The PPro8 Trader Info window displays key information about a specific trader. You can use this tool to modify the trader's status if you have permission to do so.

1. On the PPro8 toolbar, click TraderInfo.

2. The Trader Info window appears.

A. Trader Details

B. Buying Power Information: values are in thousands (K) and millions (M)

C. Regional Status Information

D. Regional Risk Information

The Trader Details component shows which office a trader belongs to, their designation (TDR/SNT/MGR/OPS), and the option to change their password.

The following are the possible designations for a user:

• TDR: trader
• SNT: student
• MGR: manager
• OPS: operations

1. Click Change Password.

2. The Change Password window appears.

3. Type the old password, the new password, and the new password a second time to confirm. Click OK.

4. The password is changed.

The Buying Power Information component displays all the accounts associated with the selected user ID and the buying power they are assigned. To increase or decrease buying power for a trader, see the Buying Power Request Process Manual for Metro.

• To see detailed buying power information, point to the Account you want and a window appears.

The Regional Status Information section displays the current status of a user for a given region.

Risk in the PPro8 system is calculated on a regional basis. Because of this, you must first click the region (Asia, Europe, or North America) you want to trade in.

1. Click a sub-tab for a region. For example, NCSA Equity.

2. The regional risk information appears.

The regional risk information contains the following values:

• MPPEstimate: the Monthly Profit Projection is recalculated daily and represents an estimate of what the user can earn in a 20-day period.
• LFTAmount: (Loss From Top) the amount of money the user is allowed to lose from their peak profit the same day.
• NetLossAmount: the maximum amount of money the user can lose in a day.
• Max Share Size: the maximum number of shares a user can send in a single order.