OptionsGo.net Data Text Syntax (version 0.2)

OptionsGo Data Text syntax is a plain text (unicode or UTF-8 encoding) that uses line-based syntax. Each line can be only one of these but they can be in any order:

1. Command lines
2. Order lines
3. Text lines
4. Comment lines

1. Command Lines

Command line begins with @ sign immediately followed by command name, a whitespace, and value.

@command value

Command	Description	Sample
@version	OptionsGo Text version	@version 0.2
@title	Portfolio title	@title Paper Trade
@comm	Commission rate (Baht per contract)	@comm 80
@date	Full date	@date 3 Jan 2019
@index	Index	@index 1053.2
@group	Start a new group	@group Cashflow
@.	Shorthand for @group	@. Cashflow
@base	Base P/L	@base 120
@x-lower	X-axis min	@x-lower 950
@x-upper	X-axis max	@x-upper 1200
@y-lower	Y-axis min	@y-lower -500
@y-upper	Y-axis max	@y-upper 1000
@y-tick	Y-axis ticks	@y-tick 200

Command Effectives

All commands are effected from that line downward. For example:

2. Order Lines

[order_status] order_action order_detail

Order Status

Order status is a single character that is optional. If you has this, you must separate it from the order_action with a space.

Status	Description
o	Enabled order. This is the default status.
x	Disabled order. This order was not happened and not included in payoff chart.
-	Planned order. This order is planed to take action in the future.

Order Actions

Action	Description
LF	Long future
SF	Short future
LC	Long call
LP	Long put
SC	Short call
SP	Short put

3. Text Lines

Text will be displayed in Orders Tab.

any other are free text. Can be either ภาษาไทย or English or even emojis 🐄💨.

you can make a paragraph by a blank line.
This is the second line of the paragraph.
becareful that not begin the line with order prefix. 

Text Line Command

Uses @text or @: as a line prefix to make that line interprets as a text, not an order.

@text LC me please!

or

@: LC, SP, and LF are your upward weapons.

4. Comments

Comment starts with two dashes (--). Comment text is just a note for yourself and will not be considered as command, order, or text. Comments will not be displayed in Orders Tab. We have two type of comments.

This is a full line comment.

-- line comments

and this is an end-of-line comment.

@title Hello -- end of line comment

This is a text line, not a comment line.

- Don't forget to buy the milk.

This can be a comment line.

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-- Comment --
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Sample

@title Portfolio
@date 20 Jan 2019

@group Today
@index 1050

SF @1055.0 x 1
LC 1050 @25.0 x 1

Text Tab

Orders Tab