Watchlist and new highs
The WATCH window tracks stocks you choose, whatever the scanner filters say. It is where a stock you are interested in stays, after it drops off the board, or before it has done enough to reach it. +ADD ARMED adds the stock you have armed.
In this video
The 30-second version
The same topic in thirty seconds, made for a phone screen.
Both videos use AutoScanTrade Lite in paper mode with made-up symbols and prices.
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Your own watchlist
The WATCH window tracks stocks you choose, whatever the scanner filters say. It is where a stock you are interested in stays, after it drops off the board, or before it has done enough to reach it.
Add and remove
+ADD ARMED adds the stock you have armed. REMOVE, or the Delete key, drops the selected one. And a double-click on a row arms that stock, just like the scanner.
The columns
For each stock: the symbol, the locates you hold, and the price, then the change, the volume and the relative volume in your window, and the gap. The colours follow the scanner's, so news and locates stand out here too.
New highs
The HIGHS window shows the armed stock's breakout history for the session. Each new high, the step from the previous one, and the time since it. It shows how a run is pacing: are the new highs coming faster, or are they slowing down?
Follows the armed stock
Like the ladder and the chart, it follows whichever stock you arm, so one click on the scanner tells you how that stock has been climbing, without opening a chart at all.
In practice
A simple routine: when a stock catches your eye on the scanner, arm it, and press +ADD ARMED. Later, when it pulls back or fades off the board, it is still here, with its live numbers. Arm it again, open HIGHS, and see whether the run is still alive.
Reading the pace
If each step is bigger and the gaps between highs are shorter, the run is speeding up. If the steps shrink and the time between them grows, it may be tiring. Either way, you see it in numbers, not just a feeling.
Saved with you
Your watchlist is kept between sessions, so the names you were following are still there tomorrow.