Note - The Info Panel was added to Market Analyst 5 in update 5.3 Build 26.  if you do not have the Info panel you will need to update the program via the Help menu.

The following information is displayed in the Info Panel -

Chart Info - Displays the code, time frame and chart style of the chart you're tracking.
Date - The date your cursor is currently placed on.
Open - The bars opening price.
High - The bars high price.
Low - The bars low price.
Close - the bars closing price.
Range - The difference between the bars High price and Low price.
Volume - The volume traded on the selected date.
High Date - When looking at charts made up of more than 1 day (weekly for example) this field will display the specific day the high of the bar was reached.
Low Date - When looking at charts made up of more than 1 day (weekly for example) this field will display the specific day the low of the bar was reached.
Position - The selected bars position on the chart (ie the first bar on the chart is position 0).

Additional when some tools are applied to the chart their values will also be displayed in the Info panel.  In the example below you can see the Moving Average and Slow Stochastic values are displayed below the charts info.

Locking the Info Panel

It is possible to lock the Info Panel to a specific bar to use as a reference point while placing tools, etc.  Before this can be done however a short cut for the function needs to be set in General Settings.

To create the short cut -

1.  Open Market Analyst 5
2.  Click on the Settings Menu and click the General Settings option in the menu displayed.
3.  In the window that is displayed left click the Shortcut tab on the left hand side.
4.  Scroll down to the Miscellaneous section and location the Lock Info Bar field.
5.  Left click on the column listed as None.
6.  Enter in the shortcut you wish to set for this function (in this example Ctrl + A was used).
7.  Click OK to continue.



You will now be able to lock the Info Panel to a particular bar of interest.

Unlocking the Info Panel

To unlock the Info Panel, go to the Info Panel and left click the yellow padlock icon displayed on the top right hand corner.  The Info Panel will automatically track your cursor movements again.