2. Order Window

To bring up the Order window, go to main menu Trade -> Orders. This is the window where you can manage your open orders, view trade blotter, messages, execution and cancel history, etc. The Order window has four tabs to lead you to four different panels – Order, Message, Execution and Cancel. In each panel, there is an optional Filter bar on top of it. You can use the Filter bar to search for orders, messages, and executions and canceled tickets by Account, Order ID and Symbol. At the bottom of the windows, the status bar shows the current ticket counts and volume.

Order

The first tap is the Order Panel. There is a split bar in the middle. The upper portion of the window shows all the Open Orders under the control of the current account. The lower portion shows the last three messages occurring on the system (See Figure 2.1).

Figure 2.1

By default, a Buy order will appear in green while a Sell order or Short order will appear in red. Each order has a unique order ID. When you need to investigate your order status with your service provider, you must use the order ID as a reference.

An order entered into the system will have an initial status as Pending. Once the exchange acknowledges the receiving of this order, the order status becomes Open. When an order has a partial fill, your outstanding quantity (Qty) will be adjusted; and the order status will be Partial Fill. When an order is fully executed, that entry will disappear from the Order Window.

You can cancel an open order by double-clicking on it or by highlighting it and then right clicking on it to choose from the drop-down menu. You may also replace an order from here.

Message

The second tab is the Message Panel (See Figure 2.2). 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.

Figure 2.2

Execution and Cancel

The third tab is the Execution Panel (Figure 2.3), where all the execution tickets are shown. The fourth tab is the Cancel Panel (Figure 2.4), where all the cancel tickets are shown.

Figure 2.3

Figure 2.4