To log on to trade, click the Logon button on the Spreadsheet Trader toolbar.
To change accounts, press F11 or right-click the title bar and then click Select Account. You can have a different account on each tab. If Spreadsheet Trader is linked as a child to a master window, changing the account in the master window changes it in Spreadsheet Trader.
To place a limit order
•Click the Buy LMT or Sell LMT button in the Buy and Sell columns;
•Drag a price to the buy or sell column or one of the working orders columns. Order type is impacted by distance from market and limits and stops preferences; or
•Right-click one of the bid volume columns to place a sell order. Right-click one of the ask volume columns to place a buy order.
To place a stop order
•Right-click the Buy LMT or Sell LMT button in the Buy and Sell columns;
•Press Ctrl on your keyboard as you click the Buy STP or Sell STP button; or
•Press Ctrl on your keyboard as you drag a price to the buy or sell column or one of the working orders columns. [Order type is impacted by distance from market and limits and stops preferences.]
To place a sweep order
A sweep order has a quantity totaling the aggregated depth quantity. Sweep orders are placed by clicking a dragging a volume column cell to either the buy or sell column or a working orders column.
Sweep orders must be enabled in preferences.