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The Data Preferences Dialog lets you customize different values related to the quote data. Data Collection Start Dates can be set for daily, weekly, and monthly data. An attempt will be made to request data including those start dates if available. Note: If you change these dates, make sure the date you use is an actual trading day and not a holiday or other day the exchange was closed, otherwise this will cause the program to attempt to update the full range of data every time you request an update since it was unable to get data for the starting day. Quote Fetch Time Interval determines how often the data source is contacted for new quotes when using polled quote sources for intraday charts. Update Daily Charts Intraday toggles a flag which determines whether daily charts are updated with intraday data. If this is on, daily charts will show the current days candle with data up through the most recent quote. The Data Collection group of fields controls whether the program should automatically start getting quote data (Auto Collect checked), the Start and Stop Times for getting data and the days of the week for which to collect data. Note: The start and stop times are in the local time on your PC, which may not be the same as the time-zone the exchange is in. The Saving Intraday Data group specifies how many days of 1 Minute data to save in files on the hard disk. Keep Extended Market Hour Data keeps quote data outside the regular exchange operating hours. Accumulate Intraday Data for all Symbols in SLFMaps causes 1-minute data to be saved for every symbol in any open SLFMap while quotes are being collected. If this box is unchecked, then intraday (1-minute) data is only saved for symbols in any open chart while quotes are being collected. Pressing [Use Default] resets all fields in this dialog to there original values at installation time.

The Display Preferences Dialog lets you customize a variety of items related to the chart windows. Show Prices in can either be shown using fractional or decimal format. Date Format can be one of the items shown in the list. The Chart group controls the following items: Primary Labels on Left controls whether price labels are shown on the left or right side of the window. Show Grid Lines toggles the display of horizontal and vertical grid lines. # Pts to Zoom In sets the number of most recent data points to use for the Scale Most Recent function. See the View menu for more information. Show Symbol and Date Range shows a header in each chart window as well as in the HorseRace window. Pressing [Use Default] resets all fields in this dialog to their original values at installation time. The Custom Candle Size section lets you specify the width of the candles (also applies to OHLC charts) that displayed when you select the custom candle size, either with the menu's or the <Shift+C> hotkey. The New Chart Candle Size set the default candle size for newly created charts.

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