Candlesticks, Fibonacci, and Chart Pattern Trading Tools : a synergistic Strategy to Enhance Profits and Reduce Risk

First record number
and 
Last record number.
Note that there are more records stored in the hourly and 15-minute
intraday Dax 30 and the S&P 500 data files. Providing these long data
series allows any serious analyst to compare the signals on signif i-
cant trend changes on weekly, daily, 60-minute, and 15-minute data
over many years backward to test the reliability of the trading tools.
Again, 
do not load more than 2,000 data
into one f ile.
Next to the 
Home
button located on the upper right side of the screen,
you will notice a drop-down box displaying an initial number of
260.
The drop-down list reveals the number of price bars you can select to
put on the chart for analysis).
You f ind also four smaller
control buttons left of the
drop-down list displaying the number of days to chart. If you place the
mouse pointer on any of these buttons, help text should appear to
guide you with its function. Starting from the left-most control button,
the functions of the four controls are 
Draw beginning period
, 
Shift
to previous period
, 
Shift to next period
, 
Draw last period.
If you work with the default value 
260
and click on the left-most of the
six smaller control buttons, you will have on the screen 260 price bars,
starting from the beginning of the selected data f ile. Use the 
Red-
arrow
control buttons to move the data forward or backward the way
you want to analyze it.
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OHLC BAR CHARTS VERSUS CANDLESTICK CHARTS
WINPHI supports bar charts and candlestick charts. On the top right
of the menu bar, users can select from bar charting and candlestick
charting technique.