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 sales@motivewave.com.
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: https://www.motivewave.com/products/products.htm
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: https://support.motivewave.com/forum/index.php
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
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