Instructions for Loading Data into Charts in Omega Research Products

In order to use the data supplied with the system you have either downloaded or purchased from the System Traders Club you  must either Create a new chart window, or change an existing chart window to use the new data.

When you run the exe that you received the files for the system will be put in your Omega folder on your hardrive in the STC subfolder. Each system that you purchase from the System Traders Club will have it's own folder within the STC folder. This is the " Path " which you will enter in the directory window as described below.

Understanding the Create Chart Window Dialog

The Create Chart Window dialog presents a list of symbols you can plot on your chart. The Show section of the Create Chart Window dialog has three radio buttons: Server Portfolio, Directory, and Custom Data List. You use these radio buttons to choose the source of the data you want to plot. In order to use the Trader Club Data, you will choose Directory.

Using the Directory List to Plot a Chart


These steps assume you have created a chart window and that the Create Chart Window dialog is onscreen. Use the following steps to plot a chart:

1. Click the Directory List radio button (if it is not already selected).

2. Since you are using daily data in a ASCII format   you can add the directory containing the data you want to plot by clicking the New Dir button to produce the New Directory dialog. In the Directory edit box, type c:\omega\stc\xxxx, where xxx represents the folder containing the data for the system which you want to use and select Ascii format for the data.
Or, you can have TradeStation scan your hard drive for the data you want to plot by selecting Ascii data  and clicking the Scan button to produce the Select Drive dialog; then type in the C: drive for TradeStation to search for the selected data type, and click OK to begin the scan.
Use the drop-down Directory List to choose the directory STC and then the subdirectory   containing the symbol you want to plot. This produces the list of symbols in that directory. If you did not install the  data and system to the default directory , you will have to browse for the path where you installed the files and choose that folder.

3. Click the symbol you want to plot. This highlights the symbol. There should only be one symbol in the folder, unless you manually overrode the defaults and installed data in a different folder.

Tip: You can double-click the selected symbol to immediately chart the selected symbol. Double-clicking bypasses the next step.

4. Click the Plot button. TradeStation creates your chart by plotting the symbol you have chosen.