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C H A P T E R 4
Trading With J-Trader
This chapter explains the various ways in which you can trade with J-Trader.
Overview of Trading in J-Trader
Before you start trading, please read the chapter Configuring J-Trader (page 12): especially Trading
tab (page 16), as these settings affect the orders you create.
1 Open a trading window or, if none exists, create one by clicking New on J-Trader’s main menu.
2 Select the tab you want to trade from.
You can select any tab with a Trade button (all tabs except Position and Accounts).
The trading tabs are as follows:
Tab (page)
Hot Quotes
Matrix Screen
(page 46)
Status
Options
Strategies
Explanation
A screen from where you can trade multiple instruments, including strategies, but where
only the last-traded price is displayed.
You can view market depth by:
The remaining tabs are as follows:
Tab (page)
Position (page 59)
Double-clicking on a contract, which opens a DOM screen (page 32).
Click Reflector, which opens a Patsystems Reflector screen. This button is also
available from the Options and Strategies screens, both of which are described below.
The DOM and Patsystems Reflector display similar information, but work slightly
differently: of the two, Patsystems Reflector offers a greater range of functions.
A screen for trading calendar spreads.
This screen is like an order book: you use it to check the status of all orders (working and
filled) in the currently selected account.
Screens for trading options and strategies.
In both screens, you can view market depth by clicking Reflector, which opens a
Patsystems Reflector screen.
Explanation
You can view the overall position for a trader account, and break it down by exchange
and instrument.
Accounts (page 25) Setting the accounts that will appear in the various Account field dropdown lists, and
specifying which of those accounts will be selected in each Account field by default.
You can have different trading windows open at the time, and create sets of trading windows for
different trading environments: See Managing Desktops & Windows (page 9).
Sorting & Filtering Lists
In the Status screen, Accounts Screen (page 25) and Bulk Order Input screen (page 68), you can sort
and filter the display:
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