To set alert settings for a symbol, following these steps.
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Select the symbol by clicking on it.
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Enter desired alert setting for it, and click the Apply button. For
example, enter 116 as the High Alarm of Bid price for IBM (shown above),
the alarm will go off when the BID price for IBM is greater than 116, similarly
enter 100 or Low Alarm of BID price, the alarm will be triggered when BID
price drops to below 100.
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If you are long (or short) on a stock, you can also input your Position on
it, if you are short on it, enter the Position as a negative number. You
can also enter the cost basis (per share price) on the stock, so QuoteJava
can calculate the (unrealized) gain or loss (shown as negative gain).
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To clear all the settings, press the Clear button.
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To stop the realtime alert, click the Stop button, to restart it,
click the Refresh button.
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To use WAV sound for alert (sound card required), check the Wav alert
box; to show quotes in decimals, check the Decimal box.
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You can choose the realtime server to use, default server is Datek.
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You can convert fractions into decimals right in this window, simply enter
the fraction and hit the convert button.
When stocks have reached their alert settings, either a beep or a Wav
sound will be produced. The stocks that have generated alerts have a Bell
icon left to their symbol. To see which values caused alert, click on the
symbol, and the alarming values are shown in red. In the screen shot above,
Last High and Volume have both reached alert setting. |
