convenient way to maintain the same position across multiple charts when using the scrolling feature to move forward or backward on the historical price axis. Choose ***View > Lock Scroll*** (from the top menu bar) or use the button available on the tool bar to enable this feature. When this feature is enabled, all charts that are part of the same [**Link Group**](/user-guide/charts-1/linking-charts) will scroll to the same position when one of the charts is scrolled. If the chart is not part of a link group, but rather on a Console page, all charts that are on the same page will scroll with chart.

# Study Templates For convenience, studies can be organized into templates. A template contains one or more studies with specific settings. To create a template, simply add and configure all of the studies you want to include on a chart. When you are satisfied with the studies and their settings, right click on the chart and select ***Template > Save As Template*** . Alternatively, choose ***Chart > Template > Save As Template*** (from the top menu bar. Note: ***File > Template > Save As Template*** or ***Chart > Template > Save As Template*** from a Chart Window).

A study template can be applied to another chart by choosing *Chart > Template > \