Customize Window - General (Market Depth, Quick Trade Bar)

The Customize Window - General tab allows you to customize the properties of the active Market Depth and Quick Trade Bar windows.

    Access using the Settings > Window menu sequence and select the General tab.

Display

Displays how orders and positions are displayed in the active window.

  • Show open orders using ... - Check this setting to display open orders for the active symbol based on either Order # or Route as the ID.
  • Show Position - Check this setting to display the market position for the active symbol.
  • Size divided by 100 (for stocks only) - Check this setting to display the size in lots of 100, rather than the actual number of shares. For example, if you select this check box, 5,000 shares of stock ABC will display as 50 lots (50 * 100 shares = 5,000 shares).
  • Display only significant digits - Check this setting to only display two decimal places in the price, bid and ask columns.
  • Update "Last" based on most recent price change – Check this setting to color‑code (Green = up or Red = down) the Last Price value based on changes relative to the previous last price. If unchecked, color coding will be done based on changes relative to the previous day’s closing price.
  • Enable Ask Filter – Check this setting to filter the display of market makers based on their sell (ask) share or contract quantities.
    • Show Ask Sizes: The criteria for applying the filter can be configured here.
  • Enable Bid Filter – Check this setting to filter the display of market makers based on their buy (Bid) share or contract quantities.
    • Show Bid Sizes: The criteria for applying the filter can be configured here.
  • Apply selected filter to Summary Pane – Apply the selected Ask and / or Bid filter(s) to the market makers information displayed in the Summary Pane.
  • Maximum color levels in Summary and Graph - Enter the maximum number of color levels to display in the Summary and Graph panes.
  • Graph window style - Use the drop-down list to select the graph type to display in the graph pane.

Note: When bid and ask filters are used, optimizations put in place to assist with market depth performance are removed causing possible performance issues especially when using symbols with high volatility.

Scroll Bars  

Controls the behavior of the Scroll Bars in the Trade Bar, Advanced Trade Bar, Bid Detail, and Ask Detail panes.

  • Off - Removes the scroll bar from the active window.
  • On - Displays the scroll bar to the active window.
  • Auto hide - Displays the scroll bar only when the information in the pane exceeds the available display area.

Summary Pane Options  

Controls the display of the Bid * Ask grid and / or graph pane in the Summary pane of the application.

Set as Default - Check this setting to save any changes that you made as your default.

 Click OK to apply changes or Cancel to exit without changes.

Related Topics

About the Market Depth Window

About Quick Trade Bar for Equities and Futures