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# Scanner
You will always know about the start of movement of any of the monitored symbols characterized by rapid percentage price changes (measured in seconds).
Create your own scanner:
1\. Select the Monitoring icon in the right part of the terminal.
2\. Click the Scanner icon.
3\. Select + to create a scanner.
4\. Enter the name of the scanner (required field).
5\. Select an exchange from the list (required field).
6\. Select the trading type (prices and volumes may vary), use the type you are trading (required field).
7\. Sound notification - set the parameter how often the sound notification will occur when the scanner is triggered again (required field).
8\. In the minimum and maximum volume field, enter the values in BTC (optional field).
9\. Include, exclude symbols - select the assets you want to scan only or exclude (optional field).
10\. Select the direction of 3 modes: buy and sell, buy, sell.
11\. In the Print Parameters section:
a. In the Time field, set how many seconds the unidirectional movement of buy or sell items of the print should be (required field). Recommendation: always set more than 1.
b. In the Minimum Deal Volume field, set the volume of buy or sell items of the print (required field). Recommendation: always set more than 1.
c. Minimum Number of Deals, set the number of buy or sell items of the print (required field). Recommendation: always set more than 1.
d. Minimum Price Change, set the percentage change in the price of buy or sell items in the print (required field). Recommendation: always set more than 1.
e. Maximum Price Change, set the percentage change in the price of buy or sell items of the print (required field). Recommendation: always set more than 1.
Messages are displayed in the main monitoring window.
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