2.4.3 Importing rules

Often, we want to try out rules that others have created or rules that you exchanged with others. With ChartNexus XPertTrader, you can easily try out the rules created by others by downloading the rules from XPertTrader Library (XPL).

1. Go to the webpage http://www.chartnexus.com/xpl. Right click with your mouse on the rule that you are interested to import into ChartNexus XPertTrader. A pop up menu will appear as follow. Click on Save Target As ... to save the rule.

   

   Figure 2.4: Saving selected rules from XPertTrader Library (XPL).

2. Click on the Desktop icon if you want to save the rule on to the Desktop (See Figure 2.5).

   

   Figure 2.5: Saving rules on to your Desktop.

3. Before saving, under the save as type, click on All Files and then click on the Save button to save the rule to your Desktop (See Figure 2.6).

   

   Figure 2.6: Select the file type.

4. Next, start ChartNexus (if you have not). In XPertTrader, click on the Import Rule button (See Figure 2.7).

   

   Figure 2.7: Click on Import Rule button to import the saved rule.

5. You will be presented with the following dialog box. Click on the Desktop icon (assuming that you save the rule on to the Desktop in Step 2. Next, double click on the rule that we have saved earlier.

   

   Figure 2.8: Double click on the saved rule to import.

6. Once successfully imported the rule, a pop up will indicate that the rule has been saved successfully. Click on the OK button to hide the message.

   

   Figure 2.9: Successfully imported the saved rule.

7. You will notice that the newly imported rule is now loaded into the Rules Composer of XPertTrader and you can see the rule as shown. You have successfully imported a rule !

   

   Figure 2.10: Saved rule loaded into Rules Composer.