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====== Option Strategies ======

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====== Properties ======
Opens the **properties** for the Option Strategies window.  
Click here for **more information**.

====== Create New Windows ======
Click the **arrow** on the right side of this icon to choose between opening the **Option Strategy Solver** and opening another **Option Strategies window**.

====== Clear All Strategies ======
This will **remove all strategies** from the current tab.  
Note that a **confirmation window** will open before strategies are removed.

====== Toggle Strategy Detail Pane ======
Shows or hides the **strategy detail pane**.  
For more information on this pane, see **number 9 below**.

====== Toggle Strategy Grouping ======
Groups strategies by **type** when selected.  
For example, **Put Spreads** will group with **Put Spreads**, regardless of product.

====== Expand/Collapse All Groups ======
The **"+"** and **"-"** buttons will **expand** or **collapse** all groups in the current tab.

====== Saved Strategies ======
The **Saved Strategies** tab displays all strategies that have been saved.  
These strategies will exist in this tab until the constituent **legs expire**.  
For more information about the features of this tab, click **HERE**.

====== RFQ ======
The **RFQ** tab displays a real-time list of **Requests for Quotes (RFQs)** for all markets that a user has subscribed to.  
For more information about the features of this tab, click **HERE**.

====== Strategy Details Pane ======
The **Strategy Details Pane** contains critical information for the selected strategy in a consistent location.  
The strategy **name**, **exchange**, and **leg information** are all visible here to quickly identify the selected spread.  


====== Option Strategies Properties ======

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====== Columns ======
From this tab, **add** or **remove columns** from the Option Strategies window.

====== Display ======
From this tab, set the current **Option Strategies format** as default or adjust the **font** in the Option Strategies window.

====== Column Selection ======
Click the **"+"** icon to **expand** a heading and see all the column offerings beneath it.  
Click the **"-"** icon to **collapse** a heading.  
Place a **check** in the box next to a desired column in order to **add** that column to the Option Strategies window.

====== Move Up/Down ======
Click on a **column name** on the right side of this window, then click the **up** or **down** arrows to change the location of the column.  
By default, new columns are added to the **bottom** of this list, which corresponds to the **last column** on the right in the Option Strategies window.

====== Remove ======
Click on a **column name** on the right side of this window, then click the **red "X"** to **remove** that column from view.

====== Close ======
Closes the **properties window**.  
Note that all changes take place immediately but they are not automatically saved to the workspace.  
If changes need to be saved, please **save the workspace** from the main CTS toolbar.