Consistent user interface with multiple methods of interaction, including icons, drop-down menus and keyboard shortcuts.
"Workspace" metaphor with multiple tabbed workspaces divided into one or more internal frames. Frames can be pulled into external windows.
Multiple monitor support.
“Mobile Desktop” allows users to save a copy of their desktop and to log in from another location and retrieve the exact desktop that they saved. Work from home or the office using the same screen layouts and configuration.
Infinitely configurable colors, layouts and font sizes.
“Themes” functionality allows user to easily create a unified color scheme throughout all the screens of the application.
Templates for multiple frame workspaces, trading workspaces, and chart-link workspaces.
Context sensitive month selection. Type a contract, and the valid month/year pairs appear in a window. Contract selection system allows search by category, exchange, description and symbol. Simply click on the symbol to enter it.
Contract details shows exchange, contract value, minimum tick size and value, open/close time and margin requirements.
Charts
Create charts on futures, options and spreads (both ratio and arithmetic)
39 Technical Indicators with programmable parameters (more coming)
15 different drawing tools such as trendlines, channels and fibonacci retracement
Text annotation
Tick, intraday, daily weekly and monthly time resolutions
Bar, Line, Area and Candlestick and Point & Figure chart types
Pan & Zoom both the price and time scales
Tabular Data with export to Excel
Information Box with Time Interval, Session, Indicator and P&L
Customizable cursors and informational tooltip
Export to graphics file
Set default colors and display properties
Globally modify colors and properties for charts
Print charts on paper
Quotes Monitor
Customizable:
Create multiple tabs
Insert titles and blank rows
Set colors, font size and display properties
Export to Excel file
Live Quote Link to Excel spreadsheet (DDE)
Launch Charts or Option chains
Contract Details
Print out quote pages
Price Alarms
Synthetic and Arithmetic Spreads
Quote Board
"Thermometer" display shows which contracts are trading near their highs or lows at a glance.
Customizable:
Create multiple tabs within a frame
Arrange columns and rows with drag and drop
Set colors, font size and display properties
Launch Charts or Option chains
Contract Details
Print out quote boards
Synthetic and Arithmetic Spreads
Fixed Format Quote Pages
Streaming or Snapshot modes
Launch Charts, Option chains or market depth windows by right-clicking
Contract Details
Print out quote pages
Snapshot Quotes
Customizable:
Select columns to display and arrange with drag and drop
Set colors font size and display properties
Refresh Button
Launch Chart
Scrolling Ticker
Symbol, Last, Net Change and Net Change %, each at any font size
Compact Data View option
Customizable colors
Market Depth
Best bid and best offer float at the top of the display
Customizable
Select columns to display
Set colors, font size and display properties
Configurable pause freezes the display when mousing over configurable regions of the display
Optional display of cumulative bid/ask columns
Price Ladder
Prices organized in a static column
Customizable
Select columns to display
Set colors, font size and display properties
Real-time display of position, average price and profit/loss
Optional display of cumulative bid/ask columns
Time & Sales
Streaming real-time
Vertical or horizontal display of output
Color-coded price search
Color-coded high and low
Double click a price highlights all other trades at that price
Timeframe adjusts automatically based on the opening time of the contract when it is entered.
Launch Charts
Print out Time & Sales
Option Chain Monitor
Displays futures contract as well as all strikes vertically, with both calls and puts arranged horizontally
Customizable:
Configure futures and options columns
Set columns fixed or scrollable
Set colors, font size and display properties
Display and real-time calculation of “Greeks”
Options Calculator based on Black-Scholes formula allows custom calculation of theoretical value, implied volatility, etc.
Full support for options charting
Monetary value of calls, puts and straddles
Contract Details
Print out options pages
Enter orders by clicking on last, bid or ask
Options All Months Screen
Displays the all options in all months. Views include lasts, net changes, bids and asks, highs and lows for a given contract. So, in a single table you can see all the calls and puts for all months for any contract.
Real-time News
Dow Jones news feeds
Set colors, font size and display properties
Configurable categories
Custom search terms and categories
Custom news searches are saved and organized in a separate tab for each search so you don't need to re-enter them when you log back in
Print out news stories
E-px
Provides streaming price information for Eurodollar Pack and Bundle trades
directly from the exchange
View Globex Eurodollar spread logs on the same E-px page that previously only
had pit-traded data
Added benefit of real-time quotes and charts
Contract Lookup
Popup windows show valid month/year pairs anywhere a contract is entered, as it is entered
Contract lookup screen organizes contracts alphabetically by description or symbol, by category (Currencies, Financial, Energy, etc), or by exchange
Only valid month/year pairs are enabled for a particular contract
Calendar “Strip” selection to input all months of an instrument in one easy step
Alarms
Audio and custom text message notification options
