TRADING PLATFORM INFORMATIONS

Quick Start Guide

Log In

To log into ActTrader, select the Login tab on the application launcher, enter your username, password, account type, and language, and click Login.

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• Preview

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• Loader Settings

Windows Vista Compatibility

ActTrader is completely compatible with Windows Vista. To avoid potential problems, however, make sure you run ActTrader as the administrator.

(Right-click on the program file, and then click “Run as administrator”.)

View Dealing Rates

You can view dealing rates in the Dealing Rates window. If you can’t see the Dealing Rates window, click the Windows tab on the FXVoyager toolbar and click the Dealing Rates button.

Make a Trade

The quickest way to make a trade is to click the Sell or Buy buttons under the Home tab of the FXVoyager toolbar. (You can also click on a rate in the Dealing Rates window.)

From the Home tab, you can also open a chart, subscribe to instruments, load a desktop profile, or launch an algorithmic trading strategy.

Choose the instrument and the order amount in the dialog box, and click OK to submit the market order.

Once the position is opened, it will appear in the Open Positions window.

Set a Stop or Limit order

To set a Stop or Limit order, open the Trade tab of the FXVoyager toolbar, and click the Stop or Limit button.

Choose your position from the dialog box and click OK to set the order.

Close a Position

On the FXVoyager toolbar, click the Close Position button under the Trade tab. A dialog will appear containing a list of currently open positions. Select the position you wish to close, and click OK. The Close Position dialog will appear. (You can also right-click on the position line in the Open Positions window, and select Close Position from the menu. The Close Position dialog will appear.)

Click OK to close the position.

Please see the full Trading Guide section for information on:

• Subscribing to Trading Instruments

• Opening Positions

• Stop and Limit Orders

• Closing/Hedging Positions

• Entry Orders

• OCO Orders

• One-Click Trading

• Price Alerts

• Monitoring your Account(s)

Also, read about:

• Configuring your workspace

• Charts

• ActFX (Algorithmic Trading)

• Windows and Commands

• Settings

Preview Mode

Register

Loader Settings

Configuring your workspace

Open and arrange windows

Create multiple workspaces

Tabbed Windows

It is possible to group multiple windows into a single, tabbed window.

Placing one window inside another

To place Window A inside Window B:

1) Move the cursor over the header of Window A. Right-click on the header, and hold down the right mouse button.

2) While holding down the right mouse button, drag Window A across the screen. The window itself will remain in place; you will be dragging a gray outline of the window.

3) While still holding the right mouse button, position the cursor in the center of Window B. The gray outline will become smaller and “snap” into the center of Window B. This indicates that Window A is ready to be dropped into Window B.

4) Release the mouse button. Windows A and B are now grouped into one window, with Window A on top. Use the tabs to toggle between the windows. The header of the tabbed window will display the word “Tabs”, followed by the name of the currently selected window.

You may combine an unlimited number of windows into one tabbed window. If the width of all the tabs exceeds the width of the window, two arrows will appear next to the tabs, allowing you to scroll them horizontally.

2. Removing an individual window from a tabbed window

There are two ways to remove a window from a tabbed group window:

1) Click on the red X button of the window’s tab. This will close the selected window.

-OR-

2) Right-click on the window’s tab, and drag it outside the window. A gray window outline will appear. Release the mouse button. The window will move out of the tabbed group and become a standalone window.

3. Changing tab location

The tabs can be configured to appear on either the top or the bottom of the tabbed window. Right-click on any tab, and then select Top or Bottom from the pop-up menu.

4. Window functionality

Windows’ functionality is not affected in any way as a result of their being grouped into a tabbed window.

Note1: If you close the main tabbed window, all the individual windows within it will also be closed.

Note2: The following windows cannot be tabbed windows (i.e. cannot be inserted into other windows nor have other windows inserted into them): Dealing Rates window, Individual Dealing Rates window, HTML content windows.

Undock Windows

Quickly find open windows

Profiles

Minimize Windows

FXVoyager

Application Button

Home Tab

View Tab

Trade Tab

Forwards Tab

Options Tab

Binary Options Tab

Windows Tab

Charts Tab

ActFX Tab

FXApps Tab

Help Tab

Trading Guide

Subscribe to Trading Instruments

Open a New Position (Market Order)

Predefined Stop and Limit orders

Market order for managed accounts

Additional managed account order options

Rejected Market Orders

Stop and Limit Orders

Close and Hedge Positions

Entry Orders

Trailing Entry orders

Predefined Stop/Limit

OCO Orders

Creating OCO pair from scratch

Creating a new Entry order as an OCO to an existing Entry order

Binding two existing Entry orders into an OCO pair

Unbinding OCO orders

Trailing Entry orders

One-Click Trading

Price Alerts

Setting Price Alerts

Setting Chart Alerts

Viewing, Editing, and Removing Price Alerts

Triggered Price Alerts

Changing Audio Alert Setting

Trading from Charts

Monitor your Account(s)

View Closed Positions

Managed Accounts

Options Trading

Forward Trading

Binary Options Trading

Types of Charts

Create New Chart

Chart Toolbar

Trading From Charts

Saving Charts and Chart Templates

Chart Sidebar

Manipulating the Chart View

Technical Indicators

Highlight in different kinds of charts
Candle chart	Bar chart	Line chart

Chart Objects

Actions with Chart Objects

Reason	Message
Different instrument	You cannot paste objects to a chart with different instrument
A chart object lies in the different timeframe	The object(s) cannot be pasted into this chart, because it lies outside of the timeframe of this chart

	Indicators	Manually plotted objects
Copying/Linking to a chart with the same instrument and time interval	YES	YES
Copying to a chart with a different instrument and the same time interval	YES	NO
Copying to a chart with a different time interval and the same instrument	YES	YES – only if the chart includes the timeframe in which the object is plotted
Linking to a chart with a different instrument	YES	NO
Linking to a chart with a different time interval	YES	YES – the object will be displayed only if the chart includes the timeframe in which the object is plotted

Chart Settings

Dealing Rates window

The Dealing Rates window displays current rates as provided by the dealing desk for each instrument. By default the arrangement of instruments in this window is the same as in the in the Instruments window. However you can modify the list of instruments in several ways.

Rearranging: It is possible to change the arrangement of instruments in the Dealing Rates window by clicking and dragging the instruments. Position the mouse over the instrument name. When the cursor turns to , click and drag the instrument.

Removing: If you drag an instrument from the Dealing Rates window outside the window boundary and release the cursor, the instrument will be removed from the Dealing Rates window and opened as an Individual Dealing Rate window.

Cloning: You can Ctrl+click on an instrument in the Dealing Rates window and drag it outside the window. This will open an Individual Dealing Rate window for that instrument without removing the instrument from the Dealing Rates window.

Resizing: When the Dealing Rates window is resized, the size of the individual dealing rates within the window will automatically adjust to the new size of the window. The number of columns in the Dealing Rates window is set in the window settings, and remains fixed regardless of the size of the window.

Note: The Bid/Ask buttons and the instrument header have a fixed height, but not a fixed width. The tick charts do not have a fixed size.

Right click menu

To access this menu, right-click on an instrument in the Dealing Rates window.

Menu commands:

Individual Dealing Rate window

Opens an Individual Dealing Rate window for the clicked instrument.

Note: This window may have extra options, depending on the “One Click Trading” setting.

Open Chart

Opens the Charting tool. The instrument on which you clicked will be preselected.

Price Alert

Allows you to set a Price Alert for the selected instrument.

Read about Price Alerts

Instrument Catalog

Opens the Instrument Catalog.

Market Order

Allows you to place a market order.

Entry Stop, Entry Limit Order

Allows you to place Entry Stop and Entry Limit orders.

Entry OCO

This option allows you to create an OCO (One Cancels the Other) pair of Entry orders on this instrument.

Unsubscribe Instrument

This command will unsubscribe you from the selected instrument.

A confirmation pop-up will appear.

Note: You cannot unsubscribe from an instrument if you have any open positions/orders on that instrument.

If you have any open charts with the instrument selected, the charts will be automatically closed, after you confirm the following message:

After unsubscribing from an instrument, that instrument will no longer appear in any windows/charts. You will not receive a feed for that instrument.

Why unsubscribe?

The ability to unsubscribe from instruments allows you to customize your trading application to only show the instruments you are interested in trading. This way you can reduce interface clutter and in some cases improve performance.

Preferences

Settings

Allows you to change settings and modify window appearance.

This window allows you to hide/unhide different instruments, as well as sort them alphabetically, by default, or in custom order. (To sort instruments in custom order please set sort type to “Custom” and use the up and down arrows in the window interface to change the order of individual instruments).

To search for instruments,enter one or more characters of the instrument name in the Find Instrument box and click the up/down arrows to toggle through the results. Note that you can only search inside one box at a time. Click inside a box (Invisible Instruments or Visible Instruments) to select that box’s instruments for searching. The name of the selected box will be highlighted.

Font

Allows you to change the window’s font.

Refresh

Refreshes window content.

Dealing Rates Table window

The Dealing Rates Table window is a simplified replica of Dealing Rates window. It displays executable rates as provided by the dealing desk.

Pop-up menu 1

To access this menu, right-click on a column header in the Dealing Rates Table window.

Menu commands:

Columns

Find Instrument

Open Chart

Preferences

Refresh

Pop-up menu 2

To access this menu, right-click on a record within the Dealing Rates Table window. Commands that are available in this menu are identical to those in the Dealing Rates window pop-up menu.

Individual Dealing Rate windows

Orders window

The Orders window displays information on all Market, Entry, Stop, Limit, and Margin Call orders. It also allows you to change order rates, remove Market and non-triggered Entry Stop, Entry Limit, Stop and Limit orders, and set Stop/Limit conditions on existing Entry Orders.

Orders Window Columns

Account

Account number

InstrT Displays type of instrument (type to which instrument belongs). Appears depending on your system configuration.

Owner

For trading and testing accounts: last name or login of the account money owner

For managed accounts: Trader’s last name or login

Order

Order number

Ticket

Ticket number for the existing open position. If there is no open position associated with the order, the “Ticket” field will be empty. The ticket number is not the same as order number.

Ticket Rate

For orders to close an existing position, the Ticket Rate column shows the rate at which the parent position was opened.

Type of order:

I – (Initiating) Market order aimed at opening a position – white background (proximity cell is highlighted in green)

J – Initiating order with insufficient usable margin to activate – grey background

C – Market order aimed at closing of a position – white background (proximity cell is highlighted in green)

M – Close order initiated by margin call event – coral background

F (Failed)- entry order with insufficient usable margin for execution: Entry order triggered, account did not have sufficient usable margin to execute the Entry order

SF (Stop Failed) – stop order failed to execute as a result of Margin Call on account: Stop order triggered when account was in Margin Call

LF – (Limit Failed)- limit order failed to execute as a result of Margin Call on account: Limit order triggered when account was in Margin Call

R – Temporary state; rejected (re-priced) I order

T – Temporary state; rejected (re-priced) C order

All the above orders are displayed on grey background, like J orders.

S – Stop order

L – Limit order

ES – Entry Stop order

EL – Entry Limit order

Not triggered – white background

Not triggered but within imminent distance – white background (proximity cell is highlighted in yellow)

Triggered – white background (proximity cell is highlighted in green)

Instrument

Instrument name

Lot

Order amount measured in lots

Amt,K

Order amount in contract currency measured in thousands (Amt,K = number of lots \* contract size/1000)

B/S

B=Buy order; S=Sell order

Bid

Order rate

•shown in black if the order is to enter the market

•shown in red if the order is to exit the market

Ask

Order rate

•shown in black if the order is to enter the market

•shown in red if the order is to exit the market

Proximity

Shows how many pips the order rate is away from the market rate.

Note: Proximity column for I, C and triggered ES, EL, L, S orders shows “pending”.

For M orders Proximity column is empty.

Tr.Stop (Trailing Stop)

Indicates the Trailing Stop Distance (in pips).

Trailing Stop works as follows: If the market price moves UP for a Buy position/DOWN for a Sell position, then the Trailing Stop moves with the market price, following it at the pre-set distance. If the market price moves DOWN for a Buy position/UP for a Sell position, then the Trailing Stop remains fixed and, if the market price reaches the Trailing Stop price, the order will be executed.

Predef. Stop

Shows the predefined Stop order for the entry order. This pre-set Stop will become an actual Stop Order after the parent Entry Order is triggered and executed.

Predef. Limit

Shows the predefined limit for the entry order. This pre-set limit will become an actual Limit after the parent Entry Order is triggered and executed.

OCO

If this order is part of an OCO pair, this field displays the number of the other order in the pair.

Created By

Shows which of the following was responsible for the creation of the order:

•Order was created manually by a trader. (The “Created By” column will be empty.)

•Order was created by a strategy. (The “Created By” column will display the name of the strategy).

Time

Time of order generation

Comment

Shows comments created by a trader on orders.

Shows comments created by a trader on open positions.

Trade ID Shows Trade ID, an identifier assigned to every new position at the moment of position opening, in the same way as is the ticket ID.

Note: You can select which columns appear in the Orders window. Right-click on the header, select Columns, select Customize, and check the check boxes next to the columns that you want to appear in the Orders window.

Pop-up menu 1

To access this menu, right-click on a column header in the Orders window.

Menu commands:

Columns

Set width to fit data

Readjust columns’ width to fit data.

Customize

Brings up the ‘Customize Columns’ dialog, where you can choose which columns are visible (checked) and which are hidden (unchecked). You can also drag and drop individual columns to organize them in custom order. Clicking the Default button will return the columns to their default order. Click OK to save your changes, or click Cancel to discard your changes and close the dialog.

Default Sorting

Restores default sorting order for columns. (The default sorting refers to the default way in which records in the window are sorted; this does NOT refer to the order in which the columns appear.)

Preferences

SettingsAllows you to change settings and modify window appearance.

See more details

Font

Allows you to change the window’s font.

See more details.

Color

Allows you to change the window’s background.

See more details.

Date/Time

Allows you to change the format in which date/time are shown in the window.

See more details.

Export Data to Excel

This command allows you to export Orders window data into an Excel spreadsheet.

You will be able to save the data into a folder of your choice as an XLS file:

Open the file in Excel to view the data:

Refresh

Refreshes window content.

Pop-up menu 2

To access this menu, right-click on a record within the Orders window.

Menu commands:

Modify Order

Enables you to change the amount and/or rate of an already placed Entry Order.

Right-click within the order record and select Modify Order. A dialog box will appear:

Note: This option becomes unavailable on Entry orders that are already triggered.

OCO Link

The OCO Link commands allow you to bind and unbind Entry orders into OCO pairs. You can set an OCO Link to an existing Entry order, set an OCO Link to a new Entry order, or unbind the Entry order, if it is already part of an OCO pair.

Set to Existing Order

This command is only available if you have selected an Entry order. It allows you to bind this Entry order into an OCO pair with another, existing Entry order.

The dialog box will appear:

If there are existing OCO linkable orders, they will be listed in the drop-down box.

If the original order is already part of an OCO pair, the dialog box will contain a warning:

Remember, there are limitations on the types of orders that can be part of an OCO pair.

Set To New Order

This command is only available if you have selected an Entry order. It allows you to create a new Entry order as an OCO to the Entry order you have selected.

The Entry Order dialog box will appear:

The “Create as OCO for order” check box will be checked. The order on which you clicked will be automatically selected. All other orders which can be OCO pairs with the new order are also available in the drop-down box.

In either case, if you try to bind a new Entry order to an existing Entry order that is already part of an OCO pair, the system will display a warning:

Remember, there are limitations on the types of orders that can be part of an OCO pair.

Unbind OCO

This command is only available if you have selected an Entry order that is already part of an OCO pair. It will unbind this order from its OCO partner order.

You will receive a confirmation pop-up:

Click OK to unbind the orders.

Remove Order

Allows you to remove market (I and C) and not-triggered conditional orders. Right-click within the order record and select Remove Order. The confirmation dialog box will appear.

Press OK. The order will be removed.

Note: To remove several orders at once, hold CTRL while selecting them.

Stop/Limit

Allows you to set a stop and/or limit conditions on the entry order. Right-click anywhere within the order record and choose Stop or Limit from the pull-down menu. The Stop/Limit dialog box will appear:

Enter the rate and press OK. The Stop/Limit rate will appear in the corresponding column of the order record.

In addition to the ‘Rate’ entry box, the Stop and Limit dialog boxes include the entry boxes: ‘Distance in pips’ and ‘Projected PL’.

•Distance in pips: The difference in pips between the proposed stop order rate and the current market rate.

•Projected PL: The projected profit or loss on the position if the proposed stop/limit order is executed.

The three entry boxes complement each other. They are both informative and functional.

You can adjust order parameters by editing any of the three boxes. When the value of one box is changed, the other two boxes adjust automatically. For example, if you have a profitable position, you may want to close it if the profit declines to $500. You can simply input 500 into the Projected PL box. The Rate and Distance in pips boxes will automatically adjust to the correct values to ensure that the stop order is executed when the profit drops to $500.

Note: To place a regular Stop (not a Trailing Stop) on an entry, make sure the “Set Trailing Stop Distance” check box is unchecked. Clicking the trailing stop check box will gray out the other 3 boxes.

Trailing Stop

Allows you to set the Trailing Stop distance on Entry Orders.

(Trailing Stop works as follows: If the market price moves UP for a Buy position/DOWN for a Sell position, then the Trailing Stop moves with the market price, following it at the pre-set distance. If the market price moves DOWN for a Buy position/UP for a Sell position, then the Trailing Stop remains fixed and, if the market price reaches the Trailing Stop price, the order will be executed.)

As soon as the corresponding Entry order is executed, the Trailing Stop order will be opened on the new position. The initial Trailing Stop rate will be the “current” closing rate adjusted for trailing distance.

To set the Trailing Stop distance, right-click anywhere within the order record and select Trailing Stop from the menu.

The Stop/Trailing Stop dialog box will appear:

Note: The “Set Trailing Stop Distance” check box should be checked.

Preferences

Settings

Allows you to change settings and modify window appearance.

Font

Allows you to change the window’s font.

Color

Allows you to change the window’s background.

Date/Time

Allows you to change the format in which date/time are shown in the window.

Export Data to Excel

This command allows you to export Orders window data into an Excel spreadsheet.

You will be able to save the data into a folder of your choice as an XLS file:

Open the file in Excel to view the data:

Refresh

Refreshes window content.

Open Positions window

The Open Positions window displays open positions on all accounts. It allows you to close and hedge positions (if hedging is allowed on your system), as well as create Stop and Limit conditional orders.

The total number of open positions and lots (for systems that show trades in lots) are shown in the window’s title bar (these figures do not include Testing accounts).

Open Positions window columns

Account

Account number

AcT

Account type

T – Trading

B – Banking

C – Clearing

G – The group account that represents a group of managed accounts

TST- Testing

InstrT Displays type of instrument (type to which instrument belongs). Appears depending on your system configuration.

Owner

For trading and testing accounts: last name or login of the account money owner

For managed accounts: Trader’s last name or login

Ticket

Position number ID

Instrument

Instrument name

Lot(Amount)

Trade amount measured in lots(amounts)

Amt,K

Trade amount in contract currency measured in thousands (Amt,K = number of lots * contract size/1000)

B/S

B=Buy position; S=Sell position

Open

Opening rate of the position

Current rate at which the position can be closed

BEP

Break-even point – minimal rate at which this position (if closed) will not carry any losses

Stop/Limit

Stop and Limit prices set by the trader on the position

Tr.Stop (Trailing Stop)

Indicates the Trailing Stop Distance (in pips).

Lot P/L

Profit or loss on a position (in pips) at the current moment. Is calculated for the position without taking into consideration number of lots.

Lot P/L is calculated according to the following formula:

Sell price – Buy price = Lot P/L

Example for 2 lots GBP/USD contract initially bought at 1.7505 then sold (closed) at 1.7540: 1.7540 (sell price) – 1.7505 (buy price) = .0035 positive pip difference = 35 pip profit

P/L

Gross profit or loss on a position (in pips) at the current moment

Calculating Direct Rate P/L (Profit/Loss) P/L for direct rates is calculated as follows: Formula: (Sell price – Buy price)* number of Lots = P/L

Example for 2 lots GBP/USD contract initially bought at 1.7505 then sold (closed) at 1.7540: 1.7540 (sell price) – 1.7505 (buy price) = .0035 positive pip difference = 35 pip profit * 2 lots = 70 pip profit

Calculating Indirect Rate P/L (Profit/Loss) P/L for indirect rates is calculated as follows: Formula: (Sell price – Buy price) * number of lots = P/L Example for 1 lot USD/JPY contract initially bought at 120.50 then sold (closed) at 120.30: 120.30 (sell price) – 120.50 (buy price) = -.20 negative pip difference = 20 pip loss * 1 lot = 20 pip loss

Calculating Cross Rate P/L (Profit/Loss) P/L for cross rates is calculated as follows: Formula: (Sell price – Buy price)* number of lots = P/L Example for 3 lots EUR/GBP contract initially sold at 0.6760 then bought (closed) at .6750: 0.6760 (sell price) – .6750 (buy price) = .0010 positive pip difference = 10 pip profit * 3 = 30 pip profit

Com

Total commission charged by the system at the opening of this position

Fee

Total amount of transaction fees charged by the system at the opening of this position

Roll

Total amount of premium applied to this position

Fut Roll Adj

Amount of future rollover adjustment (in system base currency).This column shows the total sum of the futures rollover adjustment applied during the trade’s lifetime.

Future rollover adjustment=(first price of new feed-last price of old feed)*contract size*lots#. The sign of the adjustment depends on whether the new price is higher or lower than the last price of the preceding time interval feed and on the position direction – Buy or Sell.

Opn/Close Charge

Trade charge is an amount in the system base currency set on account for every instrument, paid per trade at position’s Opening or Closing, or at both Opening and Closing.

Net P/L

Net profit or loss on a position (in base currency) at the current moment. Commissions and Overnight Rollover are taken into

account. Positive P/L values have a green background; negative P/L values have a red background; zero P/L values have a white background.

Net P/L = Gross P/L – Commission – Transaction Fee +/- Overnight Rollover Fee +/-Dividends – Trade Charge.

Time

Time the position was opened

Opened By

Shows which of the following was responsible for the opening of the position:

•Position was opened manually by a trader. (The “Opened By’ column will be empty.)

•Position was opened by a strategy. (The “Opened By column will display the name of the strategy.)

Markup applied at the opening of the position

Markup which will be applied at the closing of this position

PrOrd

The number of the order that initiated the opening of this position

GrpAcct

Number of the group account (only filled if the position was opened from the managed group)

Comment

Shows comments created by a trader on open positions.

Trade ID Shows Trade ID, an identifier assigned to every new position at the moment of position opening, in the same way as is the ticket ID.

Unlike the Ticket ID, Trade ID does no change when position is partially closed.

Trade Open Time

Shows Date and Time when the corresponding trade has been initiated.

While the position’s (ticket’s) open time is updated every time a position is partially closed (since, in essence a new position (ticket) is created, with the new ticket ID), the trade open time remains unchanged, indicating the moment when the initial position (trade) originated.

I.e. Trade Open Time will differ from the position’s Open Time only if the position has been partially closed. Otherwise these two values will be equal.

Note: You can select which columns will appear in the Open Positions window. Right-click on the header, select Columns, select Customize, and check the check boxes next to the columns that you want to appear in the Open Positions window.

Pop-up menu 1

To access this menu, right-click on a column header in the Open Positions window.

Menu commands:

Columns

Set width to fit data

Readjust columns’ width to fit data.

Customize

Default Sorting

Restores default sorting order for columns. (The default sorting refers to the default way in which records in the window are sorted; this does NOT refer to the order in which the columns appear

Show All Managed Positions

Show all Managed Positions

Select this to display individual positions for ALL managed (group) positions. They will be shown underneath their respective parent group positions. The color of individual positions will be a couple of tones lighter than the color of their parent managed position.

Note: If you don’t have any managed accounts, this option will be hidden

Preferences

Settings

Allows you to change settings and modify window appearance.

Font

Allows you to change the window’s font.

Color

Allows you to change the window’s background color.

Date/Time

Allows you to change format in which date/time are shown in the window.

Export Data to Excel

This command allows you to export Open Positions window data into an Excel spreadsheet.

You will be able to save the data into a folder of your choice as an XLS file:

Open the file in Excel to view the data:

Note: In the Open Positions window, certain display modes (‘Show Managed’, ‘Show All Managed’) may show overall group positions as well as their individual managed positions. If this data is exported into Excel as-is, then there will be repetition in the data. When attempting to export such data, the user will see the following message:

Click OK to proceed, or click Cancel, and unselect all ‘Show Managed’ options before exporting.

Refresh

Refreshes window content.

Pop-up menu 2

To access this menu, right-click on a record within the Open Positions window.

Menu commands:

Show Managed/Show All Managed Positions

Show Managed

Click to display individual positions from a managed position. They will be shown under the parent group position. The color of individual positions will be a couple of tones lighter than the color of their parent managed position.

Note: This option is only available for positions opened from group (managed) accounts.

Show All Managed Positions

Click to display individual positions for ALL managed positions. They will be shown underneath their respective parent group positions. The color of individual positions will be a couple of tones lighter than color of their parent managed position.

Note: If you don’t have any managed accounts, these options will be hidden.

Stop/Limit

Click here to view a video tutorial on this feature.

Allows you to set a Stop or Limit order on an existing open position.

Enter the rate and press OK. The Stop/Limit rate will appear within the order record.

Note1: The allowed price range is shown to the right of the price field.

Note2: To place a regular Stop (not a Trailing Stop) order make sure the “Set Trailing Stop Distance” check box is unchecked.

In addition to the ‘Rate’ entry box, the Stop and Limit dialog boxes include the entry boxes: ‘Distance in pips’ and ‘Projected PL’.

•Distance in pips: The difference in pips between the proposed stop order rate and the current market rate.

•Projected PL: The projected profit or loss on the position if the proposed stop/limit order is executed.

The three entry boxes complement each other. They are both informative and functional.

Note: For instruments whose pip value is greater than 50 cents, Projected PL is shown to the nearest dollar. For instruments whose pip value is less than 50 cents, Projected PL is shown to the nearest cent.

Note: Clicking the trailing stop check box will gray out the other 3 boxes.

Trailing Stop

Allows you to set Trailing Stop orders.

To set the Trailing Stop distance check the “Set Trailing Stop Distance” check box in the “Stop Order” dialog box and enter the distance value in pips. Press OK. The Trailing Stop Distance value will appear in the “Tr.Stop” field of the position record and a Trailing Stop order will appear in the Orders window.

Note: The allowed price range is shown to the right of the price field

Trailing Stop Example (click to expand)

In this example, a BUY position is opened. A Trailing Stop is set with a trailing distance of 20 pips. (Figure 1)

Market price = 1.0045

Stop price = 1.0025

Figure 1

As the market price moves up, the Stop order will follow the market price at a distance of 20 pips. In the image below, the market price has moved up to 1.0054. The Stop order price is now 1.0034. (Figure 2)

Figure 2

If the market price begins to move down, the Trailing Stop order price remains fixed. In the image below, the market price has gone down to 1.0042. The trailing stop order price has remained at 1.0034. (Figure 3)

Figure 3

At this point, if the market continues to descend, the trailing stop order will be triggered when the market reaches 1.0034.

If, on the other hand, the market begins to rise, the trailing stop will remain at 1.0034 UNTIL the market price passes 1.0054 (20 pips away). At this point, if the market continues to rise, the trailing stop order price will start to rise as well, trailing the market price by 20 pips.

Removing non-triggered Stops, Limits, and Trailing Stops

There are two ways to remove non-triggered Stop, Limit, or Trailing Stop orders.

1.Click on the rate (“Stop” or “Limit”) field within the position record. The Stop or Limit dialog box will appear. Click Remove.

-OR-

2.Right-click on the position record and choose Stop, Limit, or Trailing Stop from the pop-up menu. The Stop or Limit dialog box will appear. Click Remove.

Close Position

Allows you to fully or partially close positions.

1.Enter the amount you wish to close (measured in lots) into the “Amount” field.

Note: By default you are offered to fully close the position.

2.Click OK to confirm the order. The position will be closed and the account information will be updated.

Note 1: You may have to wait for confirmation of the order by a Dealer. In this case the order will appear in the Orders window. Otherwise the order will be verified and either confirmed or rejected by the system.

Note 2: You can simultaneously close several positions using multi-select (holding CTRL while selecting individual positions). You can also close all open positions by right-clicking on the position record and selecting Select All from the pop-up menu.

In both cases, this confirmation dialog box will appear:

Click OK to close the selected positions.

Note, that the system will not allow you to close the position which already has existing C order waiting for the dealer’s confirmation.

If you select a position with a C order created earlier, you will receive the following message: “There is an existing C order [order number] to close [order amount] in ticket [ticket number]“.

A new C order will not be created

If you select several positions to close, the C orders will be created only for those positions which do not have existing C orders. The system will check your positions one by one, and if it finds a position with a C order created earlier, it sends the message described above, and stops checking the remaining positions.

Partial Close

When a position is partially closed, its original opening price and original parent order number does not change. Its ticket number and closing time is changed. Opening Time of the remaining part equals to the closing time of the amount for which position was closed.

Example:

8 lot position to Buy EURGBP at 85.19 was open 09/17/2010 at 1:27:29 PM. Ticket number 47822. Parent Order number 47821.

09/20/2010 at 09:50:48 AM this position was partially closed for 2 lots at 85.20.

As a result

In the Open Positions window, remaining part of the position (6 lots) has different ticket number 47941, parent order number (47821) and opening price (85.19) did not change. Opening time equals to the closing time of the amount for which position was closed 09/20/2010 at 09:50:48 AM.

In the Closed Positions window, 2 lots for which position was closed have initiate ticket number 47822. Opening time equals to 09/17/2010 at 1:27:29 PM, Closing time equals to 09/20/2010 at 09:50:48 AM.

Hedge Position

Allows you to hedge an existing unhedged position. “Hedging” refers to the opening of a new position that offsets an existing position on the same instrument. (For example, to hedge a 5 lot Buy position on EURUSD, you would open a 5 lot Sell position on EURUSD.) Right-click on the position record and select Hedge position. (This option is only available if hedging is allowed on your system.)

The “Hedge Position” dialog box will appear:

Enter the desired number of lots into the “Amount” field.

Note: By default, you are offered to fully hedge the position.

Note: No additional margin is required to hedge a position.

Press OK to confirm the hedge.

Note: You can hedge an existing unhedged position on an account with insufficient usable margin. You cannot, however, open a new position on an account with insufficient usable margin.

Close with hedge

Allows you to completely or partially close a hedged position together with its corresponding hedging position(s). “Hedging” refers to the opening of a new position(s) that offsets an existing position(s) on the same instrument. (This option is only available if hedging is allowed on your system.)

Note: You may have to wait for confirmation of the order by a dealer. In this case one order to close all positions will appear in the Orders window. Otherwise, the order will be verified and either confirmed or rejected by the system.

Reverse Position

Allows closing selected position(s) and opening new position(s) in the opposite direction for the same number of lots.

For example, there are two open positions:

Select both positions > right-click > select Reverse Position – existing positions will be closed and two new positions will open:

Lock In Profit

Allows closing selected positions and opening new positions in the same direction for the same number of lots

For example, there are two open positions:

Select both positions > right-click > select Lock In Profit – existing positions will be closed and two new positions will open:

Export Data to Excel

This command allows you to export Open Positions window data into an Excel spreadsheet.

You will be able to save the data into a folder of your choice as an XLS file:

Open the file in Excel to view the data:

Click OK to proceed, or click Cancel, and unselect all ‘Show Managed’ options before exporting.

Preferences

Settings

Allows you to change settings and modify window appearance.

For more read :- Settings

Font

Allows you to change the window’s font.

For more read :- Appendices > Font

Color

Allows you to change the window’s background color.

For more read :- Appendices > Color

Date/Time

Allows you to change format in which date/time are shown in the window.

For more read :- Appendices > Date/Time

Refresh

Refreshes window content.

Additional commands

Additional commands available in the Open Positions window:

Change Rate of Existing Order

Click on the “Stop” or “Limit” field of a position on which a Stop, Trailing Stop, or Limit already exists.

Change the order rate as desired.

Close Position

You can also close a position by clicking on its “Close” field.

If you click and drag across the “Close” fields of several positions, all those positions will be closed.

Note: Confirmation is required to perform a multiple closing.

Click OK to close all selected positions.

Instruments window

The Instruments window displays information about all the instruments traded on the system and provides access to the instruments’ settings and trading functionality.

Instruments window columns

Instrument

Instrument name

Bid

Dealer’s Bid rate

Ask

Dealer’s Ask rate

High/Low

Dealer’s highest and lowest rates for the current trading day (High Bid/Low Ask)

Bid/Ask Volume

The bid/ask volume is received with each tick and contains two values: a volume for the bid rate and a volume for the ask rate (both in millions). It indicates the maximum value for which a market order can be placed at the displayed rate.

Time

Time of the last update

NetChg

Net change in the Bid rate (in pips) since the opening of the trading day

% Change

Tracks the rate change for the instrument in % throughout the trading day.

% Change is calculated as follows:

((Current bid price) – (Bid price at opening of trading day)) / (Bid price at opening of trading day)

The resulting figure is expressed as a percent value, rounded to 4 digits, preceded by a plus or minus sign.

Pip Value

The value of one pip per one contract in system base currency at the current moment

Trade Step

Trade Step value – the smallest possible trade increment for trading on individual and group accounts.

Ovnt. Roll. Sell %, Ovnt. Roll. Buy %

Overnight rollover rates in base currency per one night per one lot. Amount paid to/charged from all positions that remained open at the end of the trading day and were rolled over to the next trading day.

MaxVol

The Maximum Order Volume setting for this instrument. This is the maximum amount for a single trade on this instrument.

Fut Roll Date

For Futures instruments, the expiration date for Futures. Will be displayed in the operation system’s format, set in the Control Panel.

NT Interval

Non trading time interval in the format of HH:MM:SS – HH:MM:SS

ImmD

Imminent Distance: Imminent Distance (in pips) per particular instrument.

Trader can set the Imminent Distance for particular instrument by clicking on the Imminent Distance field in the instrument record

Default: the imminent distance set in the Orders window is the default imminent distance for every individual instrument

Pop-up menu 1

To access this window, right-click on a column header in the Instruments window

Menu commands:

Find Instrument

Allows you to search for instruments in the window.

Enter one or more characters in the instrument name and click Next to toggle through the results. Instruments meeting the search characteristics will be highlighted.

Instrument Catalog

This will open the Instrument Catalog, where you can subscribe to and unsubscribe from different trading instruments. For more read go to :- Trading Guide > Subscribe to Trading Instruments

Columns

Set width to fit data

Readjust columns’ width to fit data.

Customize

Default Sorting

Restores default sorting order for columns. (The default sorting refers to the default way in which records in the window are sorted; this does NOT refer to the order in which the columns appear.)

Preferences

Settings

Allows you to change settings and modify window appearance.

This window allows you to hide/unhide different instruments, as well as sort them alphabetically, by default, or in custom order. To sort instruments in custom order, set the sort type to “Custom” and use the up and down arrows in the window interface to change the order of individual instruments.

Rate updates

This section allows you to customize the price update indication in the Instruments window

•Highlight Instrument: check this checkbox to set the highlighting of the instrument name at the moment when the rate update arrives. This setting gives you an additional idea about how often the prices come in.

Regardless of whether it was the Bid or Ask rate that updated, the instrument name will be highlighted with a specified background color (Highlight color box), and will stay lit for a specified period of time (Highlight duration box). After that it returns to a normal background.

By default highlight function is disabled

•Rate fonts: this section allows to specify the font color of updated Bid and Ask rates in the Instruments window

You can specify three colors:

–Rate up color

–Rate down color

–Rate unchanged color

Depending on the new rate as compared to its previous value, its font color will change in accordance with these parameters. Bid and Ask rates change colors independently as their updates arrive.

Font

Allows you to change the window’s font.

See more details on :- Appendices > Font

Color

Allows you to change window’s background color.

See more details on :- Appendices > Color

Date/Time

Allows you to change format in which date/time are shown in the window.

See more details on :- Appendices > Date/Time

Refresh

Refreshes window content.

Pop-up menu 2

To access this menu, right-click on the “Sell” or “Buy” field of a record within the Instruments window.

Menu commands:

Find Instrument

Allows you to search for instruments in the window.

Enter one or more characters in the instrument name and click Next to toggle through the results. Instruments meeting the search characteristics will be highlighted.

Individual Dealing Rate Window

Opens an Individual Dealing Rate window for the clicked instrument.

Note: The appearance of this window depends on the “One Click Trading” setting.

Open Chart

See all details on :- Chart . The instrument on which you clicked will be preselected.

Price Alert

Allows you to set a Price Alert for the selected instrumen. Go to:- Trading Guide > Price Alerts.

Instrument Catalog

This will open the Instrument Catalog, where you can subscribe to and unsubscribe from different trading instruments.

Go to :- Windows & Commands > Dealing Rates window > Right-click menu > Individual Dealing Rate

Market Order

Allows you to place a market order.

Go to :- Trading Guide > Open a New Position (Market Order)

Entry Stop/Entry Limit

Allows you to place Entry Stop and Entry Limit orders.

Go to:- Trading Guide > Entry Orders

Entry OCO

This option allows you to create an OCO (One Cancels the Other) pair of Entry orders on this instrument.

Go To:- Trading Guide > OCO Orders > Creating OCO pair from scratch

Preferences

Settings

Allows you to change settings and modify window appearance.

Rate updates

This section allows you to customize the price update indication in the Instruments window

By default highlight function is disabled

•Rate fonts: this section allows to specify the font color of updated Bid and Ask rates in the Instruments window

You can specify three colors:

–Rate up color

–Rate down color

–Rate unchanged color

Depending on the new rate as compared to its previous value, its font color will change in accordance with these parameters. Bid and Ask rates change colors independently as their updates arrive.

Font

Allows you to change the window’s font.

For more details go to:- Appendices > Font

Color

Allows you to change window’s background color.

For more details go to:- Appendices > Color

Date/Time

Allows you to change format in which date/time are shown in the window.

For more details go to:- Appendices > Date/Time

Refresh

Refreshes window content.

Account Information window

The Account Information window displays information about the following types of accounts:

Trading Accounts (T,white records) – regular trading accounts

Group Accounts (G, blue records) – a virtual account representing a group of trading accounts that trade as a single account; the ID number of group accounts account always starts with m.

Account Information window columns

Account

Account number

AcT

Account type

T – Trading

G – The group account that represents a group of managed accounts

TST- Testing

InstrT Displays type of instruments allowed for trading on account. Appears depending on your system configuration.

Owner

For trading and testing accounts: last name or login of the account money owner

For managed accounts: Trader’s last name or login

GrpAcct

ID number of the virtual group account (only filled if account is a part of virtual group (m) account)

Balance

Account balance

Equity

Account equity after the transaction. Equity = Balance +/- Floating P/L from Open Positions.

UsdMr

Summarized used margin of all positions open an account at the current moment.

UsblMr

Usable margin

EqtyLevel%

The value in this column is the percentage of equity to used margin. More specifically, it is the value in the Equity column divided by the value in the UsdMrgn column, and expressed as a percentage.

For example, if Equity = 1000 and Used Margin = 500, then the value of EqtyLevel% will be 1000/500 = 2 = 200(%)

Margin Call – indicates if a margin call is issued on the account. Possible values: N – “no”, Y – “yes”, or (1, 2, 3) representing the level of the margin call

Mrgn Utiliz

Margin Utilization Indicator shows how much margin is currently utilized on an account. It displays the used margin as a percent of total equity on the account.

In the above image, the Margin Utilization indicator is at 34%. This means that the account is using 34% of its available margin.

Distance to ME

Distance to Minimum equity displays the difference between accounts’ current equity and Minimum equity set in ActAdmin.

SM (Short Margin)

Indicates if Short Margin status issued on account (balance < used margin). If this condition is met, the system sends a message to trader and closes the necessary number of the positions according to the FIFO (first in, first out) order on that account after the beginning of the next business day.

OP(Open Positions)

Number of open lots on this account

Com

Total commission charged from all of this account’s currently open positions

Fee

Total amount of transaction fees charged from all of this account’s currently open positions

Roll

Total amount of interest applied to this position

Fut Roll Adj

Amount of future rollover adjustment (in system base currency).This column shows the total sum of the futures rollover adjustment applied during the trade’s lifetime.

Opn Charge (Open Charge)

Shows trade charge paid per trade at position’s Opening.

Trade charge is an amount in the system base currency set on account for every instrument, paid per trade at position’s Opening or Closing, or at both Opening and Closing.

Net$P/L

Summarized net profit/loss of all positions open on account at the current moment.

Net P/L = Gross P/L – Commission – Transaction Fee +/- Overnight Rollover Fee +/-Dividends – Trade Charge.

Cl. Charge (Close Charge)

Shows trade charge paid per trade at position’s Closing.

Trade charge is an amount in the system base currency set on account for every instrument, paid per trade at position’s Opening or Closing, or at both Opening and Closing.

(Default Amount): The default number of lots for new positions on this account

Group

Group name. You can create a custom group name for selected accounts in order to keep them as a group when sorting accounts in this window (click on the “Group” field of the desired account)

Note: The Account Information window has a default sorting for sub-types of accounts that will not be changed any user-selected sorting. For example, group accounts will always appear above trading accounts. Changing the window sorting by clicking on any of the column headers will change the sorting inside each sub-type of account, but will never alter the underlying order of account sub-types.

Opening markup, measured in pips

Closing markup, measured in pips

Account Status – if “N” then the account is currently in inactive mode – no trades can be placed or closed for this account.

Pop-up menu 1

To access this menu, right-click on a column header in the Account Information window.

Menu commands:

Columns

Set width to fit data

Readjust columns’ width to fit data.

Customize

Default Sorting

Restores default sorting order for columns. (The default sorting refers to the default way in which records in the window are sorted; this does NOT refer to the order in which the columns appear.)

Select All Accounts

Allows you to highlight all accounts in the window with one click; right-click on the header and choose Select All Accounts.

Lock All Accounts

If you have more than 1 account in the Account Information window, and you have selected all the accounts, the Lock All Accounts option becomes available. This feature is useful for traders who often trade from 2 or more accounts simultaneously. With this feature, your accounts will remain selected indefinitely, until you manually unlock the accounts.

While all the accounts are selected, right-click on an account one more time. The Select All Accounts command has been replaced by a new command: Lock All Accounts. Click Lock All Accounts.

The accounts are now ‘locked’ in the highlighted state. Clicking within the Account Information window will not deselect any accounts. You can shut down the application, and when you start it up again, the accounts will still be selected.

Unlocking All Accounts

To unlock the accounts, right-click on an account. The command Lock All Accounts has been replaced by Unlock All Accounts. Click Unlock All Accounts.

The accounts are still selected, but they are now unlocked. Click anywhere within the Account Information window to deselect the accounts.

Traders with one account

The Lock All Accounts feature is only available if there are 2 or more accounts present in the Account Information window. If there is only one account in the Account Information window, the command is absent from the right-click menu:

Show All Managed

Click to display the individual accounts for ALL managed accounts. They will be shown underneath their respective parent group accounts. The color of the individual accounts will be a couple of tones lighter than color of their parent managed account.

Note: If you don’t have any managed accounts, this option will be hidden.

Organize Managed Accounts

The Organize Managed Accounts window is available if you have 2 or more accounts. The window allows you to create and manage group accounts.

The window contains two lists of accounts. You can select a group account by choosing the appropriate account number from the drop down box at the top of the list. The list under the drop down box contains all of the accounts that are a part of the group specified in the drop down box. You can move accounts between the two lists by selecting the account or several accounts and using the buttons > and <. You can move accounts from the Non-Managed pool to a group account, from a group account to the Non-Managed pool, or from one group account to another group account.

You can create a new group account by clicking the button “Create New Group”. The new group is created empty. You cannot create a new group if you already have an empty group.

Accounts cannot be moved in or out of a managed group if there are certain open orders or positions on the group or the account.

Preferences

Font

Allows you to change the window’s font.

See more details on this page :- Appendices > Font

Color

Allows you to change the window’s background.

See more details on this page :- Appendices > Color

Refresh

Refreshes window content.

Pop-up menu 2

To access this menu, right-click on a record within the Account Information window.

Menu commands:

Select All Accounts

Allows you to highlight all accounts in the window with one click; right click on a record and choose Select All Accounts.

Lock All Accounts

While all the accounts are selected, right-click on an account one more time. The Select All Accounts command has been replaced by a new command: Lock All Accounts. Click Lock All Accounts.

Unlocking All Accounts

To unlock the accounts, right-click on an account. The command Lock All Accounts has been replaced by Unlock All Accounts. Click Unlock All Accounts.

The accounts are still selected, but they are now unlocked. Click anywhere within the Account Information window to deselect the accounts.

Traders with one account

Closed Positions

Displays a summary of closed positions for the selected account.

MC Rates

MC Rates

Shows the rates at which a margin call would be triggered on the account. The percentages represent the ratio of equity to used margin. Only instruments on which open positions exist will be shown.

Note: If an account has open positions in more than one currency, then the MC rate for every given currency is calculated with the assumption that all other currency rates are “frozen” (or the positions in all other currencies are 100% hedged)

Interest Rates

Shows the interest rate settings for this particular account.

Show Managed

Click to display individual accounts for a managed account. They will be shown underneath their respective parent group account. The color for individual accounts will be a couple of tones lighter than color of parent managed account.

Note: If you don’t have any managed accounts, this option will be hidden.

Show All Managed

Click to display individual accounts for ALL managed accounts. They will be shown underneath their respective parent group accounts. The color for individual accounts will be a couple of tones lighter than color of parent managed account.

Note: If you don’t have any managed accounts, this option will be hidden.

Organize Managed Accounts

The Organize Managed Accounts window is available if you have 2 or more accounts. The window allows you to create and manage group accounts.

You can create a new group account by clicking the button “Create New Group”. The new group is created empty. You cannot create a new group if you already have an empty group.

You can add new accounts to the group or remove accounts from the group even if there are open positions/orders on account/group.

Please note:

1. Newly added account will NOT participate in the existing group positions/orders.

2. When removing account from the group, existing group positions and orders will remain open. But open position on this account will no longer be part of the group position.

Existing group order will be reduced by the amount allotted to this account. Existing order on this account that was a part of the group order will be removed.

Preferences

Font

Allows you to change the window’s font.

See more details on this page :- Appendices > Font

Color

Allows you to change the window’s background.

See more details on this page :- Appendices > Color

Refresh

Refreshes window content.

Additional commands

Additional commands available in the Account Information window.

Set Default Trade Amount

The Default Amount (DA) is the default number of lots for a new position. This is the number that initially appears in the Amount field when an order is created.

You can set the default amount (DA) for specific accounts in the Account Information window. Depending on your system settings, you can set DA in:

• Trade Steps: DA as coefficient of Trade Step will be used;

•%: DA in percent of maximum order amount will be used.

DA in Trade Steps suggests that default amount can be different on each instrument, depending on the Trade Step value set on the instrument.

Example for system in lots: DA = 2 Trade Steps; Trade Step on EURUSD = 0.1 lot, Trade Step on USDJPY = 5 lots

When opening a position on EURUSD, you will be offered to open 0.2 lot

When opening a position on USDJPY, you will be offered to open 10 lots

Example for system in amounts: DA = 2 Trade Steps; Trade Step on EURUSD = 1,000, Trade Step on USDJPY = 50,000

When opening a position on EURUSD, you will be offered to open 2,000

When opening a position on USDJPY, you will be offered to open 100,000

% DA is calculated as percent of maximum amount that can be opened on account rounded to the nearest full Trade Step value.

Example for system in lots: DA = 10%; Trade Step = 0.5 lot; Max amount that can be opened from account = 23 lots

Suggested amount on account = 23* 0.1 = 2.3 -> rounded to Trade Step = 2.5 lots

Example for system in amounts: DA = 10%; Trade Step = 1,000; Max amount that can be opened from account = 381,000

Suggested amount on account = 381,000 * 0.1 = 38,100 -> rounded to Trade Step = 38,000

Setting DA in Trade Steps

In the Account Information window, left-click the DA field within the account record. The Default Amount dialog box will appear:

Setting DA in % of Maximum Order Amount

Switching between DA (Trade Steps) and DA as % of Usable Margin

Note: This option can be absent if system rules are set accordingly.

Follow these steps to set the default amount in Trade Steps or in % of maximum order volume for an individual account:

•Click the corresponding DA column’s cell in the Account Information window.

•Select the DA (Trade Steps) or DA as % of usable margin radio button.

•Enter the desired value of DA.

For managed accounts

You can set DA in % if proportional (or proportional: one lot minimum) mode is used and at least one of the individual accounts belonging to the group has DA set in % of maximum order amount. To set DA as % of maximum order amount for a managed account, follow these steps:

• Click the corresponding DA column’s cell in the Account Information window

• Enter the desired value of DA.

Note: If managed account’s allocation mode is set to Fixed DA, the DA column for the managed account is not clickable.

Orders from individual accounts

Calculation of DA in % of maximum order amount depends on whether there are open positions on the instrument on which a user is going to create a market order. Below you can see the description of three possible cases which differ by calculation of DA as % of maximum order amount.

Case 1

Imagine that an individual account has DA set as X % of maximum order amount. A user creates a market order from this account. Default amount of this order equals X % of maximum order amount which can be bought / sold for account’s usable margin at the moment of order creation.

Note: Let’s assume that in the examples listed below commission, transaction fee, open trade charge are set to 0 and spread is 0, open markup is set to 0 unless it is stated otherwise.

Example A. An account has no open positions. Balance = Usable Margin = 10 000. Margin Requirement on EURUSD is 1 000, Margin Requirement on GBPUSD is 1500. DA in % is set to 30%. When a trader opens the EURUSD order creation dialog window, 3 lots (3*Contract Size for system in amount) will be displayed in the Amount field. Let’s examine how the system gets such value:

1)First, it is necessary to calculate maximum order amount: 10 000 of Usable Margin devide by 1000 (Margin Requirement), that is 10 lots (contracts).

2)Afterwards the system calculates 30% of this value: 10*0.3. The result is 3 lots/contracts.

If a trader opens the GBPUSD market order creation dialog window, 2 lots (2*Contract Size for system in amount) will be displayed in the Amount field. Let’s examine how system gets such value:

1)First, it is necessary to calculate maximum order amount: 10 000 of Usable Margin devide by 1500 (Margin Requirement), that equals 6.66, in other words not more than 6 lots can be bought/sold.

2)Afterwards the system calculates 30% of this value: 6*0.3. The result is 2 lots/contracts.

Example B. Let’s suppose that an account has already open positions on some instruments other than EURUSD and GBPUSD. Account’s Balance = 10 000, Used Margin is 3 000. Usable Margin = 7 000. When a trader opens the EURUSD market order creation dialog window, 2 lots (2*Contract Size for system in amount) will be displayed in the Amount field. Let’s examine the how system gets such value:

1)First, it is necessary to calculate maximum order amount: 7 000 of Usable Margin devide by 1000 (Margin Requirement), that is 7.

2) Afterwards the system calculates 30% of this value: 7*0.3=2.1. The result is rounded to 2 lots/contracts.

When a trader opens the GBPUSD market order creation dialog window, 1 lot (1*Contract Size for system in amount) will be displayed in the Amount field. Let’s examine how system gets such value:

1)First, it is necessary to calculate maximum order amount: 7 000 of Usable Margin devide by 1500 (Margin Requirement), that is 4.66.

2)Afterwards the system calculates 30% of this value: 4.66*0.3 = 1.4. The result is rounded to 1 lot/contract.

Case 2

Imagine that an individual account has open positions on an instrument when hedging is disabled on the system (it means that opening of a new position will close or partially close any existing positions in the opposite direction).The account has DA set as X % of maximum order amount. User creates an order to open position in opposite trade direction on the same instrument, then

DA will be calculated as % of maximum order amount which can be bought / sold for [Usable margin + 2*Used Margin of open positions on this instrument].

For example: Account’s Balance = 10 000, Margin Requirement = 1000. DA = 50 %. A Sell position on EURUSD is opened on 6 lots. Used Margin = 6000, Usable Margin = 4000. In the order creation dialog for Buy position, the Amount field will display 8 lots by default. Let’s examine how the system gets such value:

1)Opening 6 lots of Buy trade would cause the Sell position to close, which would lead to the increase of Usable Margin 4000 to 10 000. 10 000 of Usable Margin allows to open 10 lots or contracts (with Margin Requirement = 1000). Altogether the maximum order amount = 6+10 = 16 lots or contracts.

2) Afterwards the system calculates 50% of this value: 16*0.5 = 8.

In the order creation dialog for Sell position, the Amount field will display 2 lots by default. The system gets such value the same way as described in Case 1.

Case 3

Let’s now examine the same situation as in case 2 but when hedging is enabled on the system (it means that opening of a new position does not close or partially close any existing positions in the opposite direction).

DA will be calculated as % of maximum order amount which can be bought / sold for [Usable margin + Used Margin of open positions on this instrument].

For example: Account’s Balance = 10 000, Margin Requirement = 1000. DA = 50 %. Sell position on EURUSD is opened on 6 lots. Used Margin = 6000, Usable Margin = 4000. In the order creation for Buy position, the Amount field will display 5 lots by default. Let’s examine how the system gets such value:

1)Opening 6 lots of Buy trade would leave Usable Margin unchanged as such position hedges the open Sell position. Opening extra lots would use Usable Margin = 4000. So after opening 6 Buy lots, you can still open 4 000 / 1000 = 4 lots or contracts (Usable Margin divide by MR). So altogether maximum order amount is 6+4 = 10 lots.

2)Afterwards the system calculates 50% of this value: 10*0.5 = 5.

In the order creation dialog for the Sell position, the Amount field will display 2 lots by default. System gets such value the same way as described in Case 1.

Note: If a user creates an order from an account with DA set as % of maximum order amount and the resulting amount is less than 1 lot but the account’s balance allows to open 1 lot position, the order amount is approximated to 1 lot. For example, account’s Usable Margin is 6000. Margin Requirement is 1000. DA = 10%. No open positions. Maximum order amount is 6 lots (6000/1000). DA = 6*10% = 0.6. But the system approximates it to one lot as account has enough money to open a 1 lot position.

Commission, transaction fee, open trade charge, spread and open markup in calculation of DA in % of maximum order amount

Commission, transaction fee, open trade charge, spread and open markup directly effect the calculation of DA in % of maximum order amount as they influence the maximum order amount. Let’s review it on the following example. An account has no open positions. Balance = Usable Margin = 50. Margin Requirement on EURUSD is 10, contract size is 1 000, point size = 0.0001. DA in % is set to 50%. Commission is set to $2 per lot. Spread is 3 pips, open markup is 1 pip.

If commissions, spread and open markup were 0, then it would be possible to open 5 lots/contracts: 50 / 10 (Usable Margin divide by Margin Req). 5 lots would cause $10 of commisons, PL equal to (3spread+1open markup) * 0.0001(point size) * 1000(contract size) * 5(lots)= $2. Together with PL it would cause the decrease of Equity on $12 from $50 to $38. But it’s necessary to have $50 of margin to maintain position on 5 lots. That’s why DA in % won’t be calculated from $50 as it is not maximum order volume.

4 lots would cause $8 of commissions, PL equal to (3spread+1open markup) * 0.0001(point size) * 1000(contract size) * 4(lots)= $1.6. Together with PL it would cause decrease of Equity on $9.6 to $40.4. That is enough to maintain 4 lots position with MR = $10. So DA shall be calculated from maximum order amount equal to 4 lots. DA = 4*50%= 2.

Orders from managed accounts

Calculation of DA on a managed account depends on managed order amount allocation mode, DA mode on individual accounts belonging to managed group account and DA in % of maximum order volume set on managed account. So there are two different ways of calculation which are described below.

Note: DA in % of maximum order volume can be set on a managed account only if Proportional or Proportional: one lot minimum managed order amount allocation mode is used and at least one individual account belonging to the group has DA set in % of maximum order amount.

Case 1

Fixed DA managed order amount allocation mode is used. A managed account consists of

a)individual accounts with different DA modes: DA in lots/contracts and DA set in percentage of maximum order amount

b)or individual accounts with DA set in percentage of maximum order amount

When a user creates an order from this managed account, the managed order DA is calculated as the sum of resulting DA on each individual account.

For example (corresponds to a), managed account m112 consists of the following individual accounts with corresponding DA (Margin Requirement = 1000):

Acct #100 – DA in % = 10 %, Usable Margin = 50 000. Maximum order amount = 50 000 / 1000 (Usable Margin divide by MR) = 50. Resulting DA = 50*10% = 5.

Acct #101 – DA in lots / contracts = 3, Resulting DA = 3

Acct #102 – DA in lots / contracts =7. Resulting DA = 7.

DA of managed order = 5 + 3 + 7 = 15 lots (contracts)

Another example (corresponds to b): managed account m112 consists of the following individual accounts with corresponding DA (Margin Requirement = 1000):

Acct #100 – DA in % = 10 %, Usable Margin = 50 000. Maximum order amount = 50 000 / 1000 (Usable Margin divide by MR) = 50. Resulting DA = 50*10% = 5.

Acct #101 – DA in % = 20 %, Usable Margin = 100 000. Maximum order amount = 100 000 / 1000 (Usable Margin divide by MR) = 100. Resulting DA = 100*20% = 20.

Acct #102 – DA in % = 50 %, Usable Margin = 30 000. Maximum order amount = 30 000 / 1000 (Usable Margin divide by MR) = 30. Resulting DA = 30*50% = 15.

DA of managed order = 5+20+15 = 40.

Case 2

Proportional or proportional: one lot minimum allocation mode is used. A managed account consists of

a)individual accounts with different DA modes: DA in lots/contracts and DA in %

b)or individual accounts with one DA mode: either in % or lots/contracts.

With introduction of DA as percent of maximum order amount, managed accounts can have DA set in % of maximum order amount but only with proportional allocation modes. If the managed account has DA set in X % of maximum order amount, DA settings on individual accounts are ignored. When a user creates an order from such managed account, DA on each individual account equals X % of individual account’s maximum order amount. That is system uses group account DA setting for order calculation.

For example, DA of managed account is 50%. Managed account m112 consists of the following individual accounts with corresponding DA (Margin Requirement = 1000):

Acct #100 – DA in % = 10 %, Usable Margin = 60 000. Maximum order amount = 60 000 / 1000 (Usable Margin divide by MR) = 60. Individual account’s DA is ignored – managed account’s DA is used. That’s why resulting DA of individual account = 60*50% = 30.

Acct #101 – DA in lots / contracts = 3, Usable Margin = 100 000. Maximum order amount = 100 000 / 1000 (Usable Margin divide by MR) = 100. Individual account’s DA is ignored – managed account’s DA is used. That’s why resulting DA of individual account = 100*50% = 50.

Acct #102 – DA in lots / contracts =7. Usable Margin = 30 000. Maximum order amount = 30 000 / 1000 (Usable Margin divide by MR) = 30. Individual account’s DA is ignored – managed account’s DA is used. That’s why resulting DA of individual account = 30*50% = 15.

DA of managed order = 30 + 50 + 15 = 95 lots (contracts).

Note: For proportional: one lot minimum allocation mode lot distribution works still according to the mode’s rules. For example, if X % of the individual account’s maximum order amount equals 0.6 lot and it

Create a custom group name for selected accounts

Left-click the “Group” field for the account for which you wish to set a Group name. The “Input Group name” dialog box will appear:

Enter the group name and click OK.

Summary window

The Summary window displays a summary of all open positions, organized by instrument. The Summary window can display a summary of all accounts or of selected accounts.

Summary – All Accounts (green records) – Default mode

In this mode, the Summary window shows all open positions (short, long, and non-hedged) per instrument for all accounts. To select this mode, right-click anywhere in the window and select Summary by All Accounts from the menu, or just make sure that no accounts are selected in the Account Information window.

Net Profit/Loss is shown in the window’s title bar.

Summary – Selected Accounts (white records)

In this mode, the Summary window shows the total number of open positions (short, long, and non-hedged) per instrument for selected accounts.

To choose this mode, select the desired accounts in the Account Information window. Hold CTRL while clicking to select multiple accounts.

Note: Keep in mind that if you select a managed account together with its individual accounts you will receive “duplicate” results. Therefore, if you choose to see a summary of selected accounts, consider disabling Show All Managed in the Account Information window.

The Net P/L that is shown in the window’s title bar is the summarized Net P/L from all selected accounts.

Summary window columns

Instrument

Instrument name

Lot(Amount)

The sum of all open position amounts measured in lots(amounts)

NH Lot

Not Hedged Lots – The sum of all unhedged position amounts measured in lots. For example, if there are 7 Buy and 4 Sell positions, then for the buy positions NH=7-4=3.

Amt,K

Sum of all open position amounts in contract currency measured in thousands (Am,K = number of lots * contract

size/1000)

NH Amt,K

Not Hedged Amount – the sum of all unhedged position amounts measured in 1,000 base currency units

B/S

B=Buy position; S=Sell position

Trader’s closing rate for all positions in this instrument

AvOpen

Average weighted trader’s opening rate for all positions in this instrument

AvBEP

Average weighted break-even point. The minimal rate at which all positions on this instrument from the selected accounts will not carry any loss.

P/L

Total gross Profit/Loss measured in pips for all positions on this instrument. Calculated as sum of P/L values of all positions open on this instrument. The result is rounded to the sum of decimal digits in pips and lots in the instrument.

Net P/L

Total net Profit/Loss measured in base currency. Positive P/L values are displayed in green color; negative P/L values are displayed in red color; zero P/L values are displayed in black color.

Allows to close positions directly from the Summary window

NH P/L

Total gross Profit/Loss measured in pips for all unhedged positions on this instrument. Calculated by the following formula: NH P/L = NH Lot/ Lot * P/L. The result is rounded to the sum of decimal digits in pips and lots in the instrument.

Example:

GBPUSD:

Point Size = 0.0001, Price Format = 0.00001 => price precision is 0.1 pip

Trade Step = 0.1

As a result, P/L and NH P/L will be rounded to 2 decimal digits

Open Buy position for 3.4 lot

Open price: 1.60353

Current closing price: 1.60310

Lot PL = 1.60310 -1.60353= -4.3 pips

P/L = 3.4 * (-4.3) = -14.62

Open Buy position for 0.2 lot

Open price: 1.60370

Current closing price: 1.60310

Lot PL = 1.60310-1.60370= -6 pips

P/L = 0.2 *( -6) = -1.2

Open Sell position for 0.3 lot

Open price: 1.60295

Current closing price:1.60375

Lot PL = 1.60295 – 1.60375= -8 pips

P/L = 0.3 * (-8) = -2.4

Summary will show:

For Sell position: NH P/L – empty (position is fully hedged)

For buy position: NH P/L = -14.50

Calculated as:

NH Lot = Total Buy Lot – Total Sell Lot = 3.4 + 0.2 – 0.3 = 3.3

Lot (Total Buy) = 3.4 + 0.2 = 3.6

P/L (Total Buy) = (-14.62) + (-1.2) = -15.82

NH P/L = NH Lot/ Lot * P/L = 3.3/3.6 *( -15.82) = -14.50166666666667 ≈ -14.50

Instrum P/L column

The Instrum P/L column displays the total value of P/L from Net P/L columns for each side of instruments’ position (Buy and Sell).

The Instrument P/L value calculated from Buy and Sell positions on an instrument is displayed in the line where the absolute value of Net P/L is greater. The other line remains empty.

Ex 1: EURUSD: NET P/L for all Buy positions = -44.4; For all Sell positions = 118.30.

The Instrument P/L is calculated as: 118,30+(-44,40)=73,90.

This value is shown in the Sell line (since 118.3>44.40).

Ex 2: USDJPY: NET P/L for all Buy positions =-3.77; For all Sell positions =0.26.

The Instrument P/L is calculated as: =0,26+(-3,77)=-3,51.

This value is shown in the Buy line, (since 3.77>0.26)

Note: When Summary window is in NH mode (not hedged summary only), Instrum P/L is NOT displayed in the window.

NH Net P/L

Total net Profit/Loss measured in base currency for all unhedged positions (Note: The Net P/L value shown on the window title in the Not Hedged mode represents the exposure against all unhedged positions from the selected accounts.) Positive P/L values have a green background; negative P/L values have a red background; zero values are not displayed in the column (NH Net P/L is empty in this case).

Pop-up menu 1

To access this menu, right-click on a column header in the Summary window.

Menu commands:

Columns

Find Instrument

Overall Summary

Day Summary

Summary by All Accounts

Summary by Selected Account

Not hedged summary only (NH Mode)

Changes the window’s display mode to Not Hedged mode. In this mode the window will display information on unhedged (exposed) positions only. Full summary:

Not hedged (exposed) positions summary:

Note: The Net P/L value shown on the window title in the Not Hedged mode is the same number as in the Full mode. It represents Net P/L for all positions.

Preferences

Bet#	Instrument	Premium	Condition	Payout	Current rate	Current payout
1	EURUSD	100	Put 1.29500	174.00/15.00	1.29512	15.00
2	USDJPY	100	Call 94.301	172.00/15.00	94.353	172.00

Bet#	Instrument	Premium	Condition	Payout	Current rate	Current payout
1	EURUSD	100	Put 1.29500	174.00/15.00	1.29512	15.00
2	USDJPY	100	Call 94.301	172.00/15.00	94.353	172.00

1) Select Instrument	Pull-down box that allows you to select the instrument in the chart. The instrument and interval settings are changed individually and independently of each other. As soon as one of these parameters is altered, the chart will refresh to reflect the change.
2) Select Time Interval	Pull-down box that allows you to select the time interval of the chart. The instrument and interval settings are changed individually and independently of each other. As soon as one of these parameters is altered, the chart will refresh to reflect the change.
3) Zoom buttons	These buttons allow you to zoom in, zoom out, and reset the zoom to the default chart display.
4) Vertical Auto-Scale	The Vertical Auto-Scale button determines whether the vertical scale of the chart will automatically change in order to fit in all vertical data, whenever the chart is scrolled or zoomed.
5) Crosshair	The crosshair tool turns the cursor into a crosshair, allowing you to pinpoint exact locations on the chart. The Measure tool offers a convenient way to quickly determine the distance and measurements between two points on a chart. To access this tool, click on the crosshair icon on the chart toolbar, and select Measure Crosshair from the list box: Point the center of the crosshair anywhere on the chart; press the left mouse button to set the start point of your measurement. Without letting go of the left mouse button, drag the cursor across the chart. A rectangle will be plotted from the start point to the current cursor location showing the outline of the measured chart area. At the same time you will see the following information to the right of the cursor, above the horizontal line: Distance in pips / Profit per lot /Distance in Bars /Time difference between the start point and the current cursor location. This information changes continuously as you move the cursor: Calculation of distance between point A and point B: Distance in pips = \|<Price B> – <Price A>\|[in pips] Distance in bars = \| <Bar number of B> – <Bar number of A>\| Distance in time = \| <Time of B> – <Time of A>\| Profit per lot = <Distance in pips> * Pip value The location of the text will change for a better view if the crosshair moves too close to the outside of the chart: When you release the left mouse button, the rectangle and the text label will disappear. The Details window displays candles and indicators parameters at the current mouse pointer location. This window can be shown/hidden by pressing “i” key or can be briefly displayed while “Tab” key is being pressed. To see pop-up hint (showing details/values) hover mouse over an indicator or a candle
6) Indicator Setup	Opens the indicator setup menu, where you can configure the indicators appearing in the chart.
8) Print Chart	Prints the chart
9) Save and Export chart data	This feature lets you export data from the current chart in the form of a table. After you click the save icon, a dialog will appear, allowing you to customize the exported data: You can select which of the 6 columns you wish to include in the table (Date, Time, Open, High, Low, Close). You can also choose to export all available time data or specify a specific time interval. When you are satisfied with the column and interval settings, click Next. On the following screen, you can choose the file format, file name, and save location. The following export formats are available: •Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet (.xls) •Web Pate (.html) •XML Document (.xml) •Plain Text (.txt)
10) Open Chart Table	This button will open the chart in the form of a table: The Chart Table is a tabular representation of a chart. It contains 5 columns: Time The time of the chart update Open Open price High High price Low Low price Close Close price Updating The Chart Table updates in real time. The frequency of updates depends on the interval setting. Instrument and Interval Just like in a graphical chart window, the instrument and time interval may be selected from the pull-down menus at the top of the window.
11) Save Current Chart as Picture	This button allows you to save a chart as an image. Only part of the chart visible on a chart window will be saved to a file.
12) Save Current Chart	This button allows you to save current chart.
13) Drawing Tools	This is a pull-down menu allowing you to choose from several drawing tools: Drawing tools can be used on the chart and on indicators appearing below the chart.
14) Show Linked Objects	Allows you to display linked objects
15) Delete Object(s)	This button allows you to remove a selected object, or all objects, from the chart.
16) Show/Hide Positions, Orders, Price Alerts	This button allows you to show/hide Open and Closed Positions, Orders, and Price Alerts on the chart. You can click on the arrow next to the button to hide/show these items separately.
17) Chart Type	Allows you to select the type of the chart: candlestick, bar, or line.
18) Chart Settings	Opens the chart settings menu.
19) Create Visual Strategy	Allows to create visual strategy

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