Orders Tab
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The orders tab is broken down into three sections.



Order Grid Section

The order grid displays detailed information regarding the current day's orders. The grid is also active in that you can modify an order directly in it. All active order's "State" cells will be color coded for ease of use.


1. You can modify the size and/or price of an order by directly clicking in either the Qty, Limit or Stop value fields of an active order and either pressing the "Enter" key or clicking in another cell.

2. You can increase the price of an order by one tick by pressing the "+' button. Holding the CTRL key down will modify the order by 5 ticks, ALT key by 10 ticks.

3. You can decrease the price of an order by one tick pressing on the "-" button. Holding the CTRL key down will modify the order by 5 ticks, ALT key by 10 ticks.

4. You can cancel an order by pressing on the "X" button.


Via the right mouse click context menu, there are several order grid specific features.


Cancel Order

Cancels the selected order

Cancel All Orders

Cancels all working orders

Filter Only Active Orders

Displays only active orders

Filter By Account

Sets which orders to display by account



Order Entry Section

The order entry section allows you to submit orders.


Select an instrument, enter parameters and either press the "BUY" or "SELL" button.


Order Type

Sets the order type

Qty

Sets the order quantity

Limit Price

Sets the limit price

Stop Price

Sets the stop price

TIF

Sets the time in force

OCO

*Sets an OCO (One cancels other) id

Account

Sets the account the order will be submitted to


* OCO is an order property that groups orders together by a common user defined id. If one order in the group is either filled, canceled or rejected, all orders in the group with the same OCO id will be canceled.



Market Display Section

The market display section display market data for the currently selected instrument.