Sterling Trader® Pro Guide

Futures

The Futures Order Entry window provides market depth and order entry functionality for futures.

This window shows the quote depth and the list of available futures symbols as well as P/L, position information on the selected futures product and quick cancel and trade-out buttons.

To access this window, go to the main toolbar WINDOWS > FUTURES.

To populate the window with a futures contract, use the dropdown menu or type the symbol into the symbol field:

Configure the order using the ‘Quantity’, ‘Price’, ‘Account’, ‘Destination’, ‘Tif’ fields, and if needed the ‘Price Type’, ‘Stp Limit price’, and ‘Currency’ fields.

• Default values for some of these fields can be set in the Sterling Trader Pro Settings window.
• Clicking on a market depth price row will set the order price to the price clicked.

Click the BUY or SELL button to submit the order.

Quick cancel / trade out cover buttons:

• Cxl All – Cancels all open orders for the selected symbol
• Cxl Buys – Cancels all open Buy orders for the selected symbol
• Cxl Sells – Cancels all open Sell orders for the selected symbol
• Cover Pos– Closes the position for the selected symbol at the current market

VIEW > SETTINGS

Colors – Select a color theme from the dropdown menu.

Level I bar highlighting - Select the cells to highlight in the Level I bar.

Defaults – Order quantity default. Type in a value or choose ‘Current Position’ from the dropdown menu.