A trading toolbar (‘Orders’) and a toolbar of frequently used operations (‘Tools’) have been implemented for faster and more convenient trading and application management. The Orders toolbar allows you to quickly create/remove entry orders, open and close positions, and place stops or limits. The Tools toolbar contains other useful operations like opening a chart, creating a new workspace, opening settings, etc.

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We introduced a new algorithmic trading module that enables the trader to create and automatically execute trading strategies. The module has dedicated user interface with built in charts, lists of orders and open positions, strategy summary and statistics. The user can create complex strategies that involve multiple instruments and various time(candle) intervals. Furthermore, fully functional back testing allows traders to check their strategies against historic data. Documentation on algorithmic trading is in the form of a separate manual.

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It is now possible to export data from certain windows into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. This results in a snapshot of the window at that particular moment. Export to Excel can be done from the Orders, Open Positions, and Closed Positions windows.

An instrument search function has been added to windows that contain lists of instruments. It has also been added to settings windows that contain instrument lists.

Windows                        Settings of Windows

Instruments                        Instruments

Dealing Rates Table                Dealing Rates

Summary                        Dealing Rates Table

New Chart

When several Individual Dealing Rates windows or several Chart windows are opened in a row, they will now open in a cascading (overlapping) arrangement. Previously, when we opened these windows, they would all open directly on top of one another. This is more convenient, as users can now see the title bars of all the windows at once.

For greater clarity, the right-click menu items for creating market and entry orders have been modified to explicitly indicate the direction of the order (buy/sell).

Orders aimed at closing a position previously displayed a price in both the Ask and Bid column in the Orders window (one price was the order rate, one price was the opening rate of the position). Since this can potentially lead to confusion regarding which price is the order price, the open rate of the position has been moved to a new column (‘Ticket Rate’) which is physically distanced from the Bid and Ask columns.

For C, S, L,M orders (orders aimed at closing an existing position), now only one rate in either Bid or Ask column is shown and that rate is the order's rate.

Previously, a parent open position rate was also shown (in blue color). This has been moved to the new column "Ticket Rate" which is situated right after the column "Ticket". Also a mouse-over hint "Open Rate of Parent Position" has been added for the new column.

To ensure visual clarity, the numbers in the Summary window are displayed divided with commas ('Amount K',' NH Amount K', ' NH Lot' fields). The same is done in the Instruments window ('NetChg' field), in the Open Positions, Orders and Closed Positions windows ('Amt,K' field) and in the Order Depth window.

Note: This division affects both the lot and amount view and is fulfilled according to the Windows national parameter settings (comma, blank, dot, apostrophe etc.)

They limited keyboard shortcuts introduced in the last release have been enhanced somewhat with the new ability to use shortcuts to add as well as multiply order amount values.

When creating a new order:

New option: Pressing Ctrl-K will add 1,000 to the order amount.

(If the order amount box is blank, then pressing K or Ctrl-K will enter 1,000 into the box. Pressing K again will multiply the order amount by 1,000. Pressing Ctrl-K again will add 1,000 to the order amount.)

New option: Pressing Ctrl-M will add 1,000,000 to the order amount.

(If the order amount box is blank, then pressing M or Ctrl-M will enter 1,000 into the box. Pressing M again will multiply the order amount by 1,000. Pressing Ctrl-M again will add 1,000,000 to the order amount.)

Trend lines and other objects available in the Drawing Tools menu in charts can now be drawn on indicators that appear below the chart.

Trend lines drawn on the chart are now saved (redrawn) in the different time frame when the time interval changes in the chart.

15 minute chart

The same trend line on 1 hour chart

The same trend line after changing to 4 hours chart

In order to improve the visual appearance of charts, indicators are now positioned in the background of the chart (underneath the candles, not over them).