Forward Curve
Reading Time: 5 minutesUnlike historical charts, Forward Curves display all of the selected forward contract months along the X-axis. Each data point represents one of the forward contract months. The Y-axis represents the price of that contract on the day selected when the chart was generated. The display is dynamic and updates when current prices update. This
Read MoreForward Curves Settings
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Forward Curves Settings allow you to change your default Settings. Draw data points: when checked, it will create a point for each data point. Show title: when checked, show the chart title. Left Align Dates: lines up all expired and forward contracts on the left most date – if not checked, expired contracts
Read MoreGeneral Quote Properties
Reading Time: 2 minutesColors Tab – Column Properties Cell Properties – change the way cells are formatted, the colors and fonts used in individual cells. Select the cell item and change the color. Click Apply and/or OK to view and save. Copy and Format Excel Link – Copy allows you to copy the data to either the clipboard
Read MoreGeneral Settings
Reading Time: 3 minutesGeneral Settings provide user-defined settings for the basic, overall structure of your ProphetX displays. Changes made in the General Settings will affect any and all displays created after a change is made. Single display changes can be made by right mouse click menus on each display. From the Main Menu, select the File menu, then
Read MoreGrid Properties for Quote Sheets
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Grid Properties selection defines whether or not you want to display gird lines, headers and/or footers, and scroll bars on your Quote Sheet. Default is to not show all with the exception of Show row headers. Uncheck items you don’t want to display on the Quote Sheet.
Read MoreHeaders/Footers Properties
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSome windows allow you to define headers and footers for printed pages. Right-click inside the sheet and select Sheet Properties Under the Headers/Footers tab, enter the text you would like included on each page printed. Use the code “$D” to automatically place the date and time of printing on the page. Select the alignment of
Read MoreHeat Map Settings
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Heat Map Settings allow you to select the color that represents the % change up or down in an instrument. The defaults are set at green for an “up” condition and red for a “down” position. The more “up” or “down” the instruments are the more intense the colors will display. Heat Map Mode
Read MoreHide a Main Chart Line
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf you are using a Line Chart, you can hide a chart line by using the following steps: Click on a chart line to select it. The line will become bold Right Mouse click to bring up the menu Click on the Symbol Properties Click on the drop down arrow next to Color Check the
Read MoreHistoric Implied Volatility Symbology
Reading Time: 2 minutesProphetX uses a special symbology to control what data is queried. The symbol is composed of the following fields: Option Root Either the month/year or a continuous contract identifier The continuous contract identifier has the form @O<integer>. The integer value of a continuous contract identifier indicates what month relative to the current front month is
Read MoreHistory Add-in
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe History selection in the ProphetX Excel Add-in retrieves historic data for the symbol or expression entered in the Symbol List. With History you can also specify the order the data will be displayed, the time interval and how far back you want to retrieve the history. In addition, the history can also be converted
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