Nightstalker,
I don't use
Favorites; I use another Watchlist. When working with a symbol
that I want to add to a Watchlist, I click a key combination that adds it to
the Watchlist. It's very fast.
Suggestion:
1)
Rename
one of your Watchlists to "Current Holdings". Then,
2)
Go to the "Tools
à Preferences
à
Keyboard".
3)
In the "Category"
dropdown, select "Symbol".
4)
In the "Commands"
listbox, scroll down the list and select,
"WatchlistAddSelectedSymbol".
I can't remember
whether this is already mapped to a key combination. If
not:
1)
Place the cursor in
the "Press new shortcut key" text box.
2)
Press your selected
keys to set the combo. I use <Ctrl> +
<A>.
3)
Click "Assign", then
"OK".
Then, after marking
up a chart, click <Ctrl> + <A>. The "Select watch list(s)"
window opens with your list of Watchlists. Select the target Watchlist
and click "OK" or hit <Return>.
Tip: When the "Select
watch list(s)" window opens, press a keyboard key to quickly jump to the
Watchlist. If "Current Holdings" is the Watchlist name, click
<c>. If you have more than one Watchlist beginning with "c",
click <c> several times to get to the correct Watchlist. (Good
naming simplifies things.) The full sequence is:
<Ctrl> + <A>, then <c>, then
<Enter>.
Using this method, I
can add a symbol to a Watchlist in about 2 seconds which should be faster than
right-clicking and selecting a menu item.
Regards,
Dan.
Hi TJ :)
One thing I find a little tortuous in AB is making a stock
into a Favourite. I use the Favourites list to contain my current
holdings, for example, and once sold, I move them to a watchlist called
"Recently Sold".
Now, when I
buy a stock, I display it in AB, mark up the chart with buy date and price
etc, but then I have to click the 'i' icon, check the 'Favourite' box at the
bottom, then click OK.
Would
it be possible to make it so that right-clicking on the 'Favourites' header in
the workspace pane on the left brings up an option to "Add current equity" or
similar? Basically the same way one can add the current stock to a
watchlist. Removing a stock from the Favourites list is very easy -
right-click on the stock in the list, then "Remove from Favourites". It
would be very handy to make ADDING a stock to the Favourites list just as
easy.... ;)
Thanks for
considering this in the next update if possible, along with being able to
select a folder for the database and have all subfolders automatically added,
as discussed previously. Keep up the excellent work there, TJ - it is
greatly appreciated by all.
BTW - I just referred my 10th customer who purchased AB on
my recommendation - but I suppose that's nowhere near a record?
:)
Regards,
NightStalker.
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