Financial Time Series Toolbox | ![]() ![]() |
Main Window
Start the financial time series GUI with the command
The main financial time series GUI window appears.
The title bar acts as an active time series object indicator (indicates the currently active financial time series object). For example, if you load the file disney.mat
and want to use the time series data in the file dis
, the title bar on the main GUI would read as shown.
The menu bar consists of six menu items: File, Data, Analysis, Graphs, Window, and Help. Under the menu bar is a status box that displays the steps you are doing.
File Menu
The File menu contains the commands for input and output. You can read and save (Load, Save, and Save As) MATLAB MAT-files, ASCII (text) data files, as well as import (Import) Microsoft Excel XLS files. MATLAB does not support the export of XLS files at this time.
The File menu also contains the printing suite (Page Setup, Print Preview, and Print). Lastly, from this menu you can close the GUI itself (Close FTS GUI) and quit MATLAB (Exit MATLAB).
Data Menu
The Data menu item provides a collection of data manipulation functions and data conversion functions.
To use any of the functions here, make sure that the correct financial time series object is displayed in the title bar of the main GUI window.
Analysis Menu
As with the Data menu, to use any of the Analysis menu functions, make sure that the correct financial time series object is displayed in the title bar of the main GUI window.
Graphs Menu
The Graphs menu contains functions that graphically display the current (active) financial time series object. You can also invoke the interactive charting function (chartfts
) from this menu.
Window Menu
The Window menu lists open windows under the current MATLAB session.
Help Menu
The Help menu provides a standard set of Help menu links.
![]() | Graphical User Interface | Using the Financial Time Series GUI | ![]() |