Money Management module - On-Demand Trading Course Support and Resistance – On-Demand Video Course To contact James Stanley, please email You can follow James on Twitter join James Stanley’s distribution list, please click here. We can click on ‘Close,’ and then locate the indicator from our list of available tools.Ĭommonly, the added indicator will show in the very last group of indicators on the ‘Add Indicator,’ dialog box, which we can then treat like any other indicator that we have at our availability. Please locate the file you had downloaded, and click on ‘Open,’ to begin the import process.Īfter clicking on ‘Open,’ we should now have the indicator listed in ‘Import Indicators,’ dialog box. Upon clicking on ‘Load,’ we can then point the platform to the location of the file we had downloaded from FXCodebase. Located in the upper, right-hand corner of this box is an option to ‘Import.’ Clicking on this button will begin the indicator installation process.įXCM Trading Station Application Add Indicator Dialog BoxĬlicking on the ‘Import’ button will then populate the ‘Import Indicators Dialog,’ at which point we can click on ‘Load,’ located at the bottom of the box.įXCM Trading Station Application Import Indicator Dialog Box On any chart, we can add an indicator to receive the ‘Add Indicator,’ dialog box.
The link below will allow the download of the indicator file will often look like the picture below:Īfter downloading the file, we are ready to import the indicator and for this we will be focusing on the Trading Station application. This link will often have the suffix of ‘.LUA,’ which is the programming language in which the indicators are compiled. The Dochian Channel indicator is available from the link below for anyone interested in installing this indicator:įXCodebase - Donchian Channel Custom Indicator (DNC.lua)Īfter finding the entry for the ‘Donchian Channel Indicator,’ on FXCodebase, we want to locate the link to the actual indicator file. For this article, we will walk through an example using Donchian Channels (also known as Price Channels), as this has been an extremely popular inquiry from traders. Once you’ve located an indicator you would like to add to your trading platform, the process of installation could not be easier. Locating a specific indicator may be difficult by browsing, so if you have something particular you would like to use you can utilize the search function in an effort to save time. Upon clicking on the ‘Custom Indicators’ tab, users can then navigate through the 700+ threads with custom indicators and trading tools. Once at the FXCodebase home page, traders can access the list of available indicators by clicking on the appropriate tab for ‘Custom Indicators.’ (Shown below) To get started, traders can navigate to the website listed above, in which they will be met with a screen that looks very similar to, the below graphic: This article will walk through the process of accessing and installing tools from the plethora of available options through the website. The FXCM Trading Station application once again separates itself from the competition in regards to custom indicators and available tools. Poor platforms lack the necessary tools for me to be able to employ my approach in the manner that I want, lacking the tools required to manage my positions and risk in the style that most optimally suits my approach. Great platforms don’t get in the way of a trader executing his or her strategy.
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