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<p>The watchlist window shows latest quotes for stocks and commodities in the
favourites list or other list.  For example,
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<pre class="example-preformatted">Symbol   Bid/Offer    Last  Change  High    Low   Volume When Notes
^GSPC        /      1237.81  8.68 1228.33 1237.81   19m  Thu
GM           /        34.91 -0.10   34.57   35.38 3.74m  Thu
BHP.AX  21.03/21.05   21.05  0.31   20.75   21.05   16m  10:45
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<p>The favourites list and other user lists can be edited.  New symbols are added
by entering a symbol in the text box and pressing <kbd class="key">Return</kbd> or clicking
&ldquo;Insert&rdquo;.  If already present then the list scrolls to it.  Move entries by
dragging.  Delete an entry by selecting it (click or <kbd class="key">space</kbd>) and clicking
the &ldquo;Delete&rdquo; button.
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<p>Clicking in the symbol column edits the symbol there.  Double clicking in the
other columns opens the main Chart display on that symbol.  Mouse button-3
(usually the right-hand button) pops up a menu of other actions, including
opening an intraday window (see <a class="pxref" href="#Intraday">Intraday</a>).
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<dl class="table">
<dt>Refresh</dt>
<dd><p>The Refresh button downloads new quotes for the whole list, or the Refresh
menu item for just that symbol.  For some data sources Chart knows the trading
times, and if there won&rsquo;t be after hours changes then the quote locks to the
end-of-day and is not re-downloaded until the next day.
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</dd>
<dt>Displayed List</dt>
<dd><p>The displayed list can be selected from a menu with Button-3 in the upper left
notebook tab, where the current list name is displayed.
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<p>The &ldquo;Symlists&rdquo; tab shows the available lists.  New lists can be created from
there, or the names of existing user lists changed.  Double clicking displays
the list.  Use the &ldquo;Edit Name&rdquo; button in the action area to change a name.
The order of the lists controls how they appear in the Open dialog
(see <a class="pxref" href="#Open">Open</a>) and the sequence for Next and Prev in the main display.  You
can drag rows to re-order.
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</dd>
<dt>Colours</dt>
<dd><p>Each line is shown in green for a last trade higher than yesterday&rsquo;s close,
red for lower, or black unchanged.  Blue means a refresh download is in
progress.
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</dd>
<dt>Bid/Offer Column</dt>
<dd><p>The bid/offer column is normally shown as say &lsquo;<samp class="samp">2.10/2.12</samp>&rsquo;, but when the
market is crossed (ie. bid higher than offer) an &ldquo;x&rdquo; is used to highlight
this, for example &lsquo;<samp class="samp">2.20x1.99</samp>&rsquo;.  What that means depends on the exchange,
it might be a pre-open auction, or merely transient.
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</dd>
<dt>Volume Column</dt>
<dd><p>Volume is abbreviated &lsquo;<samp class="samp">k</samp>&rsquo; for thousands, &lsquo;<samp class="samp">m</samp>&rsquo; for millions, &lsquo;<samp class="samp">b</samp>&rsquo;
for billions.  This is number of shares (or number of contracts), the same as
shown in the main chart.
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</dd>
<dt>When Column</dt>
<dd><p>The &ldquo;When&rdquo; column shows just a time for today, just the day for the past
week, or a full date prior to that.  The timezone of the exchange is used.  If
the exchange is in your local zone then there&rsquo;s no difference, but if you&rsquo;re
elsewhere then the exchange zone has the advantage that you can see where it
is in the trading session, eg. early on, the close, etc.  It&rsquo;s easier to
remember opening and closing times at the exchange than local equivalents
(especially when daylight savings affects them).
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</dd>
<dt>Tooltip</dt>
<dd><p>Moving the mouse over an entry (and keeping it still) opens a tooltip box
showing the stock name (if available), full date/times for the quote and last
trade, and the exchange timezone location.
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<p>The View/Intraday menu entry (<kbd class="key">Ctrl-I</kbd>) or the Intraday button in the
watchlist (see <a class="pxref" href="#Watchlist">Watchlist</a>) opens an intraday image window for the current
symbol, showing trading today, or so-far today.
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<p>Alas there are no longer any data sources with intraday images.
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