TradeStation Help

Locking Order Placement Tools

For your security, you can lock the order placement features of selected TradeStation order placement tools to help avoid unintended orders.  

The lock option allows you to view and change order placement status for selected tools or for all at once. A check mark in front of the tool name indicates that order placement status is active (unlocked) for that tool. In addition, tool status indicators appear on the status bar in green for unlocked and red for locked. The Order Bar and Macros status are always visible on the status bar and the Basket Order, Matrix, and TradeManager indicators appear when the matching window is active.

You can also see the locked or unlocked status of the Order Bar and Order Entry macros from the status bar. On the right side of the desktop status bar, there are named order tool indicators. If the order tool indicator is green, the order placement method is unlocked; if the indicator is red, the order placement method is locked. You can also lock and unlock an order tool by double-clicking this indicator.

Locking/Unlocking Order Tools using the Toolbar

  1. From the Main toolbar, click the Lock image\ob_lock.gif icon and move the mouse cursor over the name of an order tool from the drop-down menu.
  2. Click on a selected item to toggle its status. A check mark next to the selected menu item indicates that order placement for that tool is active. The matching order tool indicator on the desktop status bar will also show the status of the tool with green for active (unlocked) and red for locked.
  3. To lock or unlock all tools at once, click Lock All or Unlock All.

Locking/Unlocking Order Tools using the Status Bar

The desktop status bar (at the bottom of the desktop) displays the names of selected order placement tools (i.e. ORDER BAR, OE MACROS, etc.) in green or red. Green indicates that order placement for the tool is active (unlocked) and red indicates locked.

  1. Moving the mouse cursor over the name of an order tool displays a tool tip describing the order status.
  1. Double-clicking on the name of an order tool toggles its status from locked (red) to unlocked (green). Double-click again to reverse the status.