Getting Started: A Quick Howto
- Connect to the internet.
- Open the quotes dialog from the toolbar.
- Select the Yahoo plugin. Press the "New Chart" button. Click on the
"New Symbols" item in the list.
- Enter as many ticker symbols as you want separated by a space ie 'RHAT
IBM MSFT'. When done, press the OK button.
- Press the update button, and the download will start. Depending on how
fast your connection is this could take anywhere from 10 seconds to a few
minutes. The data will be imported into Qtstalker when completed.
- Close the quotes dialog when download has completed. To load some
charts, choose the work with charts dialog from the toolbar. You should
see a directory called "Stocks". Select the directory. A list of the
symbols you entered earlier will appear. Select a symbol to load by
double clicking on it.
- To add indicators, open the new indicator dialog from the toolbar and
choose an indicator from the list. The indicator dialog will open, just
press OK for the default settings. Depending on the indicator, it will
show up either in the main chart or as a tab in the lower section of the
window. This should be enough to get you started for now, consult the
documentation and play with the functions to become familiar with how
Qtstalker works.