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How do I install the HIRO Indicator?

HIRO_Indicator_Banner_SpotGamma_Support_Center.pngTo install and run HIRO on Bookmap please follow these steps:

1. Make sure you run Bookmap 7.1 or above.

2. Download HIRO and place it In C:\Bookmap\API\Layer1ApiModules

3. Open Bookmap in either the 2nd or 3rd run mode.

 

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4. Make sure you have a supported data feed connection configured (dxFeed for US stocks or dxFeed or Rithmic for US futures). Click here to learn how to configure a data connection in Bookmap.

5. Open a bookmap chart for your HIRO supported symbol. Currently HIRO supports the following underlying symbols:

 

Underlying Symbol (where HIRO is plotted)

Option Contract (data basis for HIRO signals)

ES (all contracts), MES (all contracts)

SPY ETF

SPX, SPY, XSP

NQ (all contracts), MNQ (all contracts), QQQ ETF

NDX, QQQ

VX (all contracts) VXM (all contracts

VIX

Over 50 stocks listed here

Applicable stock option

 

6. Once you have the chart open, click the indicator icon to open the Addon Configuration window. Click Add and select the HIRO indicator file (Adding an indicator in the third run mode requires an extension to the license agreement. If you do not see the Add button just follow the instructions on the Addon Configuration window to enable it.) [2]. This will add HIRO to the chart. Note that since HIRO uses real time options data it will only work during option market trading hours.

 

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7. To enable HIRO just tick the checkbox next to it and enter your Bookmap.com credentials (see below).

 

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8. HIRO has several visual settings options:

  • Maximum icon size: this slider sets the maximum pixel size of the HIRO on chart indication. Small value indication size will be set relatively to the maximum pixel size.
  • Delta filter: this slider sets the minimum indication size to be plotted on the chart. Lower value indication will not be plotted.
  • Buy and Sell colors: set the colors of buy and sell indications.
  • Use aggregation: tick this checkbox to aggregate overlapping indications. This is mostly useful in zoomed out views. HIRO will not present each indication separately but will show the accumulated value of all overlapping events.

9. In addition to the on chart indications HIRO also plots a continuous line and a meter showing the accumulated value of all the plotted on chart indications. To show the sub-chart line and meter click the arrow just below the price ladder. This will open the sub-chart panel. Click the setting icons and click the HIRO histogram and notes icons.

 

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If you experience any issues with installation, please contact support@bookmap.com for assistance.

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