SNAPSHOT or CHART "MINI" QUOTE SHEETS

While ErlangerQuote has always offered a great number of features that are missing in QCharts, it has also been lacking one important feature that our customers told us they needed to do good trading, namely Snapshots on Charts. Okay we listened and we took them a step further than QCharts chart snapshots. Read on.

Introduction

Figure 1A shows a chart with the default Snapshot mini quote sheet enabled. The snapshot is enabled by right clicking on the chart and selecting "Snapshot". You can also use the Chart -> Snapshot menu on the main menu toolbar. This particular snapshot example just scratches the surface of what is possible. The snapshot window, or windoid, can be moved anywhere within the chart area. It can be made to have a horizontal or vertical orientation. Figure 1B shows the snapshot oriented vertically and filled with more information.

The most amazing thing about the snapshot is that it is truly a mini quote sheet: ANY thing that can be put in a quote sheet can be put in a snapshot. The snapshot window can be moved over the chart by grabbing its title bar and dragging it.

In the example in Figure 2 we have flipped the snapshot so its vertical and added a number of quote sheet objects. The various cells of the snapshot are labeled and divided into categories. This example contains values from the traditional fields, plugins, formulas, and market profile. With careful selection the trader can set up the single chart to provide everything from fundamentals to level 2 bid ask pressure to point and figure charts ON ONE OBJECT (the chart). This means you do not have to constantly shift your eyes from quote sheet to chart.

Figure 3 shows the right click menu for the Snapshot menu. Most of its items are self explanatory. You must first insert a cell before you select an item to fill it. You can also clear or delete. Once you have entered a cell you can move it by clicking and dragging it either vertically or horizontally depending on your snapshot's orientation. 

Abbreviations allows  you to shorten the length of the labels, while Horizontal changes the format of the snapshot from Horizontal to Vertical. 

Cell properties are the properties for the cell that the cursor is hovering over at the time its selected. Thus if your cursor is over a plugin cell and you select Cell Properties you will get the property dialog for that plugin. If you are over a formula the formula dialog will appear and so on.

Snapshot Properties are the properties for the entire snapshot window and are analogous to the properties of a quote sheet. Here  you can set the color of the background and foreground colors as well as labels, fonts, etc.

The remaining items at the bottom of the menu are the various functions that can be inserted into cells of the snapshots: Formulas, Fields, and Plugins.