--- title: Watchlist description: "A Watchlist is a table containing a list of instruments. Various trading information is available for each instrument: OHLC, Last, Volume, Bid/Ask ecc. Use a watchlist: - to monitor an instrument list - to link the instrument list to Charts…" url: "https://www.overcharts.com/en/helpcenter/docs/watchlist/" updated: "2022-02-13" category: Trading --- # Watchlist A Watchlist is a table containing a list of instruments. Various trading information is available for each instrument: OHLC, Last, Volume, Bid/Ask ecc. Use a watchlist: - to monitor an instrument list - to link the instrument list to Charts / DOMs / Time & Sales etc. via *Instrument Link* ### **Create a new Watchlist** You can create a new Watchlist in one of the following ways: **1**. From *Workspace window*> ***New*** menu > ***Watchlist*** > ***New*** **2**. From *Workspace window* > ***Tool Windows*** toolbar > ***Watchlist*** button > ***New*** Complete the creation process by defining a **unique name** for the watchlist. ### **Open an existing Watchlist** When you close a watchlist, it is not deleted. You can reopen it in one of the following ways: **1**. From *Workspace window* > ***New*** menu > ***Watchlist*** > select the *watchlist to reopen* **2**. From *Workspace window* > ***Tool Windows*** toolbar> ***Watchlist*** button > select the *watchlist to reopen* ### **Delete a Watchlist** When you close a *watchlist*, it *is not permanently deleted* but *can be reopened* later. To permanently **delete** the window, press ***gear button*** at the top right of watchlist window, then select ***Delete Watchlist***. ### **Instruments** A Watchlist is a table containing a list of instruments. #### **Add Instrument/s** You can add one or more instruments to a watchlist in one of the following ways: **1**. *Right click* on list > ***Add Instruments*** **2**. Press ***gear button*** at the top right of watchlist window > ***Add Instruments*** #### **Remove Instrument/s** You can **remove an instrument** from a watchlist in one of the following ways: **1**. **Right click** on list > ***Remove Instrument*** **2**. Press ***gear button*** at the top right of watchlist window > ***Remove Selected Instrument*** You can **remove all instruments** from a watchlist in one of the following ways: **1**. *Right Click* on list > ***Remove all Instruments*** **2**. Press ***gear button*** at the top right of watchlist window > ***Remove all Instruments*** ### **Sub-List** Within the same Watchlist window you can create different instrument lists (sub-lists). Each sub-List will correspond to a Tab in the Watchlist window. You can **Add**, **Rename**, **Delete** a sub-List by pressing the gear button at the top right of watchlist window and selecting the respective menu item. ### **Available Columns** In a watchlist, there are many columns containing various information. > For each sub-List you can choose which columns to be displayed. Access **Edit Columns** window to choose which columns to display and their position. To access Edit Columns window: - *Right Click* on list > ***Edit Columns*** - or press ***gear button*** at the top right of watchlist window > ***Edit Columns*** Below, the available columns: **Real Time Status**: instrument real-time status: - **Green** dot = Subscribed - **Yellow** dot = Subscribing - **Red** dot = Subscription failed (*incorrect instrument symbol or not available on data-feed*) - **Gray** dot = Data-Feed disconnected **Symbol**: instrument symbol **Name/Description**: instrument name or description **Last**: last traded price **Last Size**: last traded size **Net Change (points)**: change (in points) between prev. session close and current Last **Net Change (%)**: change (in percentage) between prev. session close and current Last **Time**: time of last price received **# Bid**: if available, it represents total number of orders in the Best Bid price level **Bid Size**: Best Bid size **Bid**: Best Bid price **Ask**: Best Ask price **Ask Size**: Best Ask size **# Ask**: if available, it represents total number of orders in the Best Ask price level **Total Volume**: represents current session total volume **Open**: current session open price **High**: current session high **Low**: current session low **Date**: current session date **Prev. Close**: prev. session close **Prev. Settlement**: prev. session settlement **Open Interest**: if available, it represents instrument open interest > You can relocate columns as you like using Drag & Drop (by selecting the column and dragging it to the right or left while holding down left mouse button and releasing it once the desired location is reached), or from Edit Columns window. ### **Open Chart / DOM / Order-Entry from Watchlist** You can quickly open a new Chart, DOM or Order-Entry of an instrument from Watchlist context menu: - *Right Click* on instrument in the list > ***Place New Order*** to open a new Order-Entry window - **Right Click* on instrument* in the list > ***Open New DOM*** to open a new DOM - **Right Click* on instrument* in the list > ***Open New Chart*** to open a new Chart ### **Link Watchlist to a Chart / DOM / T&S** Using ***instrument-Link*** you can link the Watchlist window to one or more ***Chart***, ***DOM***, ***Time & Sales***, ***Order-Entry*** etc. windows. Instrument-Link allows you to automatically change the instrument on linked Charts, DOMs, T&Ss. To link the Watchlist to a chart, please follow these steps: **1**. Select a color from instrument-link available color list at the top right of ***Watchlist*** window: ![](https://www.overcharts.com/en/helpcenter/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/watchlist-link-instrument1.png) **2**. Select the same color chosen for watchlist, on instrument-link at the top right of ***chart*** window: ![](https://www.overcharts.com/en/helpcenter/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/watchlist-link-instrument2.png) **3**. That's all! Now the two windows are linked to each other and moving between instruments in the watchlist, chart displayed will correspond to the instrument selected in the watchlist. **4**. To link other windows, set the same color chosen in the watchlist also in the other windows, exactly as you did with chart. We do not recommend linking the watchlist to a chart if the chart takes a long time to load/calculate > It is NOT possible to use the instrument-Link on a watchlist window containing more than one sub-List. ### **Export** You can export current list to memory or to a text file (txt or csv), in one of the following ways: **1**. **Right click* on list*> ***Export*** **2**. Press ***gear button*** at the top right of watchlist window > ***Export*** ### **Videos** [https://www.youtube.com/embed/LV-eQwL3-u8?rel=0](https://www.youtube.com/embed/LV-eQwL3-u8?rel=0)