How to Add a Pair to My Watchlist without Create and Backtesting a New Group
The tickers for the pair must already form part of an existing Group. Click on the Add Pair button on upper toolbar in My Watchlist:
Select the left and right symbols from the dropdown menus and select OK in the lower right of the box.
The Group Settings that were used to create the Group originally will be applied to this pair in My Watchlist for signal generation purposes.
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