Compound Breakout Tool settings on Tradestation.

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Simpler Trading Team

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Use line weight to change the dot size on the Compound Breakout Tool.

How configure the CBT dot sizes:

STEP 1: If you want to change the dot size in Tradestation to a different size you will want to adjust the style setting in the indicator settings. If you are using Tradestation 9.5, go to “Format > Analysis Techniques”. On Tradestation 10 go to “Studies > Edit Studies”.

TradeStation 9.5

TradeStation 10

STEP 2: Change the line weight for the individual settings that you want to adjust.

Tradestation 9.5 

1) Left click on the CBT study.
2) Then left click on “Format”
3) Another window appears. Now select the “Style” tab.
4) Select the plot you would like to adjust.
5) Under the “weight” section, choose how thick you would like to have the dots.  

TradeStation 10

1) Left-click on the CBT study.
2) Then left-click on “Customize”
3) Another window appears. Now select the “Sty;e” tab.
4) Select the plot you would like to adjust.
5) Under the “weight” section, choose how thick you would like to have the dots.

Here is a sample of what your CBT might look like after adjusting the line weight of the dots.

There are 7 lines of weights, from thin to thick.
If the thinnest is 1 and the thickest is 7, then try setting the following:
a1=  3
a1s= 1
b1= 3
b1s= 1
r1= 3
r1s= 1
h1= 2
I1= 2
wls= 1
Is= 3
wss= 1
sss= 3