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ATC Trader User Guide
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Turbo Order Entry (TOE)
Turbo Order Entry (TOE)
a. Create a number of orders at one time
b. Can transmit multiple orders concurrently
c. Allows you to load and save orders from excel.
Side
Buy/Sell 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.Qty
Amount of contracts you desire to trade.Symbol
A future symbol is a code by which futures are identified on a futures exchange; a corporation which provides the facilities to trade futures contractsType
MKT
Orders to buy/sell at the best possible price as soon as possible. They are the first orders to be filled at any given price, and are used to enter or exit the market quickly, regardless of the current price.LMT
Orders generally used to buy/sell at a specified price, or better. They don’t move once the limit price has been reached, i.e., they do not become MKT ordersSTP
a. Orders are traded only when the MKT price trades at or “through” the STP price
b. Buy STP orders is placed above the current MKT price and is transformed into a MKT order when the futures price trades or is bid at or above the STP price
c. Sell STP order is placed below the current MKT price, and is transformed into a MKT order when the futures price is traded or is offered at or below the STP pricePrice
The factor at which you want the order to be placed in regards to the current price. i.e., ES MKT price is 1299.5; PRICE will be placed 1.5 ticks above/below that current price . The Price will be placed above or below the MKT price depending on the SIDE you trade on.Price2
PRICE 2 is only used if two prices are necessary for a trade. i.e., If a customer were to BUY 5 ES STP LMT PRICE would be 1.5 ticks above the MKT and .5 Ticks below the PRICE once the STP has been reachedStatus
1. Confirms what key pieces of information are needed in order to complete an accurate trade
2. Will say READY TO SEND if the order ticket has been completedToolbar/Hot Key
Transmit/new order
a. Place a trade by clicking TRANSMIT
b. Remove the current order information for a new trade by clicking NEW ORDER.Submit All
Enter a variety of trades manually or load from excel and place all the orders at the same timeDelete/clear
a. DELETE will remove the highlighted order entry
b. CLEAR will remove ALL order entriesLoad/Save
a. Load from .csv files or from .exe file types.
b. Save the order entries to .csv files or .exe file types