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-**This work is licensed under a [[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/deed.en_US|Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License]].**
-====== PPro8 StockWindow ======
-The [[ppro8_trading_platform|PPro8]] StockWindow displays Level1 and Level2 (market depth) data for the instrument entered by the user.
-Order entry is also facilitated on the stock window through the use of hotkeys. Hotkeys are fully customizable in [[KeyboardSetup|KeyboardSetup]]
-The Stock Window (SW) is where a user can view an instrument's supply and demand and also enter
-orders. Click on the SW button to open a new SW.
-{{ :sw_a000.jpg?nolink |}}\\
-To view data in the SW the user should enter the symbol and market extension and hit Enter. Example:
-PETR4.BZ (“PETR4” is the symbol and “.BZ” is the market suffix to which the symbol belongs to).
-{{ :stock_window_003.jpg?nolink |}}\\
-The SW will populate itself with information about header, LV1 and LV2.
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-(A) The header contains the following items:
-  * Symbol Input Box: Symbol that is being tracked.
-  * Opening Price (Op): Opening price of the security.
-  * Last Price (Lst): Most recent print. The price is denominated in local market currency.
-  * Size (Sz): Number of shares for each MMID.
-  * Volume (V): Total shares executed.
-  * Highest Price (H): The highest print of the day.
-  * Lowest Price (L): The Lowest print of the day.
-  * Buy (B)
-  * Sell (S)
-(B) LV1 – Level1 contains the quotes for both buy/BID (left) and sell/ASK (right).
-(C) LV2 – Level2 contains the following default items:
-  * Market Participant Identifier (MPID): Short name of the Market/ ECN or book quoted.
-  * Price: The price of the security.
-  * Size (SZ): Number of shares for each MMID.
-  * Time: The time at which the oldest Bid/ Offer on that level was entered.
-  * Depth – used for Future Options
-(D) The scrollbar located at the bottom of the ASK side (right), when moved, will also affect the BID side (left).
-This causes both sides to move equally at the same time, mirroring the movements of one another.
-=====Stock Window Customization=====
-To customize the setting of the StockWindow a user can open the customization dialog by right-clicking on body of the StockWindow. This window will show three main tabs on its left side
-as shown in the following image.
-{{ :sw_a001.jpg?nolink |}}\\
-====Settings====
-This tab is used to specify the majority of the customization options available and contains 3 further sub-tabs: Window Options, Global Options and Size.
-{{ :stock_window_006.jpg?nolink |}}\\
-===Window Options===
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-Auto Cancel Options
-  * Auto Cancel Yes: If selected, the auto cancel functionality is turned ON. Once an order gets filled, any
-  * existing parallel order must be cancelled.
-  * Auto Cancel No: If selected, the auto cancel functionality is turned OFF.
-  * Auto Cancel Bid Only: Once a Buy order gets filled, any Bid on the symbol must be cancelled.
-  * Auto Cancel Offer Only: Once a Sell order gets filled, any Bid on the symbol must be cancelled.
-  * Auto Cancel on Partial Fills becomes available when Auto Cancel option is turned ON.
-  * Other Options
-  * Show Messages: When checked, all orders messages will be displayed in the Message box.
-  * Window Always on Top: When checked, SW will be on top of any other window at all times.
-  * Keyboard Auto Popup: When checked, “Keyboard Configuration Tool” will pop-up when a key that is not
-  * assigned to an order, is pressed.
-  * Eliminate Trailing Zeroes: When checked, any zeroes that trail the price on both LV1 and LV2 data will
-  * be eliminated. I.e. 15.9700 will be 15.97
-Cancel Opposing Orders: If yes, this will send a cancel on all opposing orders at a locked or crossed price when
-a new order is placed.
-Price Compliance
-  * Wait for uptick:
-  * Adjust Price to comply:
-Toggle
-  * 2 Symbols: SW will retain two symbols for toggling when Pageup or pageDown keys are pressed.
-  * 5 Symbols: SW will retain five symbols for toggling when Pageup or pageDown keys are pressed.
-Hide Cross Market Level2: When checked, Cross Markets disappear in LV2.
-Link window to group: When checked, trader can group the Stock Window with other tools such as Chart Window, TOS Window, etc and change of the symbol in the stock window will change the symbol in other windows in the same numbered window group.
-===Global Options===
-{{ :stock_window_008.jpg?nolink |}}\\
-Right, Left for Active Level 2 Switching: When enabled, the user can move between the multiple stock
-windows by clicking the right and left arrows.\\
-===Size===
-{{ :sw_a002.jpg?nolink |}}\\
-Apply size default by:
-  * Symbol - the default order size will be applied to all orders on certain symbol
-  * Window - the default order size is linked to certain window and symbols opened in other windows will not be affected
-Symbol Defaults Table: Trader can create default order size, maximum order size, and maximum position size for certain symbol.
-====Color====
-{{ :sw_a004.jpg?nolink |}}\\
-Book Colors: Allows users to select which books to display, how many levels to display and the color for each
-book on a Regional basis.
-Other Options: Allows users to set other colors like Header and Grids.
-Level One Colors: Allows users to set the colors for LV1 uptick and downtick.
-Price Level Color Bands: Allows users to set other colors per price level in the LV2 section.
-Axes Color Settings: Allows users to set other colors for specific Market Makers in the LV2 section.
-====Display====
-Contains 4 sub-tabs; Lines/Bars, Columns, Header, Font.
-{{ :sw_a005.jpg?nolink |}}\\
-===Lines/Bars===
-{{ :sw_a006.jpg?nolink |}}\\
-This window allows the user to select which scroll bars, lines and header should be displayed or not.
-Once the user shifts the item/s from the “Unselected items” list to the “Selected items” list and applies these
-settings, it/they will be displayed in the window.
-  * Vertical scrollbar: If moved to unselected, vertical scrollbar will not appear in SW.
-  * Horizontal Scrollbar: If moved to unselected, horizontal scrollbar will not appear in SW.
-  * Grid Line: If moved to unselected, separation lines on the grid will not appear in SW.
-  * Header: If moved to unselected, all elements and the Header itself will disappear from the SW. As shown in the following image.
-{{ :stock_window_013.jpg?nolink |}}\\
-===Columns===
-{{ :sw_a007.jpg?nolink |}}\\
-This window allows the user to manage the columns to be displayed for LV2. Again, all the items shifted to
-the “Selected columns” side will be displayed in the window once the settings have been applied.
-===Header===
-{{ :sw_a008.jpg?nolink |}}
-This window allows the user to manage the header titles to be displayed for LV2. Again, all the items shifted to
-the “Selected columns” side will be displayed in the window once the settings have been applied.
-===Font===
-{{ :sw_a009.jpg?nolink |}}\\
-This window allows the user to set the overall font for the SW. Clicking on the “Set Font” button allows the user to pick the type and size of font the SW should use.
-In this window, the user can select, font type, font style, font size and other effects desired.
-=====Additional Notes=====
-=====See Also=====
-  * [[keyboardsetup|Keyboard Setup]]
-  * [[ppro8 hotkeys|Hotkeys]]
-=====References=====