TradeStation Help
The Status Bar appears at the bottom of the desktop and displays a summary of the account selected on the order bar along with order placement indicators, connection status, and current date/time. The Status Bar may be toggled to display or hide using the View > Status Bar Menu bar sequence or pressing Ctrl-Shift-U from the keyboard.
A brief summary of the account currently selected on the order bar includes position, buying power, and P/L values that match the current tabbed section of the order bar.
Displays the lock/unlock status of the specified order placement tool
where green indicates that orders may be placed (unlocked) and red that
order placement is disabled (locked). The order placement indicators for
the ORDER BAR and MACROS are always shown along with the order placement
status of any active
The status bar displays
The connection status displays the status of the TradeStation Data Network where Data indicates that you have an active connection to the trade server and Data informs you that the connection is not active. No orders will be transmitted and no data will be received if the TradeStation Data Network connection is not active. Double-clicking on an active connection status will disconnect the data network and double-clicking will allow you to try logging on to reconnect.
The status bar displays a yellow bell that provides you with quick access to the status bar alert settings. By double-clicking on the bell in the status bar, it will open the Desktop Preferences - Status Bar tab to modify your alerts and notification settings.
Displays the current date and time from your local computer.