Edit My Watchlist
You can track securities using watchlists on the My Passport
page. A watchlist contains the ticker symbols you want to track with the
last price and other information you wish to display. Quotes are delayed
up to 20 minutes.
Use this page to:
To rename a watchlist:
- Select the existing section name, and
then enter a new name for the watchlist. You can enter up to 20 characters.
To enter symbols to include on
the watchlist:
You can add symbols for stocks, options, futures, and
market indices.
-
In the Enter Symbol(s) box, enter the ticker symbol for each security
you want to include on the watchlist. Separate symbols with a space.
Tips:
- If you do not know the ticker symbol,
click the Find Symbol link.
- To add a symbol on a foreign exchange, you must
include the foreign exchange code after the symbol. For example, enter
bp.f for BP Amoco trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. For a list
of foreign exchanges, click the Exchange List link (on the bottom of the
My Passport page or any page in the Quotes
window).
- To remove
a security from the watchlist, select the ticker symbol and press the
Delete key. Make sure a space exists between remaining symbols.
- Repeat step 1 to add up to 50 symbols to the watchlist.
- Choose the watchlist
format and columns of data to display.
- Optionally, click the Sort Alphabetically button
to display the symbols in alphabetical order.
- Click Save. The My Passport
page appears with your updated watchlist.
To sort the symbols
alphabetically:
- Click the Sort Alphabetically button.
To choose the watchlist
format and columns:
-
Choose the watchlist format: wide or narrow.
Note: A wide watchlist
displays the security symbol and up to five additional columns. A narrow
watchlist includes the security symbol and two other columns.
- To add a column, click on a column name in the Available
list and click the Move to Selected arrow button.
- To remove a column, click on the column name in the
Selected list and click the Remove from Selected arrow button.
- In the Selected columns list, you can use the up
and down arrow buttons to order the columns in the watchlist from left
to right.
To get to the
Edit My Watchlist page:
- On the My
Passport page, click the Edit button at the top right of the watchlist
section.
- On the Edit
Content page, click the Edit link next to a watchlist.