Roach Steffan
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- Sep 25, 2010
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A brokers trader workstation screen has following facilities:
Title Bar
Tool Bar
Ticker Window
Market Watch Window
Inquiry Window
Snap Quote
Order/Trade Window
Message Window
Index
Title bar: The title bar displays the date, current time and trading system name
Tool bar: A window with different icons, which provides quick access to various functions. These functions are market watch, market by order, market by price, market movement, market inquiry, snap quote, buy order entry, sell order entry, order modification, order cancellation, outstanding orders, order status, previous trades, net position, auction inquiry, activity log, online backup, supplementary menu and help. All these functions are also available on the keyboard.
Ticker: The ticker displays information about a trade as and when it takes place.
Market watch: A broker review market information of pre-selected securities that are of interest to him/her. To monitor various securities, the broker has two options:
Key in the security descriptor that is a symbol and a series field
Invoking the security list and then selecting the securities
The symbol field incorporates the company name and the series field captures the segment/instrument type. A third field indicates the market type. Thus, today out of the scores of online options trading broker has the freedom to choose the best one.
Title Bar
Tool Bar
Ticker Window
Market Watch Window
Inquiry Window
Snap Quote
Order/Trade Window
Message Window
Index
Title bar: The title bar displays the date, current time and trading system name
Tool bar: A window with different icons, which provides quick access to various functions. These functions are market watch, market by order, market by price, market movement, market inquiry, snap quote, buy order entry, sell order entry, order modification, order cancellation, outstanding orders, order status, previous trades, net position, auction inquiry, activity log, online backup, supplementary menu and help. All these functions are also available on the keyboard.
Ticker: The ticker displays information about a trade as and when it takes place.
Market watch: A broker review market information of pre-selected securities that are of interest to him/her. To monitor various securities, the broker has two options:
Key in the security descriptor that is a symbol and a series field
Invoking the security list and then selecting the securities
The symbol field incorporates the company name and the series field captures the segment/instrument type. A third field indicates the market type. Thus, today out of the scores of online options trading broker has the freedom to choose the best one.