TradeManager Preferences - Orders

The Orders tab allows you to assign notification methods that you want to use for each order type. You may select more than one type of notification for each order type.

 Access using the TradeManager Settings > Preferences menu sequence and selecting the Orders tab.

Notifications

Contains the notifications for different orders status and notification types, email, window and sound notifications.

  1. Select the desired order status for a notification.
  • Enable email notification - Check this setting to send an email notification to the email address specified in the Messaging dialog.
  • Configure - Launches the Messaging dialog. For more information on configuring the Email Messaging feature, see Notification Preferences.

Once an email notification is selected for  each order status, a envelope icon is displayed next to the selected order status. The envelope represents that you want an email notification sent to you for the selected order status.

  • Enable window notification - Check this setting to receive a notification window while you are in TradeStation. To display the notification window as your active window, thus stopping your ability to work on anything until you close the notification window, choose Interrupt what I am doing from the drop-down list box. To display the notification window as a flashing task bar along the bottom of your screen, choose Do not interrupt what I am doing from the drop-down list box. You can then click the task bar to display the notification window when you choose.

  • Enable sound notification - Check this setting to receive a sound notification while you are in TradeStation.  
  • Browse - Launches the Open dialog to search for a desired .wav file.
  • Play - Allows you to listen to the selected sound that was selected from the Enable sound notification option. Select the sound that you want to apply from the drop-down list box.

Once you select a sound for each order status, a speaker icon is displayed next to the selected order status. The speaker represents that you have chosen a sound for the order status.

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

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