Futures Trader's Cheat Sheet for ThinkorSwim

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This study is a "cheat sheet" of labels for your futures chart. It shows the tick size, gain/loss for a 1 tick move in the futures price, the multiplier or per share equivalent for 1 contract, and the risk/max loss for 1 contract.

I thought this indicator may be helpful for beginners who just dabble into Futures trading.

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Code:
#Futures contract information
Declare upper;
input Label_Color_Choice = {default "magenta", "green", "pink", "cyan", "orange", "red", "blue", "gray", "violet"};

def multiplier = TickValue() * (1 / TickSize());

AddLabel(1, "Tick Size =  " + TickSize() + " ... Tick Value =  " + AsDollars(TickValue()) + " ... 1-lot share equivalent = " + multiplier + " shares" + " ... Risk in 1 futures contract =  " + AsDollars(close *multiplier), GetColor(Label_Color_Choice));

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@BenTen This might be a dumb question Where do I change the color and how in this script?
#HINT: This study is a "cheat sheet" of labels for your futures chart. \n It shows the tick size, \n gain/loss for a 1 tick move in the futures price, \n the multiplier or per share equivalent for 1 contract, and \n the risk/max loss for 1 contract.

Declare upper;
input Label_Color_Choice = {default "magenta", "green", "pink", "cyan", "orange", "red", "blue", "gray", "violet"};

def multiplier = TickValue() * (1 / TickSize());

AddLabel(1, "Tick Size = " + TickSize() + " ... Tick Value = " + AsDollars(TickValue()) + " ... 1-lot share equivalent = " + multiplier + " shares" + " ... Risk in 1 futures contract = " + AsDollars(close *multiplier), GetColor(Label_Color_Choice));
 
@Billions thinkorSwim offers free platform tours. Have you had yours? Please call them to set one up.
Write down 10 questions so that you can have things that matter to you addressed.
TDAmeritrade has piles of videos on you tube as well. Please check there.
 
@Billions thinkorSwim offers free platform tours. Have you had yours? Please call them to set one up.
Write down 10 questions so that you can have things that matter to you addressed.
TDAmeritrade has piles of videos on you tube as well. Please check there.
I have just not sure about changing this color not a big deal I will figure it out Thanks!
 
Open the study, click the gear on the right side, an input box should be there with a pull down menu that will have all the colors.
 
@Billions As I have previously mentioned, you can quickly change the color background via the indicator's settings page. There is no need to modify anything in the code.

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@BenTen found a guy on YouTube claiming this indicator as his own. Looks like he is using it to promote his website. His YouTube page name Jason Ramus. Just letting you know in case you want to report his page for copyright issues since it belongs to you.
 
hello, this might be super simple but I can't seem to figure out how to add tick value as one of the columns in my FUTURES watchlist.

Current code:

#TickVal
def TickVal = TickValue();
AddLabel(yes, TickVal);

But this is not allowing me to choose
 
hello, this might be super simple but I can't seem to figure out how to add tick value as one of the columns in my FUTURES watchlist.

Current code:

#TickVal
def TickVal = TickValue();
AddLabel(yes, TickVal);

But this is not allowing me to choose
I moved your post to this thread. You will find that you can modify the label in the top post to meet your needs
 

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