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    last updated 04/30/2014

Using FT4Web - Frequently Asked Questions

2. Build a family?

4. Rank a family?

6. Change the indicators displayed on the chart?

8. Change the issues displayed on the chart?

10. Delete a line from the chart?

12. Use the sieve?

13. Use the internet tab to get intraday data?

15. Export data to another program?

17.  Change the Parameters on the Indicators?

18.  Reinstall FastTrack.

19.  How create/edit signals? 

1. How to load a family

• To delete an issue from the family:
1. Left-click on the issue to highlight it.
2. Press the <Delete> key on your keyboard.

Note: You must save the family if you wish the changes to be permanent.

• There are several ways to add issues to the list:
1. Drag and drop an issue from the color bar into the Issue List.
OR
1. Left-click on [Index] in the lower right corner of the screen.
2. Type the ticker symbols or issue names in the Entry Box at the top of the Index.
3. Press the <Enter> on your keyboard after each entry.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 as desired.
5. Left-click on [List] in the lower right corner of the screen.
6. Move the mouse pointer into the Issue List and right-click.
7. Left-click on the "Save Family as" item in the appearing menu. 
8. Enter the name for the created family in the box labeled "Family Name". 
9. Left-click the button marked "Save Fam". 

1. Load the family you want to rank into the Chart Tab Issue List.
2. Move the Dashed Pole to the starting date of the ranking.
• If you are going to rank to the last day of date, then no other pole is needed.
• If you want to rank a specific period, bracket it with the dashed and Solid Poles.
3. Left-click on the Chart Tools Rank Button.
   It will:
• Clear the Spreadsheet.
• Refill the Spreadsheet from the Chart Tab Issue List.
• Compute a return column.
• Sort the column from greatest gain to least gain.
• Switch to the Spreadsheet Tab.

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1. Open a text editor.
2. Type in or cut and paste the data into the text editor.
   The format should be as the example below:


AOJGY
AMER. SKANDIA JANCAP GROWTH #436
01/03/1995, 10.823, 0
01/04/1995, 10.842, 0
01/05/1995, 10.881, 0
01/06/1995, 10.909, 0
01/09/1995, 10.966, 0
01/10/1995, 11.063, 0
01/11/1995, 11.063, 0
01/12/1995, 11.053, 0
01/13/1995, 11.110, 0
01/16/1995, 11.177, 0
01/17/1995, 11.196, 0
01/18/1995, 11.196, 0


3. Save the file with a .fnu extension in the \FT directory (Usually c:\ft).
4. Chart this FNU as you would any other stock or mutual fund.

• Line 1 should be the ticker symbol (the file name without the extension). Five character maximum.
• Line 2 should be the name of the fund, stock, etc. Forty character maximum.
• Lines 3 through the end of the file must have the date, price, and any distributions for that date.
• The date may or may not be surrounded by quotes. Both ways work.

• You must keep this data in the FNU file current yourself.
• Missing data will be displayed as a flat line on the chart for the missing periods.
• Dates before Sept. 1, 1988 or after the date of the last online update will be ignored.

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1. Move the mouse pointer into chart and right-click.
2. Left-click on the "Appearance" item in the appearing menu.
3. Left-click on the desired indicators in the Chart Select area. Six indicator maximum.
4. Left-click the button marked "Draw Chart".

1. Move the mouse pointer into the chart.
2. Press the <D> key on the keyboard.
3. Enter the desired indicators in the appearing dialog box.
4. Press the <Enter> on your keyboard.

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1. Move the mouse pointer into the chart and right-click.
2. Move the mouse pointer over the "Period Displayed" item in the appearing menu.
3. Select the desired time period from the options in the appearing menu.

1. Move the mouse pointer into chart and right-click.
2. Left-click on the "Appearance" item in the appearing menu.
3. Type the desired starting and ending dates in the Set Charting Dates area.
4. Left-click the button marked "Draw Chart".

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1. Move the mouse pointer into the chart.
2. Press the hotkey of the colorbar you want to fill. (i.e. R, G, Y, P, C, or B)
3. Type the desired ticker symbol in the appearing dialog box.
4. Press the <Enter> on your keyboard.

1. Left-click on [List] in the lower right corner of the screen.
2. Drag and drop an issue from the Issue List into the color bar.
3. Left-click on the chart to redraw.

1. Left-click on the desired cell in the color bar.
2. Type the desired ticker symbol.
3. Press the <Enter> on your keyboard.
4. Left-click on the chart to redraw.

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1. Load the family you wish to scroll through into the Issue List.
2. Left-click on the cell in the color bar that corresponds to the chart you wish to change.
3. Left-click on the arrows in the Chart Toolbar.

1. Right-click on the color bar containing the ticker symbol you wish to remove.
2. Left-click on the "Delete" item in the appearing menu.
3. Left-click on the chart to redraw.

1. Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to move the Dashed Pole to the earliest date desired.
2. Press the down arrow key on the keyboard to plant the Solid Pole.
3. Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to move the Dashed Pole to the last date desired.

1. Left-click and hold on the pole you wish to move. (solid or dashed)
2. Drag the mouse to the desired date and release the button.

1. Expand the family tree by double-clicking categories to find the desired family.
2. Left-click on the desired family once to highlight it.
3. Use the action buttons (+, -, AND, XOR) to load the family into the sieve.
4. Repeat steps 1, 2, and 3 as many times as desired.
5. Left-click on the "=" button to compute the result in the Issue List.

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1. Ensure that you are connected to the Internet
2. Left-click the   button on the Internet Tab's toolbar.
3. Type the desired ticker symbol in the appearing dialog box.
4. Press the <Enter>. 
5. "Available Links" appears. Left-click on the links to the data you would like to view. 

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1. Right-click on the spreadsheet.
2. Left-click on the "Add Col" item in the appearing menu.
3. Double-click on the desired columns in the appearing popup box.
4. Left-click on the "X" button in the upper right corner of the popup box.
5. Right-click on the spreadsheet.
6. Left-click on the "Compute" item in the appearing menu.

1. Load the family you wish to export into the Issue List.
2. Choose the type of export by left-clicking on the desired type.
3. Choose the export options by left-clicking on the desired options.
4. Type the earliest date to be exported in the text box in the Export Period area.
5. Double-click on the folders in the Path for Export area to set the location of the exported files.
6. Left-click the "Export" button

• To Setup and Save Export:
1. Load the family you wish to export into the Issue List.
2. Choose the type of export by left-clicking on the desired type.
3. Choose the export options by left-clicking on the desired options.
4. Type the earliest date to be exported in the text box in the Export Period area.
5. Double-click on the folders in the Path for Export area to set the location of the exported files.
6. Left-click the "Save Export" button.
7. Type the name you wish to save the export as in the appearing dialog box.
8. Left-click the "Save" button.

Note: Exports can only be saved in the \EXPORTS\USERDEF folder.

• Loading the Export
  1. Left-click the "Load Export" button.
  2. Double-click on the export file you wish to load.
  
  Note: Saved exports are located in the  \EXPORTS\USERDEF folder.

1. Move the mouse pointer into the chart area of the screen.
2. Press the <U> key on your keyboard.
3. Left-click in the appropriate boxes and type in the values you desire.
4. Left-click on the button marked "Done".
5. Left-click on the chart to redraw.