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  • User Guide
    • Welcome
    • Quick Start Guide
      • Getting Started
      • Installation
      • Customization Options
      • Advanced Features
      • Troubleshooting and Support
      • Next Steps
    • Console Overview
      • Preferences
      • Changing the Look and Feel
      • Desktops
      • Quote Sheets
      • Backup and Restore
      • Repository
      • Email Configuration
      • Docking Framework Guide
        • Introduction
        • Stations
        • Pages
        • Layouts
        • Customization
    • Accounts Panel
      • Simulated Account
      • Commissions
    • Alerts
    • Charts
      • Settings
      • Chart Spacing
      • Bar Sizes
      • Importing Data
      • Exporting Data
      • Birds Eye View
      • Cursor Data
      • Depth Of Market
      • Chart Labels
      • News
      • Watermark
      • Scaling
      • Analyses
      • Ratios
      • Time and Price Guides
      • Percent Change Charts
      • Software Development Kit
      • Lock Studies
      • Lock Scroll
      • Study Templates
      • Linking Charts
      • Working With Chart Windows
      • Ticker Tape
      • Chart Trading
      • Data Export Groups
      • Analyses Guide
        • Introduction
        • Managing Analyses
        • Sharing Analyses
    • Components
    • Depth Of Market
    • Elliott Wave
    • Hurst Cycles
      • Introduction
      • Study Overview
      • Using the Hurst Cycle Study
    • Instruments
      • Custom Instruments
    • Option Chain
    • Order Flow
      • Introduction
      • Time Price Opportunity (TPO) Study
      • Volume Imprint
      • Depth of Market
      • Time and Sales
      • Delta Volume
      • Cumulative Delta
      • Bid/Ask Volume
      • Speed of Tape
      • DOM Power
      • Order Heatmap
      • Big Trades
      • Speed Gauges
      • Components
    • Pages
    • Preferences
      • General
      • Theme
      • Chart
      • Toolbar
      • Sounds
      • Ratios
      • Elliott Wave
      • Harmonics
      • Historical Data
      • Orders
      • Alerts
      • Email
      • Trade History
      • Buy/Sell
    • Replay Mode
    • Scanner
      • Scanner
      • Creating a Scan
      • Executing a Scan
      • Editing a Scan
      • Elliott Wave Scanner
      • Harmonic Scanner
      • Study Scanner
    • SDK Programming Guide
      • Preface
      • Change History
      • Introduction
      • Fundamental Classes
      • Overlay Example
      • Study Plot Example
      • Drawing Figures
      • Signals
      • Tick Data
      • Strategies
      • Logging
      • Internationalization
      • Deployment
      • Environment Setup
    • Shortcuts
    • Strategies & Backtest
      • Strategy Back Testing
      • Creating a Strategy Analysis
      • Strategy Analysis
      • Strategies
    • Studies
    • Time and Sales
    • Tool Bar
    • Trade Report
    • Watch List
    • Workspaces
  • Release Notes
    • Release Notes
    • What's New In Version 6.5
    • What's New in Version 6.4
    • What's New in Version 6.3
    • What's New in Version 6.1
    • What's New in Version 6.0
  • Knowledge Base
    • Getting Started
      • Add a Symbol to a Watch List
      • Create a New Page
      • Create a New Workspace
      • Free Data Sources
      • Linux Installation
      • Resize Console Panels
      • Set Up a Simulated Account
      • Does MotiveWave Come With Data?
      • Can MotiveWave Be Used on Multiple Computers?
      • Futures Symbol Table
    • Connection
      • Connection Details
      • Add a Connection to a Workspace
      • Rithmic - Connection Issues and Troubleshooting
      • Connect MotiveWave to R|Trader Pro Gateway
      • GAIN Connection
      • Indian Market Connections
      • Interactive Brokers Connection
        • Troubleshooting Interactive Brokers Connection
        • Historical Data is Slow with Interactive Brokers
      • CQG Symbology
      • TD Ameritrade Search
      • Rithmic Eurex Symbology
      • Computer Sleep Mode
      • IQFeed Data
      • Another Instance of MotiveWave Is Using License Key
    • Workspace
      • Add a Connection to a Workspace
      • Create a New Workspace
      • Create a Workspace Backup
      • Restore a Workspace Backup
      • Switch Connections in a Workspace
      • Workspaces Not Showing Up
    • Charts
      • Adjust for a Stock Split
      • Assign Trading Hours to an Instrument
      • Component and Study Visibility
      • Different Charts for the Same Instrument
      • Make Studies Stick to a Chart
      • Trend Lines Don't Line up on Different Bar Sizes
      • Use a Display Mask
      • Create Tick, Range, PnF, or Renko Chart
      • Clicking on the Tab of One Chart Changes Tab of Other Charts
      • Charts Stopped Streaming Data
      • Charts Show Incorrect Historical Data
      • Time Range Measurements Are Incorrect
      • Limited Tick Data on Charts
      • Set Start Time for Chart Bars
      • View List of Studies and Components on Chart
      • Show ETH or Extended Data
    • Trading
      • Position Average Is Changing Overnight
      • Execute Trades on Another Account
    • General
      • Change Themes
      • Define Trading Hours
      • Futures Contract Backfill
      • Reset the Console Layout
      • Set a Default Account
      • Set Up a Repository
      • Set Up Gmail for Email Alerts
      • Set Up iCloud Mail for Email Alerts
      • MotiveWave Covers Windows Taskbar
      • Limit Instruments in Quick Search
      • Can’t See My Menu Anymore
      • Trade Report Is Incorrect
    • Study
      • Component and Study Visibility
      • Order Heatmap Study Not Showing
      • Forex With Volume Related Studies
      • Add a Custom Study
      • Volume Imprint or TPO Overlap
      • Use Real Values
    • Elliott Wave
      • Elliott Wave Data Window vs Start Date
      • Elliott Wave Functionality
      • Show Multiple Elliott Wave Ratios
      • Stacked Wave Labels
    • Scan
      • What Do the Scanner Results Fair, Good, Etc. Mean?
    • SDK
      • Create a Custom Study or Strategy
    • Optimize - Backtest
      • Backtesting Limitations
    • Support
      • Access Log Files
      • Active Session Exists
      • Create a Workspace Backup
      • Find My License Key and Edition
      • Minimum System Requirements
      • MotiveWave Extensions Directory
      • Uninstall MotiveWave
      • Data Loss
      • Trendlines Shift on Nonlinear Charts
      • Slow Application Performance
    • Error Messages
      • Forex.com - Error Placing Order: 75
      • Binance - Connection Failed: Invalid API Key
      • Binance Futures - Unable to load listen keys
      • IQFeed - Error: Index 1 out of bounds for length 1
      • IQFeed - Connection Failed
      • State Error
      • Error Placing Order(s)
    • Purchase
      • Upgrade from a Lease to a Purchased License
      • Upgrade from a Lower Edition Purchased License to a Higher Edition Purchased License
      • Recently Purchased Where Is My License Key?
      • PayPal Payments
      • How Do I Cancel My Lease?
      • Are Updates to the Software Free?
    • FAQ
      • Can I Add Commentary
      • Can I Have a Simulated and a Live Trading Account
      • Can I Have More Than One Broker Account
      • Can I Save My Analysis
      • Can I Trade from the Chart
      • Can I Use MotiveWave on Multiple Computers
      • Does MotiveWave Support macOS
      • Does MotiveWave Support Multiple Computer Screens
      • How Do I Log in to MotiveWave
      • How Do I Make Point & Figure and Hybrid Renko Charts
      • How Do I Position and Size the Chart Windows on a Specific Screen
      • How Do I Save My Charts
      • How Do I Sync MotiveWave Between Two Computers
      • What Instruments Does MotiveWave Support
      • What Is Compact Mode for Chart Windows
      • Where Are the Chart Tools
  • Video Tutorials
    • Product Demos
    • Startup and Installation
    • Workspaces
    • Broker and Data Feed Connections
    • Overviews
    • General Configuration
    • Configuring Preferences
    • Charts
    • Analyses vs Alternate Analyses
    • Studies and Strategies
    • Trading
    • Alerts
    • Replay Mode
    • Scanners
    • Fibonacci
    • Harmonics
    • Elliott Wave
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    • Third Party Webinars
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  • Configuring Preferences
  • Creating and Editing Watch Lists
  • Working With Quote Sheets
  • Creating Custom Layouts
  • Working With Panels
  • Working With Pages
  • Trading Hours
  • Email Configuration
  • Changing the Look and Feel
  • Changing Font and Icon Settings
  • Bar Sizes
  • Cursor Data
  • Importing Data
  • Exporting Data
  • Managing Analyses
  • Import & Export Analyses
  • Custom Tools
  • Tool Groups
  • Tool Bars
  • Order Presets
  • Managing Templates
  • Object Viewer
  • Custom Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Visibility
  • Commissions
  • Ticker Tape
  • Time and Sales
  1. Video Tutorials

General Configuration

PreviousOverviewsNextConfiguring Preferences

Configuring Preferences

Looking at the Configure Preferences options in the MotiveWave trading platform.

Creating and Editing Watch Lists

How to Create and Edit Watch Lists, including how to add symbols/instruments and columns to Watch Lists in the MotiveWave trading platform.

Working With Quote Sheets

How to Create and Edit Quote Sheets, including how to add symbols/instruments and display groups of symbols/instruments in Quote Sheets in the MotiveWave trading software.

Creating Custom Layouts

Choosing a layout template and creating custom layouts in the MotiveWave trading platform.

Working With Panels

Accessing, Creating and Using Panels in the MotiveWave trading software.

Working With Pages

Accessing, Creating and Using Pages in the MotiveWave trading software. If you do not have access to the Pages feature on the Console (meaning you have the Charts, Charts Plus or Trade Edition without the Advanced Charts Module), see the Working With Panels video for how to access the Account, Trade history, Orders, Positions, Scanner, and Optimizer panels.

Trading Hours

How to change Trading Hours in the MotiveWave trading platform, including turning on Extended Hours/After Hours Data and creating your own custom trading hours.

Email Configuration

Configuring Email for use with Alerts in the MotiveWave trading software.

Changing the Look and Feel

Changing the look and feel of the MotiveWave trading platform. This includes changing window themes and bar themes, as well as creating custom window and bar themes.

Changing Font and Icon Settings

Changing the size and look of Fonts and Icons in the MotiveWave trading platform.

Bar Sizes

Selecting and changing bar sizes, as well as creating custom bar sizes in the MotiveWave trading platform.

Cursor Data

Viewing Cursor Data on hover, in a Cursor Panel on each chart, or in a separate Cursor Data Window in the MotiveWave trading software.

Importing Data

How to import data in CSV, ASCII or Metastock Database formats into the MotiveWave trading platform, including how to set up an automatic import of an updated data file.

Exporting Data

How to export data out of the MotiveWave trading platform.

Managing Analyses

How to manage analyses (Primary and Alternate) in MotiveWave, including creating a new analysis, opening an analysis, renaming, deleting, and exporting analyses in the MotiveWave trading software.

Import & Export Analyses

How to export and import analyses (Primary and Alternate) in the MotiveWave trading platform.

Custom Tools

How to create custom tools based on an existing tool and add it to a toolbar in the MotiveWave trading software.

Tool Groups

How to create custom tool groups (your own list of tools, which can be existing tools or your own customized tools) and add it to a toolbar in the MotiveWave trading platform.

Tool Bars

Looking at the Tool Bar configuration options, including the different locations to place a Tool Bar and how to customize what’s in the Tool Bars in the MotiveWave trading platform.

Order Presets

How to set up Order Presets in the MotiveWave trading platform for a specific asset class (stock, index, futures, forex, etc.), or for a specific symbol. Includes setting the default order type, time in force, offsets, default quantity and increment for order sizes, and creating your own custom default quantity size.

Managing Templates

How to access Manage Templates to rename or delete templates, how to reorder (change keyboard shortcut), and how to import templates in the MotiveWave trading platform.

Object Viewer

How to access and use the Object Viewer in the MotiveWave trading software.

Custom Keyboard Shortcuts

Reviewing built-in keyboard shortcuts, as well as the ability to change the built-in keyboard shortcut to something else, or create custom keyboard shortcuts for other tools and functions that don’t currently have a keyboard shortcut (under Configure>Preferences>General Tab>Keyboard subtab).

Visibility

How to set visibility for components, like trend lines, to only show on certain time frames and how to set those visibility options as defaults for every time you use the component in the MotiveWave trading software.

Commissions

How to set up a Commissions structure for an asset class (example Stocks) or an individual symbol in the MotiveWave trading platform. Commissions can be set up to be calculated by MotiveWave using the simulated account, in Replay Mode or as part of Strategy Backtesting.

Ticker Tape

How to configure the Ticker Tape feature, including selecting the symbols you want to see, setting the order of symbols, formatting options, speed of ticker tape, and how to turn the Ticker Tape on and off in the MotiveWave trading software.

Time and Sales

Overview of the Time and Sales Panel, including how to access the Time and Sales Panel, setting number of rows and location of the panel, setting colors, min/max trade size, the aggregated period, highlighting Big Sizes and formatting those rows, showing a grid, and refreshing and locking the Time and Sales Panel in the MotiveWave trading platform.