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

mm /dd /
yyyy
(
mm
for month,
dd
for day, and 
yyyy
for year). The year
must be in four-digit
format.
Sets of intraday data are automatically recognized by the WINPHI
program as long as the data f iles bear 
*.id
as their specif ic extension.
If the number of data f ields, the f ield order in a f ile, or the f ile ex-
tension do not comply with the preceding criteria, an error message
will appear. WINPHI will quit charting the respective data f ile.
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USER MANUAL WINPHI: GETTING STARTED
CHOOSING DATA FILES
After installing the WINPHI program into the 
\WinPHI40
directory,
which can have any other name as well, you will note historical data
files installed in the designated subdirectory 
\Data:
selected cash cur-
rencies in 
\Data\CashCurr,
selected futures in 
\Data\Futures,
four sets of intraday data 15-min. and 60-min. for the Dax 30 Futures
Index and the S&P 500 Futures Index in 
\Data\Intraday,
and a
small selection of stocks in 
\Data\Stocks.
Click on the 
SYMB
button on the WINPHI speed bar to start work-
ing with data f iles of your choice. A window with the available sets of
data pops up.
Browse through
the subdirecto-
ries and click on
the specif ic data
record that you
want to chart (e.g.,
EUR-USD.txt).
Make sure that the
extensions 
*.txt 
for
daily data and 
*.id
for intraday data are always correct. The selected data f ile shows
under 
File name.
Click on