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... and unticking the items you don’t want. Notice how unticking a parent unticks all its children,
although you can subsequently tick the children individually.
3 Control the ticker display using the buttons:
Go to first item
Rewind through
prices
Play (advance
prices at normal
speed)
Pause
The rest of the items on the control panel are as follows:
Item
Vol.
Explanation
Select the minimum volume you want displayed.
Fast-forward
through prices
Go to last item
RFQs
Tick the categories of contract you want to view.
Options
Futures
17:16:19 Shows the current time (hours:minutes:seconds).
Creating Exchange Strategies
You can build your own exchange-supported strategies and send a ‘create strategy’ request to the
exchange. Once the exchange has created the strategy, you can trade it.
Notice also that you can create strategies not supported by an exchange, using J-Trader’s MEL
functionality: see Using Strategies (MELs) on page 53. You can also trade calendar spreads using the
Matrix screen (page 46).
Note: Before you can use the Strategy Calculator, your system administrator will need to set up the
Strategy Creator administrative module, and you may need to specify an IP address and port number
in the Network Settings dialog box (page 5).
Follow these steps:
1 From J-Trader’s main menu, select Tools Strategy Calculator. Notice how you can close the righthand
panel by clicking (top-right corner).
2 Select the Options or Futures tab, depending on whether you are creating an options or futures
strategy.
3 (Options tab only) If you want a delta-neutral strategy (one where the risk of the option is offset
against the current value of the underlying), tick As Volatility Trade. Notice how the selection of
available strategy types changes.
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