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Well, we’ve just added an improvement which is really un-sexy, but slick nonetheless: synchronized watch lists. This is along the same line as the recent Broadcasting Objects improvement, because what it does is makes sure any changes to watch lists stay in synch on whatever browsers, tabs, or computers you might be using. I realize this is a bit of an ‘edge’ case, but for those of you for whom this is relevant, this is a godsend.
Those of you who use SlopeCharts are familiar with the tool palette in the lower-left corner, which provides direcetly access to sixteen different drawing objects:
There are two problems with this: one, it doesn’t have enough room to fit all our current tools, and two, it dissuades me from adding more drawing tools since we’re already out of room! We have solved both of these problems, and the solution is found with the icon in the lower-right of the tool palette, which is the new Customize function.
(more…)Yes, it’s yet another improvement to our CryptoStream product, and it’s one I’ve been nagging about for a long time: the ability to have multiple portfolios.
Now, the reason this may be of interest to you might be that you have different portfolios at different brokerages. That isn’t why I was so eager for it. My reason was sort of a twist on the whole “woulda shoulda coulda” theme. I wanted to be able to preserve my portfolios when I closed them so I could look back and see what the profits or losses would have been had I simply hung on to them.
Whatever your reason for wanting multiple portfolios, it is all controlled via these three self-explanatory buttons, which all you to create a New portfolio, Rename an existing portfolio, or Delete the currently-selected portfolio.
Well, yesterday was my day in the sun for XLE, and today is TNRevolution’s. Just to show what a devastating effect a YOLO-style bet can make, take a danger at my virtual equity chart:
