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Abbreviated Order Entry (AOE) Profile


Side:

Buy
Purchase a certain commodity at a certain date in the future at a pre-set price. The future date is called the delivery date. The pre-set price is called the futures price. The price of the commodity on the delivery date is called the settlement price. The futures price, naturally, converges towards the settlement price on the delivery date.

Sell
Sell a certain commodity…

Market Selection:

Quantity
Amount of contracts you desire to trade.

Symbol
Code by which futures are identified on a futures exchange; a corporation which provides the facilities to trade futures contracts

Trade Order/Create Order:

Trade Contract
a. Place a trade by clicking "TRANSMIT"
b. Remove the current order information for a new trade by clicking "NEW ORDER."

Order Specs:

Type
Select Order Type (Click here for Order Types description)

Flag
Select the Order Flag (Click here for Order Flag description)

Execution Time:

Set execution and cancel times for orders

Execution buttons:

Trade execution buttons

Modify/Cancel:

Templates:

Template

Have the ability to create a template for quick and easy trading of specific contracts

Save/Delete.

a. i.e., BUY the ES at 5 QTY with MKT type and GTC flags. Click on save and when this template is referenced to it will ALWAYS appear as above: BUY 5 ES MKT GTC
b. Traders can have as many Templates as desired for quick an easy trading made for the trader.
c. You can have different template for the same contract.
d. DELETE refers to the template that is highlighted in the REMOVE TEMPLATE drop box. This feature is nice if you have increased your volume and desire to revise your old template.