10. User Setting

To change your default User Settings, go to the main menu Trade -> User Settings. The following window (Figure 10.1) will come up.

Figure 10.1

Order Entry Default 

The information shown here indicates your default order entry preference including default trading account, order type, time in force, listed route, NASDAQ route, and fill options. In addition, it contains the price increment per each spin buttons or up/down arrow key adjustment; default trading volume, volume increment per each spin buttons or up/down arrow key adjustment. Whenever a user performs point and click trading, the information here will be used as default information to populate the order entry form. For example, the correct interpretation of Figure 10.1 goes as the following: default trading account is OPX1; default order type is Limit Day order with Partial Fills accepted; listed orders will be routed to ISI and NASDAQ orders to Island unless otherwise specified; the minimal scale of price increment or decrement when adjusted is $0.01; default trading volume is 100 shares per trade with a 100-share scale for spin button or up/down arrow key adjustment.

Order Entry Preference

You may select one of the two floating order entry forms: the Traditional form (Figure 10.2) or the Point&Click form (Figure 10.3).

Figure 10.2

Figure 10.3

You can modify the default value here, click [Apply] to make the modification effective; click Reset to restore the default value; click Close to dismiss the form.