Click the Fixed Chart Button from the Toolbar
Or
From the File Menu and then New Fixed Chart F12
Or
Hit F12 on your keyboard.
You will be presented with a Empty Fixed Chart Window:
From the Context Menu Select Add Seasonal or Add Seasonal Spread
Or
From the Seasonal Drop Down menu above the Toolbar.
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Years |
Description |
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Year |
Years that you wish to view chart history from. |
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Contract Form |
Description |
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Single Symbol |
Select to chart symbols such as Indicies, Stocks, or Futures Continuation. |
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Symbol |
Input field for symbol you select |
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Single Root Futures |
Select to chart a Futures Contract. Use "Single Symbol" for Futures Continuation symbols. |
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Root |
Input field for the Futures Root Symbol |
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Suffix |
Input field for Futures Symbols that contain a suffix at the end. |
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Exp. Month |
Select the Contract Month for the Futures |
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Pick Period Prior to Exp* |
View history from the year prior to Contract Year of the symbol. For example, selecting 2009 in Years dialog box, CL for Root, Jan (F) for Exp. Month & 1 year prior to expiration will result in chart history from 2009 for the CL F2010 contract to be plotted. |
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Years |
The expiration year of the Futures Contract plotted will be this many years ahead of year selected in Years input. For example, selecting 2009 in Years dialog box, CL for Root, Dec (Z) for Exp. Month, & 3 years prior to expiration will result in chart history from 2009 for the CL Z2012 contract. |
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Season |
Description |
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Whole Year |
Select to have Jan - Dec Month Range |
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Specify Month Range ** |
Select to specify a Month Range to chart. Month Range may span Jan 1st, but is limited to 12 consecutive months. |
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Specify Day Range ** |
Select to specify a Date Range to chart. Day Range may span Jan 1st, but is limited to 12 consecutive months. |
* See Advanced Seasonal Charts for Explanation of Pick Period Prior to Exp
** See Advanced Seasonal Charts for Explanation of Month & Day Ranges
In the example above we are viewing a Seasonal Chart of Nat Gas Continuation, for the years 2008-2010 during the months Nov thru March.
Chart Header: Within the Chart Header you will see a definition of each plot that is being shown. It will also indicate the color of the plot. In this example you see a line for %NG 1![2009/11-4] . This tells you that the Blue line is a chart of %NG 1! from Nov 2009 thru Mar 2010. The information in the Chart Header becomes very valuable when you start to use more advanced customization to your Seasonal Chart
The settings used to create this Seasonal Chart is displayed below.
