Setting O&P Functions Preferences

To open these preferences, click the Setup button, and then click O&P Functions.

Orders

Highlight working order at the Best Bid/Ask

If this check box is selected, then working orders on Orders and Positions are highlighted if they are either at the best bid or the best ask.

Switch to Strategy Manager…

When the system alerts you of an incomplete order, you can automatically go to the Incomplete window. Click the top check box.

To go back to the previous window when the incomplete order has been resolved, click the bottom check box.

Positions

Enable liquidate buttons in Open Positions Summary tab

Select this check box to display the liquidate button on the Open Positions Summary.

Enable clearing position column in Open Positions Summary tab

If selected, then the Clearing Position column is displayed on the summary of positions. This preference is disabled if the Group spread positions by filled spread orders preference is not selected.

Cancel/Activate All buttons

Cancel/Activate All buttons

Choose whether to display cancel and activate buttons, and then choose which buttons to include.

X Buys = cancel all buy orders for current symbol for the current account

X Sells = cancel all sell orders for current symbol for the current account

X All = cancel all orders for this symbol for the current account

X Global = Cancel all orders for all symbols and all accounts

X Go Flat (go flat button) = cancel all orders and liquidate all positions for this symbol for the current account, on by default

X All Liq All (liquidate button) = Cancel all orders for all symbols and liquidate all positions for the current account and for mapped ones

Accounts

Display margin information in Account Summary

Select this check box to display Margin Excess, Margin Value, Purchasing Power, and Margin Credit on the Account Summary window. The check box is selected by default.

Suppress invalid OTE and P/L in calculating total values

“N/A” is displayed on the Account Summary window if there are invalid OTE values in the calculation due to missing quotes.

Select this check box to override that standard system behavior and instead show values that ignore invalid OTE & PL when calculating total values for currency or for the account.

In that case, values marked with an asterisk (*) indicate that invalid values have been ignored.

Multiple Accounts

Enable sub-accounts

Select the Enable sub-accounts check box to display sub-accounts. Brokers who trade multiple customer accounts can use a sub-account to identify customer orders while trading from a single account. This sub-account can then be used to filter the order book by customer. Sub-accounts are added using comments. Once added, the accounts are displayed in the Account Picker list. Using Sub-Accounts with Trading Interfaces (Order Comments)

Enable Account column…

Select this check box to allow the Account column on the Confirmations and Purchases & Sales windows (Orders pane) and on the Open Position Summary window (Summary pane) not only when All Accounts of All FCMs selected, but also when a single account is selected.

Enable FCM column…

Select this check box to allow the FCM column on the Confirmations and Purchases & Sales windows on the Orders pane and on the Open Position Summary window on the Summary pane not only when All Accounts of All FCMs selected, but also when a single account is selected.

Enable Margin Credit column…

Select this check box to add margin credit data to the All Accounts Summary window.

Re-sort Balance…

Applies to the Account Summary when All FCMs or All Accounts is selected in the Accounts pane.

If you have sorted the summary by a data column that changes in real-time, then the column will be re-sorted every five seconds. Change that duration here.

Use single currency

Applies to the Account Summary when All FCMs or All Accounts is selected in the Accounts pane.

By default, the account’s reporting currency is used in the Account Summary. You can use a single currency for all accounts, regardless of the reporting currency. Select that currency from the drop-down menu.

Highlight negative NLV

Applies to the Account Summary when All FCMs or All Accounts is selected in the Accounts pane.

Choose whether to highlight Net Liquidity Value (NLV).

Care Orders

Enable auto-activation

When turned on, care orders are automatically activated in the set number of seconds.

Hedge type

Enable Hedge column in Purchase & Sales, Confirmations, and Open Position Summary tabs

Hedge Type was introduced in response to MiFID regulations. It is displayed only if it applies to the instrument or leg instrument (in the case of strategies) in use.

Contract rows must be expanded to display particular fills. Hedge type does not apply to historical data.

Enable Hedge column in Fill Report

Hedge Type was introduced in response to MiFID regulations. It is displayed only if it applies to the instrument or leg instrument (in the case of strategies) in use.