Percent Performance
Percent performance chartA percent performance chart offers an easy way to
compare the performance of multiple symbols (
note: available in Tradesignal 6 and above).
It shows the percentage increase or decrease of a symbol relative to its price at a given
start date, which may be selected globally in
Chart Properties in the section
Global Percent Performance Properties or for each symbol in the
Symbol Percent Performance Properties.
You can create a percent performance chart either by setting the properties on an existing chart or by using the percent performance wizard in the
toolbar to create a new chart.
Percent performance wizardThe Percent Performance Wizards allows you to select up to 50 symbols from your
symbol lists and to choose between several chart styles for your new chart.
You can also set the global
start date in the wizard. If you do not select a
start date, the first available price will be used.
Global propertiesFound in the property inspector of the
chart this group of properties allows you to enable/disable the percent performance transformation for all symbols in your chart and to select a new start date.
- % Performance - Can be set to Active or Inactive.
- Start Date - The price at this date will be used as a base value from which the percent increase/decrease is calculated. If none is selected the first price is used.
Symbol propertiesThe properties in the group
% performance of the
symbol properties apply only to the selected symbol.
- % Performance - Default uses the global setting, On/Off are always on/off ignoring the global setting, On (Custom Start Date) uses the Start Date below.
- Custom Start Date - The price at this date will be used as a base value from which the percent increase/decrease is calculated if in On (Custom Start Date. Otherwise the global Start Date is used.
- Base Value - Select which price field (close, open, ...) you want to use.