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 Real-Time-Enabled Version of ChartAlert®

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A ChartAlert® Subscription does not include Real-Time Data
  MetaStock® / MetaRefresher® need not be installed on your computer to receive 3rd Party Real-Time Data


ChartAlert® Real-Time-Enabled Version

ChartAlert® can read and chart tick-by-tick real-time data streaming in from 3rd party data vendors ... ChartAlert® can also manually scan — via the Advanced Scanner — tick-by-tick real-time data streaming in from 3rd party data vendors.
The following formats/ modes are currently supported ...

    MetaStock® format real-time data being provided in the MetaRefresher® mode

ChartAlert® does not currently support the following formats / modes for charting and/or scanning ...

    eSignal® format real-time data
    AmiBroker®  /  MetaStock® format real-time data being provided in the eSignal® mode
          ChartAlert® does not have access to the latest RT data as it gets cached in the eSignal® mode


ChartAlert® Real-Time-Enabled Version  —  The Future

Coming

Support for 3rd party RT data streaming via APIs from NSE authorized data vendors
Support for 3rd party RT data streaming via APIs from discount brokerages
Manually Scan real-time data via the Basic Scanner
Alerts / Auto-Scanning of the 3rd party RT data via the Basic Scanner and the Advanced Scanner
Chart Pattern/ Harmonics/ P&F & Renko Pattern Scans for the RT data via the Basic Scanner and the Advanced Scanner

Coming Later

Support for charting and scanning real-time data formats streaming in eSignal® mode


How to Setup ChartAlert® to read the 3rd party data streaming in real-time

  1. Open the 3rd party real-time data vendor application  ...  Make sure the real-time data is streaming in

  2. Open ChartAlert®

  3. Hover your mouse on the xd   External Data panel and pin it

  4. In the External Data panel, click on the Import External Data option


  5. Navigate to the data folder where the 3rd party real-time data is being written to your hard disk
    Select the relevant folder and click on OK
    Click on OK again in the confirmation dialog
    In the example below, the real-time data is being written to the C:\ \ RT-Data-Demo \ MS-Data folder


  6. The 3rd party real-time data folder and its contents will now be listed in the External Data panel


  7. Move to the xf   MyFavourites External panel, and click on the Create New MyFav List option
    Select the Symbols you want added to your MyFavourites WatchList
    Give a Name to your MyFavourites WatchList and click on Save
    Click on OK in the confirmation dialog


  8. The 3rd party real-time data symbols will now be listed in the MyFavourites External panel