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Guys, thanks for adding the NumBeads variable in the latest release. Great improvement to the trade beads. Works like a charm!

Thanks Jerry

There are some interesting order types, can someone explain what they are? (I am using Interactive Brokers)? TStopPT - what is it for, and how is that different from TStop? Bracket - how does it work and what is a use case, considering that MT can create brackets using OCA orders

thanks Jerry this was the fastest support response ever. Thanks and Congratulations 🙂 Merry XMAS

Medved draws something atop the current volume bar. Please see screenshot below What does this mean please? Can it be deactived? I find it sometimes confusing as it looks like the volume is picking up a lot, while that may not be the case.

Hi Jerry I tried but no luck. When I said default size, what I mean is the defaullt position size which is determined by my Account settings / transaction value. When I play around with double/halve, then the QTY on the trade ticket gets changed, and I am trying to restore it to the value determined by my account settings. The DefaultQty in the hotkey is below, but it doesn't do what I am trying to achieve. By the way, it would be great if you can add an option to preview the transaction value on the trade ticket. This would be helpful to get a sense of the $ I am about to deploy.

Hi Mike, thanks for your feedback. it took me a while to get my head around the beads. it's a nice and unique feature, just not much out there providing some inspiration how to use them. Re point 1) thanks for pointing me to the shortcut. It works! re point 2) In my experience, when all beads are cleared, and I start over placing new beads with the mouse, MT will create them in logical sequence: bead 1-2-3... NumBeads should return the # of beads on the chart, regardless of bead number. My workflow for every trade could be something like that: 1. clear beads 2. set trade beads with the mouse. click-click-click- as many as I think are appropriate for the trade 3. hit my magic hotkey, which places orders at all bead levels. 4.My magic hotkey calculates the position size for each order, using NumBeads. A basic example in case 2 beads on chart: position size will be calculated as 1/2 at bead(1), 1/2 at bead(2) in case 3 beads on chart: position size will be calculated as 1/3 at bead(1), 1/3 at bead(2), 1/3 at bead (3) With NumBeads I can cover both situations with a simple hotkey...

I started using the trade beads, and think they are great to create scale orders around key levels on the chart. There are a few things I would like to suggest as improvements. 1. Clear beads via keyboard shortcut / via Clear All button in the beads area. Clearing should be just 1 click. Sometimes, beads can be outside the visible area of the chart, which may cause some unexpected behavior when hitting the hotkey and placing the orders. Better to just clear them quickly to make sure that there are no surprises. 2. Add a hotkey function that returns the number of beads used on the chart. This would be useful to configure a hotkey which uses all the beads on the chart, whether there are 1, 2, or even 20, and divides the required position size by number of beads in use. 3. Wider clickable area, to make it more intuitive to use. The current area is a bit narrow (just along the vertical line) making it a little tricky to hit. Hope that makes sense, will be happy to hear your thoughts!

Mike - I like the idea from alv123. can you add a hotkey / keyboard shortcut to allow users clearing the beads pleae. I want to clear them once used. Reduces risk of error.

Sounds like a good idea. I am trying but no success yet. I have a dropped buy order on the chart, and created a keyboard shortcut for the below 'Send Order' hotkey. Then pointed mouse over the capsule of the buy order and tried the keyboard shortcut but nothing ...

Would be interested in a solution for this as well. Did you mean scanning the stocks in your watchlist only or a larger universe of stocks? Have you found anything already?

Hi, I would like to configure a keyboard shortcut to send a dropped order from the chart to the broker. MT has a 'Send the Order' shortcut, but its for the trade ticket window. This shortcut does not work from the chart. Would it be possible to add a similar shortcut for charts?

upvoting the post from elisa above. I use the line drawing tool for price % measurements and would love to see the percentage next to the line right on the chart, rather than on the Y axis.

I love the keyboard shortcuts to modify the position size - increase/decrease/double/halve but after playing around with the size, I may need to restore the default size. Would it be possible to add a keyboard shortcut to restore default position size?

Hi Jerry, I've installed the darkmode fix. It works OK with my IB datasource. I do hope the font can be fixed at some point, but it's certainly workable now. Thank you. Another observation - when selecting a headline, the row gets highlighted but it needs a double-click to update the story. I can select other headlines whilst the previous story remains displayed. Can this behavior be changed so that the story updates to whatever headline is selected and highlighted? this is to avoid confusion with unrelated headlines/stories. Regards,