Entering Quotes |
After you log in, you are automatically redirected to the "Quotes Monitor" section.
This is where you set up various quotes grouped on several pages and you can view information about instruments, open Charts, News, Price Ladder, Options Chain and set up alarms.
In this module, you can insert different kinds of instruments. You can also monitor exchange defined strategies like ESZ22:H23, options instruments and, of course, futures contracts.
NOTE: If you do not have quotes programmed in your Quotes Monitor, we import the quotes and tabs from the Fixed Quotes Pages. You can also edit your instruments using the desktop edition under the Mobile Data section. Any changes made on Mobile Data will synchronize with the mobile version.
The instruments you need to watch can be grouped in pages. You can add as many pages as you need.
You can scroll to the next page by swipe from right to left, or to the previous page by swipe from left to the right.
You can also tap the arrow button next to the page name to bring up the page list, and jump to a new page by selecting its title.
In order to make modifications to your quotes monitor pages, press the button in the upper right corner of your page list.
1. Add pages
2. Delete pages
3. Edit pages
You can create a new page in two ways:
The "Add new page" dialog will appear which allows you to enter the page name.
Type it into the text field and press the "Add" button.
If you want to go back to the previous screen without adding anything, press the "Cancel" button.
The new page will be the last item of the list. If you want to know how to change the order of the pages, go to the Edit pages section.
In order to delete a page from "Quotes Monitor", go to the Edit pages screen mentioned above.
After this, press the "Delete" button on the left side of the page title. Select "Ok" to confirm or "Cancel" to go back to the "Pages" screen.
In order to rename a quotes monitor page, edit the name of the page in the text field.
If you need to change the order of your quotes monitor pages, press the icon to the right of the Delete button and drag the page to the desired position.
When you are ready, press the "Done" button in the upper right corner and you will be redirected to the "Quotes Monitor" table you just modified.
On each page you can group several quotes and then you can follow the updates that happen to them.
If long press on a quote to show a select an action menu; you can quickly request a quote, open a full screen chart, price ladder, options chain, add a new alarm, open the order ticket, add the quote to your ticker or perform an editing on the selected instrument.
2. Delete, edit and reorder instruments
You can enter instruments to a quotes monitor page in two way:
The "Add new instrument" dialog will be opened.
Check the "Activate as title row" checkbox and insert the title to the text field below, if you need to add a title row the your quotes monitor.
If you would like to add a instrument, leave this unchecked and start to type the symbol of the instrument in the text field.
The new row will be added at the end of the list by default. You can check Insert symbol at top option to add it to the top of he list instead. You can also choose the page you would like to add this instrument to by selecting the page/pages title from the list. The currently active page will be selected by default. When ready, tap the "Add" button to insert your instrument.
You can now select "Add New Instrument" from Quick Menu Actions and quickly add one to your Quotes Monitor.
An important tool, what can be used when you add a new instrument is the Symbol Search. This can be accessed in two ways: if you tap the magnifying glass icon below every instrument field or the Symbol Search button from within the Add new instrument dialog. You can read more about this tool if you go to the Symbol Search section of this document. |
Pressing the button allows you to search for a specific page or instrument already added.
Delete, edit and reorder instruments
When you are editing a quotes monitor page, you can delete instruments, edit and reorder them as well. This procedure starts like the entering instruments action: by pressing the button and then the "Edit" button (first option) from the uppoer right side of the screen.
To delete a quote, press the red "Delete" button on the left side of the row. Then select "Ok" to confirm or "Cancel" to go back to the previous screen, without deleting any instrument.
In order to edit a row, tap the field containing your instrument or text and change the instrument symbol or the text from the title row.
If you don't remember the symbol of the instrument you want to insert to this field, tap the magnifying glass icon and use the "Symbol Search" tool (in order to read more about it, please read the Symbol Search section of this help).
You can also change the type of the row when you tap the "Q" or "T" button, depending on your needs:
for quote row | |
for title row |
You can also reorder the rows of the page, if you select a row by the icon to the right of the Delete button and drag it to the desired place.
Once you are finished, press the "Back" button on your device to exit this page.
You can return to this page at any time in order to make adjustments or enter new rows.
After you have entered your instruments, you can see some basic information about them on your current quotes monitor page. Next to the instrument you will see the information for Last trade and Net Change. If you tap the Net Change box, you can toggle between displaying the Net Change or Net Change%.
If you tap the Instrument Symbol, the "Instrument Details" dialog will be opened. In order to read more about this, please go to the Instrument Details section.
The Quotes Monitor screen can be further customized by selecting the menu button in the upper right corner of the screen and selecting "Settings" from the menu.
There are two designs available: Verbose and Compact.
In the Verbose design the font size can be changed for the Quotes Monitor. You will be able to change the font size from 5 to 15 by tapping the minus or plus buttons, in order to decrease or increase the font size.
You can change how the Bid, Ask, High and Low values should be displayed. You can also choose if Bid & Ask, High & Low, Spread and Instrument Description should be displayed or not.
If the chosen design is Compact there is the "Bold" option.
There is also the 3-digit grouping option, for Volume and Open Interest values that appears in Quote Detail screen.
When you are finished, press the "Back" button on your device to go back to the "Quotes Monitor" page.
If you tap a row from the table, it will bring you to the Quote Details page with some more details about the instrument, such as Last Trade, High, Low, Open, Close, Net Change, Net Change%, Volume, Open Interest, Previous Settlement, Bid and Ask.
On the left of the instruments name you have an Alarm icon. This can be used to set alarms depending on your needs (see Alarms in help for more details). |
If you tap the instruments name, the "Instrument Details" dialog will be opened. If you want to read more about this tool, please take a look at the Instrument Details section.
You can even see a miniaturized chart on the upper half of the screen (or to the left if you are in landscape mode). You can double tap the chart to refresh it. To make it full screen, tap the button located on the bottom right side of the miniaturized chart.
In order to open the "Options Chain" module of the application, tap the "Options Chain" button (see Options Chain section for more details).
In order to launch the "Price Ladder" module of the application, press the Price Ladder button from the Quote Detail page (see Price Ladder section for more details).
ALARMS
You can see the list with all the alarms by pressing on "Menu" button on the upper right corner and tap "Alarms". From there you can also add, edit or delete any alarm displayed on that list. If you need more information about this, please go to the Alarms section.