Reference: Asset Settings, Portfolio Settings, Account Settings and Default Trading Settings
The Asset Settings dialog allows you to access and manipulate the settings of individual assets in your portfolio.
The Asset Settings dialog contains eight tabs:
Forex Details (Only available for Forex assets)
Futures Details (Only available for Futures contracts)
Instruments (Only available for Futures contracts)
Exchange Options (Only available for Forex and Stock assets)
Contract Options (Only available for Futures contracts)
The Position Sizing, Limits and Stops, Order Details and Order Fees tabs are all tied with the Asset Settings, Portfolio Settings, Account Settings and Default Trading Settings dialogs. Please note that any adjustments made to these tabs from the Asset Settings dialog will only affect that particular asset. However, any adjustments made to these tabs from the Portfolio Settings or Account Settings will affect the entire portfolio selected or the entire account that holds all of your portfolios and assets.
The Asset Settings Dialog is accessible by double-clicking on a particular asset or by right clicking on said asset and choosing Edit Asset Settings.
The Asset Tab allows you to control the specific settings of an individual asset in your portfolio. The Asset Tab controls the auto trading settings such as where the signals are generated from or whether or not auto trading is enabled for this specific asset.
o Name
The Name is the name that will be displayed in the Asset Grid and other places throughout Trader68.
o Base Trading Symbol
The Base Trading Symbol is a short 3-6 characters used to identify a security or index. Any combination of letters or numbers can be used here; however, it must be unique to the other symbol names in your portfolio.
o Asset Type
The Asset Type indicates the type of market this symbol is traded in and has three options to choose from:
· Stock
This Asset Type is used for symbols, which are traded like a normal stock, including stocks and exchange traded funds (ETF).
· FOREX Spot
This Asset Type is used for symbols, which are traded on the FOREX spot market. Trading is done on margin-based settings in the Forex Details. See below for additional settings required for this Asset Type.
· Futures Contract
This Asset Type is used for symbols, which are traded as Futures contacts. Trading is done on margin based on the settings in the Futures Details. See below for additional settings required for this Asset Type.
o Signal Generator
The Signal Generator indicates where the automated trading signals are derived from and has three options to choose from:
· Unset (Default Option)
This Signal Generator type is the default option for all new assets.
· TradingSolutions
This Signal Generator type is used for automated trading signals derived from TradingSolutions. See “What is TradingSolutions ” for additional information on this signal generator.
· Collective2
This Signal Generator type is used for automated trading signals derived from Collective2. See “What is Collective2 ” for additional information on this signal generator.
o Base Signal Symbol
The Base Trading Symbol is a short 3-6 characters used to identify a security or index within your specified Signal Generator. Any combination of letters or numbers can be used here; however, it must be unique to the other symbol names in your portfolio.
o Periodicity (Only available with TradingSolutions selected as Signal Generator)
The Periodicity is used to differentiate between multiple periodicities in TradingSolutions. If only a single periodicity is present, it will be selected by default.
o Model Name
The Model Name is used to list available trading systems based on the Signal Generator selected.
o Auto-trading enabled
The Auto-trading enabled checkbox is available for quick access to enable or disable a specific asset for automated trading. Note: Auto-trading enabled is checked by default.
When you are finished making changes to any dialog in Trader68, it requires the user to press the Save button located at the top of the dialog window. However, note that any changes on this dialog will not occur unless the Save button is pressed.
The Forex Details Tab allows you to control the specific settings of an individual Forex asset in your portfolio. The Forex Details Tab is only available when the Asset Type is set to Forex Spot in the Asset Tab of a particular asset.
o Pip Size
The Pip Size indicates the minimum amount by which the price can fluctuate. Most foreign currency pairs have a Pip Size of 0.0001.
o Max Leverage
The Max Leverage indicates the maximum leverage that can be applied for Forex trading.
o Conversion Type
The Conversion Type indicates which currency in the pair the profits will be derived from and there are four options to choose from:
· None (xxxUSD) (Default Option)
This Conversion Type is the default option for all new Forex assets, which puts the USD as the counter currency.
· Local First (USDxxx)
This Conversion Type indicates that the USD is the base currency.
· Foreign, First After Local (xxxyyy via USDxxx)
This Conversion Type indicates a cross pair where the base currency of the cross pair is the counter currency of the Conversion Symbol (which puts local as the base currency for the Conversion Symbol).
· Foreign, First Before Local (xxxyyy via xxxUSD)
This Conversion Type indicates a cross pair where the base currency of the cross pair is the base currency of the Conversion Symbol (which puts local as the counter currency for the Conversion Symbol).
o Conversion Symbol
The Conversion Symbol indicates the pair used to convert a cross pair to the local currency (e.g., USDxxx or XXXUSD). This setting only applies to the Conversion Type settings that begin with “Foreign”.
The Exchange Options Tab gives you control to choose specific exchanges of an individual Forex or Stock asset in your portfolio. The Exchange Options Tab is only available when the Asset Type is set to Forex Spot or Stock in the Asset Tab of a particular asset.
o Copy these Settings to Asset
The Copy these Settings to Asset button allows you to copy the exchange specific settings to the Asset.
The Contract Options Tab gives you control to choose specific exchanges of an individual Futures asset in your portfolio. The Contract Options Tab is only available when the Asset Type is set to Futures in the Asset Tab of a particular asset.
o Copy these Settings to Asset
The Copy these Settings to Asset button allows you to copy the exchange specific settings to the Asset.
When you are finished making changes to any dialog in Trader68, it requires the user to press the Save button located at the top of the dialog window. However, note that any changes on this dialog will not occur unless the Save button is pressed.
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The Futures Details Tab allows you to control the specific settings of an individual Futures asset in your portfolio. The Futures Details Tab is only available when the Asset Type is set to Futures Contract in the Asset Tab of a particular asset.
o Initial Margin
The Initial Margin indicates the minimum amount of money per contract that must be in the account at the beginning of the trade.
o Maintenance Margin
The Maintenance Margin indicates the minimum account of money per contract that must be in the account after the trade has started. It is typically less than the Initial Margin, but maybe equal to it.
o Data Unit Size
This will usually be set to 1, but some data providers adjust the tick size by a "unit size". For example, CT has a tick size of .0001, but some data providers report the prices in hundreds with a "unit size" of .01.
o Tick Size
The Tick Size is the minimum amount that the price of the market can change.
o Tick Size Dollar
The Tick Size Dollar indicates the actual dollar amount of the futures contract.
o Fees per Contract
The Fees per Contract indicates the sum of fees that correspond with trading one side of a single futures contract.
o Units in cents converted to dollars
The Units in cents converted to dollars checkbox should be checked for assets for which the price in cents are converted to dollars by the broker.
o Contract Months
The Contract Months checkboxes indicate which months have available contracts for the individual futures asset.
o Get Margin and Tick Information from Defaults
The Get Margin and Tick Information from Defaults button can be utilized while connected to the broker to update the Tick Size and Tick Size Dollar amounts automatically for the most common future contracts.
o Last Trading Day
The Last Trading Day checkbox activates the settings to manually override Trader68’s default “Last Trading Day” settings.
o Base Date is
The Base Date is options are only accessible if the Last Trading Day checkbox is marked.
· On - Day of Month
The On - Day of Month indicates which day will be Last Trading Day.
· Day - 31 (Last Day)
The Day - 31 (Last Day) of every month indicates which date will be the Last Trading Day.
· On Trading Day
The On Trading Day checkbox indicates that the last day the "Last Trading Day" rule falls on is a legitimate trading day.
· In Previous Month of the Contract Month
The In Previous Month of the Contract Month checkbox indicates that the “Base Date is” settings apply to the month preceding the contract expiration.
o Last Trading Day is x trading day(s) before Base Date
The On Trading Day checkbox indicates that the last day the "Last Trading Day" rule falls on is a legitimate trading day.
o Exit y trading day(s) before Last Trading Date
The Exit y trading day(s) before Last Trading Date indicates a rule for automatically exiting all trades y days before the Last Trading Date.
o Action at Exit Date
The Action at Exit Date indicates
· Do Nothing (Default Option)
The Do Nothing is the default option when the Last Trading Day checkbox is marked.
· Exit Current Position
The Exit Current Position indicates to exit any current held positions in the contract.
· Roll to Desired Contract
The Roll to Desired Contract indicates to roll any preexisting positions into the new contract.
o Desired Contract
The Desired Contract indicates the current contract being autotraded by Trader68.
When you are finished making changes to any dialog in Trader68, it requires the user to press the Save button located at the top of the dialog window. However, note that any changes on this dialog will not occur unless the Save button is pressed.
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The Instruments Tab allows you to control the specific settings of an individual asset in your portfolio. The Instruments Tab controls the settings for symbol formats for the signal generator and broker for futures contracts.
o Base Trading Symbol
The Base Trading Symbol indicates the base symbol format that the broker requires for issuing trades. The Base Trading Symbol automatically pulls the information from the Asset Tab.
o Spaces after base symbol
The Spaces after base symbol indicates the number of spaces requires after the Base Symbol to match the Base Trading Symbol.
o Two digit contract year
The Two digit contract year checkbox is unmarked by default and indicates that the Base Symbol requires two-digit years to match the Base Trading Symbol.
o Broker Base Symbol
The Broker Base Symbol indicates the base symbol format that the broker requires for issuing trades. The Base Broker Symbol automatically pulls the information from the Asset Tab.
o Single character contract month
The Single character contract month checkbox is marked by default and indicates whether or not the Broker Base Symbol requires a single character for the contract month.
o Space after contract month
The Space after contract month checkbox is unmarked by default and indicates whether or not the Broker Base Symbol requires a single character for the contract month.
o Base Signal Symbol
The Base Signal Symbol indicates the base symbol format that the signal generator requires for issuing signals. The Base Signal Symbol automatically pulls the information from the Asset Tab.
When you are finished making changes to any dialog in Trader68, it requires the user to press the Save button located at the top of the dialog window. However, note that any changes on this dialog will not occur unless the Save button is pressed.
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