Chapter 6

How to find what you are looking for
(setting up search criteria)


Most traders don’t just trade anything. You are probably looking for specific stocks in specific markets or exchanges. Depending on which version of Autochartist you are using (determined by who your broker is) you will have access to certain exchanges and instrument types. To choose the specific market, exchange or instruments you are looking for, start by creating a new search group.

Results Filter
In the search window you can choose groups of instruments – this is recommended because a single stock or a small portfolio may not yield any trade opportunities a lot of the time. The groups that you have access to, will be listed in the drop-down list next to the Group radio button.


When you have selected your group, you will notice that the name of the search has changed to the name of the group. This is done for your convenience, so that your search will have a name that represents the instruments contained in it.

If you do however, have a certain selection of instruments that you hold in your portfolio or that you want to track on Autochartist, you can create your own list by adding the symbols individually. In this case choose the second radio button called “Symbol” and add your symbol names.

Autochartist will auto-complete the name you enter with available options, and after entering the symbol name click the “Add” button to attach it to the list below.


Note that the Search Name changes every time a new symbol is added. After you have added all the symbols in your list, please update the search name with something suitable.

You may not be able to add all the symbols in your portfolio because Autochartist is selective in that it only scans instruments that are suitably liquid (where price is volatile enough to form credible chart patterns).

To read more about setting up advanced search filters, see Chapter 3 of the Autochartist User’s Manual.

There is also a video available here that will illustrate the process of setting up searches.


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