2.3 Message Window

The second tab “Message” brings you to the Message Window (See Figure 2.3), which contains the message blotter recording all trading activities in your account for the day. Its contents are mainly order entries, rejections, cancellations, and execution confirmations. A message of order entry or cancel instruction sent to the server will appear by default in white. A Bought execution message will be green. A Sold or Sold Short execution message will be red. A Cancel confirmation message will be in yellow. Two fields at the bottom of the window show the total shares and total number of tickets traded for the day.

Figure 2.3