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Symbol in Free Form Condition 7 years, 2 months ago #276

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It would be good if it would be possible to refer to the variable Symbol in Free Form Condition. My browser (Chrome) hangs every time I try to add it as a normal condition and this would probably be a way to workaround that huge combo box (?) and provide a simple mean for finding a specific stock. It would also allow for filtering several stocks at once using IN().
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Re: Symbol in Free Form Condition 7 years, 2 months ago #280

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Free Form Condition can only be used for quantitative formulas and variables. If you are just trying to view a stock, you can use the small boxes in the upper right to either view a profile directly or add a single symbol directly to a watchlist.

We also have the bulk add to watchlist menu item, which allows you to add a group of symbols to a watchlist all at once. That can allow you to rank or view data on a group of individual stocks.

Re: Symbol in Free Form Condition 7 years, 2 months ago #282

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Thanks, with "filtering several stocks at once using IN()" I meant I could use it to succinctly remove certain symbols from my screening results that I know I'm not interested in. But it's not a particularly important feature, so if it's a tricky one to implement I can certainly get by without it
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Re: Symbol in Free Form Condition 7 years, 2 months ago #287

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Oh, one greater benefit of being able to reference symbols from variables and stuff, is that it would give an opportunity to adjust for off-balance assets and liabilities or other adjustments. "My EV = EV unless Symbol == 'SpecificStockWithLeases' then EV = EV + 100M", kind of...
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Re: Symbol in Free Form Condition 7 years, 2 months ago #289

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If you click on a company in a result set and select "Remove from Screen", your screen will be updated to remove that symbol. You can do that an arbitrary number of times (to remove many individual companies).
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