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--- desktop:add_a_contract [2025/09/03 15:39] – [Display Tab] grant
+++ desktop:add_a_contract [2025/09/05 15:22] (current) – [Display Tab] grant
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 The Display Tab contains properties that affect the display of information in a Contract Window.
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   - **Name:** Changes the name of the contract on the contract window Set– Sets the name to be displayed.
   - **Layout:** When clicked, the layout and settings of the current Contract Window will be saved as default and used to create all new Contract windows.
   - **Save:** This will save a copy of the current Contract Window layout and the saved layout can be found in the Window Management.
-  - **Auto Order Scale**
+  - **Auto Order Scale:** Displays how shaded order volume is based on market.
-  - **Auto Proportional Scale**
+  - **Auto Proportional Scale** Displays how shaded volume is based on market.
   - **Auto-Track:** Auto Track The Contract window is able to automatically track the market. From the dropdown –
     * **Smooth** – The market scrolls up and down to constantly center itself.
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     * **Depth** – This shows the bids and offers as a list instead of on a ladder. Prices where there are no bids/offers are hidden. This can be helpful in wide or thin markets
   - **Fade Time:** The time taken in minutes for the Total column to fade from the Trade color to Trade Background color. The fading colors provide a sense of where the market has been and when.
-  - **Grid Font Size Override**
+  - **Grid Font Size Override:** Changes the font size of the entire contract window grid.
-  - **Middle Font Size**
+  - **Middle Font Size:** Changes the font size of the Lot, Net, and P&L lists.
   - **Mouse Follow:** Ensures that the mouse remains in the row that contains a specific price. If this is enabled then resting the mouse pointer over a bid or offer price will cause the system to automatically move the mouse pointer when the market moves so that the mouse remains over the same price row. Having the mouse remain over the same price row lowers the risk of submitting an order at the incorrect price.
   - **Max History:** The total number of trades to display in the History column. The maximum value allowed is 100.
-  - **Resize Columns**
+  - **Resize Columns:** Returns columns to their default length.
-  - **Total Trade Volume By Price**
+  - **Total Trade Volume By Price:** Displays volume traded at the specific price.
   - **Trade History:** If enabled the Trade History column provides a graphical display of trades as they occur in the market. Each trade will be plotted horizontally to the left or right (configurable) of the previous trade, and vertically at the price traded.
   - **Order Counts:** This will add a second column of Bids and Offers that display the number of distinct orders that comprise the bids and offers.
   - **Order Scale:** This option colors the bid columns in the Bid Counts and Offer Counts columns are scaled using this value. This provides a visual indication of the relative volume available in the market at different prices. Adjust this value to provide a meaningful ratio or bar width. The Bid and Offer colors will appear as a bar against their corresponding Background colors. note the button to the right of the prop scale. You can click the button to manual or change it to auto which will auto-adjust the scaling for the gradients that display or manual
-  - **Position in Queue**
+  - **Position in Queue:** Displays Position in Que tab on contract window.
-  - **Position in Queue Indicator**
+  - **Position in Queue Indicator:** Displays Position in Queue indicator on contract window.
-  - **Proportional Scale**
+  - **Proportional Scale:** Setting a number will display how shaded volume is. For example, if a proportional scale of 50 is chosen, at 25 bid the volume bar would be halfway shaded.
 ===== Trading Tab =====
-The Trading Tab properties only effect trading behavior of the Contract window.
+ The Trading Tab properties only effect trading behavior of the Contract window.
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-**1. Contract Mode:** Switches the Contract window between trading and view only mode.
+  - **Buy/Sell Bar:** Displays a Buy/Sell bar that sets limit orders away from last traded price by ticks.
+  - **Contract Ticket:** Hides or displays the Contract Ticket on the contract window.
-  *  **Trading Enabled:** Allows order submission and displays working orders, position and P&L information.
+  - **Market History:** Adds the Market History screen to the contract window.
+  - **Mini Market:** Adds the Mini Market screen to the contract window.
-  *  **View Only:** Does not allow order submission and reduces the amount of screen space used by the window.
+  - **Order Tag:** Adds the Order Tag tool to the contract window. Order Tags will be shown on the order book.
+  - **Order Tag List:** Displays a dropdown of already created Order Tags.
-**2. Contract Ticket:** Hides or displays the Contract Ticket on the Contract Ladder.
+  - **Right Click Volume:** Enables right click trading.
+  - **Right Click Fixed Order Type:** Sets what type of trade right click trade is.
-**3. Volume Bar:** Hides or displays the Volume Bar on the Contract Ladder.
+  - **Time Entry:** Displays a Time Entry Bar that allows order entry by time.
+  - **Volume Bar:** Hides or displays the Volume Bar on the Contract Ladder.
-**4. Right Click: **Vol Enables right click trading.
+  - **Trading Enabled:** Allows order submission and displays working orders, position and P&L information.
-  * **Vol** The Right Click Volume Picker will behave just like the Left Click Volume Picker.
-  * **Net** Right click submission will result in an order being submitted for a volume equal to your current net position in the market. It is a useful feature for the ability to enter positions with a left click and exit positions with a right click.
-**5. Buy/Sell Bar:** Hides or displays the Buy/Sell Bar. The Buy/sell Bar submits orders a specified number of ticks off the market. Right and left click volumes are supported.
-**6. Order Tag:** A user specified string that gets passed with the order. This string will be visible in the Tag column in the orderbook or order details.
-**7. Mini Market:** Adds the Mini Market screen to the contract window.
-**8. Market History:** Adds the Market History screen to the contract window.
 ===== Ticket Tab =====
 The Ticket Tab contains properties that affect the Contract Ticket if it is enabled.
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-**1. Reset Price Tracking** After an order is submitted the Contract Ticket will begin to automatically track the best bid and best offer.
+  - **Reset Price Tracking:**After an order is submitted the Contract Ticket will begin to automatically track the best bid and best offer.
+  - **Order Summary:** Displays the order on the ticket view.
-**2. Trading Volumes** Adjust the Contract Ticket volume buttons by clicking their up and down arrow buttons.
+  - **Working Orders:** Displays working orders on the ticket view.
+  - **Volume X:** Changes the listed lot volumes to trade at on the ticket view.
-**3. Show Working in Ticket** Displays your working orders in the Contract Ticket.
-**4. Show Order Summary Only** Working orders displayed in the Contract Ticket can be displayed individually or as a summary aggregated by price.
 ===== Accounts Tab =====
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-The Accounts Tab enables you to hide or show additional Account Position details.
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-**1. Net Position:** Hide or display various account position details on the Contract window. Account position details correspond to the market and Currently Trading Account. The fields are listed in the order in which they are enabled.
+  - **Alternate Account:** The user can select an account different to the one selected on the main application window.
+  - **Net Position:** Hide or display various account position details on the Contract window. Account position details correspond to the market and Currently Trading Account. The fields are listed in the order in which they are enabled.
+  - **Net Position Format:** Hide or display various account position details on the Contract window. Account position details correspond to the market and Currently Trading Account. The fields are listed in the order in which they are enabled.
+  - **P&L:** Profit and loss. P&L factors in unrealized and realized profit and loss.
+  - **Realized P&L:** Displays Realized P&L
+  - **Unrealized P&L:** Displays Unrealized P&L
+  - **Total Buys:** The total number of contracts bought.
+  - **Total Sells:** The total number of contracts sold.
-**2. Format:** The market net position. You can choose to either display or remove the net position from the contract window. Three formats can be chosen to reduce screen space.
-  Net- Net
-  Net (Buys – Sells)- Net (Buys – Sells)
-  (Buys – Sells) Net- (Buys – Sells) Net
-**3. P&L** Profit and loss. P&L factors in unrealized and realized profit and loss.
-**4. Unrealized P&L** The time taken in minutes for the Total column to fade from the Trade color to Trade Background color. The fading colors provide a sense of where the market has been and when.
-**5. Realized P&L:**Unrealized profit and loss.
-**6. Total Buys:** The total number of contracts bought.
-**7. Total Sells:** The total number of contracts sold.
-**8. Alt Account:** The user can select an account different to the one selected on the main application window.
 ===== Window Tab =====
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 **7. 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 =====
+===== Time Activation Tab =====
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-**1. Time Display:** How the time intervals are displayed.
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-**2. Time Format:** Time can be displayed in 24hr or 12hr format.
+<WRAP center round info 100%>
+To enable the Time Activation tab, go to the contract window properties, Trading, and select Time Entry. The Time Activation table will appear on the chart, and a Time Activation tab will display in the contract window properties.
-**3. Bracket Mode:** Select a tiem bracket display mode.
+</WRAP>
-**4. Exclude:** Select 4 brackets to exclude from the display.
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-**5. First Bracket:** Set the time at which the first bracket will be displayed
+  - **Time Entry:** Enables Time Entry
+  - **24 Hour Time:** Time is displayed in a 24 hour format.
+  - **Start Time Hours:** Displays selected sorted hours on Time Activation table.
+  - **Start Time Minutes:** Displays selected sorted minutes on Time Activation table.
+  - **Time Bracket:** Displays selected time in brackets on Time Activation table.
+  - **Time Display:** How the time intervals are displayed.
+  - **Exclude:** Excludes certain sorting letters on the Time Activation table.