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--- desktop:add_a_contract [2025/09/04 14:09] – [Accounts Tab] grant
+++ desktop:add_a_contract [2025/09/05 15:22] (current) – [Display Tab] grant
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   - **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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   - **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 =====
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   - **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 Ladder.
+  - **Contract Ticket:** Hides or displays the Contract Ticket on the contract window.
   - **Market History:** Adds the Market History screen to the contract window.
   - **Mini Market:** Adds the Mini Market screen to the contract window.
-  - **Order Tag:**
+  - **Order Tag:** Adds the Order Tag tool to the contract window. Order Tags will be shown on the order book.
-  - **Order Tag List:**
+  - **Order Tag List:** Displays a dropdown of already created Order Tags.
   - **Right Click Volume:** Enables right click trading.
   - **Right Click Fixed Order Type:** Sets what type of trade right click trade is.
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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 =====
-{{:desktop:cp-timeentryproperties.png?250|}}
+{{:desktop:timeentrynew.png?500|}}
-**1. Time Display:** How the time intervals are displayed.
+<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.
-**2. Time Format:** Time can be displayed in 24hr or 12hr format.
+</WRAP>
-**3. Bracket Mode:** Select a tiem bracket display mode.
+{{:desktop:timeentrynew2.png?300|}}
-**4. Exclude:** Select 4 brackets to exclude from the display.
+  - **Time Entry:** Enables Time Entry
+  - **24 Hour Time:** Time is displayed in a 24 hour format.
-**5. First Bracket:** Set the time at which the first bracket will be displayed
+  - **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.