The control panel of the trading terminal supports trading and account monitoring. It may be used for opening and closing positions as well as for entering and cancelling orders. The current condition of the account, the active orders, the open positions and the corresponding current profit/loss values for each position are displayed by the control panel in real time.
Main features of the control panel: - Current account info (number, type, owner).
- The control panel supports:
- Open positions
- Message field (transaction or error messages, for example)
- Panel switch:
- Active orders
- Current account info
- Help
Active orders table fields (Pending Orders) | Caption | Explanation |
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| Order# | Order number | | Type | Order type - MKT - Market îrder
- STP - Stop order
- LMT - Limit order
- ADM - Administrative order
| | O/C | Order to open (OPN) or to close (CLS) a position | | Open On | Date and time of order creation | | Instrum. | Instrument (currency) of the order | | Side | Buy (BUY) or Sell (SELL) order | | Lots | Number of lots in the order | | Price | Order price | | Stop | Automatically set STOP order at this price upon order activation | | Limit | Automatically set LIMIT order at this price upon order activation | | Expires | Date and time of order expiration. If this field is empty, the order will be good till cancelled by the trader. |
Open positions table fields | Caption | Explanation |
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| Pos# | Position number | | Open On | Date and time of opening | | Instrum. | The instrument of the position | | Side | Buy (BUY) or Sell (SELL) position | | Lots | Number of lots in the position | | Opn Price | Opening price | | Curr Price | Current price | | Storage | Total storage charges (financial charges for using a credit line) | | Profit | Floating (paper) profit (loss) for the position at current exchange rates. |
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