Tables

We can add csi data (.dta) files by using the menu option Add|Contracts or Add|Directories. The first adds all the contracts to the table. The second adds all contracts in the chosen directory, and all directories below. If we choose a tag number in Output, the contracts will be given the tag number.

After we run, the contracts table is updated. Click on the maroon X in the upper left corner to see the details of a given contract. The signal table is filtered to show only one contract. You can move down the contracts table, click on the maroon X, and see the signals of the contract.

You can run Patterns again, while one copy is running, if you merely want to view these tables.

For the contracts table, click on C to pull up a chart. The various numbers (1..6,a..c) are tags, which can be used for filters. 8 and  9 are NOT filters. If these are checked, then the filter will be those which do not have the property. The letter Q stands for Quote. These contracts are found by using Quote or MyTrack data, not by opening a file on the hard disk.

There is a special filter L, which is a tag. This is to mark which stocks you are long in.

After a run, you will see only those that passed the test. To see the others, using the same filter, click on Output, unchecking the filter output. Then Use Filter, in order to be able to use C to pull up a chart.

Note:  If you set a bookmark on a record, and then this record is filtered out, you  cannot go to the record.

To use the signal list, go to Signal List|View. Here you can add signals. The signals will run from the signal directory specified in the main form. Check the Use box for the signals you desire. Put in the tags you desire. When the signal is made, this tag will be set. You can add signals from this list. Or you can go to Signal List|Add and choose a signal to add to the table. When a run is done, the date time is updated. If Update is checked, you can check or uncheck the Use field as you desire. If Update is not checked, then clicking on Use will simply load the signal into memory.

Remember that run signals will change the tags, and your filter will be changed.