Hello

Any informations on how I could create a new 12 minutes scale using 1 minutes charts

Any bit of informations well accepted

Martin T.
Montreal, Canada

mtheriault 

Hello Any informations on how I could create a new 12 minutes scale using 1 minutes charts Any bit of informations well accepted Martin T. Montreal, Canada

It depends on the platform you use. To which platform do you refer?

Fat Tails 

It depends on the platform you use. To which platform do you refer?

Hello

I will be using MultiCharts, easylanguage plateform

Martin

mtheriault 

Hello I will be using MultiCharts, easylanguage plateform Martin

I do not use MultiCharts, but have a look at the user guide, page 43.

You can elect to use the price data from Trades, Asks, or Bids by Setting Quote Field.

Setting Resolution of Time-Based Charts

Resolution of time-based charts can be set from the

Format Symbol window:

1. Open the

Format Symbol window.

How?

To open the

Format Symbol window, click the Format Symbol icon on the Chart
Analysis toolbar; if the Format Objects window appears, select the symbol and click the

Format

button.
The Format Symbol window can also be opened by one of the following methods:
- Position the mouse pointer over the symbol's data series; double-click once the Pointer

changes into a

Hand ;
or:
- Position the mouse pointer over the symbol's data series; once the Pointer changes into
a Hand , right-click and then click Format 'Symbol Name';
or:
- Right-click on an empty area of the chart and then click Format Symbols; if the Format
Objects window appears, select the symbol and click the Format button;
or:
- Select Format in the main menu and click Symbol; if the Format Objects window appears,

select the symbol and click the Format button
2. Select the Settings tab.

3. In the

Chart section, in the Resolution Interval text box, enter the number of time periods to be used for
each bar.
4. In the Resolution Unit drop-down list box select the time period.

Note: The maximum interval values that can be used for each of the time period units are: 86400 seconds,
1440 minutes, 24 hours, 30 days, 52 weeks, 12 months, 4 quarters, or 10 years.

Resolution of time-based charts can also be set by one of the following methods:
- Click the

Second Bar or the Minute Bar icon on the Resolution toolbar; from the drop-down list select
the number seconds or minutes, respectively, to be used for each bar; or:
- Click the Hourly Bar , the Daily Bar , the Weekly Bar , the Monthly Bar , the Quarterly Bar

, or the

Yearly Bar icon on the Resolution toolbar to select a 1-hour, 1-day, 1-week, 1-month, 1-quarter,
or 1-year bar, respectively;
-or-
- Click the down-arrow to the right of the Resolution icon on the Command Line toolbar and select the time
period. For Second and Minute bars the number of time period units can also be selected from a drop-down list;
-or-
- Enter the appropriate command into the Command Line toolbar combo box. Click here to find out how to use

the Command Line.