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-====== Adding a Contract ======
-To select a new Contract you can select Contract from the New Item Menu.
-Click the + to the left of the exchanges to see a list of available contracts. Or you can type either the name or symbol of the product to find it faster.
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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 ======
-You can create different windows directly from the contract window. Click the drop down arrow to choose from a second contract window, a new chart, market profile, market history window, or an account contract window.
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-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
-Market Profile: Select Market Profile to pull a new Market Profile 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.
-Account Contract: Select Account Contract to pull up a new Account Contract window for the current contract.
-====== Setting Volumes ======
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-A contract volume must be set prior to submitting an order. If you try and submit an order with no volume it will be rejected. By default only left click trading is enabled. If you would like to take advantage of right click net, or a separate right click volume, you will need to enable right click trading from the trading tab of the Contract Properties.
-The volume fields use a custom Volume Picker designed for quick volume changes.
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-Image	This volume is used when submitting an order with a right click. This field can be set to net position entry or a numeric entry (same as left click volume). The Net feature allows you to flatten tour position with a right click. Enable right click trading from the trading tab of the Contract Properties.
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-====== Volume Bar ======
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-The Volume Bar is convenient for quick volume changes. If the right click volume field is enabled for numerical entry then the Volume Bar will update the volume field that is currently selected
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-Image	Switch between fixed number tabs. X and Y are fixed tabs. Z is configurable in the Main Properties, Quantities.
-ImageImage	Switch between Sum and Chain mode.
-Sum mode: clicking 2, 2, 2 = 6
-Chain mode: clicking 2, 2, 2 = 222
-Fonts	The font can be increased or decreased by sliding the Splitter underneath up or down.