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Elliott Wave Rules and Guidelines

‘Tips and Tricks’ Newsletter

***************************************************************************************************************************************************************** We did a series of emails a few years ago where we shared Advanced GET tips and tricks. Much of this work is either gone or no longer duplicable. I have worked real hard to find this work, but after an exhaustive search the text (below) is all I can find of previous work. I have yet to find any chart illustrations. To salvage this previous work as best as possible, I am placing the text here because it still is good information. I removed any work duplicated elsewhere. – Marc Rinehart *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************

Customize Your Toolbar-- In keeping with the trend of many Windows programs; Advanced GET includes toolbars to make the charting experience more streamlined. The only problem is that different people want different ways to streamline their work. For this, Advanced GET allows you to change (Customize) the way your toolbars look, and where they are placed. The first thing to consider is whether you want all toolbars and all buttons on the toolbars to be displayed at once on the same screen. If you choose this option you will loose some screen real estate. Most people run their screen resolution at 800x600. Some are still using 640x480. This is all right, but this resolution does not allow for a lot of room on a chart, and even less room for toolbars. I would recommend using 1024x768 resolution to take full advantage of your desktop space. To change your screen resolution, you will have to go to the Windows Control Panel and double click on the Display Icon. Then you would click on the Settings tab. Once there, you can change the resolution. If you have never done this before and feel unsure about it, contact your computer manufacturer for instructions. There are two limitations that you might find. 1. Your monitor or video card might not be able to be increased in resolution. (Contact your computer manufacture) or 2. The higher the screen resolution you setup on a monitor, the smaller fonts, and charts will be when printing, for example. Once resolution is adjusted you will be able to see more of the toolbars on the screen. The other option is to move the toolbars on the screen to different locations. There are two ways to do this. One is to dock the toolbar to the sides of the screen. The other is to move the toolbar into the middle of the screen. This is called a “Floating Toolbar”. To move a toolbar on the screen, you will have to left click on the extreme side of the toolbar and hold the left mouse button down while dragging the mouse. If you let go of the left mouse button while the toolbar is in the middle of the screen, the toolbar will “Float” above the chart. If you move the toolbar to the side of the program, it will “Dock” to the side of the chart screen. Once you have your toolbars where you want them, you can customize them by adding or removing buttons. To customize each toolbar, you have to right click on the extreme edge of the toolbar this will bring up the Customize Toolbar menu. Moving a button from the left to the right side will add the button to the toolbar. Moving a button from the right to the left will remove the button from the toolbar. You can also move the buttons around I the toolbar to put them in the order that you like. The only limitation is that you can only work with buttons that are designed for each toolbar. You cannot copy buttons from toolbar to toolbar. For instance, you cannot put the Elliott Button in the Drawing Toolbar. ***********************************************************************************************************************************************

Quick Load-- Tech Support reports that one of the most common calls they get are from people wanting to load their charts more easily than going to File - New Chart. They are surprised that their program has a Quick Load Feature. To load a chart with the same studies as previous chart: In order to do this you will first need to open a chart and place the studies on the chart. Once you have your studies on the chart you can load another issue by either just typing the issues symbol in the quick load that will pop up as soon as you start typing the ticker symbol or by clicking the right mouse button anywhere on the chart. When you do this you will see a menu appear, click on the word issue. From here select issue and your issue box will appear, now you can select the issue that you wish to load. Once you have selected this issue just click on load and your chart will be loaded. Remember, if you want to retain the existing chart and bring up another, you must bring up the new chart using File - New Chart method. ***********************************************************************************************************************************************

Creating Chart Template-- It is possible to create a chart template when using the Advanced GET program. First, create a chart layout that will serve as a standard for the future. Once you have everything on that page the way you like it, go to and a template. You can type on the keyboard the symbol you now wish to load using this page as a template and a window will appear as you type. Save this new page under a different name. ***********************************************************************************************************************************************

Applying Search Results, by Nate McCarthy-- End of Day GET users, have you ever wanted to take your search results and save a chart for each issue that has all of your favorite studies and indicators on it, saving you hours of mundane pointing and clicking? Real Time GET user, have you ever wanted to take a portfolio and turn every issue in that portfolio into a useful chart with your favorite Moving Average, Oscillator, XTL, and Parabolic already on it? Then pay attention as I give you step-by-step instructions on how it is done in your current version of Advance GET. Real Time users, skip to step 3.

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1. When the search has finished recording results, simply right click in the white space to the right of the search results and select “Make Portfolio”. 2. Now give your portfolio a name in the “Portfolio Name” box in the upper right corner and hit the “OK” button. * Note: you will notice that the issues from your search were automatically entered into the portfolio listing on the right side of the Portfolio window. You may add issues from the left column that was not part of the search results, or you may remove unwanted issues from the right column. 3. You will then need to either load a currently saved page that has your desired studies and indicators displayed on it, or create a new chart and apply the desired studies and indicators to it. This will serve as the template for the new pages. 4. Next, go to the Page menu and select Auto Page. A window appears in the middle of your screen titled Auto Page. 5. Look at the “Pages” button in the lower right corner. If there are arrows pointing to the right after the word Pages, then hit that button once. If the arrows are pointing to the left, do nothing with this step. 6. In the upper left corner of the Auto Page window, there is a “Portfolio” window that lists the currently loaded portfolio. It should display “