Contributed by MetaStock Support
The Custom List Manager lets you create your own lists. The lists chan contain as many instruments from as many groups as you want. You can use these lists in the Power Console to view charts, run explorations, and run system tests. Here's how you can create your own custom lists:
1) To create a new custom list, click on either the "Tools" menu or click the "Manage Custom Lists" button at the bottom of the power console.
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2) After the Custom List Manager opens, click "New."
3) Enter a name for the list.
4) Enter symbols, one at a time, in the "Select Instrument(s)" field, clicking "Add" after each one.
OR look the instruments up (if you don't know the ticker symbol).
Search by the instrument name or symbol and options will auto populate below. Select the appropriate instrument name and click "OK."
5) Click "Save" to return to the Custom List Manager.
6) You can access your newly created Custom List by clicking on "Tools", then "Custom List Manager" or the Power Console.
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4 comments:
Enter symbols one at a time?
You must be kidding!
How is this an improvement over MetaStock v.11 and below, where we could use DownLoader to add hundreds of symbols on a list?
How to add many symbols in one moment (list from Excel)?
You can still add hundreds of symbols at a time in MetaStock 12. This demonstration was to show how to add one at a time. To add multiple symbols at one time in 12, you need to use key strokes rather than the mouse. Here is how:
1) Pull the symbols from any document on your computer (Excel, Notepad, Word, etc.). It is vital they use the Thomson Reuters format for ticker symbols. If they don't, the symbol will not be recognized.
2) Open up the Power Console.
3) At the bottom of the Power Console, click "Manage Custom Lists."
4) Once you have your list open, go to the document where your multiple symbols are located. Highlight the symbols and hit Ctrl and C on your keyboard at the same time.
5) Go back to the Manage Custom List you have opened in the Power Console.
6) Left click in the big white space (this is either blank if it's a new list or has symbols if you're updating an existing list), hit Ctrl and V at the same time on your keyboard.
7) This will paste the symbols you copied from your document into your new Custom List.
8) If you are having problems executing this, please contact our support department. They can take you through this process step-by-step.
We hope this information have been helpful.
Thanks for the question! This is still possible. Here is how:
1) Pull the symbols from any document on your computer (Excel, Notepad, Word, etc.). It is vital they use the Thomson Reuters format for ticker symbols. If they don't, the symbol will not be recognized.
2) Open up the Power Console.
3) At the bottom of the Power Console, click "Manage Custom Lists."
4) Once you have your list open, go to the document where your multiple symbols are located. Highlight the symbols and hit Ctrl and C on your keyboard at the same time.
5) Go back to the Manage Custom List you have opened in the Power Console.
6) Left click in the big white space (this is either blank if it's a new list or has symbols if you're updating an existing list), hit Ctrl and V at the same time on your keyboard.
7) This will paste the symbols you copied from your document into your new Custom List.
8) If you are having problems executing this, please contact our support department. They can take you through this process step-by-step.
We hope this information have been helpful.
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