News window

[nasdorq]

It would be a bonus to be able to have a news window that can be linked to a chart (or group of charts).  And whenever a symbol is entered into the chart, it pulls up news just for that symbol.  Right now it just looks like news can be retrieved from symbols that are preloaded into the news window.  But for traders who flip through a lot of different stocks, it would be nice if pre-loading wasn't necessary.

 

 

[Jerry Medved]

If I understand you correctly, your issue is not with MT News window not selecting the linked symbol, but rather with MT not getting the content for the given symbol unless it was in the portfolio?

[nasdorq]

yes.  It only gets news content for symbols that are already in the news window.  But for traders who flip through lots of different stocks each day, it would be handy if the news window could fetch news for any symbol in a linked chart.  Or perhaps there's already a way of doing this.  Just an idea, thought I'd mention.

[Jerry Medved]

somewhat depends on the source. Some get all news regardless of symbols in the portfolio, so for those, it would work as you want now. For others where news has to be fetched per symbol, it currently would not work. Will have to add an option for it.

[nasdorq]

http://tinypic.com/r/290sk6r/8

 

I've attached a link, where I have a chart and news window linked.

 

I'm using IQfeed, so I guess IQ is one of the feeds that needs per symbol fetching as you mentioned.

[Jerry Medved]

No, IQFeed gets everything. I will check

[Jerry Medved]

The news window would only show symbols for which MT has quotes.  I fixed it so it also includes symbols that are explicitly requested, such as via the linking mechanism.  . Will email you.