1. How do I display expressions?
2. What charting functionalities are available to users?
3. Do you offer additional studies for charts?
4. I need help in filling out the chart form.
5. Do you have any information on the studies?
6. Can I view multiple studies on a chart?
7. How can I get a long-term view on a market? When I try to display a weekly or monthly chart, it only shows me the data for the nearest term contract back to the first day it began trading.
8. I noticed that I can "save chart preferences." How do you do that, and why is this beneficial to me?
9. It seems as if some data is missing on a chart with two symbols (an overlay).
10. What are the codes that designate the delivery month for a chart?
11. I am having problems printing the chart.

How do I display expressions?
All expressions must begin with '=' and have all symbols enclosed within single quotes. This new format is required since eSignal symbols can contain spaces. To help aid with this format please review the examples below.

• =('NG 1!' + 'NG 2!' + 'NG 3!') / 3
• ='W 1!' - 'C 1!'
• ='ES 1!' / $SPX * 100
• ='EP 1!-IP' * .134336 - 'EB 1!-IP'

What charting functionalities are available to users?
The basic charts available on the site are available for all futures contracts carried by FutureSource.com. Features include:

• intraday, daily, weekly, monthly time series
• display long-term market conditions using a continuation chart
• choose from three commonly used studies
• add multiple studies to the chart
• changeable study parameters
• compare two contracts on the chart
• Bar, Area, Line, Candle
• save or clear display preferences, and
• view a small, medium, or large sized printable chart.

• displays Open/High/Low/Close as you pass your mouse over the chart
• tick charting
• a total of 25 studies

Do you offer additional studies for charts?
The basic charts offer seven of the most frequently used studies. To gain access to all 26 studies, and to get additional chart features, simply register for the free upgrade to our Premium Charts. Sign up here.

I need help in filling out the chart form.
Please refer to the Site Tour page for demonstrations on using the chart function.

Do you have any information on the studies?
Please refer to the Study Help pages for more information.

Can I view multiple studies on a chart?
Absolutely! Simply select the studies you wish to add using the list at the bottom of the chart form. For a demonstration, please visit the Site Tour.

How can I get a long-term view on a market? When I try to display a weekly or monthly chart, it only shows me the data for the nearest term contract back to the first day it began trading.
When you display a weekly or monthly chart for a specific contract, you will see the same amount of data as a chart with a shorter time span.

You can get a longer-term view of a market by removing the contract specification from the symbol. For example, if you were looking at S&P 500 futures, the instrument name of "SP Z7" returns a specific contract. Change this to just "SP", and a continuation chart will be displayed. A continuation chart is an artificial time series built from the daily time series for active and expired contracts. This will give you a true long-term view of the market.

I noticed that I can "save chart preferences." How do you do that, and why is this beneficial to me?
Chart preferences are used to pass your favorite settings along to our chart application. For instance, if you prefer to see a large-sized candlestick chart with a medium density using a 30-minute Intraday time series and plotted with a Moving Average, you can save these settings and to apply them whenever you request a chart. Saving your preferences saves you time - you can change any setting on any chart, clear your preferences, and save new ones whenever you choose.

The futuresource.com site uses "cookies" to save and retrieve chart preferences. Many web servers use cookies, which are small data files sent to your computer that hold the settings you save. Whenever you access the Charts tab after being sent the cookie, the chart will load in accordance with the data stored in the cookie. FutureSource.com does not use cookies to retrieve information from your computer that was not originally sent in a cookie.

It seems as if some data is missing on a chart with two symbols (an overlay).
This is not an error. When you try to overlay a symbol that has both day and night sessions onto a symbol that has a day session only, you will see gaps in the chart data. The chart will show a gap because there is no night session for one of the symbols. For example, graph SP 1! and overlay $INDU and you will see gaps in the data. Graph RSP 1! and $INDU and you will not see gaps because both contracts are traded in the day session.

What are the codes that designate the delivery month for a chart?
Please refer to the Delivery Months table for more information. For example, C Z8 = December 2008 Corn, whereas C U8 = September 2008 Corn.

I am having problems printing the chart.
The print icon, found immediately to the right of the Help tab, will open the chart in a new window for printing. If you have problems printing the chart from this window, try right-clicking on the chart image to display your browser's context menu. Depending on your browser, you should have an option to either print the image, or save the image to your pc (where you can open it in Microsoft Paint or Photo Editor and print it from there).