Esignal SM windows need some tweaking

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bungrider

Hi,

I installed the beta 4, and went back to beta 3 in favor of the old-school level 2 windows. This is because the new SM window is not as customizable as the old level 2 windows.

First thing - can you please keep an option to have the old-school level 2 windows in the new release??

Second thing - in the new SM window, there is no option to get rid of the snapshot info (called "quote area" in the older level 2 window) at the top of the window. It takes up alot of space, and with the old level 2 window, you had an option to get rid of it (by clicking on the "Q" tab).

Third thing - trying to compact the SM window by making the fields smaller is a pain. When you shrink the window down, you have the problem of losing the time and sales data, because unlike the previous level 2 windows, you cannot opt to show certain fields and not show others. All I want to see in my time and sales window is the price and the volume of each print. With the new SM window, I have to show time, price, size, etc...and I don't want to show time, or the inside B/A.

I'll attach a pic of the way my nas level 2 window looks from the beta 3.

Thanks!
 

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I have'nt tryed the new beta but ditto bung's comments if thats the case ,Mines almost exactly the same setup
 

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Hi Bungrider,

Thank you for your comments. I have past them on to our product management team for their review.

The last I heard, it was planned to remove the old level II window when we do release 7.2.

On you second point, I'm on the latest beta and I don't have snap shot area (see attached png file). Do you have a quote area with snap shot info in the SM window on beta 4? I don't see how to even turn it on.

On the third point, it is a little cumbersome to set the column sizes, however you can achieve the sizing that you need without losing any of the T & S data. You do need to readjust in several areas to accomplish. As for showing certain fields, this can be done by right clicking in the header column. A menu will come up in which you can select which fields you want to view. Again, check out my attachment. (p.s. I haven't added an attachment before, hopefully, I did it right!)

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Andy S.
eSignal Support
 

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Hey Andy,

Thanks for your quick reply, and your SM window looks very good. I didn't realize I could R-click on the headings to change the display option, so that answers my question about deleting unwanted fields.

I'll fire up beta 4 this weekend and see if I can get it to look like yours...

BTW, two things I'd really love would be

1)the option to color code neutral-minus ticks and neutral-plus ticks (neutral minus = downtick, but at the same price as the previous tick; neutral plus = upticked at same price as last tick)

2)the option to export T&S into excel

Also, I'd mentioned this on a separate thread, but if you guys could add a scrolling option for charts (to display different tickers in the same adv chart window at a pre-defined interval - i.e. $SOX, $VIX, $DJ being displayed at 15second intervals in the same adv chart window, so the user doesn't have to keep unique windows open for each symbol) that would be pretty cutting-edge...

Thanks again,
 
Hey Andy,

I can't get my SM windows to look as nice as yours!

When I try to scrunch them down width-wise, the B/A fields disappear to the left and I can't get this black void to disappear...

I'm attaching two files - "big.jpg" is the window before I try to make it smaller, and in the next post, "small.jpg" is after I've made the window smaller, which is when the problem appears...
 

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bungrider, I have a feeling you're just resizing the outer window. Try squishing the time & sales window to the right by grabbing on the vertical area between the T&S and Level 2, and move that to the right.

THEN resize the outer window towards the left.
 
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