The Dashboard

 

Accessing the Dashboard

 

 

The Dashboard is the main window of ChartPattern Trader. From it, you can access every feature available. There are several ways to open the dashboard, depending on how you have your preferences set.

 

•Press key-shiftkey-F12 from any ChartPattern Trader window.

 

•Double-click the ChartPattern Trader icon in Taskbar Notification Area on your Windows Task Bar

Dashboard - systray - CPT

•Click on the ChartPattern Trader icon in the Windows Task Bar

Dashboard - taskbar - CPT

•Right-click on the window icon in the upper right corner of any CPT window and select the Show ChartPattern Trader Dashboard from the system menu that drops down.

Dashboard - system menu - CPT

•If in Dashboard Settings the Floating Logo option is turned on, there will always be a round floating CPT logo somewhere on your desktop. If you click on it, the dashboard will come up. Clicking on it again will hide the dashboard.

Dashboard - floating logo - CPT

 

 

Quick Access Menu Dashboard

 

In addition to the separate-window-dashboard, there is also the Quick-Access Menu Dashboard that can be accessed in two ways:

 

•In any CPT window, click on the Dashboard icon in the top right corner of the ribbon menu or press key-F12. The Quick-Access Menu Dashboard will pop up in the right upper corner of the window.

Dashboard - ribbon icon

 

 

Using the Dashboard

 

 

There are two ways to access various CPT features from the dashboard. One is to use the menu at the top of the Dashboard window. The other is to use the Action Tiles in the dashboard.

 

Dashboard - Full Small

 

Customizing the Dashboard

 

To customize the dashboard, you can remove any tile from the dashboard by right-clicking on it and using the Hide Tile option. To put the tile back on the dashboard, open the top menu and drag the appropriate menu item to the dashboard area. You can also rearrange the tiles by dragging them around the dashboard and dropping them where you want them.

 

Dashboard - tabs

 

Other Dashboard Window's Features

 

 

The dashboard can also show you currently open CPT windows and allow you to close them, bring them to front, lock them etc...

 

Dashboard - Windows1

 

and it can show you all currently running data source, how many subscriptions it has and the current running bandwidth, and allow you to force it to re-login.

 

Dashboard - sources

 

The bottom status bar on the dashboard also shows:

 

•the current Log Level (for debugging purposes. Should be set to 10 so that if there are any problems/bugs/errors they would show up in the log and you'd be able to send it to us).

•current time

•when market closes or opens based on default timeframe as set in Settings - Charts - Timeframes

•alert indicator (click on it to get the alert menu)

•new CPT update available indicator

 

For minimalists, you can remove all tiles from the dashboard and resize it so that only the top menu is visible. That way it would take up the least space on your screen:

 

Dashboard - minimalist