Download User Guide - Berkeley Futures Limited

Configuring J-Trader
You use the tab as follows:
Frame
Explanation
—Colours— 1 Highlight the row whose colour you want to change: next to a row
indicates that the current colour is the default.
—Prices—
—General—
2 Select the new colour, using either the colour palette or the colour-selection
fields.
Each colour-selection field can have a number between 0-255 inclusive, giving
16,777,216 possible tints and shades. You can both select the numbers (using the up
and down arrows) and type them in. If all three fields are set to zero, the colour is
black; if all are set to 255, it is white.
To restore the default colour scheme, click Reset colours to default. Notice how the rows
now all have checkboxes next to them.
3 Some colours change to indicate an information update:
▫ Use price change colour for (seconds): Number of seconds (0-60) that a price change
(Bid or Offer) is to be displayed in the colour for Rising or Falling, before returning
to the Normal colour.
▫ Show on-Market Background: Tick to show trades working at the current best
bid/offer in the colours set using ‘On-Market Background’ (cell colour) or ‘On-
Market Foreground’ (text colour).
▫ For All Orders In TAG: Tick to make Show On-market Background apply to all trades in
your trader account group, rather than just your own trades.
Fractional Prices: Switches price displays between fractional and decimal:
Lowest Common Denominator: Displays fractions in their lowest common denominator
(e.g. 2/8 becomes ¼).
Show Settlement Prices On Closing Column: Shows settlement prices instead of closing
prices in Hot Quotes’ Closing column.
Increase space between pull and action buttons: Increases the space between the rows of
buttons at the bottom of the various trading screens, to reduce the risk of clicking the
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