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Price Ladder Display
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Price Ladder Display
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The price ladder region is used to display stacked static market prices, market depth, the current inside market, order and strategy information. It is also used for the submission, modification, and cancellation of orders.
Columns
The price ladder is broken down into three functional columns. The left column (referred to as the "BUY" column) is used to submit/modify buy orders and to display market depth on the bid side of the market. The center column (referred to as the "PRICE" column) displays market prices, displays current inside market and is used to modify stop loss and profit target orders. The right column (referred to as the "SELL" column) is used to submit/modify sell orders and to display market depth on the ask side of the market.
Bottom Row
The bottom row of the price ladder contains three functions:
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MARKET (left cell) |
Submits buy market, limit at ask or limit at bid orders |
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P/L (center cell) |
Displays unrealized profit or loss for the current position |
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MARKET (right cell) |
Submits sell market, limit at ask or limit at bid orders |
You can change the type of order the market cells submit by holding down the SHIFT key to place limit orders at the ask or, by holding down the CTRL key to place limit orders at the bid. Clicking with your left mouse button on the P/L cell will change the display of P/L between points, currency and percent.
Inside Market
The inside market is displayed as follows:
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Best Ask (1) |
Default color is dark green with bold font |
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Best Bid (2) |
Default color is blue with bold font |
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Last Traded Price |
Center price cell is highlighted to default color yellow |
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Ask Depth Size (3) |
Displayed in the corresponding price row's "SELL" column |
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Bid Depth Size (4) |
Displayed in the corresponding price row's "BUY" column |
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Last Trade Size (5) |
Displayed in the corresponding price row in either the center column or, "BUY"/"SELL" column depending on user defined property. Volume is indicated in parentheses. |
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Cumulative Depth (6) |
The bottom integer value in the "BUY" column and the top integer value in the "SELL" column |
Daily High and Low
The market's daily high and low can be optionally displayed.
You can set this option and customize the markers color in the SuperDOM properties dialog window.
Open Position and Profit/Loss
The image below displays the current unrealized loss of our current position (-0.25). Our current position is displayed in the green box which represents a long position of 1 contract. A red box would be displayed for a short position.
Adjusting the Price Ladder Display
Move your mouse cursor into the price ladder region and use your mouse scroll wheel to adjust market prices up or down. You can also press the "C" button to center the inside market. Optionally, the "Auto center price" property will automatically center the inside market price should the last traded price trade outside the visible range on the price ladder. You can also set the number of visible price rows via the properties window.