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`WHAT'S NEW IN X_TRADER®
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`AUTOSPREADERTM ................................................................................................................... .. 16
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`SPREAD MATRIX AND BUTTERFLY CONDOR MATRIX .............................................................. .. 1 8
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`SPREAD MATRIX .......................................................................................................................... .. 19
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`Context Menu ......................................................................' ................................................................ .. 20
`Properties: Spread Matrix Tab ................................................ ..'. .......................................................... .. 21
`BUTTERFLY CONDOR MATRIX .... ..~ ................................................................
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`Context Menu ............................................ ..- ......................................................... ..-............................. .. 24
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`Properties: Spread Matrix Tab........................................................................................ ..'................... .. 24
`‘ MD TRADERTM ........................................................................................................................ 26
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`ABOUT THIS MANUAL ..............
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`INTRODUCTION TO X_TRADER® 6.11 USER MANUAL .......................................................... .. 29
`CONVENTIONS ...................................................................................... .1. ................................ .. 29
`KEYBOARD FORMATS .......................................................................... .§.................................. .. 30
`RELATED DOCUMENTATION .................................................................................................... .. 31
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`X_TRADER® TRADING SYSTEM ........................................................................................... .. 31
`GLOBAL CLIENT SUPPORT CENTER.......................................................................................... .. 32
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`AUTOMATED PHONE MENU ................................................... .§ .................................................... .. 33
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`Examples ............................................................................................................................................... 33
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`CHAPTER 1 GETTING
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`LOGGING INTO X_TRADER® ................................................................................................ .. 36
`LOGGING INTO AN EXCHANGE ............................. .§ .................................................................. .. 37
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`X_TRADER® PRO LICENSE ................................................................................................... .. 39
`CREATING A CUSTOMER PROFILE ............................................................................................ .. 40
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`INTRODUCTION TO THE X_TRADER® WORKSPACE .............................................................. .. 41
`MANUALLY ENTERING A MARKET ORDER .............................................................................. .. 41
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`SENDING AN ORDER TO THE MARKET ..........................
`ORDER MESSAGES IN THE AUDIT TRAIL WINDOW................................................................... .. 43
`EXI'I1NGX_TRADER® .................................................................................................... .'. .... .. 44'
`AUTOMATIC SHUTDOWN OF X_TRADER® ............................................................................ .. 44
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`CHAPTER 2 COMMON ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS 45
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`POPULATING WINDOWS WITH CONTRACTS .............................................................................. .. 45
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`FILTERING OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................. .. 46
`SETTING A COLUMN FILTER .......................................................... ..'. ........................................... .. 48
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`CLEARING A COLUMN FILTER ........................................................
`CLEARING ALL FILTERS .......................................................................................
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`SETTING AUTO FILTERS IN X_TRADER® ................................................................................. .. 50
`FONT CONTROL OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................... .. 52
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`CHANGING THE FONT (TEXT) STYLE IN WORKSPACE................................................................. .. 5 2
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`CHANGING GRID TEXT AND BACKGROUND COLORS .................................................................. .. 53
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`GRID FORMATITNG OVERVIEW ................................................................................................ .. 55
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`SETTING THE DEFAULT COLUMN SELECTION ............................................................................. .. 5 6
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`MOVING Rows OR COLUMNS ........................................................................................................ 56
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`HIDING Rows OR COLUMNS .......................................... .[. .......................................................... .. 57
`RESTORING HIDDEN Rows OR COLUMNS ..................................................................................... 57
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`CHANGING THE WIDTH OR HEIGHT OF ONE COLUMN OR Row .................................................. .. 58
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`CHANGING THE WIDTH OR HEIGHT OF MULTIPLE COLUMNS OR Rows ..................................... .. 58
`USING THE CONTEXT MENU TO SHOW/HIDE COLUMNS OR Rows ............................................. .. 59
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`CHANGING BORDER STYLES ....................................................................................................... .. 60
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`WORKSPACE OVERVIEW; ....................................... .;...-. ..............................................
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`CREATING A WORKSPACB ......................................................................................... f. ................ .. 62
`SAVING A WORKSPACE ............................................................................................................... .. 63
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`OPENING AN EXISTING WORKSPACE ..................................... ..-.................................................... .. 64
`DELETING A WORKSPACE ........................................................................................................... .. 64
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`FRAME COMMAND BAR ........................................................................................................... .. 65
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`RESIZING A WINDOW FONT USING THE FRAME BUTTONS ...................
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`PRINTING FROM X_TRADER® .................................................................................................. .. 66
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`AUDIT TRAIL MESSAGE TYPES ................................................................................................ .. 68
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`AUDIT TRAIL EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENTS ........................................................................... .. 69
`AUDIT TRAIL COLUMN DESCRIPTIONS ..................................................................................... .. 70
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`AUDIT TRAIL CONTEXT MENU ................................................................................................ .. 72
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`CUSTOMIZING FEATURES IN THE AUDIT TRAIL WINDOW ........................................................ .. 73
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`IMPLIEDS IN AUTOSPREADERTM ............................................................................................... .. 76
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`OPENING AUTOSPREADERTM .................................................................................................... .. 77
`USING MARKET GRID To CREATE A NEW SPREAD ..................................................................... .. 78
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`USING DRAG-AND-DROP TO CREATE A NEW SPREAD ................................................................ .. 79
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`OPENING AUTOSPREADERTM wITH A PREVIOUSLY CREATED SPREAD ....................................... .. 79
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`AUTOSPREADER AND MD TRADER .......................................................................................... .. 80
`AUTOSPREADERTM LEG PANES .................................................................................................... .. 80
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`AUTOSPREADERTM SPREAD PANE ............................................................................................... .. 80
`PROPERTIES [N AUTOSPREADERTM SPREAD PANE....................................................................... .. 81
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`CONFIGURATION DIALOG BOX .............................................................................. ..'...' ............. .. 82
`CONFIGURATION DIALOG Box FIELD DESCRIPTIONS ................................................................. .. 83
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`Top Pane . .. . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
`Grid Pane .. . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .
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`Ticking Worksheet ............... ..'. ..................................................................................................... 89
`SETTING THE SPREAD SETTINGS ...........................................................................
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`CONFIGURATION DIALOG Box AND EXPIRED CONTRACTS ........................................................ .. 92
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`USING MULTI-LEGGED CAPABILITY ........................................................................................ .. 93
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`USING ADVANCED SLOP .......................................................................................................... .. 96
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`MANAGER DIALOG BOX .......................................................................................................... .. 98
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`MANAGER DIALOG BOX FIELD DESCRIPTIONS .................................................. .; ....................... .. 99
`USING MANAGER DIALOG BOX ................................................................................................ .. 100
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`CHAPTER 5
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`OPENING AUTOTRADERTM ..................................................................................................... .. 102
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`AUTOTRADERTM WINDOW ..................................................................................................... .. 103
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`CONTEXT MENU................................................................................................................ .. 104
`STARTING TO TRADE USING AIITOTRADERTM ........................................................................ .. 106
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`GENERATING A MANUAL ORDER WITH THE SCRATCH PAD ................................................... .. 109
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`DRAGGING AND DROPPING AUTOTRADERTM ORDERS IN MD TRADERTM
`QUOTE EXCEEDS MAXIMUM LIMIT ........................................................................................ .. 1 1 1
`ASSIGNING COLORS ............................................................................................................... .. 112
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`POSITION MANAGEMENT DIALOG Box .................................................................................. .. 1 13
`NO EXISTING MARKET .......................................................................................................... .. 1 16
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`EXPIRED CONTRACTS AND WORKSPACES .............................................................................. .. 116
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`IMPLIEDS IN AUTOTRADERTM ............................. ., ................................. ..; .............................. .. 117
`CONTROL BAR ....................................................................................................................... ..118
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`AUTOTRADER GRID ............................................................................................................... .. 121
`GRID SECTIONS .......................................................................................................................... .. 122
`Row Identifier Section....................................................................................................................... .. 123
`Control Section.................................................................................................................................. .. 125
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`Open/Close Section ........................................................................................................................... .. 127
`Position Section ................................................................................................................................. .. 128
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`Marketsection .................................................................................................................................. .. 129
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`Working Section................................................................................................................................ .. 131
`Scratch Section ...................................................................... .L.......................................................... .. 132
`Profile Parameters Section ..............................................................
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`Cover Orders Section ........................................................................................................................ .. 134
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`Updates Section ................................................................................................................................. .. 135
`Theo Prices Section ........................................................................................................................... .. 135
`Formula Section ................................................................................................................................ .. 137
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`PROFILE SETUP PAGE ............................................................................................................. .. 138
`OPENING THE PROFILE SETUP PAGE ............................................... ..- ......................................... .. 139
`PROFILE PAGE CONTEXT MENU ................................................................................................ .. 140
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`PROFILES BOX ............................................................................................................................. 141
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`TRADING PARAMETERS BOX .............................................................
`GENERAL INFORMATION SEC’I'ION ............................................................................................ .. 144
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`PROFILE PARAMETERS SECTION ................................................................................................ .. 147
`PROFILE PARAMETERS FIELD DESCRIPTIONS .............................................................................. 148
`EXPIRATION RANGES .................................................... . .-............................................................. 15 0
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`QUOTING LIMITS SECTION .................................................................... .; .................................. .. 151
`DEFINING TRADING PARAMETERS .......................................................................
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`ADDITIONAL THEORETICAL CONFIGURATIONS ........................................................................ .. 156
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`MULII-EXPIRATION PROFILE .................................................................................................... .. 157
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`THEORETICALS AND FORMULAS ............................................................................................ .. 158
`MATHEMATICAL FORMULAS ..................................................................................................... .. 159
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`STATISTICAL FORMULAS ........................................................................................................... .. 161
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`CONDITIONAL STATISTICAL FORMULAS ................................................................................... .. 163
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`STRING FUNCTIONS ................................................................................................................... .. 163
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`LOGIC FUNCTIONS ..................................................................................................................... .. 165
`FINANCIAL FUNCTIONS ............................................................................................................. .. 166
`DATE AND TIME FUNCTIONS ..................................................................................................... .. I69
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`MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS .................................................................................................... .. 170
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`EMBEDDED TOOLS ..................................................................................................................... .. 171
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`AUTOTRADERTM FORMULAS ................................................................
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`Using Conversion Formulas .............................................................................................................. .. 172
`Converting Floating Point to a Price ................................................................................................. .. 175
`AUTOTRADERTM FORMULA
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`USING FORMULAS IN AUTOTRADERTM ..........................................................
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`IMPORTING THEORETICALS TO AUTOTRADERTM ...................................................................... .. 181
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`ROUNDING RESULTS ............................................................................
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`EXCEL LINKS ......................................................................................................................... .. 183
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`LINKING EXCEL SPREADSHEETS (OLE LINKS) ......................................................................... .. 183
`SAVING EXCEL SPREADSI-IEETS IN A WORKSPACE .................................................................... .. 184
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`DELETING OLE LINKS ............................................................................................................... .. 185
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`EXAMPLES ............................................................................................................................. .. 185
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`THROTTLE QUOTING ................................................................................................................. .. 185
`BID OFFSET EXAMPLE: POSITIVE OFFSETS ............................................................................. .. 186
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`BID OFFSET EXAMPLE: NEGATIVE OFFSETS ............................................................................. .. 186
`COVER ORDER EXAMPLE ......................
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`MARKET IMPROVE LIMIT EXAMPLE .......................................................................................... .. 1 87
`MAXINIUM POSITION EXAMPLE ................................................................................................... 1 88
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`THROTTLE QUOTING AND SCRATCH PAD EXAMPLE ................................................................... 189
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`CHAPTER 6 CONTROL PANEL
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`ALERTS MANAGER ................................................................................................................ .. 192
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`CUSTOMER DEFAULTS & CUSTOMER LIST ............................................................................. .. 194
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`CUSTOMER LIsT.._.........................................................................................................................194
`CUSTOMER DEFAULTS DIALOG BOX FIELD DESCRIPTIONS ........................................................ 195
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`CUSTOMER DEFAULTS CONTEXT MENU ..................................................................................... 1199
`CREATING A CUSTOMER DEFAULTS PROFILE ............................................................................. 199
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`ADDING CUSTOMERS TO THE ORDER ENTRY LIST ...................................................................... 200
`CHANGING CUSTOMER PROFILE IN CUSTOMER DEFAULTS DIALOG Box .................................. 200
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`MENU BAR ON THE CONTROL PANEL ..................................................................................
`FILE MENU ON THE CONTROL PANEL ....................................................................................... .. 201
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`SETTINGS MENU ON THE CONTROL PANEL .......................................................... ..;: ................. .. 202
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`WINDOW MENU ON THE CONTROL PANEL ................................................................................ .. 203
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`HELP MENU ON THE CONTROL PANEL ...................................................................................... .. 204
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`TOOLBAR ON THE CONTROL PANEL .......................................................................................... .. 205
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`PRODUCT GROUP INFORMATION DIALOG BOX ...................................................................... .. 207
`PRODUCT GROUP INFORMATION FIELD/COLUMN DESCRIPTIONS ............................................ .. 208
`ADDING A PRODUCT GROUP...................................................................................................... .. 211
`ASSOCIATING A PRODUCT TO A PRODUCT GROUP ...................................................................... 212
`DISASSOCIATING A PRODUCT FROM A PRODUCT GROUP.......................................................... .. 213
`CHANGING A PRODUCT GROUP SETTINGS ................................................................................ .. 214
`DELETING A PRODUCT GROUP .................................................................................................. .. 214
`PROPERTIES DIALOG Box ...................................................................................................... .. 215
`TRADING TAB .............................................................................................................................. 216
`ENABLING IMPLIEDS IN THE TRADING TAB ................................................................................. 222
`FILL TAB ......................................................................................
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`POSITION TAB ..........................................1 ................................................................. f................. 226
`ORDER BOOK TAB .............................................................................................................. .; ..... .. 227
`AUDIT TRAIL TAB ........................................................................................................................ 229
`SOUNDS TAB ................................................................................................................................ 231
`Adding an Event Sound....................................................................................................................... 232
`Changing or Removing an Event Sound ........................................................................................... .. 233
`COLOR TAB .................................................................................................................................. 233
`Changing Window Color Display Options .......................................................................................... 239
`SPREAD MATRIX TAB .................................................................................................................. 240
`TRADE BOOK TAB ..................................................................................................................... .. 243
`TIME AND SALES TAB ................................................................................................................ .. 244
`SPREAD TABLES DIALOG Box ............................................................................................... .. 245
`ADDING A SPREAD TABLE ..................................................................
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`COPYING A SPREAD TABLE ......................................................................................................... 247
`SAVING A SPREAD TABLE.................................................................................. .,......................... 247
`REMOVING A SPREAD TABLE .............'....................................................................................... .. 247
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`FILLS ALERT DIALOG Box .................................................................................................... .. 251
`FILLS PANE .............................................................................................................................. 252
`FILLS PANE FIELD DESCRIPTIONS ............................................................................................. .. 253
`. FILLS PANE CONTEXT MENU....,.._.............. ., .............................................................................. .. 256
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`POSITION PANE COLUMN DESCRIPTIONS ..............................................................................
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`POSITION PANE CONTEXT MENU ................................................................................................ 260
`CALCULATING PROFITAND LOSS .............................................................................................. .. 261
`P/L COLUMN DISPLAY............................................................................................................... .. 262
`MANUAL FILLS DIALOG Box................................................................................................. .. 263
`ADDING A MANUAL FILL
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`DELETING A MANUAL FILL .........
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`FAST FILLS PANE ................................................................................................
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`FAST FILLS PANE CONTEXT MENU ........................................................................................... .. 268
`EUREX FAST FILL INFORMATION ................................................................................................ 268
`FFNET AND FILTERS .................................................................................................................... 269
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`FFNET AND NETQTY SYNCHRONIZATION ................................................................................ .. 269
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`CHAPTER 8 LIFFE WHOLESALE TRADING
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`OPENING THE WHOLESALE TRADE WINDOW ......................................................................... .. 272
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`WHOLESALE TRADING TYPES ................................................................................................ .. 273
`AUDIT TRAIL MESSAGES ....................................................................................................... .. 274
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`STRATEGY WHOLESALE TRADES ...........................................................................
`NQLX AND MARKET MAKER CROSS .................................................................................... .. 277
`EURONEXT AND GUARANTEED CROSSING ............................................................................. .. 279
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`AGAINST ACTUALS TRADE .................................................................................................... .. 281
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`BASIS TRADE ............................................................................................................, ............. .. 284
`BLOCK TRADE ....................................................................................................................... .. 288
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`FLEX OPTIONS ....................................................................................................................... .. 291
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`OPENING MD TRADERTM ....................................................................................................... .. 294
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`MD TRADERTM CONTEXT MENU .........................................................
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`MD TRADERTM FIELD DESCRIPTIONS .................................................................................... .. 296
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`USING MD TRADERTM WINDOW............................................................................................ .. 301
`AVERAGE PRICE HIGHLIGHTING ............................................................................................... .. 303
`AVERAGE PRICE OF OPEN POSITION ........................................................................
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`USING THE MOUSE TO CENTER THE MARKET ........................................................................... .. 303
`DELETING ORDERS ..............................................................................