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--- desktop:add_a_contract [2023/12/22 13:59] – rob
+++ desktop:add_a_contract [2025/02/24 14:12] (current) – [New Screen Dropdown] rob
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 Double click a desired contract or select it and click Ok.
 ====== Selecting Months and Strategies ======
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 Use the Market Tab to switch between available markets. Just click on the market that you desire to trade. If you want to view multiple markets for the same contract then just open a second Contract and select the additional market.
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 The Spread dropdown allows you to choose whether or not strategies are visible in the Market Tab Strip. If a contract has no spreads available then the ‘SP’ button will not be displayed. The SP dropdown will display all available strategies for that market. If you do not to see all the available markets choose the first 2 months only option.
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 Once visible, selecting Spreads is the same as selecting any other market. To the right of each spread market is a carrot dropdown with all available spreads for that front month.
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 ====== New Screen Dropdown ======
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-Contract Window: Select Contract to pull up a new contract window for the current contract
+  * Contract Window: Select Contract to pull up a new contract window for the current contract
-Chart Window: Select Chart to pull up a new instance of the chart window for the current contract
+  * Chart Window: Select Chart to pull up a new instance of the chart window for the current contract
-Market Profile: Select Market Profile to pull a new Market Profile window for the current contract.
+  * Profile Chart: Select Profile Chart to pull a new Profile Chart window for the current contract.
-Spread Matrix: Select Spread Matrix to pull a new Spread Matrix window for the current contract.
+  * Spread Matrix: Select Spread Matrix to pull a new Spread Matrix window for the current contract.
-Market History: Select Market History to pull a new Market History window for the current contract.
+  * Market History: Select Market History to pull a new Market History window for the current contract.
-Account Contract: Select Account Contract to pull up a new Account Contract window for the current contract.
+  * Account Contract: Select Account Contract to pull up a new Account Contract window for the current contract.
+<WRAP center round info 100%>
+**Tip:** you will also get a list of all availible options related to a future
+</WRAP>
 ====== Setting Volumes ======
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 	Alt Account	The user can select an account different to the one selected on the main application window.
 ===== Window Tab =====
+To enable the linking you need to go to the properties button located in each window.
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+Once in the properties, you need to navigate to the window tab and enable the linking for each window you choose to link.
+Click in the value area to enable the linking. You need to do this in every window you want to link.
+You can click on the color bar in the value area to set a color, this allows you to easily differentiate which windows are linked to.
+You can also set a shape that will show up just to the right of the properties as another way to differentiate which windows are linked.
+The acct info direction allows you tie the Quote Board alternate account to the trading ladders alternate account. You can set the window to send only, send and receive, or receive.
+The market info direction allows you to tie the Markets between the Quote Board, Trading ladder, and chart. You can set the window to send only, send and receive, or receive.
+In the above example send and receive is selected for all three windows now any change I make will be made between all three windows.
 ===== Time Entry Tab =====
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