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USER GUIDE

ProTrader Desktop User Guide.docx 1

1. WORKSPACES .......................................................................................................................................... 2

1.1. CUSTOMIZING PANELS ................................................................................................................................. 4

1.1.1. Managing Column ........................................................................................................................ 4

1.1.2. Table Settings ............................................................................................................................... 6

1.1.3. Columns Settings .......................................................................................................................... 8

1.1.4. Filtering Entries ........................................................................................................................... 12

1.1.5. Sorting & Grouping Entries ......................................................................................................... 13

1.2. LINKING PANELS ...................................................................................................................................... 14

1.3. ARRANGING PANELS ................................................................................................................................. 16

1.4. STATUS BAR AND RIBBON .......................................................................................................................... 16

2. PANELS .................................................................................................................................................. 20

2.1. CHARTS .................................................................................................................................................. 20

2.1.1. Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 20

2.1.2. Navigation .................................................................................................................................. 22

2.1.3. Indicators .................................................................................................................................... 25

2.1.4. Drawing on Chart ....................................................................................................................... 28

2.1.5. Trading from Chart ..................................................................................................................... 30

2.1.6. Settings ....................................................................................................................................... 32

2.2. CHAT ..................................................................................................................................................... 40

2.3. CURRENCIES EXPOSURE ............................................................................................................................. 41

2.4. FX CELL.................................................................................................................................................. 42

2.5. MARKET DEPTH ....................................................................................................................................... 43

2.6. ORDER BOOK .......................................................................................................................................... 45

2.7. ORDER ENTRY ......................................................................................................................................... 46

2.8. BLOTTER (POSITIONS, TRADES, ORDERS, ORDER BOOK) .................................................................................. 49

2.9. WATCHLIST ............................................................................................................................................. 53

2.10. TIME AND SALES ...................................................................................................................................... 56

2.11. INSTRUMENTS LOOKUP ............................................................................................................................. 58

3. TRADING ............................................................................................................................................... 59

3.1. CLOSING A POSITION PARTIALLY .................................................................................................................. 59

3.2. MODIFYING A PENDING ORDER .................................................................................................................. 60

4. ACCOUNT .............................................................................................................................................. 62

4.1. ACCOUNT DETAILS ................................................................................................................................... 62

4.2. REPORTS ................................................................................................................................................ 64


1. Workspaces

Using Workspaces

A Workspace is a particular configuration of panels, toolbars, charts and/or table layouts that makes

up your trading environment. ProTrader desktop provides predefined default Workspaces and lets

you create any number of custom Workspaces either by modifying the default or by starting a new

Workspace from scratch. Custom Workspaces can be saved as .wrk files and reopened whenever

required.

Default Workspace

After first launching, ProTrader automatically loads a default workspace. Default workspaces are

located in ProTrader installation directory\Default Workspaces\

Click Environment > Workspaces to see all available default workspaces on your computer.

After making any changes to a Workspace, it becomes a custom Workspace. Custom Workspace is

automatically prompted to save to your computer when closing.

Opening Multiple Workspaces

During your session, you can load several Workspaces, and keep them open at the same time. When

you have more than one Workspace open, they appear as tabs in the panel footer. You can switch

between the open Workspaces by simply clicking the tabs.

You can Hide, Lock or Detach any workspace.

Blank Workspace

To create a new blank (no panels or toolbars) workspace, select Environment New or click on new

workspace.

Saving a Workspace

Any customizations you make to a Workspace can be saved in as a (.wrk) file and loaded later.

To save the current Workspace:

Select Environment > Save As. This brings up the Save Workspace to File dialog box.

Browse to the folder where you want to place the Workspace file.

Enter a name for the Workspace file.

Click Save.

To save any subsequent changes to this Workspace; select Environment > Save Workspace or press


Ctrl+S.

By default, Workspaces saved automatically when you exit the system.

Loading a Workspace

To load a saved Workspace, select Environment Load Workspace. In the Load Workspace dialog box,

select your .wrk file and click OK to open.

Renaming a Workspace

Any open Workspace can be renamed. To rename a Workspace, right-click on it’s tab and select

Rename Workspace. A pop-up block appears where you can enter the new name. Once you are

happy you can click “OK”.

Closing a Workspace

To close a Workspace, right-click on its tab and select Close Workspace. If it's newly created

Workspaces, you will be prompted to enter the name of Workspace to save. Click OK to save the

Workspace or Cancel to discard it.

Closing ProTrader Desktop

You don’t need to save your changes when you close the application, because Workspaces are saved

automatically. But on closing you’ll get the warning message. If you don’t want to see this message

again, uncheck the option in the left corner of the message-box.


1.1. Customizing panels

1.1.1. Managing Column

Resizing Columns

To change the width of a column, move the mouse over the column border in the header row to see

the cursor change to a double-sided arrow. Then click and drag the border to resize the column.

To auto size concrete column, move the mouse over the column border in the header row to see the

cursor change to a double-sided arrow and double-click on the border.

Displaying Columns

Right-clicking on any column header displays the list of columns available in the panel. Only columns

that have checkmarks against them are visible.

To display a column, click on its title in the list to place a checkmark against it. To hide a column, click

on its title in the list and the checkmark will disappear.


Rearranging Columns

You can rearrange columns in tables by moving them to new locations. Click on a column header and

drag the column to the new location in the table.


1.1.2. Table Settings

To open the Table Settings right click anywhere in the table and select Settings. The Settings dialog

box is displayed as follows.

First tab of the Settings allow you to change view of table. It consists of three parts.

General

When Lock Sorting is enabled you will be unable to change your previous sorting settings.

Show grid - shows grid in panel for better view.

If Autosize option is checked, all columns will be sized automatically so the total width will

be equal to the width of the panel. If disabled, each column will be sized by maximum

length.

Panel name changes the name of the panel.

Font - changes font settings for whole panel. You can also set up font for each concrete

column in Columns Settings.


Colours

Here you are able to set up colours according to your preference. You can click Apply button to see

changes in a panel. To select a new colour, click the corresponding button and select the colour from

the range available.


1.1.3. Columns Settings

With the Columns Settings you can select the columns you want to display, arrange them in a

desired order, and customize each column to the smallest detail.

Note: column customizations apply to the current instance of the panel only, and are stored in the

Workspace or layout. This means that they will be lost if you close the panel, and that you will not be

able to use your customizations in a future session unless you save the Workspace or layout.

To open the Columns Settings, right-click anywhere in the table and select Settings. The Settings

dialog box is displayed as follows:

Displaying and Hiding Columns

The Columns box on the left lists the columns available in the panel. Visible columns have

checkmarks against them. To display or hide a column, click the checkbox to place or uncheck a

checkmark.

Reordering Columns

To reorder columns, click on the column you want to reorder, drag it anywhere you need holding

down the left mouse button.


Configuring Each Column

To configure settings for a particular column:

The Column settings area on the right displays all settings available for the selected column,

arranged in categories.

Select a setting. The cell containing the value becomes editable.

When a setting is set to (none) or Not Set, the column uses the setting that applies to the entire

table. For details on how to change settings for the entire table, see Customizing Tables.

You can select multiple columns simultaneously and configure common settings for them all at once.

To select more than one column, hold down the Ctrl key while clicking the columns. To select a

range, hold down the Shift key and click the first and last columns in the range.

To close the Settings dialog box and apply the changes to the table, click the Apply button.

General

The General category lists the following miscellaneous settings:

Header - the text to display in the column header. To rename the column, type in the new

text.

Resizable - when set to True, the column width can be changed manually. Click the down

arrow and select the new setting from the list.

Font - the font for column values. To change the font, click the down arrow, in the Font

dialog box, select the font, style, size, then click Apply.

Colouring mode - applies to dynamic numeric columns only. When set to None, the cells use

a static background colour. When set to By difference, the cells are highlighted with distinct

colours based on the difference from the previous value. When set to By sign, the highlight

colour depends on whether the value is negative or positive. Click the down arrow and

select the new setting from the list.

Alignment - specifies how the contents are aligned in the cells. Click the setting from the list

that best suits your needs.

Colours

The Colours category lets you choose the colours of cells:

Background colour - the static cell background colour. This setting only applies when

Colouring mode is set to None. To select a new colour, click the down arrow. In the list that

opens, select one of the tabs (Custom, Web, or System), and click the colour you want.

Foreground colour - the static cell foreground colour (text colour). This setting only applies

when Colouring mode is set to None. To select a new colour, click the down arrow. In the list


that opens, select one of the tabs (Custom, Web, or System), and click the colour you want.

Selection backcolour - the background colour for selected cells. To select a new colour, click

the down arrow. In the list that opens, select one of the tabs (Custom, Web, or System), and

click the colour you want.

Selection fore colour - the foreground colour (text colour) for selected cells. To select a new

colour, click the down arrow. In the list that opens, select one of the tabs (Custom, Web, or

System), and click the colour you want.

Header

The Header category contains the settings that define the appearance of the column header:

Font - the header text font. To change the font, click the "..." button; in the Font dialog box,

select the font, style, size and effects, then click OK.

Alignment - specifies how the header text is aligned in the cell. Click the down arrow and

select the new setting from the list.

Background colour - the header cell background colour. To select a new colour, click the

down arrow. In the list that opens, select one of the tabs (Custom, Web, or System), and

click the colour you want.

Foreground colour - the header cell foreground colour (text colour). To select a new colour,

click the down arrow. In the list that opens, select one of the tabs (Custom, Web, or System),

and click the colour you want.

Total

The Total category shows settings for sum line:

Show total - when set to True, the total line will be visible.

Type - specifies the type of total sum. It can be: Sum; Average; Count.

Text - the name of the line.

Font - the total line text font. To change the font, click the "..." button; in the Font dialog

box, select the font, style, size and effects, then click OK.

Alignment - specifies how the text is aligned in the cell. Click the down arrow and select the

new setting from the list.

Background colour - the total cell background colour. To select a new colour, click the down

arrow. In the list that opens, select one of the tabs (Custom, Web, or System), and click the

colour you want.

Foreground colour - the total cell foreground colour (text colour). To select a new colour,

click the down arrow. In the list that opens, select one of the tabs (Custom, Web, or System),


and click the colour you want.

The option is also available to create a custom column with a specified formula calculation.


1.1.4. Filtering Entries

Large tables can be filtered to display only entries matching the specified criteria.

Fast Filtering

To use fast filter, move cursor on column header and click on Filter button. Then fill filter criteria

and press Enter or just click somewhere.

Note: filter criteria could be different for each column.

Filtering Entries by Selection

Filtering by selection is a simple way to limit the number of entries in a panel. To apply a filter,

select the entries you want to be displayed. To select multiple entries, hold down the Ctrl key

and click each entry. To select a range of entries, hold down the Shift key and click the first and

last entries in the range. Then right-click and select Filter > Show Selected. Non-selected entries

will be hidden.

To invert the filter, right-click and select Filter Show Non-Selected.

To remove the filter, right-click and select Filter Show All.

Filter Manager

For conditional filtering, use the Filter Manager to set up filters and turn them on when

necessary.

Note: filters set up in the Filter Manager apply to the current instance of the panel only, and are

stored in the Workspace. This means that they will be lost if you close the panel, and that they

will not last beyond your current session unless you save the Workspace.

To set up a filter:

Right-click in the table you wish to filter and select Filter Manager. The Filter Manager dialog

box will appear

Specify the conditions to be met for not-filtered entries.

Choose the relation: AND/OR


1.1.5. Sorting & Grouping Entries

Sorting

Table data can be sorted by any column. Clicking a column header sorts the data in descending

order. To sort in ascending order, click the header once again. When data is sorted, an arrow

appears in the header showing the sort direction.

Sorting can be locked by right-clicking in the table and selecting View > Lock Sorting. When sorting is

locked, any accidental click on another column header will not alter the sorting order. You can also

sort entries in an arbitrary order by clicking entries and dragging them to new locations in the table.

Grouping

Table entries can be grouped by several columns when the column has the Allow grouping option set

to True in the Columns Settings. The column by which you are grouping entries does not have to be

visible.

To group entries by column, right-click in the table and select Group by > [column name]. For

example, the following diagram shows a snapshot of the Position panel, grouped by the Action

column:

Each group can be collapsed by clicking the grey Grouping bar. When the group is collapsed, the

Grouping bar displays column totals for the group. Clicking the grouping bar again expands the

group. Then Group By option in the Group By menu.

To remove the grouping, right-click in the panel and un-tick Group by.


1.2. Linking Panels

Some panels can be linked together. When panels are linked, selecting an instrument in one of the

panels causes other panels in the group to display information relevant to that instrument. For

example, when you have an Order Entry panel linked to a Watchlist panel, the instrument selected in

the Order Entry panel will be changed to the instrument selected in the Watchlist.

Each link is identified by a colour: grey, red, yellow, green, black, blue, or brown, which means you

can have up to 6 different links in a Workspace.

To enable colour linking, select Settings Workspaces and Layouts, and place a checkmark against Use

colour linking. Now, panels that can be linked will have a link button in their headers, to the left of

the usual window management buttons.

Setting Up Links

To link two or more panels together:

Click the down arrow alongside the Link button in one of the panels you want to link

together.

From the drop-down menu, select one of the colours. The button changes to display the

colour.

Repeat the same procedure for other panels to be linked, selecting the same colour.

You can also link all panels in the Workspace by selecting Link to All.

To unlink a panel from a group, click on the Link button and select Unlink.

Using the Colour Links Toolbar

Using this toolbar, it is possible to change the instrument which is shown by a linked group. First,

select the instrument; if necessary, click the link icon to bring up the Instruments dialog box and

select the instrument. Then click the Link button and select one of the colour links from the drop-

down menu.


All panels in the linked group (here, Red) now display the selected symbol (here, MTN CFD).

Using the Option Link to all

By choosing this option (grey colour) you will link active window to all other windows with any

colours.


1.3. Arranging Panels

You can create your own trading environment by displaying/hiding and rearranging panels and

toolbars.

Default Workspaces can serve as a basis for your new Workspace. To build a Workspace from

scratch, select Environment > New Workspace to get a blank screen. Then, open the panels you

want using the Trading Terminal toolbar and arrange them as described below. When you have

finished setting up, save the results to a file.

Docking and Floating Panels

A panel can be either floating or docked.

A floating panel can be moved freely over the main ProTrader window. By default all panels are

opened as floating.

Docked panels can be arranged into tabbed areas where one or more panels are located on tabs

under another panel.

To dock a floating panel, begin to move it above the main window. Buttons like this one will

appear. Drag the panel into the button to preview its next position.

To float a docked panel just drag and drop it to the place you want.

Creating Tabbed Areas

Creating tabbed groups of panels helps save screen space while having all necessary panels at hand.

To make a panel appear as a tab, drag it over another panel (or tabbed area). symbol will

appear. Drag the rectangle over the circle to see its location highlighted, and release the mouse

button.

1.4. Status Bar and Ribbon

Configuring the Status Bar

The status bar, located at the bottom of the screen, is a quick source of information you can

configure by selecting whatever you want to display.

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The status bar can display (from left to right):

Messages - normally, these are messages from your Broker that welcome you or inform you

that the market is closed. Sometimes, they may be replaced by important announcements,

so it is recommended to keep messages displayed.

News - the news ticker. Double-clicking a news headline displays the full text of the story in a

Web Browser window.

Quotes - the quote ticker. You can choose one or several instruments that will be shown in

Status Bar. Also you can adjust the speed of showing quotes from lowest to highest. If there

is a small list of quotes, they will be shown static.

Account Summary - shows up to three items from your Account Summary panel.

Connection Status - shows a green circle when you are connected to the server, and the

number of messages (quotes, trading requests and responses, etc.) received and sent during

the current session. When disconnected, the circle turns purple.

Date/Time - the current time or date or both date and time.

To select the items you want to display; right-click on the status bar and click on the item to put on

the status bar. To configure the Account Summary display, additionally point to the Account

Summary at the bottom of the menu and place checkmarks against the items you want. In a similar

way you can also configure the Date/Time display.


The Ribbon menu

Environment: Managing workspaces, general, connection settings and options.

Terminal: Access to various panels that allow you to trading, to analyse your trading activity, and

monitor market conditions.

Account: Here you can watch your balance account, close all positions or cancel all orders.

Tools: General lookup, reporting, trading functions, money deposit & exchange and other tools.

Scripts: Here you can create and edit scripts.

Help: Access to user manual, feedback, updates options.

You can choose to maximize the ribbon for easy access or minimize it to optimize the screen for

trading.

To minimize/maximize the ribbon, click the customize button in the Quick Access Toolbar at the top

right of the screen. Choose Maximize the Ribbon to show the ribbon for easy access. Choose

Minimize the Ribbon to hide the ribbon and only show it when you click a ribbon tab.

Quick Access Toolbar

The Quick Access Toolbar at the top left of the screen gives you single-click access to many

ProTrader tools and functions.

You can customize the toolbar so that you can easily access the tools you use most frequently.

To add and remove commands in the Quick Access Toolbar:

Right click your mouse at the Quick Access Toolbar at the top left of the screen.

Choose Customize Quick Access Toolbar. The Customize Quick Access Toolbar opens.

Choose a category from the Choose commands from drop-down list. Customizing the Quick

Access Toolbar

To add a command, in the list on the left, click the command that you want to add and then

click Add.

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To remove a command, in the list on the right, click the command that you want to remove

and then click Remove.

You can also choose to show the toolbar above or below the ribbon by checking or

unchecking the Place Quick Access Toolbar below the Ribbon checkbox.

Click OK.


2. Panels

2.1. Charts

2.1.1. Overview

The Chart is the most useful panel for an active trader. Using a Chart you can view Quotes History,

analyse market patterns and make important decisions.

This section describes Desktop Charts and all functions you can use with them.

Charts have fully customized toolbar. You can change available buttons, change their order or group

in context menus. Based on different settings, the following elements can be available:

Instrument Selection - click it to change the current chart instrument.

Drawing - a toolbar with drawing tools.

Indicator - a field at the bottom for an external indicator.

Time zooming - a bar to navigate around the chart.


Timeframe - to select the required time scale.

Time Period - the period to show in History mode.

Order Entry - shows trading area - a panel similar to the Order Entry panel, but you can

select prices visually. See more in Trading from Charts sections.

Visual Advisors - tool for automatic trading where you can set up conditions at which you

want to trade using visual elements.

Data Info - displays information about current cursor position.

To hide or show elements on Chart, right click on any place in chart and select View - {desire item}.

There are also other varies of Settings for a Chart available in the context menu. You can change

them according to your preference.


2.1.2. Navigation

You can zoom in and out on charts, scroll them horizontally and vertically, change the bar width,

offset the chart, and manually refresh the chart.

Time Frame Selector

To choose the chart time scale, right-click inside the icon and select Interval. Alternatively, click one

of the buttons on the toolbar and watch the Standard time scales:

Time (displayed as BID and ASK lines), 1 Minute , 5 Minute , 15 Minute, Hourly, Daily,

Monthly and Yearly.

Ticks, for which you can set the number of ticks for each bar (33, 55, 99, 133...).

The Price range bars just consider price, the bar does not close at a specific time but closes

when a range is complete, then a new bar opens.

PnF (Points and Figures) - since only price changes are recorded, if no price change occurs

then the chart is left untouched.

Renko charts are price charts with rising and falling diagonal lines of boxes that are either

filled or hollow.

A Kagi chart is created with a series of vertical lines connected by short horizontal lines. The

thickness and direction of the lines is based on the price of the underlying stock or asset.

Three line break charts display a series of vertical boxes that are based on the closing prices.

You can also specify a custom time frame. Click Custom link and choose the type, period and time for

your custom value:


In Edit mode you can adjust each value in each group, add new values or edit the existed ones:

Also you can choose the quantity of bars that you want to see on chart. The period can be: 1 days, 3

days, 5 days, 10 days, etc..

Time Zooming

To zoom in and out of the Chart panel you can use scroll button on your mouse or drag the chart

border in the TimeLine panel using classic scroll:

Using classic scroll the navigation is very simple. Use scroll to move the data on the Chart, links-icons

to zoom in or out, and the arrow-icon to go the last bar. To keep manual time zoom on instrument

change, click icon on the classic scroll.

The View All button on the Chart toolbar fits the chart to show all available data in the panel. You

can also double-click on the TimeLine to achieve the same result.

Double-click one more time to go back to the previous state of the chart. You can use this function


to quickly observe history and go back to trade.

You can specify the number of time periods (bars) to span in the Range field.

Price Zooming

You can zoom in or out of the chart by price scale (vertically). Click on the price axis, and the cursor

will change, drag it up and down to scale the price axis.

Scrolling the Chart

To scroll the chart horizontally, just drag the active section in the TimeLine, or click inside the chart

and drag it there.

For vertical scrolling you need to disable automatic scaling first. To do this click the Use Manual

Zoom button on the chart or the appropriate function in the Settings. You can then scroll the chart

vertically by clicking inside it and dragging it up and down. Use arrow icon to get back quickly and to

view the current period, so as not to miss new quotes.

Offsetting the Chart to the Left

To offset the chart to the left by a specified number of bars or percentage, right-click inside the chart

and select Settings, open Data tab and in the Margin right box enter the desired offset in bars click

OK, or drag the arrow at the top of chart to the desired offset.

Refreshing the Chart

Charts refresh automatically. If however you need to refresh the chart manually, right click inside

Chart to bring up context menu and select Refresh. This will reload the chart data and redraw chart.

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2.1.3. Indicators

A collection of indicators is provided to assist you in technical analysis. If you have your own MQL,

Easy Language or Ninja Script indicators, you are able to add them to the ProTrader platform.

To construct an indicator, right-click anywhere on the chart and select Add Indicator. Choose

Indicator from the list of available and in the [Indicator Name] Settings dialog box, go to the

Appearance tab to specify the indicator parameters. Click OK. Alternatively, you can add Indicators

from toolbox in the top right corner of chart.

To highlight an indicator, move the mouse over the indicator's name.

Indicator Settings

To view and change the settings of indicators, click the Indicator bar and select Indicator Settings.


Visible - toggles the graph visibility on/off. To hide the graph, click the checkbox.

Colour [# of line] - specifies the colour of the graph line or candle outline and the Indicator

Bar. To choose a different colour, click the button and choose the new colour from the

drop-down list. Clicking the button makes indicator invisible.

Line Name [# of line] - specifies the line name used to indicate the line on charts.

Line style [# of line] - specifies the line style used to indicate the line style on charts. To

choose another style, select from the available styles: Line (default), Dot, Dot Line, ISO Dot,

Shaped Dot, Dotted Line, Double Dotted Line, or Histogram.

Line width [# of line] - specifies the line width used to indicate the line width on charts. To

choose another width, select from the available values from 1 px to 10 px.

Time Shift [# of line] - specifies the time shift on bar charts.

Y factor [# of line] - specifies the special Y factor for the indicator.

When done, click OK to apply the changes and close the dialog box.

Defining the Indicator Appearance

When building an indicator, you can specify its line style, width and colour on the Appearance tab of

the [Indicator Name] Settings dialog box. To modify the appearance of the indicator afterwards, click

the Indicator bar and select Indicator Properties. This will bring up the [Indicator Name]

Settings dialog box again to let you both change the appearance and edit the parameters of the

indicator.

Alternatively, to view the settings of the Indicator shown, click the button alongside the Indicator

name in the top left corner.

Hiding and Displaying Indicators

To toggle an Indicator's visibility, click the Indicator bar and check/uncheck the Visible function.

Also to hide/show an indicator, click the eye button alongside the Indicator name in the Indicator

bar.



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Editing Indicators

Script Indicators can be edited directly from the ProTrader platform.

To edit an Indicator, click the Indicator bar and select Edit Script. This will show the Edit window.

After editing, save your changes by clicking the Save button.


2.1.4. Drawing on Chart

A set of graphical tools is available to help you analyse price movements. All of them are accessible

via the chart's shortcut menu and the Drawing toolbar.

The following list of graphical tools with their corresponding toolbar icons is available:

Arrow – is used for arrows

Selection - is used to select a few drawings on the chart

Eraser - is used to delete some drawings from the chart

Snap to candle – Allows you to attach your drawings to candles

Line - may be extended beyond both sides

Vertical Line - you can specify the exact time in Settings

Horizontal Line - you can specify the exact price level in Settings

Triangle – a simple triangle

Rectangle - a simple rectangle

Polygon – a simple polygon



Andrew's Pitchfork - Andrew's channel Polygon - you can set up the number of corners in

Settings

Price channel – Used to draw parallel price channels

Fibonacci Retracement - retracement and price goals

Fibonacci expansion – lines for Fibonacci levels

Fibonacci Arc - arcs with Fibonacci levels


Fibonacci Ellipses – 3 points with Fibonacci levels

Fibonacci Spiral - a spiral with Fibonacci levels as steps

Fibonacci Fans - Fibonacci angles

Fibonacci phi-Channel - Fibonacci levels on a trend line

Fibonacci Time Goal Analysis - you can place time goals

Fibonacci Time Zone - measures useful Fibonacci periods

Gann line – is used to draw Gann lines

Gann fan - is used to draw Gann fans

Gann grid - is used to draw Gann grids

Ruler – draw ruler on chart for analysis

Symbol - graphic symbols to mark levels or event

Comments - a text for remarks

You also can use Ruler to watch the distance between points.

Balloon - adds frame and text to your selected point.

Triangle - a simple triangle and Price Chanel levels on a trend line.

Click any point on the chart to start drawing.

To use a tool:

Right-click inside the chart and select Add Tool > [desired tool] or click the appropriate icon

on the Drawing toolbar.

If the tool requires points to be specified on the chart (e.g. a line requires two points while

Andrew's Pitchfork requires three), you will also need to choose whether you will Stick to

close, Stick to open, Stick to high or Stick to low. This defines which price type you will snap

when specifying points. In Freehand mode, snapping is not enabled. Note that you always

use freehand by default when selecting a tool from the Drawing toolbar.


2.1.5. Trading from Chart

There is an order entry tab linked to your chart. You can place market, limit and stop orders. Send

orders by one click. Just put mouse on price level you need and click to send limit or stop order. To

catch market price use trade buttons that allow to send instantly market order and limit orders at

Bid or Ask price.

Visual Positions

To display your open positions on the chart enable them from Chart Settings. Positions relating to

the current instrument will appear in the chart. The arrows indicate the time when the position was

opened and closed.

You may need to zoom out or scroll vertically to see your visual positions, orders, events, or news.

Alternatively you can set up charts to automatic zoom mode to fit your orders and positions and

indicators.

You can also set up the colours of positions in chart settings.

When you hold the mouse over the line, a tip appears showing the details of the position. Right-

Clicking the line displays a shortcut menu you can use to close the position, close a part of the

position, or set/remove a stop loss/take profit price.

Visual Orders

To display your pending orders on the chart, enable them from chart Settings. Orders are displayed

as lines crossing the price axis at the order price. An arrow indicates the time when the order was

placed.

Stop loss and take profit prices are also displayed on the chart by red and green dotted lines,

respectively.


Right-click the order line to display a shortcut menu you can use to modify the order, cancel the

order, or set/remove a stop loss/take profit price.


2.1.6. Settings

There are eight tabs in the settings window, each is explained below.

Data style

Style - describes price movements of a security, derivative or currency over time. Another

way to choose the chart style, right-click inside the chart and select Style->[desire style]. For

Tick by Tick the only available style is Line.

Data Type - the way to take history data. Available types are: By Bid, By Ask, Bid/Ask

Average, Bid/Ask Max/Min, By Trades and Default by symbol. Based on server settings

Trades or Bid/Ask type can be disabled.

You can change the colours of the body, border, wick, line and solid.


View

Crosshair - When the cursor is tracked, two perpendicular lines appear that follow mouse

movements within the chart, and the exact time that corresponds to the current location of

the cursor is shown on the time axis. Example:

Grid - select options to display in the chart window

Chart toolbar – if un-ticked the toolbar at the top of the chart will be removed.

Scroll bar – if un-ticked the scroll bar at the bottom of the chart will be removed.


Time Scale

Keep time zoom - saves bar's size and scale after changing instrument or period.

Right offset, % - percentage of offset from right-hand side of the chart

Holes in the history - If this option is checked you will be able to see empty bars in the

history as if trading was closed or there were no quotes on market.

Show extended session - If this option is checked you will be able to see the extended quote

and trading sessions

Day separators – If checked it displays a vertical line over the change of days

Week separators – If checked it displays a vertical line over the change of weeks

Month separators – If checked it displays a vertical line over the change of months

Year separators - If checked it displays a vertical line over the change of years


Appearance – allows you to customise the font and colours of your time scale

Price Scale

Scale type – allows you to choose whether to display the price either by price or percentage

change

Zoom (Price Scale) - choose between Manual and Automatic Price scale. In manual mode

you can change the vertical price scale. Automatic mode by default based on visible prices

but it also can fit Indicators, drawings, Orders and today's High/Low prices.

Scale markings – Here you can customise your y-axis grid settings

Scale Ruler - shows you price difference between points on chart.


Appearance – allows you to customize your font and colour of your price scale

Highlight prices – These are the blocks that move up the right of the chart showing where

the bid, ask, or last traded prices are. The colour on these can be customised or removed

Previous close line – This line will display where the previous day’s close price was

Day High/Low lines – These lines will display the high and the low price of the day

Visual Trading

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On Trading tab you can choose to display open positions, orders, and trades in the chart. It will be

displayed in chart as follow:

Chart Order entry

Narrow Order entry – if selected you will see a narrowed version of the chart order entry

panel

Hot buttons – if selected these buttons will be active on your chart order entry window.

These allow you to trade with one touch in fast moving markets


Info window

The info window displays data corresponding to where on the chart you are pointing the mouse

cursor. You can customise what data to display and also drag this window around your chart.

Volume

Volume - select a way to display traded volume. Based on colouring mode, different colour

options can be available. See example bellow:

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Layouts

Save layout – you can save your layout of your chart by clicking the button at the bottom left

of the settings panel. A block will appear where you can enter the name of the layout

Load layout – you can import or export your layouts with layout manager by clicking load

layout at the bottom left of the settings panel

Reset Changes – this will reset all the changes you have make unless the layout has been

saved


2.2. Chat

You can use the Chat panel to contact your broker using instant messaging.

To open a new Chat panel, select Tools > Chat.

For each message sent and received during the session, the Chat panel shows the time the message

was sent or received, the sender and the message text in a dialogue format.

To send a message, type in the field at the bottom of the panel and click send or press enter. The

broker's reply will be added to the panel when received.


2.3. Currencies Exposure

The Currencies Exposure panel shows a summary of the amount of each currency in which you have

open positions. The Amount column shows your total holdings of the currency shown in the

Currency column. The Exposure column convert Amount column to account currency.

To open a new Currencies Exposure panel, select Terminal > Currencies Exposure.


2.4. FX Cell

The FX cell is essentially the Watchlist in Board view. To open the FX Board, select Terminal > FX Cell.

The colour of the board shows the change as compared to the previous quote: red/down if the price

went lower, or blue/up if the price went higher.

In a board-based Watchlist you can quickly place market orders. To view the chart for an instrument,

click the chart icon in the top left corner. To close a board, click the "X" button in the top right

corner.

Note: You can’t display instruments if amount is more than 500.

Please refer to the Watchlist description for further information.


2.5. Market Depth

The Market Depth panel allows traders to view and trade Level II quotes. To open a new Market

Depth go to Terminal – Market Depth.

The Market Depth panel consists of several sections:

Level I section displays only Level I quotes.

Position bar shows the short information about opened positions (quantity, average price,

current profit and loss).

Quick trading bar helps to place Stop or Limit orders as simple as possible. You just need to

choose the offset and click corresponded button. Step option is used to adjust the offset

buttons.

Detail quote section includes the latest quotes data similar to Watchlist panel. But unlike the

Level I quotes, here you can view the whole volume by any price level. On the left side there

are bid volumes and on the right one – ask volumes.

Trades section is similar to Time and Sales panel. Here you can view the latest trades or the


latest trades and quotes.

Order Entry is compact bar similar to Order Entry panel. It can be displayed in two ways: in

shorten view (with buttons and main boxes) and in extended view (with explaining labels for

boxes). Here you can adjust amount, type and TIF of the order, limit and stop price.

The detail quote section is the main part of Market Depth panel, and other bars can be hidden. To

choose the way the panel looks, right click on the panel and go to the contextual menu View. Also

using contextual menu, you can open new panels, adjust the panel’s settings (colour, font, visibility,

etc.), export data and choose the mode for Market Depth panel. There we have two modes:

Standard view, which is described on the screenshot above, and Ladder view.

In Ladder view there is one price column for both bids and asks, and table is sorted by price. That’s

why asks are always on the top and bids are at the bottom.

In the detail quote section offers with equal process are grouped with one colour. There are five

available colour groups. The quotes with best prices are placed on the top and regrouped each time

the new quote is coming.

The detail quote section is displayed as a table with the following columns:

MPID (market participant ID) – ECN or exchange, where the orders are set.

Price – buy or sell price from the closest one (the highest bid and the lowest ask) till lower

bids and higher ask.

Size – the volume being offered to purchase at a specified bid price or to sell at specified ask

price.

Time – the time of offer.

Avg price – the price with slippage that appears because of low liquidity.

Total Volume – the aggregated traded volume.

Source – ECN or exchange, where the orders are set. This field is similar to MPID, but it has

another representation on the server.

Order – order number of this current price.

Volume – the number of lots that are traded on market during given period.


2.6. Order Book

The Order Book panel lists system actions related to your orders, both which are open and close

orders (SL/TP): creation, modification, removal, and execution.

To open new Order Book panel, select Trading Terminal > Order Book.

Use the Data Coverage drop-down menu to see more data and go deeper into the history.

For each order, the following information is available:

Account - account name

Instrument - shows you the trading instrument the trade has been made with

Action - trade action (Buy/Sell)

Event - last event identifier (Executing, Creating, Modifying)

Order ID - identifier of the order. In case of open position, Order ID coincides with Position

Number in Positions panel and Order ID in Trades panel. In case of position closing, it

coincides with Order ID in Trades panel.

Type - type of the order (Limit, Market, Stop)

Price - order price at which the sale fills

Quantity - order amount

Remote ID -order number as defined by the destination sent

Time - time when the order was placed

Date - date when the order was placed

TIF - the order's time in force (Day, GTC, IOC)

Trader ID - last person who modify the order

Stop Price - stop price for order

Login - current login using for connection

Instrument Type - type of trading instrument (spot, futures, option...)


2.7. Order Entry

The Order Entry panel is where you place market orders or pending orders. To open the Order Entry

panel select Terminal > Order Entry. Also you can use Order Entry panel from Chart.

Account - you can change the account if you want.

Symbol selects available instrument for trading.

Order Type - it can be Market, Limit, Stop, OCO, Stop Limit, Trail. Stop, Manual.

o A Market order guarantees execution, and it often has low commissions due to the

minimal work brokers need to do.

o A Limit order placed with a brokerage to buy or sell a set number of shares at a

specified price or better.


o A Stop order placed to buy or sell a security when its price surpasses a particular

point, thus ensuring a greater probability of achieving a predetermined entry or exit

price, limiting the investor's loss or locking in his or her profit.

o OCO is an order stipulating that if one part of the order is executed, then the other

part is automatically cancelled.

o A stop-limit order will be executed at a specified price (or better) after a given stop

price has been reached. Once the stop price is reached, the stop-limit order

becomes a limit order to buy (or sell) at the limit price or better.

o A "Sell" trailing stop order sets the stop price at a fixed amount below the market

price with an attached "trailing" amount. As the market price rises, the stop price

rises by the trail amount, but if the stock price falls, the stop loss price doesn't

change, and a market order is submitted when the stop price is hit. "Buy" trailing

stop orders are the mirror image of sell trailing stop orders. This functionality is only

available on offshore instruments, due to the nature of local instruments please

refrain from using it locally.

o Manual executions tend to be slower than automatic ones, in which trades are

inputted quickly and often in real time, thus giving investors a time advantage.

TIF - Time-in-force options allow traders to be more specific about the time parameters in

which an order is activated. This is especially important for active traders. It can be Day, GTC

or IOC.

o A Day order, as the name implies, is valid for the current trading day.

o Good till cancelled orders, on the other hand, will remain alive until they are

cancelled or filled.

o IOC (Immediate or Cancel Order) - an order requiring that all or part of the order be

executed immediately after it has been brought to the market.

Risks - you can set price for Stop Loss or/and for Take Profit. If you need, you can use Set

Trailing Stop. Using a Trailing Stop allows you to let profits run while cutting losses at the

same time.

Initial Margin - minimum account balance required to open the position you are requesting.

Maintenance Margin - minimum account balance required to keep this position open.

Option Margin will show you Initial Margin and Maintenance Margin and Option Swaps will

show you swaps for positions that you want to open.

Risk details – This is a new panel added to the order entry window. It gives you more

information about your account and the risks involved when entering into a specific trade.

o Balance – This is the current balance of your trading account


o Available funds – this is made up of balance - used margin +/- gross profit/loss

o Margin available – this is the amount of margin you have available to enter new

positions or orders

o Init. Margin – This is the margin required for you to create the new position or order

o Maint. Margin – This is the margin required for you to maintain the new position

o Impact on portfolio – this is the amount that will affect your margin excluding

spread

o After trade funds – this is the total when the amount of “impact on portfolio” is

subtracted from the available funds

o Spread init loss – the initial loss due to the spread of the instrument

Fees ZAR – This section give details of fees in a ZAR value

Today results – This section gives details of your daily closed trades. The gross P/L, net P/L,

fees and amount of trades

Refresh margin reg. – by clicking here you can refresh the amounts in the risk panel


2.8. Blotter (Positions, Trades, Orders, Order Book)

The Blotter panel can have various tabs that list data regarding your positions, orders, trades, or

order book …

Positions

The Positions panel lists all the positions you currently have open. Every new position opened will

appear in this panel immediately.

To open a new Positions panel, select Terminal > Positions.

Trades (Filled orders)

The Positions panel lists all the positions you currently have open. Every new position opened will

appear in this panel immediately.

To open the Trades panel select Terminal > Trades.

Orders

The Orders panel lists your pending orders.

To open a new Orders panel, select Terminal > Orders.

The Orders panel can either display only your open orders (i.e. orders you have placed to open new

positions) or both open and closed (i.e. both stop loss and take profit) orders. To display closed

orders, right-click and select Show Close Orders (SL/TP) at the top of the shortcut menu.

Order Book

The Order Book panel lists system actions related to your orders, both which are open and close

orders (SL/TP): creation, modification, removal, and execution.

To open new Order Book panel, select Trading Terminal > Order Book.

The following information is available:

Instrument - the name of the instrument traded/ordered.


Action - the operation with which the position/order was opened (BUY or SELL).

Quantity - the value of the position/order, either in lots or in units, depending on what is

selected in the Settings dialog box.

Basis - the price at which the position/order was opened.

Current price - the market price obtainable from your broker.

SL - the Stop Loss price set for the position/order, if any.

TP - the Take Profit price set for the position/order, if any.

Unrealized Profit/Loss - the profit/loss in your account currency, calculated based on the

current broker's price (note: it shows the profit/loss you would make if you close the

position at the current price).

Commissions - the size of commissions.

Account - the login name of the account that opened the position/order.

Position# - a unique number that the trading system assigns to each position.

Date/Time - the date and time the position/order was opened.

Amount - amount of trade on position/order.

Amount Exp1 and Amount Exp2 - exposition of first and second currency (for Forex)

Amount Exp1 - the amount of trade in base currency terms.

Amount Exp2 - the amount of trade in counter currency terms.

Amount Exp1/close - the amount required to close a position, in base currency terms (i.e.

the inverse of Amount Exp1).

Amount Exp2/close - the amount required to close a position, in counter currency terms.

Profit Exp2 - the profit/loss in secondary currency, calculated based on the current broker's

price (note: it shows the profit/loss you would make if you close the position at the current

price).

Swaps - the amounts collected/paid out by your broker when a position is rolled over to a

new value date.

Exposure - your exposure on a position, in the account currency.

Instrument type - market/category of the instrument (CFD, spot, stocks, etc.)

Parent Position ID - identification number of parent position in Master account


Route- liquidity provider for trading

Login - login of the user

Margin Used - margin used for opened position

Net P/L - summary profit/losses for a day for each instrument

P/L, ticks - profit/losses in ticks.

Trade ID - identifier of trade

Order ID - identifier of the order. In case of open position, Order ID coincides with Position

Number in Positions panel and Order Number in Order Book panel. In case of position

closing, it coincides with Order Number in Order Book panel.

Price - shows the price at which the trade/sale fills

Realized profit/loss - profit/loss of the trade in account currency

Time - last update time

External ID - identifier of trade on external route

Date - date when the operation was executed

Purchase price - the total sum of funds used for this operation

Exchange - the type of exchange

Order type - type of order creation

Instrument type - the category of trading instruments (spot, CFD, futures, etc.)

Type - type of the order (Limit, Market, Stop)

Qty. Filled - the executed quantity of the order when only part of the order is executed.

Qty. Remaining - the difference between quantity and executed quantity when only part of

the order is executed.

Bound to (OCO) - the ID of the order which this order is bound to; if it is executed, the

system cancels the current one.

Instrument description - comments on the instrument.

Stop Price - stop price for special stop order

Event - last event identifier (Executing, Creating, Modifying)

Some columns are not visible by default. To display additional columns, right-click any of the column

headers and click the title of the column you want in the shortcut menu. Use the same procedure to


hide the columns you do not need, or use the Columns Manager to select the columns to display and

configure them.

What You Can Do in the Positions, Trades, Orders, and Order Book Panels

Right-clicking on the Positions, Trades, Orders, and Order Book panels displays a shortcut menu you

can use to modify the order/position, or cancel a single order/position or all orders/positions in an

instrument or in account.

You can also link these panels to other panels.


2.9. Watchlist

The Watchlist panel displays real-time market data for each instrument available from your broker.

To open a new Watchlist panel, select Terminal > Watchlist.

If the new price or volume received is higher than the previous one, then the cell is highlighted in

green; if the value goes lower, the cell is highlighted in red. You can customize these colours.

For each instrument, the following information is available:

Instrument - the name of the instrument traded.

Market - Route name (exchange, market).

Company - instrument description (company name, type).

Last - last trade price.

Last Size - last trade volume.

Date - last update date.

Time - last update time.

Volume - total amount traded today.


Bid - last best bid price.

Bid size - volume of inside bid.

Ask - last best ask price.

Ask size - volume of inside ask.

Change - price change from current day's opening price.

Change % - price change from current day's opening price in percentage.

Open - day open price.

High - day highest price.

Low - day lowest price.

Prev Close - previous day close price.

Lot size - one lot size.

Expiry Date - day of expiration (for options).

Quantity - order amount (for buy/sell action). You can change this value directly in Watchlist.

Default quantity you may set here.

Tick - last trade ("v" - price is down, "^" - price is up, "=" - price don't change).

Trade and Trend - trades trend history.

Spread - change for current price (Ask-Bid)

Sell/Buy - sell/buy Quantity at market with default expiration. Default expiration you may set

here.

Description - description for instrument.

Instr. Type - instrument type (market/category).

Market Cap. - market capacity. Shows the issued shares.

Last update - last data update.

Range - the difference between the expected fill price and actual fill price.

By default Watchlist could be autofilled by All instruments or may be empty. You can change default

condition in Panel Settings.

What You Can Do with Watchlist

Right-clicking on the Watchlist displays a shortcut menu you can use to remove instruments from

the Watchlist, add new instruments to the Watchlist, add an instrument to favourites, export or


import instruments to and from files.

Also, after right-clicking you can set up parameters for viewing such as colour, font, etc.; set up a

filter to show only special instruments. You can also export the Watchlist to Excel, create a snapshot

or simply print it. The Group by option allows grouping instruments by Market, Lot size and/or

Instrument Type. With the Columns manager you can set up the displayed columns and customize

them. You can also add new Table Alerts (a special instruction that is executed after an event).

Instruments on Stock Markets

There are a lot of instruments on the stock market, so your trading application will load only some of

the main ones. You can add other instruments manually which are important to you. Right-click on

any row in the Watchlist and select Add instruments. Type in the instrument name or select it from

the list of available instruments. Press the OK button and the new instrument will be added to the

Watchlist.

Detail View

The Watchlist panel is also available in detail view to show complete information about an

instrument.

Select an instrument in the Instrument list to view. You can also use instrument lookup by clicking

the Instrument Lookup button.


2.10. Time and Sales

The Time and Sales panel lists sales operation on market.

To open the Time and Sales panel select Terminal > Time and Sales.

The panel is duplicated in Market Depth with the difference that Time and Sales panel shows

operations for all instrument.

Information updates from the moment of starting the panel.

You can view only trades or trades and quotes by selected symbol. To make quotes visible check

Show Quotes option from contextual menu. To show only trades, uncheck this option.

Also in contextual menu the following features are available:

Clear Table - deletes all quotes and trades from the panel.

Show toolbar - shows/hides the panel's toolbar with Instrument Lookup.

New - brings several other panels such as Order Entry, Trades, etc.

Filter - filters the rows in table.

Export - is used to save data from Time and Sales panel and then print it, convert to HTML,


Excel or PDF format, send by email, etc.

Table Alerts - brings the Table Alerts panel.

Settings - brings the tab with Time and Sales panel's options.

For each sale, the following information is available:

Symbol - shows the trading instrument the sale has been made with.

Time - time of the sale.

Price - shows the price at which the sale fills.

Size - size of the sale.

MPID- shows the exchange market of the sale.

Instr. type - shows the type of instrument.

Bid/Ask - shows Bid and Ask prices.

Bid*Ask Size - traded Bid*Ask volume.


2.11. Instruments Lookup

The Instruments lookup shows the list of instruments available from your Broker.

To open a new Instruments panel, right click in the watchlist and click add symbol

When working with a large number of instruments, consider adding the ones you use most often to

the Watchlist or select them in the Order Entry panel. Please be mindful that the more instruments

you add, the more the data you pull through your platform. This could slow down your platform

depending on your internet bandwidth.

To quickly collapse/expand the tree of instruments, click the and buttons at the

bottom left of the menu.

To search for instruments, type in a part of the instrument's name and the list will be updated

according to your search criteria. In the All exchanges field, enter the name or part of name of the

market and only instruments from these markets will be shown.


3. Trading

3.1. Closing a Position Partially

You can close a part of a position, provided the amount of the position is larger than the minimum

trade amount allowed.

To close a position partially:

Select the position to close in the Positions panel.

Right-click and select Close. The Close Position dialog box appears :

You can choose the quantity to close in the block supplied as long as it isn’t less than the

minimum trade amount. Once you are happy click the close button

Click OK, and a message is displayed asking you to confirm the trade. Click OK again and the

request will be sent to the market at the current price.

To avoid these messages showing up, select Environment > Settings. In the Trading Defaults section,

select Confirmation and uncheck the checkmark in the Confirm order placement checkbox.

After the trade is executed, a server report will be displayed, and the position will be replaced by the

new position of a smaller-amount. If the position cannot be closed, you will receive a rejection

message indicating why the trade was not completed.


3.2. Modifying a Pending Order

To modify a pending order, right-click on it in the Orders panel and select Modify Order. Only

pending orders can be modified. If using Board view, click Modify in the order's cell. This brings up

the Modify Order dialog box:

Use the editable boxes to change the amount, order price, time in force, and the OCO order. To

specify a new order price, use the Price field; the Market price [instrument name] field shows the

current market price available when you opened the dialog box. To update the price, click modify

when done.

You can also apply a Stop Loss for the existing order. For a Stop Loss check the Stop Loss checkbox. In

the field next to stop loss you can enter the price you would like your stop loss to trigger at. Below it

also shows you what your loss will approximate to.

You can also apply a Take Profit for the existing order. For a take profit check the take profit

checkbox. In the field next to take profit you can enter the price you would like your take profit to

trigger at. Below it also shows you what your profit will approximate to.

After the request is processed, a server report is displayed, and the order's details are updated.

To avoid the confirmation message coming up, select Environment -> Settings. In the Confirmation

section, select Order entry defaults and uncheck the checkmark from the Confirm order modification


checkbox.

Please note that stop losses and take profits aren’t guaranteed. Once your price has been reached

your order will be trigger and you will be filled with the best possible price available.


4. Account

4.1. Account Details

o Balance – This is the current balance of your trading account

o Projected balance – this is the balance +/- your floating profit/loss

o Available funds – this is made up of balance - used margin +/- gross profit/loss

o Withdrawal available – These are the funds you can withdraw from your account.

Please factor in if you have open positions, if you withdraw too much you might

battle to keep them running if the market turns against you. Funds available is

calculated by balance - margin used

o Margin used – this is the margin you have used in order to open your current

positions

o Margin used, % - is the percent of your account is utilised in margin. This is

calculated by dividing your margin used by your projected balance.

o Risk level, % - this is the level of risk that you portfolio is running on. This is


calculated on your total maint.Req. divided by your balance.

o Margin available – this is the amount of margin you have available to enter new

positions or orders

o Margin warning level – when your margin used on your account reaches 70% you

will get a message on the platform for this. You can either close positions or deposit

more funds to free up margin.

o Warning margin – is the amount of margin available when your margin level has

reached 70%.

o Total maint. Req. – this is the amount of margin you need to maintain your current

positions.

o Open gross P/L – your gross profit/loss on your current open positions

o Open net P/L – your nett profit/loss on your open positions, which is your gross P/L

less expenses and commissions outstanding

o Today’s gross – The total gross Profit/Loss closed for the day

o Today’s net – The total nett Profit/Loss closed for the day

o Today’s fees – Total fees on the closed trades for the day

o Today’s volume – volume of trades for the day

o Today’s rebates – total rebates for the day

o Trading status – Shows if the user is active or not

o Trading on pre/post markets – enabled or disabled

o Allow overnight trading – enabled or disabled

o Account – The account that you are trading/viewing

o Account mode – Whether you are on the live or demo version of the platform


4.2. Reports

You can view and print reports of your account activities. Go to Account and select Reports. The

window below appears:

Click Show advanced criteria for more search settings.

To get a report in the current window, press the Get Report button. There are two alternative ways

to get a report. In the first, the report will open in the current window (default). In the second, the

report will open in a new window.

In this window you can change the Report type. In the Parameters of report section, you may choose

the report by user or by user group. For a user you can specify one account or all accounts. When By

instrument is checked, you can make reports for one specified instrument only. By default, reports

include all instruments.

You can get reports in three presentation types:

HTML - a simple table in HTML format (used on the web and is very popular).

Excel - create an external file in Excel format (.xls).

PDF – create an external file in PDF format

Print – send the report directly to your printer

Note that the printer setup windows for HTML and Table presentations look different.

The full list of reports available for trader and broker is the following:


Account performance report

Shows next parameters for your account and specific period of time: Gross P/L, Net P/L, Trade

volume, Commission, Spread, Swap, Balance

Account Statement Report

Shows a detailed statement (balance, available funds, margin used, margin available, margin

warning, maintenance margin, risk level, withdrawal available, current margin %, realised profit/loss,

etc.) for an account(s).

Open Positions Report

Shows all positions currently open.

Trades Report

Shows the trades that you have executed during the time you have specified

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