IndicatorsIndicatorsThere is a comprehensive selection of Indicators available within Stock Investor.
They can be accessed and applied from the Indicators Access Panel.
Click on the Indicators 
button in the Function Bar of
any price chart and Stock Investor's
array of Indicators will be displayed
in the Access Panel in the lower
half of the Page Monitor bar.
Alternatively, you can detach a floating Indicators Palette, see below on right, from the Indicators Access Panel.
For more information on using the access panel and detaching palettes from it, go to the Access Panel help topic.
Click on the links below for a details of the Indicators available and information about the group that they are in.
Stock Investor has both Price indicators (preceded by a red P) and Fundamental indicators (preceded by a blue F).
Stock Investor has both price indicators, and comparative indicators. Price indicators use the price data of single symbols and apply a mathematical equation to produce the indicator's display. Comparative indicators use the price data for two symbols, and mathematically compare or apply them against each other to create the indicator.
For information on how indicators can be displayed, go to the Displaying Indicators help topic.
Price Indicators can be organised into the following groups:
Indicators in the Momentum group are produced by algorithms
using financial data related to the direction of trading and its relative
amplitude over time. For more information, click on Momentum
Indicators.
Direction Movement Index (DMI)
Indicators in the Moving Average group are produced by algorithms using financial data related to the volume of trading for an instrument over time.
For more information, click on Moving Average indicators.
Indicators in the Oscillator group are produced by algorithms using financial data related to the volume of trading for an instrument over time. For more information, click on Oscillator Indicators.
Indicators in the Volatility group are produced by algorithms using financial data related to the volume of trading for an instrument over time. For more information, click on Volatility Indicators.
Statistical (Historical) Volatility
Indicators in the volume group are produced by algorithms using financial data related to the volume of trading for an instrument over time. For more information, click on Volume indicators.
The indicators in the top group of the Indicator's palette, are overlaid on the price chart.
Those in the bottom group do not refer to the price chart's price data and therefore have a different scale on the y-axis. Each of these indicators will be displayed in it's own small work pane, at the bottom of the price chart's work area.
All Indicators have similar formatting control features allowing the user to control the display of the indicator.
Go to the Indicator Properties help topic for more information.
Users can add the indicators that they use most frequently to the Favorites access panel.
To add a feature to the Favorites panel, right click the icon and then select Add to Favorites:
The selected item will be added to the Favorites panel.
For more information, go to the Favorites Access Panel topic.
To open the floating Indicator Palette, select Detach from the Indicator Access Panel's pop-up menu:
The Indicator Palette will open and float above the price chart's work area.
The palette can be resized and repositioned using the mouse cursor.
Users can define which indicators are displayed in the palette, and the order in which they appear.
For more information, go to the Configuring the Indicator List topic.
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