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Structure Panel

Using the Structure Panel to Organise your Analysis.

The Structures Panel is not displayed automatically when a chart is opened.  To bring the panel into view, left click the Roll Right Panel Container button located on the top right corner of the main window. The Structures Panel will then be displayed.

The Structure Panel’s primary purpose is to help you arrange analysis under different layers, giving you greater control when hiding / displaying a set of tools.

The Structures Panel will display in tree form. With the main controller at the top, then specific layers, followed by the contents of each layer (tools, charts, etc).
 
Everything that is displayed on the chart will be available to select on the Structures Panel.

 

Hiding a Layer
 
To hide a layer from view, left click once on the layer you want to hide. Displayed in the Control Panel on the left hand side will be a number of Properties. Locate the option called Layer Visible and untick it. To show the layer again, simply tick the Layer Visible checkbox again.
 
Locking a Layer
 
You can lock a layer so that the items within the layer can’t be modified. To do this, left click once on the layer you want to lock. Displayed in the Control Panel on the left hand side will be a number of Properties. Locate the option called Layer Locked and tick it. To unlock the layer again simply untick the Layer Locked checkbox.
 
Other Layer Properties
 
Below is a breakdown of Layer Properties as displayed in the Control Panel:
 

Layer Name:      Allows you to customise the layer’s name.  This is useful when you are wanting to group items (such as tools) together under one layer.  

Date Scale Major Step:  Adjusts the major date scale steps when the Grid is active.

 

Date Scale Minor Step: Adjusts the minor date scale steps when the Grid is active. 

 

Auto Maximum:               When enabled, Market Analyst 5 will automatically adjust the highest price the scale displays to as you scroll through the chart.

 

Scale Maximum:              If you untick the Auto Maximum option you can manually enter the maximum scale value here.

Auto Minimum:               When enabled, Market Analyst 5 will automatically adjust the lowest price the scale displays to as you scroll through the chart.

 

Scale Minimum:               If you untick the Auto Minimum option you can manually enter the minimum scale value here.

 

Auto Range:       When enabled, Market Analyst 5 will automatically set the price range covered by the scale, so that all data on the page is within view.

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Scale Range:      When the Auto Range option is unticked you can manually enter a scale range value here.  (A range of 20, for example would show a scale with a starting price of 0 and an ending price of 20).

 

Auto Price Step:               Automates the price steps and scale for the grid (when enabled).

 

Price Scale Minor Step: Adjusts the minor price scale steps when the Grid is active.

 

Price Scale Major Step: Adjusts the major price scale steps when the Grid is active.

Auto Start Price:  When enabled, the price the scale starts at is automated by Market Analyst 5.

 

Scale Start Price:  Allows you to manually set the price the scale starts at. 

 

Auto Start Date:   When enabled, the date the scale starts at is automated by Market Analyst 5.

 

Scale Start Date:   Allows you to manually set the date the scale starts at.

 

Transparency:   Allows you to adjust the transparency of all items within the selected layer.  Moving the slider bar to the left will increase the layer’s transparency.  Moving the slider bar to the right will decrease the layer’s transparency.

 

Is Layer Linked: When two or more Layers are displayed under one view, you can set whether the layers are linked (items such as price scales are shared across the layers), or whether the layers are separate (used when merging two windowed tools together into one.  

Merging a windowed tool via the Structures Panel

 

The Structures Panel allows you to take two windowed tools (Volume and Stochastic, for example) and merge them into one window.
 
This is a great way to save space on your chart, but to keep quick access to various analysis applied to your chart.
To begin, left click once on a blank area of the chart.

Locate one of the windowed tools you want to merge, left click the word Layer (displayed just above Volume, for example), and hold the left mouse button down.  Drag the layer over to the View section displayed above the other windowed tool, and release the left mouse button.  The tools will then be merged into the one window.

 

Once the tools have been merged, left click on the Layer displayed just above the first windowed tool (Volume for example), locate the Is Layer Linked checkbox and untick it.

 

This will complete the merging process.

 

 

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