Once you have created a trend line monitoring folder, you can add trend lines or trend channels for trend line monitoring for any security. The "Character properties" dialog box contains a selection list of the trend line monitoring folders that have been created.
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Draw the trend lines or trend channels on the chart.
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Add your line to the trend line monitoring by first activating the "Trend line" checkbox.
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All trend line monitoring folders defined in the Explorer are displayed in the "Trend line monitoring" field. Assign the new trend line to one of these folders.
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After saving the trend line, the new trend line is monitored for breakthroughs via the trend line monitoring folder.
Trend line monitoring must always be started manually; automated evaluation after reading in the price data is not possible. Read the following section Start evaluation of trend line monitoring.