GL TRADE 7.1.1 GL WIN Market Data Software User Guide
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GL WIN
Version 7.1.1 – Market Data
User Guide
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Table of Contents
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Creating an Account to access the GLTRADE.net.......................................... 48
The World Market Quotes Menu...................................................................58
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Main Control Window (standalone mode only).............................................. 106
The Instrument Summary Window ............................................................. 114
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The Best Limits - Strategy window (Market Depth for Strategies)........... 138
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Technical Analysis (GL CHARTS)............................................................... 158
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AFP Finance (International and France)......................................................... 242
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The Notification Manager window .............................................................272
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The Best Performers Menu.........................................................................297
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Introduction
The Market Data section of GL WIN includes the following windows:
Options
Best Limit - Strategies
Ticker
Technical Analysis (GL CHARTS)
Time & Sales Window
News
Alerts
Information
Web
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The Market Watch Window
The Market Watch window enables you to display the quoted instruments listed on a stock exchange and all related information. It is also possible to display an embedded Entry Box window within the
Market Watch window.
If you choose to display only a few columns in the window, and if the window is stretched to a large enough size, the data will scroll so that the columns are repeated several times.
When a mid price is broadcast by the exchange, this can be seen in the Mid Price (Pmid) column.
Market Watch window: list of fields
Market Watch window menus
Information is presented in fields organized into lines and columns. You are able to display the following information:
Field Name Description
ISIN Code
Bid hour
Bid quantity
Bid price
Ask quantity
Ask price
Ask hour
Theo open qty
Instrument international code
Time of last bid
Quantity of the best bid price
Best bid price
Quantity of the best selling price
Best selling price
Time of last sale
Theoretical opening quantity
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Field Name
Theo open price
Theo open var %
Last open price
Last quantity exchanged
Suspension flag
Group state
Time of last price
Volume
Capital exchanged
Opening price
Max price allowed
Highest price
Lowest price
Closing price
GL VWAP
Group number
Index coefficient
Number of calls
Number of puts
Open position number
Nb Price request
Currency
Stock type
MM Bid quantity
Number of orders
Total number of lots
Number of lots traded
Number of trades
Number of messages
BLO Number of linked orders
Uniquote Ask
Origin
House Bid Quantity
House Bid Price
House Ask Quantity
House Ask Price
Flag
Best Bid Qty
Description
Theoretical opening price
Theoretical opening variance according to the opening price
Last opening price
Quantity of last transaction
Supension status
Status of the suspended or closed group
Time of last/best price
Total exchanged quantity by day and by instrument
Exchanged capital by day and by instrument
Opening price for the instrument
Maximum authorized price
Highest price of the working day
Lowest price of the working day
Last price traded for the instrument. Yesterday's closing price
Average price of the instrument
Group of the instrument
Coefficient of the value in the main index
Number of buying options
Number of selling options
For derivatives: number of open contracts
For derivatives: number of price requests
Currency of the instrument
Type of the stock
Quantity of the best purchase price issued by the Market Maker
Total number of orders for the instrument
Total number of lots
Number of traded lots
Number of transactions
Number of messages
Number of blocks of linked orders
Uniquote: tool for comparing the price of one instrument on several markets
Indicates trade origin. The code of the origin (OR) column can be either :
• B : Exchange
• D : Cross
• A : Cancelled by the Exchange
• C : Trade Report (formerly ACT)
• T : Trade Report for ACT London
• L : Strategy Legs
Quantity of best internal (house) bid.
Best internal (house) bid price.
Quantity of best internal (house) ask.
Best internal (house) ask price.
The flag corresponding to the country in which the exchange is based.
Best Bid Quantity (see the Implied section for more details on this and the following fields).
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Field Name
Best Bid P.
Pap. Bid Qty
Pap.Bid P.
Best I.Bid Qty
Best I. Bid P.
I. / Pap. Best Bid Qty
I. / Pap. Best Bid P.
I.Out Bid Qty
I. Out Bid Price
I.2 Bid Qty
I.2 Bid P.
I.Out Ask P.
I. Out Ask Qty
I.2 Ask P.
I.2 Ask Qty
I. / Pap. Best Ask P.
I. / Pap. Best Ask Qty
Best I. Ask P.
Best I.Ask Qty
Pap. Ask P.
Pap. Ask Qty
Best Ask P
Best Ask Qty
Description
Best Bid Price.
Paper Bid Quantity.
Paper Bid
Best Implied Bid Quantity
Best Implied Bid Price
Implied/Paper Bid Quantity
Implied/Paper Bid Price
Implied Out Bid Quantity
Implied Out Bid Price
Implied on Implied Bid Quantity
Implied on Implied Bid Price
Implied Out Ask Price
Implied Out Ask Quantity
Implied on Implied Ask Price
Implied on Implied Ask Quantity
Implied /Paper Ask Price
Implied / Paper Ask Quantity
Best Implied Ask Price
Best Implied Ask Quantity
Paper Ask Price
Paper Ask Quantity
Best Ask Price
Best Ask Quantity
GL WIN windows: list of main fields - abbreviations:
Field Name
Ask = Ask price
Qty = Ask quantity
Bid = Bid price
Qty = Bid quantity
B/S = Buy/Sell/Cross
Description
Best asking price for the instrument
Total quantity to sell
Best Bid price for the instrument
Total quantity to buy
Market side buy/sell
Close = closing price Last price traded for the instrument
Yesterday's closing price
N CTE Number assigned by the central trading engine used for internal system purposes
Curr. Currency
Date
High
Order entry date
Highest price traded today
LOP
Last
Last opening price
Last traded price
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Field Name
Lqty
Low
Open
Description
Traded quantity of the last trade for the instrument
Lowest price traded today
Opening price for the instrument
Qmin
Qrem
S
Tradph
TOP
TOQ
Volume
TON
Minimum order quantity
Quantity remaining, yet to be filled
Suspension flag: status of the market indicator
Trading phase a stock is currently in
Theoretical opening price displaying the price while in the preopening phase
Theoretical opening quantity
Total volume traded for the intrument
Trade order number
Valid
Var
TOV
Comment
Order validity type
Variation in relation to traded price
Variation % open price
Shows long stock name (if the dictionary contains a Cash folder), or text entered in Trading Defaults -> Display.
With the horizontal scrollbar, you can move from left to right to display fields that are not visible. With the vertical scrollbar, you can move up and down to access the market summaries.
An instrument or a group of instruments can be highlighted with a specific color you define in the
Default Setup window. You can also enter a comment by instrument or group of instruments.
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In the Market Watch window above:
Dark blue indicates the "71" instrument group.
Yellow indicates the "11" instrument group.
Pink indicates CAC40 instruments.
Grey indicates some index values.
Note: All event colors are predominant so the suspended instruments are highlighted in red.
An increase or decrease of value for some fields can also be highlighted through specific colors you define via the Display -> Colors... function. Then activate highlighting by selecting Display ->
Highlighting.
In the following example, every time there is an increase or decrease of the Bid price, Ask price, Last price, bid Qty and offer Qty, these fields are highlighted in yellow for an increase and in red for a decrease.
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Instrument names and maturities display
The Market Watch window offers you the possibility to display clearer names and maturities for derivatives instruments. These can be defined in the General Settings -> Instrument section.
The Market Watch window includes the following menus:
Display
Orders
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The Display Menu
Use this menu to execute the following functions:
Window controlled by stock list
Select data display
Highlighting
Show/Hide title and menu
Show/Hide data title
Show/Hide total line
Show/Hide scroll bars
Show/Hide button bar
Show/Hide Entry Box
Tabs
Title
Font
Colors
Quit
Main Control Window
With the Main Control window function, you can control one or several windows. In this way, via a
Market Watch window, you can control the following windows:
Characteristics of a stock
When the active instrument is modified in the main control window, all controlled windows are updated accordingly.
The main control window must be selected on either the Market Watch or the Trading station windows.
Fixed Window
Use this function to display the selected window on all virtual screens that are available. GL WIN enables you to display information on four different virtual screens.
A fixed window is always displayed and can be associated with other windows according to the virtual screen displayed.
Each virtual screen can be defined with a fixed window and other windows.
Window controlled by stock list
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Use this function to load the stocks used in the GL ARWIN basket-trading application.
When selecting this function, you must also select the Display -> Market Watch control window function in GL ARWIN.
When a basket is loaded in the GL ARWIN application, the active Market Watch list is cleared and filled with all new stocks used in this basket.
Consequently, you can save basket-traded instruments as stock lists.
Dynamic Insert
Tick this option to automatically add every new strategy created by the SLE to your Dictionary selection.
Note: This functionality is only available if the Sources section in the glflux.ini
configuration file has been set up correctly, including the News origin: 93 (Euronext LIFFE code), and only concerns traders using the BDL market.
Select Data Display…
The Select Data Display function displays the Market Watch Data Setup window.
Select the fields you want to display in the Market Watch window.
This window contains all types of information available in the Market Watch window.
You can select the desired information by clicking on the corresponding fields in this window.
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You can also change the field order horizontal display. To change the order of data, click, then drag and drop the item you want to move to its new position.
The S field is used for inserting a separation line between the columns of the Market Watch window.
To add a separation, click in the S field between the two titles you want to separate.
To remove a separation, click on the line in the S field.
The Sort field is used to sort data in an increasing or decreasing order. Click in the Sort field in front of the header to activate the sort functionality.
You can also set up this functionality directly in the Market Watch window by clicking on the appropriate column header.
The FP field is used to set a fixed position for the selected data when you are scrolling from left to right within the window. This makes the information always available.
To do this, click in the FP field in front of the data. An arrow is displayed.
To deselect a title, click in the FP field, on the line.
The 1 line and 2 lines buttons enable you to organize information into one or two lines respectively. A display on two lines can help you to clarify certain data by grouping the items together, as shown in the example below:
Position the mouse cursor over the items and drag and drop them to where you wish to place them.
A default location is suggested by GL WIN. To apply this default configuration, click on the Default button.
When you click on the Style button the following dialog box is displayed:
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The Grid section enables you to add Vertical and/or Horizontal lines to the information display section of the Market Watch window.
The Cursor shape section enables you to select the type of cursor you wish to display, and the
Cursor properties and Cursor blink sections enable you to define the properties of the cursor. The
Sort properties section enables you to lock the sorting of the columns, meaning that it will no longer be possible to accidently spoil your selection by clicking on another header.
Click Ok to validate or Cancel to return to the initial configuration.
Highlighting
When this function is active, you can view the stocks being traded at a given time in the Market Watch window. These stocks appear temporarily highlighted.
To activate this function (and to turn it off), click on Display -> Highlighting.
In the Market Watch window, the instrument name will be highlighted to inform you that a change has occurred (any market activity).
This function is also used in association with the Display -> Colors... function to highlight every increase or decrease of the Bid price, Ask price, Last price, bid Qty and offer Qty in the Market
Watch window. The direction of the value modification is specified by a specific color.
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From this dialog, you can select from the following options:
Turn off highlighting features
Highlight changes in individual cells
Highlight the entire line when new information comes in. This feature is configurable:
Background colour based on the last price
Background colour based on the Variation
Background colour based on the Mid Price
Turn on or off the text colour indicators (can also be configured to monitor the last, the variation or the mid price)
Note: When in Highlighting Line mode, the chosen field movement will result in the background colour of the entire line being modified to reflect the direction of the change. The length of time for the highlights to be displayed can also be set in this dialog (in the Delay box).
Show/Hide Title and Menu
This functionality displays or hides the menu bar, thus saving space on your desktop and removing unnecessary information.
To show/hide the menu bar, you can also double-click in the center of the window.
Show/Hide data title
This function displays or hides the titles in the displayed window.
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Show/Hide total line
This function displays or hides totals of the selected fields (volume, variance, etc.) in the displayed window.
Show/Hide scroll bars
This function displays or hides the scrollbars in the displayed window.
Show/Hide button bar
This function displays or hides the icon bar.
The icon bar (or button bar or toolbar) provides you with rapid access to several functionalities you can also access through the window menus.
Market Watch icon bar:
Show/Hide Entry Box
This function displays or hides a simplified embedded Entry Box at the top of the Market Watch window.
Tabs
The Tabs sub-menu enables you to add, delete or rename a tab or modify the position of tabs.
Tabs are used to create rapid access to lists of instruments.
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Add Tab
The Add a Tab function displays the following dialog box:
Select a .stk list previously created and saved through the Save list... function.
Enter the name of the tab in the Tab's Name field.
You can select a shortcut from the list associated with the Ctrl + field.
Then, click on OK to create the tab or on Cancel to exit the function.
Delete tab
Erases the selected tab.
Modify tab
Enables you to rename the selected tab, change the list linked to the tab or change the shortcut.
Tabs position
You can position created tabs with this function. The Tabs position dialog box includes four positions represented by radio buttons. You can choose an up, down, left or right position. You can also decide to display no tab at all by selecting the No tab option.
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Click on Ok to validate or on Cancel to quit.
Title
The Title sub-menu enables you configure the Market Watch title bar. You can add the name of the instrument list (.stk file) or the tab name. There is also an Invert title option which enables you to display the chosen title name rather than the name of the window (Market Watch). This can be useful in that the tab/.stk file name becomes easily visible in the Windows bar at the bottom of the screen.
Font…
Use this function to change fonts, their types and sizes. This setting is available on all GL WIN windows.
Select the font from the Font list.
Select the style from the Style list.
Select the size from the Size list.
Use the vertical scroll bar to display all the available values.
You can also directly enter the name of the font, the name of the style or the size number in the respective text fields.
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Click on the Ok button to validate or on the Cancel button to return to the previous configuration.
Colors…
Modifies the color and background of windows and highlights certain information.
In the Item list, select the window information to be modified and in the Color palette, click on the color to be associated with that information. You can adjust the selected color via the Palette.
In the following example, the selected colors for the Bckgrd colour: increase and Bckgrd colour:
decrease items will highlight any increase or decrease of value in certain fields of the Market Watch window. It is also possible to change the text color for increases and decreases.
Click on OK to apply your modifications or on Cancel to return to the initial display.
Print…
Prints the active window.
The Print function displays the Print dialog box.
Printer
In the Printer pane, select the printer you want to use. The list contains all available printers.
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Properties
Click on this button to display the properties of the selected printer: the dialog box which is displayed varies with the type of printer.
Selection
In the bottom left pane, you can select the pages you want to print.
Copies
You can choose the number of copies by clicking on the spin buttons in the Copies pane.
Click on OK to print or on Cancel to exit.
To print the whole screen, press PrintScreen and Ctrl 9.
The following window can be visualized:
It enables you to adjust the print parameters.
If you tick the Best size radio button, the displayed screen will be printed in the maximal size without undergoing any deformation.
If you choose to use the whole sheet, the displayed screen will be printed on the whole page and can be distorted.
If you want to define the size of the screen to be printed, tick the Scale radio button and enter the X and Y dimensions of the document to be printed.
Click on Print to execute the operation or on Cancel to exit.
Quit
(Alt F4)
Exits the Market Watch window.
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The Instrument List menu
This menu enables you to perform the following functions:
Dictionary
Delete
Paste
Display linked instruments
Linked best prices
Show own 1st limit
Dictionary...
(Insert)
Note that if you are using GL WIN version 5.80 or higher, you can use the V5 dictionary.
This utility is available with most GL WIN modules through the Insert key or with the Instrument List or Display menu depending on the displayed window.
Every day, the dictionary is built automatically at the first GL STREAM WS connection with the SLC
(Server Link for data Collection).
You can export the dictionary contents to Microsoft Excel by using Ctrl + Alt + Insert from the
Dictionary window.
The below dictionary contains all listed instruments. The main section of the dictionary displays the list of stocks present on all the markets defined in the GLflux.ini file.
The instruments in the dictionary are sorted by place or by market. You can select the desired option in the bottom left field.
Selecting one instrument from the Dictionary
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Selecting several instruments from the Dictionary
Selecting several groups of instruments without using the Dictionary
Selecting one instrument from the Dictionary:
In the right area of the window, click on any instrument and click on OK or press Enter to validate.
The selected instrument is displayed in the Market Watch window.
Selecting several instruments from the Dictionary:
Consecutive instruments:
Click on the first instrument, then press Shift and click on the last instrument at the same time.
Selected stocks are highlighted.
Press Enter to validate and display these instruments in the Market Watch window.
Non consecutive instruments:
While pressing Ctrl, click on every instrument you want.
Selected instruments are highlighted.
Press Enter to validate and display these instruments in the Market Watch window.
The mnemonic codes do not belong to any international standard. So, certain instruments can have the same mnemonic code on different markets. To differentiate places, the dictionary uses a mechanism that applies a prefix to every place. This prefix is an alphanumeric character specific to each place.
Selecting several groups of instruments without using the Dictionary:
You can load several groups of instruments by activating the Instrument list -> Regular expression option and by entering the following commands in the insertion line of the Market Watch window:
Function
Loading a group of instruments
Loading an
.stk
file
Command
(prefix)
G$groupnumber
+ Enter
$stkfilename +
Enter
Examples
G$01 loads all CAC40 instruments on the EURONEXT market in a configuration without prefix for Paris.
>G$A0 loads all BEL20 instruments on the EURONEXT market in a configuration with the prefix > for Brussels.
$CAC40 loads all the instruments saved in the file named CAC40.stk.
(This command only works if the list is saved in the current GL STREAM WS directory).
Remark : if you type "$" + Enter, the current list is cleared.
Note: that you can also simply drag and drop an .stk file directly into the Market Watch from Windows Explorer.
$ + Enter The current .stk list is cleared.
Loading a single instrument
(prefix)
instrumentcode +
Enter
FTE loads the instrument FRANCE TELECOM in a configuration without prefix for Paris.
>SOLP loads the instrument SOLVAY in a configuration with the prefix > for Brussels.
Operator +
Loading several groups of instruments
G$groupnumber
+
G$groupnumber
G$01 + >G$A0 loads all the instruments of the CAC40 index (Paris with no prefix) and BEL20 index (Brussels with the prefix >)
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Function Command Examples
Loading several lists of instruments
Loading several instruments
+ .....
$stkfilename1 +
$stkfilename2 +
....
$CAC40 + $BEL20 loads all the instruments of the
CAC40.stk and BEL20.stk files present in the current directory.
inst1 + inst2 + .... FTE + >SOLP loads FRANCE TELECOM and SOLVAY instruments.
Combination G$01 + $BEL20 loads the group 01 and the file
BEL20.stk
G$01 + $BEL20 + SAX loads the group 01 (with no prefix), the list BEL20.stk and the ATOS ORIGIN instrument (with no prefix) at the same time.
Loading a group/list except a specific group/instrument
Combination of
+ and - character)
$ALL - >GA0 loads the ALL.stk list except the instruments from group A0 (with the prefix >).
G$01 - $TEL loads the 01 group (with no prefix) except the instruments of the list TEL.stk.
>G$A0 - $TEL - >SOLP loads the A0 group (with the prefix >) except the instruments of the TEL.stk list and except the SOLVAY instrument (with the prefix >).
Note: To remove any instrument with a symbol containing the "-" character from the list to be loaded, enter this symbol in quotation marks. Ex:
G$ - "XX-X"
G$01 - $TEL + >G$A0 - >SOLP - FTE loads the 01 group (with no prefix) and the A0 group (with prefix >) except the instruments of the TEL.stk list and the instruments SOLVAY (with prefix >) and FRANCE
TELECOM (with no prefix). prefix and with a name of 3 letters beginning with FT.
G$?1 loads all market groups without prefix with a name of 2 letters ending by 1. instrument in the Market Watch window.
' FRANCE
Note: A separate flux for ICAP is available from GL TRADE, providing visualisation of ICAP instruments through the GL WIN Market Watch. For more information please refer to your local GL TRADE representative.
Delete
(Del)
The Delete function enables you to delete the selected stock.
Right-click on the appropriate stock and press Delete on the keyboard.
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Paste
An instrument selected with a mouse drag action (the selected element is the Symbol) in the Alerts or
Market Depth windows can be pasted in the Market Watch window with this function.
You can also paste the instrument through a right click and then select Instrument -> Paste.
Clear List
(Ctrl + Del)
Clears the list of instruments displayed in the Strategy Watch window or in the active tab.
Nevertheless, you can open the cleared list using the Open List... function.
Link Instrument…
Uniquote is a functionality added to the Market Watch window, which unites market prices for identical instruments that are quoted on more than one trading platform (instruments are only compared when they are still active on the market). Using Uniquote, an instrument is linked with identical instruments from other markets and the following information is given:
The best price
A flag indicating a competitive price
Electronic trading platforms are eroding exclusive rights of the exchanges to domestic contacts.
You can choose Uniquote buy and Uniquote Sell and place them on either side of the Bid and Offer.
You can also select Link instrument... if a symbol is required to denote that a stock is linked.
This will help distinguish linked instruments from single instruments.
Select the preferred first instrument from the dictionary in the normal way. This first instrument will be the instrument that is used for all data in the Market Watch and for piloting other GL WINdows such as
Market Depth.
Then link the first instrument with an instrument from another market.
Display Linked Instruments…
Displays the value links of one instrument on several places (used with Uniquote).
The Add button calls the dictionary and enables you to add an instrument.
The Delete button enables you to erase the selected instrument.
Click on OK to validate the selected transaction.
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Linked Best Prices
Displays the name of the place where you can get the buy/sell best prices for an instrument (used with
Uniquote).
Show own 1st limit
Indicates via a star (*) whether your own orders have reached the first limit price.
Note: To visualize this flag, add the parameter Cache=O in the relevant SLE server section of the glflux.ini configuration file
Open List…
The Open list...function loads a list of instruments that has been previously created.
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Select the list of stocks to be loaded (.STK file) from the appropriate directory.
If you know the file name of the list you want to open, you can enter it in the File Name text field.
The Type File field displays the available types of files:
• List by dictionary
The corresponding files are displayed in the main area.
You can retrieve lists saved on the network, in a directory of another PC.
Select the appropriate file and click on Ok to load it in the Market Watch window or on Cancel to exit.
Save List…
The Save list... function creates a file including the instruments that have been previously selected in the Market Watch window, or the instruments of the active tab. A file cannot contain more than 250 stocks.
To save a list, enter its name in the File Name field.
The Type File field displays the different types of files available. Select the appropriate option.
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Press Enter or click on Save a file to validate. Click on Cancel to exit.
You can open the saved list using the Open List... function.
Regular Expression
Select this option if you want to load several groups of instruments in the Market Watch window without using the Dictionary.
You must activate this option to implement the instrument insertion commands.
The Orders Menu
See the Order Book and Entry Box presentations.
This menu is displayed only if you are connected to a SLE (Server Link to Exchange). The SLE is the server used to send orders to the Exchange and receive acknowledgments.
This menu includes the following functions:
Buy
Sell
Take
Hit
Care Order Buy
Care Order Sell
Cross
Global Order View = Order Book Filter
Execution History = Trading Watch Filter
Contribute
Trade Report Buy
Trade Report Sell
Trade Report Cross
The Sort By menu
This menu includes the following sort functions:
Function Description
Nothing
Code
Symbol
Name
Expiration
Weight in Index
Group number sorts instruments chronologically as they are displayed by default in the
Market Watch window. sorts instruments by code, in the code increasing order. sorts instruments by symbol, in alphabetical order. sorts instruments by name, in alphabetical order. sorts instruments by date of expiration, in increasing order. sorts instruments by weight in index, in decreasing order. sorts instruments by group.
Variation sorts instruments by variation, in decreasing order.
Capital exchanged sorts instruments by capital exchanged, in decreasing order.
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Function Description
Qty of Day sorts instruments by quantity/day, in decreasing order.
Influence in Index sorts instruments by influence in index, in decreasing order.
Total Call/Put
Nb Messages sorts instruments by total call/put, in decreasing order. sorts instruments by number of messages, in decreasing order.
Last Move
Theo Open Var
Active Instrument
Filter sorts instruments by last move, in reverse chronological order. sorts instruments by theoretical opening variation, in decreasing order. sorts active instruments.
The Instrument Info menu
This menu provides you with direct access to certain GL WIN functions supplying additional information about the stock on which the cursor is positioned (you can also access these functions via the GL Deskbar).
Characteristics
Historical
Intraday
Time & Sales
Options
Instrument Summary
(F3)
For detailed information, see the Instrument Summary window.
Characteristics
(Shift F9)
The Instrument characteristics window contains the main types of information available for a selected instrument.
To change the instrument, simply specify the instrument symbol or instrument code and press Enter, or use the Dictionary (Insert key).
This window may be controlled by the Market Watch window.
As opposed to the Market Watch, Instrument Summary or Market Depth windows, you cannot configure the contents of this window.
The Tick size is managed dynamically according to the last price, as on certain exchanges this figure can change several times during a trading day.
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Technical Analysis
(Alt F10)
Launches the Technical Analysis (GL CHARTS) window with the data for the underlying instrument displayed.
Note: This window is described in a stand-alone documentation, and is available directly from the Help menu in the window. It is also available on the
GL TRADE.net
site.
Historical
(Ctrl F10)
For detailed information, see the description of the Historical window.
Web Histo
This function is available if you have subscribed to the appropriate package. It provides you with direct access to historical data via the GLTRADE.net website.
In the Market Watch window, click on an instrument and then select the Instrument Info -> Web histo function.
Through GL TRADE.net, you can see the graphs corresponding to the chosen instrument for the following European and American Cash markets :
EURONEXT Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris
Frankfurt XETRA
VIRT-X
Zurich
Stockholm
NASDAQ
NYSE
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AMEX
Intraday
(F10)
For detailed information, see the description of the Intraday window.
Time and Sales
(Shift F10)
For detailed information, see the description of the Time & Sales window.
Market depth
(Ctrl F3)
For detailed information, see the description of the Market depth window.
Options
(Ctrl Enter)
For detailed information, see the description of the Options window.
Spread Matrix
(Alt+Enter)
If you select a future and choose Spread Matrix, the GL SPREADMATRIX opens with the underlying instrument and all its delivery dates already filled in the matrix.
Stock Insight
(Alt 0)
Displays a web services overview of the instrument selected in the Market Watch window.
This information is visualized in a piloted browser which can be saved on your desktop.
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The WEB Services Menu
Note: This menu is available only if you have subscribed to the appropriate package.
The Web Services information is displayed in a Mini-Browser window and any changes to it (height, width...) are saved along with the .bgl desktop files.
It enables you to access the major information about an equity: consensus, stock characteristics, estimates, key financial data, company profile, economical calendar, etc.
The functionalities of this menu cover all the equity markets worldwide with over 18000 instruments and companies in Asia, Europe and the United States of America. This data is provided by Standard
& Poor's and the JCF Group, two well-known and recognized references among financial professionals.
Press Releases are provided by CompanyNews Group, the leading company news distribution agency in Southern Europe.
Use this menu to execute the following functions:
Profile and estimates
Economical and events calendar
Related Press Releases
Automatic Logon to GLTRADE.net
To be automatically logged with your personal Username and Password to the GLTRADE.net, right click the GL TRADE logo on the GL Deskbar:
Select the Username and Password... function, the following screen appears:
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Modify your Username and Password, then click on OK to validate.
Finally, close the session and restart it.
Note: The Browser Setup function enables you to configure the access to the
GLTRADE.net website via Microsoft Internet Explorer (available on your PC).
Creating an Account to access the GLTRADE.net
To access the GLTRADE.net, double-click the GL Trade logo available on the GL Deskbar:
The Registration window is displayed:
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In the Company Name field, enter the name of your company, and in the Function field your job title.
Choose your function type from the drop-down list. Enter your Last Name, First Name, Phone and
Fax.
Select the Country from the drop-down list.
Concerning your account, select the language in the Preferred Language field. Then select the profile type (for instance : trader) from the Profil drop-down list.
In the Choose a user Name field, enter your User name with a minimum of 5 characters, then enter a
Password of your choice and re-enter it.
Click the Register button to create your account.
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Note: The Registration window only appears the first time you double-click the
GL TRADE logo on the GL Deskbar. You will then be directly connected to the
GLTRADE.net.
Once you have registered, you will receive your personal login and password by e-mail.
Profile and Estimates
(Alt 1)
Pick a stock from the Market Watch window and after you have selected this function, the system connects to the GLTRADE.net website and displays the stock information.
Profile & Estimates offers direct and accurate information for each stock including:
• Market analyst opinions and estimates including the 3 months revision
• Major statistics on financial instruments (stock performances and stock characteristics)
• Main ratio of the balance sheet
• An exhaustive company's profile
Profile & Estimates is provided in collaboration with Standard & Poor's (CompuStat) and JCF Group and covers over 18,000 instruments & companies on European, US and Asian markets.
From this website, you can also display the same information from the following stock box:
Note: The Stock Box is accessible via the Home and News Center sections.
You can also use the World Market Quotes -> Profile and Estimates function via the News Center section in the lower left side of the screen. The following box appears:
Enter the instrument mnemo or code, select a market and click the ENTER button.
This function is also accessible via the Mini-Browser.
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Note: You can also access directly the historical data via the GL Mini-Browser by selecting the Profile & Estimates section.
Equity Information Contents
Consensus Information
Major Estimates : Turnover, EBITDA, EPS, PE Ratio
EPS Revision
Key Stock Statistics
52 Week Low
Exchange
Business Summary
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Financial Data on 3 fiscal years
Turnover
EBITDA
ROA
ROE
Debt on Equity
Economical and Events Calendar
(Alt 2)
Pick a stock from the Market Watch window and after you have selected this function, the system connects to the GLTRADE.net website and displays the appropriate information: dates of general meetings, coupon issuing and payable dividends.
This offer is available in association with Standard & Poor's Investments services. It provides a complete vision of all essential events - economics, companies events, politics and sports.
Through the Economical and Events calendar you have access to :
Agendas general meetings
Coupons
Results
This calendar is built from the S&P Global 1200 index, which in turn is made up of 1200 stocks from six different regions of the world chosen on the basis of size, liquidity and sector representation.
The global index includes the famous S&P 500 index in the USA. In Europe, clients have the S&P
Europe 350 - and 2300 additional stocks which provide a drill-down in all the major local markets. The service is offered in collaboration with S&P Investment Services.
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You can also select the World Market Quotes -> Events calendar function in the News Center section. The following window appears:
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In the Search section, select a Time Horizon or a period. You can then choose between a Region or a Country.
Select the type of event (for instance Company - Result), enter the Company Code or select a
Group.
Finally, click the Search button. The following screen is displayed:
Note: This engine also appears in the Market Watch when there is no event for the stock on the Time Period selected.
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You can set up a personal event calendar to be saved under a chosen name. Enter the Name of your
Selection and click the Save your selection button. Click the Return to Search button to go back to the previous screen.
Each user can save five different personal selections.
Calendar parameters can be easily selected by using a dedicated searching engine accessible via the
GL Mini-Browser.
Note: In order to save a personal selection, each user registered on the GL
TRADE.net website must enter his personal username and password. For doing this, right-click on the GL TRADE logo in the GL WIN workstation GL
Deskbar.
Related News
(Alt 3)
Extracts the news related to the selected stock.
You access the Related News via the Stock Box on GLTRADE.net or in the Market watch window by selecting the WEB Services -> Related news function. The following screen appears:
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To display the news detail window, click on the title:
Note: From here, you also have access to the Histo, Profile & Estimates,
Press releases, Events and News sections.
Related Press Releases
(Alt 4)
Press Releases are available via the GL TRADE.net website, and also as a feed in the News window.
You can enter and save personalized requests through the Search Engine.
Related Analysis
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(Alt 5)
This analysis information is available via the GL TRADE.net website. You can enter and save personalized requests through the Search Engine.
Online Dictionary
(Alt + 6)
This allows you to retrieve information on an instrument by typing a company name, a label or a code in the Search box.
Optionally, you can further refine your search criteria by selecting an exchange and/or a market, from the popup boxes on the right.
To carry out the search, either press Enter or click the Search button. All instances of the appropriate instrument or company will be listed in the browser, including its Instrument code or symbol, ISIN code, mnemonic, exchange and market.
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The World Market Quotes Menu
Note: the World Market Quotes section is only accessible via the
GLTrade.net -> News Center and not from the Web Services menu (Market
Watch window).
The World Market Quotes section contains the following topics:
Top Gainers and Losers
Profile & Estimates
Top Gainers and Losers
Choose an option from the Select a Market popup box and click GO. A list of the market's top gainers and losers is displayed.
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Market Quotes
Select an exchange from the Choose a Place popup list and click GO, or select the first letter of the stock you'd like to look at.
Stock Search
Enter a stock code or name in the Name/Code box, then select an exchange from the Place popup menu. A list of stocks answering your criteria appears below the data input area.
Clicking on the GO button to the right of the stock name displays a window with more information about the selected stock.
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Profile & Estimates
Refer to the section Profiles and Estimates in the WEB Services Menu section.
Historical Prices
Enter an instrument name or code in the Name/Code box, and select an exchange from the Place popup menu. Click on the GO button to display the list of instruments found.
Clicking on one of the instruments in the list will display a historical graph of the instrument's progress.
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Events calendar
Refer to Economical and Events Calendar in the WEB Services Menu section.
Palmares Agents
This feature enables you to search for the best-performing agent on a selected date. Enter the date in the top part of the Palmares Agent search window.
A list of agents will appear below the search window, in descending order from the highest-performing to the lowest.
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Off-Exchange Market
This feature enables you to carry out a search for instrument transactions carried out off-exchange.
You can select an exchange from the Négociation Hors bourse popup box, enter a specific start and end date, and the code of the instrument, then click on SEARCH to display the list of instruments found.
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The Market Watch + Window
The Market Watch + window is a synthesis of the standard Market Watch and Strategy Watch windows. In appearance it is very similar to the standard Market Watch window except that it also enables you to view strategies in a tree-view, as well as their various legs on the buy and sell sides in a separate zone, shown in the screen capture below at the bottom of the window.
You can also use the multi-selection function to sort the data displayed in the window. Use the shift +
click shortcut on up to three column headers to sort the information displayed in the window according to these criteria.
This window contains the following menus:
The Instrument List Menu
The Tabs Menu
The Tools Menu
The Sort By Menu
The Instrument Info Menu
The WEB Services Menu
The Filter Menu
The Display Menu
For details on the functions available in the Display Menu, see the descriptions given in the Display
Menu section of the Market Watch window.
The Instrument List Menu
The Instrument List menu differs from the Instrument List menu in the standard Market Watch as the
Link Instrument, Display Linked Instruments and Linked Best Prices options are not available.
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The Tabs Menu
The Tabs sub-menu enables you to add, delete or rename a tab or modify the position of tabs.
Tabs are used to create rapid access to lists of instruments.
There are four items in the Tabs menu:
Add Tab
The Add a Tab function displays the following dialog box:
Select a .stk list previously created and saved through the Save list... function.
Enter the name of the tab in the Tab's Name field.
You can select a shortcut from the list associated with the Ctrl + field.
Then, click on OK to create the tab or on Cancel to exit the function.
Note: You can insert up to 52 tabs in the Market Watch + window.
Delete tab
Erases the selected tab.
Modify tab
Enables you to rename the selected tab, change the list linked to the tab or change the shortcut.
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Tabs position
You can position created tabs with this function. The Tabs position dialog box includes four positions represented by radio buttons. You can choose an up, down, left or right position. You can also decide to display no tab at all by selecting the No tab option.
Click on Ok to validate or on Cancel to quit
The Tools Menu
The Tools menu contains one option:
Setup...
The Setup option launches the Setup window.
This window enables you to facilitate the copying and pasting of data from the Market Watch + window to a Microsoft Excel window.
Select Copy/Paste to enable an automatic copying of data when you drag your cursor over a selection of items in the Market Watch + window. After doing this, you can open a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and paste the data inside.
The Multi-selection option disables this feature.
The Orders Menu
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For details on the functions available in the Orders Menu, see the descriptions given in the Orders
Menu section of the Market Watch window.
The Sort By Menu
There are two additional options available in the Sort By menu in the Market Watch + window that are not available in the standard Market Watch window. These two items are explained below.
For details on the other items in the menu, see descriptions available in the Sort By Menu in the
Market Watch window.
Comment
Groups together instruments that have comments attached.
Nb negotiates
Sorts instruments according to the number of corresponding negotiates.
The Instrument Info Menu
For details on the functions available in the Instrument Info Menu, see the descriptions given in the
Instrument Info Menu section of the Market Watch window.
The WEB Services Menu
For details on the functions available in the WEB Services Menu, see the descriptions given in the
WEB Services Menu section of the Market Watch window.
The Filter Menu
This menu enables you configure and manage filters in the Market Watch + window. For details on the functions available in the Filter Menu, see the descriptions given in the Strategy Watch window.
No Active Filter
Cleared Filtered Items
Start Up List
New Strategy Insertion
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The Options Window
This window is accessible from the GL Deskbar by clicking on the Market Data or Trading Tools icon and selecting Option Watch. You can also display the Option Watch window from the Market Watch window by selecting the Instrument Info. -> Options function.
You can obtain options on other underlying stocks by:
entering the intrument code or instument symbol of the underlying stock,
bringing up the Dictionary through the Option -> Dictionary function.
You can specify the theoretical volatility for the pricing per option (per strike and per expiry), by directly typing in the VTheo column of the individual option in the options list. Note that applying a new volatility on a call automatically applies it to the put, and vice versa.
You can also set a global default theoretical volatility in the Pricing area. If you tick the Global checkbox, the default theoretical volatility will be used, and the individual theoretical volatilities will be ignored.
Depending on where you right-click in the window you can display one of three control functions menus. Right-clicking on the Instrument displays a menu including the main functionalities of the four preceding menus. A right-click on the Data title shows a menu that enables you to control the display of this zone. Finally, right-clicking in the main body of the window displays a menu with short cuts to the main menus as well as two additional options; Send to Alerts window and Insert in Market
Watch.
When selecting the first option you need to first have opened the Alerts window.
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Button Bar Options
Some functionalities are only available via the button bar:
Displays the Request for Quote window:
Displays the Intention To Cross window.
Displays the Cross window.
The Options window includes five menus:
Option
Setup
Display
Orders
Tabs
The Option Menu
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This menu includes the following functions:
Dictionary
Paste active stock
Insert in Market Watch
Send to Alerts window
Call and Put (Vert.)
Call and Put (Hori.)
Call Put alternated (Vert.)
Call Put alternated (Hori.)
Middle series only
Traded series only
Activated series only
Quit
Dictionary
(Insert)
To get detailed information, see the Dictionary presentation associated with the Display menu of the
Market Watch window.
Paste active stock
Pastes the active stock in the window.
Insert in Market Watch
Sends the highlighted instrument to the Market Watch (also available from a mouse right-click).
Send to Alerts window
Sends the highlighted instrument to the Alerts window (if the Alerts window is currently open). This option is also available via a mouse right-click in the main body of the window.
Next expiration
(+)
Displays the next expiration date tab of the option.
Note: The + / - keys also give the possibility to scroll from the latest maturity of the short term option to the first maturity of the long term option.
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Previous expiration
(-)
Displays the tab for the previous expiration date of the option.
Note: The + / - keys also give the possibility to scroll from the latest maturity of the short term option to the first maturity of the long term option.
Call only
(Space)
Displays only the call options.
You can toggle between the Call only display option and the Put only display option by pressing the spacebar.
Put only
(Space)
Displays only the put options.
You can toggle between the Call only display option and the Put only display option by pressing the spacebar.
Call and Put (Vert.)
Displays the Call options and the Put options vertically.
Call and Put (Hori.)
Displays the Call options and the Put options horizontally.
Note: this option enables vertical scrolling of both Call and Put options.
Call Put alternated (Vert.)
Displays alternately and vertically the Call options and the Put options.
Call Put alternated (Hori.)
Displays alternately and horizontally the Call options and the Put options.
All series
Displays all series of options with respect to the underlying price, with maturity/maturity price characteristics.
Middle series only
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Displays only middle series of options in relation to the underlying price.
Takes the delta nearest to .50 and displays 3 strikes below and above.
If there is no delta, it takes the median of the list of strikes and displays 3 strikes below and above.
Note: Deltas only exist in GL WIN When the option.prm file allocates an underlying to the list of options. If in doubt, configure the option.prm file. If this file is not configured, there is no underlying for the option and there is no last price reference for ATM strikes.
Traded series only
Displays only traded series of options (any strike with a last trade).
Activated series
Displays only activated series of options (any strike with a Bid, Ask or Last).
Quit
(Alt F4)
Exits the Options window.
The Setup Menu
This menu includes the following functions:
Rate
Dividend
Theo volat + step
Theo volat - step
Long term maturity
Short term maturity
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Rate...
The Interest rate is selected according to the option type, for cash pricing or future pricing.
Enter the interest rates you want to apply to five different time periods to calculate the B&S limits.
Click on OK to apply your modifications or on Cancel to return to the previous configuration.
Dividend...
Displays the dividends for each defined time period. The symbol of the Option Watch's active underlying instrument is displayed by default in the Underlying combo box and is followed by the instrument name for easy reference. You can select between all saved underlying instruments and their dividends from this combo box.
To edit the displayed underlying instrument:
1. Edit the date of the first dividend by typing the value in the Date column, or either pressing
Enter or clicking the arrow on the combo box to display the calendar.
2. Enter the dividend amount in the Dividend column.
3. If applicable, enter the dividend frequency, in months, in the Frequency-months column. A recurring dividend is taken into account in the calculation after being discounted with the corresponding interest rate for a particular expiry, as shown in the formula below:
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(For example, a dividend with a frequency of 3 months is paid 4 times during one calendar year.)
Note: you can enter as many dividends as you like.
Click the Add button if you want to input dividends for an underlying which is not already loaded in the
Option Watch, and which has not been saved previously. The dictionary is launched in order to select the underlying instrument in the equity market and enable you to edit it.
Theoretical volat
Defines the theoretical volatility to calculate the B/S limits.
Default values for the theoretical volatility and the variation step are 7 and 0.50 respectively.
The theoretical volatility is used to calculate the Delta, Vega, Gamma and Theta coefficients in the
Theoretical Ratio function.
Spread Future...
Displays the Spread Future dialog box.
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Enter the price variation between two maturity dates then click Enter to validate.
Theo volat + step
(>)
Adds the value of one step to the value of the defined theoretical volatility to calculate the B/S limits.
Theo volat - step
(<)
Subtracts the value of one step from the value of the defined theoretical volatility to calculate the B/S limits.
Long term maturity
(Pg Up)
Switches between short term and long term options.
To use this functionality; declare the [LONG] section in the option.prm GL WIN file. In this section, declare the link between the cash mnemonic and the long term option mnemonic as shown below:
[LONG]
AI=%PAI2,,AI
AC=%PAC2,,AC
AGF=%PAG3,,AGF
Short term maturity
(Pg Down)
Switches between long term and short term options.
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To use this functionality; declare the [LONG] section in the option.prm GL WIN file. In this section, declare the link between the cash mnemonic and the long term option mnemonic as shown below:
[LONG]
AI=%PAI2,,AI
AC=%PAC2,,AC
AGF=%PAG3,,AGF
Pricing Cash
Calculates the Delta, Vega, Gamma and Theta coefficients and the B/S price by using the cash instrument pricing.
Pricing Future
Calculates the Delta, Vega, Gamma and Theta coefficients and the B/S price by using the future instrument pricing.
Market ratio
Calculates the Delta, Vega, Gamma and Theta coefficients from the volatility determined by the market prices.
Theoretical ratio
Calculates the Delta, Vega, Gamma and Theta coefficients by using the volatility defined in the
Theoretical volatility function.
The Display Menu
This menu includes the following functions:
Instrument data setup
Exchange data setup
Show/Hide title and menu
Show/Hide data title
Show/Hide Market Monitor
Show/Hide scroll bars
Show/Hide limit/B.S. in excess
Show/Hide button bar
Font
Colors
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Main Control Window
With the Main Control window function, you can control one or several windows. In this way, via an
Option Watch window, you can control the following windows:
Historical/Intraday
When the active instrument is modified in the main control window, all controlled windows are updated accordingly.
The main control window must be selected on either the Option Watch or the Trading station windows.
This is then known as the "master".
Fixed Window
Use this function to display the selected window on all virtual screens that are available. GL WIN enables you to display information on four different virtual screens.
A fixed window is always displayed and can be associated with other different windows according to the virtual screen displayed.
Instrument column setup...
This function displays the Stock data setup dialog box and enables you to define the items to be displayed in the first line of the Options window.
Select the items, click on Ok to validate or on Cancel to exit.
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Option Column setup...
This function enables you to define the items to be displayed in the second line of the Options window.
For detailed information, see the description of the Display -> Select data display... function of the
Market Watch window.
You can either double-click on column headers, or use the following icons to customise the display from this menu:
All Columns
Displays all 38 columns.
Custom 1
Displays essential Bid/Ask-type information.
Custom 2
Displays pricer-related information like greeks, implied volatility and Black and Scholes.
Custom 3
Displays High/Low/Close information.
Customising The Buttons
The above shortcuts can all be customised, with the exception of All Columns, by following the steps below:
1. Click the shortcut you want to customise (for example ). the .
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3. Select the columns you want to appear in the modified shortcut, and the order they will appear in, and click OK.
Market monitor column setup...
This function enables you to define the items to be displayed in the third part of the Options window.
Tick the information to be displayed.
Click on OK to validate or on Cancel to exit the function.
Show/Hide titles and menus
This functionality displays or hides the menu bar, thus saving space on your desktop and removing unnecessary information.
To show/hide the title and menu bar, you can also use Ctrl + double-click in the center of the window.
Show/Hide data title
Shows or hides data titles.
Show/Hide instrument
Shows or hides the instrument data.
Show/Hide Pricing
Shows or hides the Pricing information section.
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The Pricing section contains the following columns:
Pricing Info
Displays the label of the current option.
Global
Tick to activate the theoretical volatility in the vTheo column. This will be applied globally, and will override the vTheo column for the individual options. vTheo
Directly type the theoretical volatility to be used by default.
Rate
Displays the interest rate to be used for pricing per expiry. Click on this cell to display the interest rate setup box.
Dividend
Displays the present value of the dividends that will be used for pricing (depends on user input from the dividends table). The dividends are considered recurrent with a frequency of 1 year. Click on this cell to display the Dividends setup box.
You can also import dividends to the Option Watch by editing the dividends.dat file. The dividends entered in this file will be integrated in the Option Watch on loading.
The following rules apply when editing the dividends.dat file :
Symbol=Date1,Dividend1,Date2,Dividend2,Date3,Dividend3,Date4,Dividend4
Today the limit per symbol is 4 dates of dividends.
Date Format: YYYYMMDD
The present value of the dividends is subtracted from the from the current price of the underlying asset when calculating the Black & Scholes value. The calculations take into account the interest.
Model Used
Drop-down list displaying all available pricing models.
Pricing
Drop-down list, displaying the following pricing type options:
Cash
Roll Pricing (Futures)
Switch Underlying (Futures)
Roll Pricing (Futures)
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Switch Underlying (only Options on Futures)
The Option Watch window switches between the futures to display the future with an expiry corresponding to the options expiry tab selected. The options are:
Cash
Volatility
Drop-down list with the following options:
Mean Implied Volatility
Show/Hide exchanges
Shows or hides the last executed trades.
Show/Hide Market Monitor
Shows or hides Market Monitor section at the bottom of the screen.
Show/Hide scroll bars
This function displays or hides the scrollbars.
Show/Hide Limits/B.S in excess
Shows or hides B/S limits in excess.
Show/Hide button bar
This function displays or hides the icon bar.
The icon bar (or button bar or toolbar) provides you with rapid access to several functionalities you can also access through the window menus.
Option icon bar:
Show/Hide Tabs
Shows or hides the tabs which separate expiry months.
Font...
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Use this function to change fonts, their types and sizes. This setting is available on all GL WIN windows.
See the Font explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market Watch window.
Colors...
Modifies the color and background of pages and highlights certain information.
To get further information, see the Colors explanation associated with the Display menu of the
Market Watch window.
Print...
To get detailed information, see the Print explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market
Watch window.
The Order Menu
See the Order Book and Entry Box presentations.
This menu is displayed only if you are connected to a SLE (Server Link to Exchange). The SLE is the server used to send orders to the Exchange and receive acknowledgments.
This menu includes the following functions:
Buy
Sell
Take
Hit
Care Order Buy
Care Order Sell
Cross
Global Order View = Order Book Filter
Execution History = Trading Watch Filter
Contribute
Trade Report Buy
Trade Report Sell
Trade Report Cross
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The Tabs Menu
This menu includes the following functions:
Underlying
Series
Underlying
You can modify the tabs with the following options:
Hide
Hides tab.
Rename
Renames tab (also available by right-clicking tab).
Delete
Deletes tab (also available by right-clicking tab).
Link to an option
Enables you to link the instrument to the corresponding option series (also available by right-clicking on the tab). The dictionary opens and you can select one or more options to link it to (note that you have to select the relevant market with regard to the market containing the underlying). After this, the option.prm
file is updated and all the series are displayed in the Option Watch.
Note: You can also link an option to an underlying. Enter an option in the
Option Watch and right-click on its tab. Select Find corresponding
underlying from the popup menu, and select an underlying from the dictionary. The option.prm file is created and automatically updates, and you can display the instrument market requests in real time.
Delete all
Deletes all tabs.
Series
Contains the following options:
Hide/Show
Shows/hides the tab series.
Explicit Format
Displays expiries by calendar month, for example Mar05 (also available by right-clicking on the expiry tab).
Letter Format
Displays expiries by letters, for example J05 (also available by right-clicking on the expiry tab).
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The Strategy Watch Window
This window is accessible from the GL Deskbar by clicking on the Market Data or Trading Tools icon and selecting the Strategy Watch function.
The Strategy Watch window is used to display market summary information for existing strategies
(options and futures).
This window is similar to the Market Watch window used for stock lists: creation of personalized strategy lists, possibility to send orders directly from this window using the keyboard.
For each selected strategy the different possible prices and quantities are presented:
Best price and quantity for the strategy if it is listed by the Exchange
Best price calculated using the individual legs (the pricing can only be calculated if all legs composing the strategy have prices).
The Best Bid P(rice) and Best Ask P(rice) columns display the best price between the real price and the calculated price. The colours of these columns can be changed in the Display -> Colors menu.
You can also display a Best Bid Qty and a Best Ask Qty which is an addition of the implied quantity from the legs with the paper quantity.
The Best Bid Qty and Best Ask Qty columns display cumulated bid/ask quantity adding together the implied quantity coming from the legs and the paper quantity. These two columns are shown with associated background Colors.
As the standard Market Watch window, the Strategy Watch window includes the following menus:
Display
Orders
Filter
You can also right-click in the window to display a menu including the main functionalities of the four preceding menus.
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General Overview
The principal GL WIN windows that are used for trading strategies are the following :
Window
Strategy Market Watch
Strategy Dictionary
Strategy Market Depth
Alerts
News
Description
Displays market summary information for each strategy.
Lists all existing strategies recognized by the market and created locally. Used also for the creation of new strategies.
Displays the market depth for a selected strategy (by price limit)
Configures alert messages pertaining to quote requests.
Displays alert messages
Strategy codes
The following matrix shows strategies on option contracts, future contracts and volatility trades.
Strategy Name GL Code Number of Legs Leg Description
1 Call Spread SPD 2
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Put Spread
Calendar Spread
Call Calendar Spread
Put Calendar Spread
Call Calendar Spread
Put Calendar Spread
Butterfly
Guts
2*1 Call Ratio Spread
2*1 Put Ratio Spread
Strangle
Straddle
Combo
Spread
SPD
CSP
CSP
CSP
DCS
DCS
BUT
GUT
2x1
2x1
STG
STD
CMB
SCS
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
4
+1 C (Buy one Call)
-1 C (Sell one Call)
+1 P (Buy one Put)
-1 P (Sell one Put)
+1 F (Buy one Future)
-1 F (Sell one Future)
+1 C (Buy one call)
-1 C (Sell one call)
+1 P (Buy one Put)
-1 P (Buy one Put)
-1 C (Sell one Call)
+1 C (Buy one call)
-1 P (Sell one Put)
+1 P (Buy one Put)
+1 F (Buy one Future)
-2 F (Sell two Futures)
+1 F (Buy one Future)
+1 C (Buy one Call)
+1 P (Buy one Put)
-1 C (Sell one Call)
+2 C (Buy two Calls)
-1 C (Sell one Call)
+2 C (Buy two Calls)
+1 P (Buy one Put)
+1 C (Buy one Call)
+1 P (Buy one Put)
+1 C (Buy one Call)
-1 C (Sell one Call)
+1 P (Buy one Put)
-1 P (Sell one Put)
-1 C (Sell one Call)
+1 P (Buy one Put)
+1 C (Buy one Call)
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Strategy Name
Calendar Spread
12 Condor
GL Code
DSS
CDR
13 Packs
(White Pack)
(Red Pack)
(Green Pack)
(Blue Pack)
14 Bundles
(Bundle 1Year)
(Bundles 2 Years)
(Bundles 3 Years)
(Bundle 4 Years)
PCK
BUN
15 Strip STR
Number of Legs Leg Description
4
4
4
-1 P (Sell one Put)
-1 C (Sell one Call)
+1 P (Buy one Put)
+1 C (Buy one Call)
+1 F (Buy one Future)
-1 F (Sell one Future)
-1 F (Sell one Future)
+1 F (Buy one Future)
+1 F (Buy one Future)
+1 F (Buy one Future)
+1 F (Buy one Future)
+1 F (Buy one Future)
4,8,12,16
>=4
<=16
+1 F (Buy one Future)
+1 F (Buy one Future)
+1 F (Buy one Future)
+1 F (Buy one Future)
+1 F (Buy one Future)
+1 F (Buy one Future)
+1 F (Buy one Future)
+1 F (Buy one Future)
+1 F (Buy one Future)
+1 F (Buy one Future)
+1 F (Buy one Future)
+1 F (Buy one Future)
+1 F (Buy one Future)
+1 F (Buy one Future)
+1 F (Buy one Future)
+1 F (Buy one Future)
+ n1 F (Buy n1
Futures)
+ n2 F (Buy n2
Futures)
+ n3 F (Buy n3
Futures)
+ n4 F (Buy n4
Futures)
+ n5 F (Buy n5
Futures)
+ n6 F (Buy n6
Futures)
+ n7 F (Buy n7
Futures)
+ n8 F (Buy n8
Futures)
+ n9 F (Buy n9
Futures)
+ n10 F (Buy n10
Futures)
+ n11 F (Buy n11
Futures)
+ n12 F (Buy n12
Futures)
+ n13 F (Buy n13
Futures)
+ n14 F (Buy n14
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Strategy Name GL Code
16 Call Volatility
Put Volatility
Call Spread Volatility
VOL
VOL
VOL
Put Spread Volatility VOL
Straddle Volatility VOL
The Display Menu
The Display menu includes the following functions:
Number of Legs Leg Description
2
2
3
3
3
Futures)
+ n15 F (Buy n15
Futures)
+ n16 F (Buy n16
Futures)
+ C (Buy one Call)
- F (Sell Futures)
+ P (Buy Put)
- F (Sell Futures)
+ C (Buy Call)
- C (Sell Call)
- F (Sell n Futures)
+ P (Buy Put)
- P (Sell Put)
- F (Sell Futures)
+ P (Buy Put)
+ C (Buy Call)
+ F (Buy Futures)
Select data display
Highlighting
Show/Hide title and menu
Show/Hide data title
Show/Hide button bar
Tabs
Font
Colors
Quit
Main control window
For detailed information, see the Main Control window function in the Display menu of the Option
Watch window.
Fixed window
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For detailed information, see the Display -> Fixed window function in the Market Watch window.
Dynamic Insert
Tick this option to automatically add every new strategy created by the SLE to your Dictionary selection.
Note: This functionality is only available if the Sources section in the glflux.ini
configuration file has been set up correctly, including the News origin: 93 (Euronext LIFFE code), and only concerns traders using the LIFFE market.
Select data display...
The Select Data Display... function displays the Strategy watch data display setup window.
Select the fields you want to display in the Strategy Watch window.
For detailed information, see the Display -> Select data display function in the Market Watch window.
Highlighting
For detailed information, see the Display -> Highlighting function in the Market Watch window.
Show/Hide title and menu
For detailed information, see the Display -> Show/Hide title and menu function in the Market Watch window.
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Show/Hide data title
For detailed information, see the Display -> Show/Hide data title in the Market Watch window.
Show/Hide scrollbars
For detailed information, see the Display -> Show/Hide scrollbars function in the Market Watch window.
Show/Hide button bar
This function displays or hides the icon bar.
The icon bar (or button bar or toolbar) provides you with rapid access to several functionalities you can also access through the window menus.
Strategy Watch icon bar:
Show/Hide detail
Shows or hides a secondary window displaying the details of the selected strategy.
Tabs
The Tabs sub-menu enables you to add, delete or rename a tab or modify the position of tabs.
Tabs are used to create rapid access to lists of instruments.
Add Tab
The Add a Tab function displays the following dialog box:
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Select a .stg list previously created and saved through the Save list... function.
Enter the name of the tab in the Tab's Name field.
You can select a shortcut from the list associated with the Ctrl + field.
Then, click on OK to create the tab or on Cancel to exit the function.
Delete tab
Erases the selected tab.
Modify tab
Enables you to rename the selected tab, change the list linked to this tab or change the shortcut.
Tabs position
You can position created tabs with this function. The Tabs position dialog box includes four positions represented by radio buttons. You can choose an up, down, left or right position. You can also decide to display no tab at all by selecting the No tab option.
Click on Ok to validate or on Cancel to quit.
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Font...
Use this function to change fonts, their types and sizes. This setting is available on all GL WIN windows.
See the Font explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market Watch window.
Colors...
Modifies the color and background of pages and highlights certain information.
To get further information, see the Colors explanation associated with the Display menu of the
Market Watch window.
Cumulated Quantity
If the quantity displayed in the Best Bid Qty and Best Ask Qty columns:
• is equal to the Calculated Bid/Ask Quantity the background is highlighted according to the colors selected for Calc Value
• is equal to the Bid/Ask Quantity, the background is highlithed according to the colors selected for Real Value.
• is the addition of Calculated and Real Quantity, the background is highlighted according to the colors selected for Cumulated Quantity.
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Print...
To get detailed information, see the Print explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market
Watch window.
Quit
(Alt F4)
Exits the Strategy Watch window.
The Instrument List Menu
This menu includes the following functions:
Dictionary
Delete
Speed access for lists
Dictionary...
Insert
The Strategy dictionary is used to list existing strategies and to create new strategies. It is accessed via the Insert key from the Strategy Watch, Market Depth for Strategies and Best Limits windows.
Window layout
Button bar functionalities
Detail
Filter
New
Delete
Validation
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Window layout
The first line of tabs includes all types of strategies:
Spread
Butterfly
Volatility
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Future
Others: strategies which do not belong to pre-defined categories.
User: user-defined strategies. These strategies are created locally and are not displayed via the datafeed server (SLC).
The second line of tabs includes all strategy names.
Example: all 2 legs strategies are displayed by clicking on the 2 legs tab on the first line, and then by clicking on the relevant tab on the second line: STRD displays all straddles.
The bottom line of buttons and the check boxes enable you to execute the following functionalities.
Button bar functionalities
Detail...
Displays the contract details of the legs making up the selected strategy.
In the following example, the details for the strategy straddle LL STRD H02 95125 specify the exchange name, associated market, buy/sell way, quantity, underlying, leg description (buy 1 put - buy
1 call) and delta.
Filter...
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Filters the displayed strategies.
New...
Creates a new strategy.
In order to trade a strategy, this strategy must be recognized by the exchange. If you do not see the strategy listed in the Strategy Dictionary, the strategy desired must be created.
The Cash section in the Dictionary (LIFFE) enables you to know the code of the underlying stock used to create the strategy.
To create a new strategy:
1. Using the tab bars at the top of the Strategy Dictionary, select the type of strategy which is to be created.
2. Click on the New... button. The Strategy dictionary window extends and displays a section for the creation of a new strategy. The definition zone for the strategy is automatically partially filled (in yellow), leaving on a minimum number of parameters to be completed (in grey).
Note: Before clicking on the New... button, make sure the Strategy Trading
Station window is open. o Enter the Underlying contract code (eg. LL) in the Underlying field (the code can be found in the Cash section). o Enter the maturity date (eg. M02 - June 02) in the Serie field. If you type M, the due date is automatically displayed. o Enter the strike price in the Strike field (except for the Volatility leg where the strike defines the underlying price according to the strategy to be created). o Define Delta for Volatility strategies, as a value between 1 and 1000. o Then, enter the Symbol of the strategy.
3. Click on the Create button to create the strategy. The GL WIN system sends a request to the market to create the requested strategy. The market reference code for the new strategy is placed in the Reference field of the dictionary.
Note: A price must exist for each leg before you can create the strategy (LIFFE rule).
Clean up...
Cleans the local GL WIN dictionary by removing all strategies for which at least one leg has expired.
Delete...
Removes a strategy from the dictionary.
Filter, User, Exchange check boxes
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These check boxes enable you to display the information by user or by exchange.
Filter: sorts strategies by market.
User: sorts the strategies created by the user.
Exchange: sorts all the strategies which were not created by the user.
Validation
To add a strategy to the Strategy Watch window, press Enter on the selected strategy in the dictionary. You can also type the strategy code directly in the Strategy Watch window.
Then, click on OK to save the modifications you carried out in the dictionary or on Cancel to return to the previous configuration of the dictionary and exit the function.
Delete
Del
For detailed information, see the Instrument List -> Delete function in the Market Watch window.
Open list...
Opens a strategy list file previouly saved through the Save list... function.
Select the file to be opened and click on OK to validate.
Save list...
Saves the current strategy.
After you have specified the file to be saved in the File Name field, click on the Save a file button to validate.
Clear List
(Ctrl + Del)
Clears the list of instruments displayed in the Strategy Watch window or in the active tab.
Nevertheless, you can open the cleared list using the Open List... function.
Speed access for lists...
Enables you to allocate a shortcut key to a customized list of instruments previously created.
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Click on the desired shortcut key, then on the Find Stock List... button to select the customized list (
.stk file format).
In the Strategy Watch window, a Tab button will be displayed for each personalized list, which has been assigned a shortcut key.
Use the Clear button to delete an allocated shortcut key.
Click on OK to validate or on Cancel to exit the function.
The Orders Menu
See the StrategyTrading Station presentation.
This menu is displayed only if you are connected to a SLE (Server Link to Exchange) and if the
Strategy Trading Station window is open. The SLE is the server used to send orders to the Exchange and receive acknowledgments.
This menu includes the following functions:
Buy
Sell
Take
Hit
Cross
Bid/Ask
Request for Quote
Trade Report Cross
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Bid/Ask
(Ctrl F6)
This window enables you to send a bid and offer on the instrument. It is possible to send Bid and Ask at the same price with one click from this window.
Traders have to keep in mind that with this function orders can hit the market virtually simultaneously to execute the order. However, for instance the Euronext.liffe market, does not ensure a “secured cross” as it does for the "guaranteed crossing" order: one part of the attempted cross can be executed on the market before the opposite order has reached it.
For a detailed explanation of all the fields of this dialog box, see the Order -> Buy... function.
The Sort By Menu
For detailed information, see the table of available sort options in the Introduction of the Sort By menu in the Market Watch window.
The Instrument Info Menu
This menu provides you with direct access to certain GL WIN functionalities supplying additional information about the strategy on which the cursor is positioned (you can also access these functions via the GL Deskbar).
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Instrument characteristics...
For detailed information, see the Instrument Info -> Characteristics function in the Market Watch window.
Best limits - Strategy
(F7)
For detailed information, see the description of the Best Limits window.
The Filter Menu
This menu enables you configure and manage filters in the Strategy Watch window. It contains the following items:
No Active Filter
Cleared Filtered Items
Start Up List
New Strategy Insertion
Edit Filter
(Ctrl + F4)
Sets up filters on specific criteria.
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Underlying list
Enables you to add a .stk list of underlying instruments.
Exchange
Enables you to select a particular exchange or all of the available exchanges.
Instrument type
Enables you to define a particular instrument type to filter.
No Active Filter
Disables currently active filter.
Cleared Filtered Items
Clears the list of filtered items from the Strategy Watch window.
Start Up List
Inserts the start up list of instruments.
New Strategy Insertion
Displays newly created strategies.
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The Dictionary Window
(Insert)
The Dictionary window can be opened either directly from the toolbar icon or from any GL WIN application featuring the Insert dictionary shortcut. In the latter case, the name of the calling application is displayed in the title bar. When you select instruments in the dictionary, the calling application is controlled by the selected instrument(s).
When opening the Dictionary window shortly after launching GL STREAM WS, you may need to wait until all the data is downloaded via the SLC. You are informed of the download progress at the top of the window.
By default, the Dictionary window displays two main windows:
The List view
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The Explorer View
The Dictionary window's explorer view displays detailed market and product type information, for example derivatives expiries. The explorer view below shows derivatives sorted by Underlying, then by Expiry and Call/Put for options. Within the main instrument display zone, you can also sort derivatives by maturity date.
Below, strategies are sorted by strategy type.
Below, securities are sorted by Exchange groups.
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The V5 dictionary enables you to quickly access the instruments you work with by creating
bookmarks.
The List View
The List View of the Dictionary window displays instrument information. It contains more columns than the standard dictionary (Expiry, Strike, Type, etc...), and you can customize the fonts and colours as desired.
The dictionary also contains the Code Finder and Strategy Builder modules, which you can display either by selecting them from the Tools menu, or by clicking on the appropriate toolbar icon.
The Dictionary window contains the following buttons:
Compact
Toggles between standard and compact mode.
OK (standalone dictionary only)
Inserts the selected instrument(s) in the Market Watch then closes the dictionary (note that you must select Main control window from the dictionary's Display menu or by clicking on the toolbar button
).
Insert (standalone dictionary only)
Inserts the selected instrument(s) in the Market Watch (note that the Window controlled by stock
list item must be selected in the Market Watch Display menu).
Close
Closes the Dictionary window.
The Dictionary window includes the following menus:
Display
Tools
Bookmarks
The Display Menu
This menu includes the following functions:
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Show/Hide Title and Menus
Show/Hide Button Bar
Show/Hide Scroll Bars
Show/Hide Data Title
Font
Colors
Quit
Main Control Window (standalone mode only)
With the Main Control window function, you can control one or several windows. In this way, via the
Dictionary window, you can control the following windows:
• Time and Sales
• etc...
When the active instrument is modified in the main control window, all controlled windows are updated accordingly.
Column setup
Enables you to select the fields to be displayed in the dictionary.
Displays the Data Setup dialog box.
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For detailed information, see the description of the Display -> Select Data Display function of the
Market Watch window.
You can either double-click on column headers (to switch from one custom view to the next), or use the following icons to customise the display from this menu:
Customising The Columns
The shortcuts can all be customised, with the exception of All Columns, by following the steps below:
1. Click the shortcut you want to customise (for example ). the .
3. Select the columns you want to appear in the modified shortcut, and the order they will appear in, and click OK.
All columns
Displays all columns in the List View.
Custom 1
Displays the following columns in the List view by default:
Exchange
Prefix
Symbol
ISIN Code
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Group and
Market
Custom 2
Displays the following columns in the List view by default:
Exchange
Prefix
Symbol
ISIN Code
Stock Name
Custom 3
Displays the following columns in the List view by default:
Symbol
ISIN Code
Stock Name
Compact mode
You can minimize screen space by using the dictionary's compact mode. To toggle back to normal mode, click the Full button.
In compact mode, you can move the window by clicking ALT+left mouse button.
Show/Hide Explorer
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Shows/hides explorer view (on the left of the dictionary).
Show/Hide Title and Menu
This functionality displays or hides the menu bar, thus saving space on your desktop and removing unnecessary information.
To show/hide the menu bar, you can also double-click in the center of the window.
Show/Hide button bar
This function displays or hides the icon bar.
The icon bar (or button bar or toolbar) provides you with rapid access to several functionalities you can also access through the window menus.
Show/Hide scroll bars
This function displays or hides the scrollbars in the displayed window.
Show/Hide Data Title
This function displays or hides the titles in the displayed window.
Font...
This setting is available on all GL WIN windows.
See the Font function explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market Watch window.
Colors...
Modifies the color and background of pages and highlights certain information.
For further information, see the Colors explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market
Watch window.
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Quit
(Alt F4)
Exits the V5 Dictionary.
The Tools Menu
This menu includes the following functions:
Insert to StratBuilder
Copy to Clipboard
Search By Text
Insert to StratBuilder
Buy Side (Alt Gr. + Click)
Creates a new leg in the StratBuilder on the Buy side.
Sell Side (Alt Gr. + Right-click)
Creates a new leg in the StratBuilder on the Buy side.
Copy to Clipboard
CTRL + C
Copies instruments selected in the list view to the clipboard.
Note: You can use CTRL + A to select all instruments in the list.
Code Finder
Displays the Code Finder in the V5 dictionary.
The Code Finder can be used for two reasons:
Searching the dictionary for derivatives
Assisting you in creating strategies
For more information on using the Code Finder, refer to its description in the Entry Box -> Buy section.
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Strategy Builder
Displays the Strategy Builder in the V5 dictionary.
You can use the following three modes:
Creation mode - create a strategy with/without the use of the Code Finder.
Strategy Mode - the Strategy Builder displays the details (legs) of a strategy when the strategy is displayed in the list view.
Filtering - you can use the Search module.
For more information on using the Strategy Builder, refer to its description in the Entry Box -> Buy section.
Search by Text
Displays the Search Text facility in the V5 dictionary.
The Search by Text option enables you to find instruments in long lists using limited text strings.
Check the options you want to search through (Symbol, ISIN code etc) and check the Search in
selected node option if you want to search only in the currently active and displayed node.
The Bookmarks Menu
This menu includes the following functions:
Add Bookmark from STK
Create STK File and Bookmark
Add in STK
Delete from STK
Add Bookmark from STK
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The most important feature of the bookmarks utility is the ability to display different instruments from different markets in the same List View.
To create a bookmark from an STK file:
1. In the explorer view, right-click on the level under which you want to create the bookmark, and select Add Bookmark from STK... from the popup list. the file which you want to add to the bookmark section. The STK is nested under the Bookmarks section in the explorer view.
Note: You can also drag and drop an .STK file directly from Windows Explorer into the Explorer view of the dictionary.
Create STK File and Bookmark
Creates an STK file with the selected instruments and adds the created file as a bookmark.
Delete Bookmark
Deletes the bookmark currently selected in the Explorer view.
Add in STK
Appends the STK file (or bookmark) with the selected instrument(s).
Delete from STK
Available only when displaying the contents of a bookmark. When performed, the selected instrument(s) is removed from the active bookmark file.
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The Instrument Summary Window
(F3)
This window is accessible from the GL Deskbar by clicking on the Market Data icon. You can also display it from the Market Watch window by selecting the Instrument Info. -> Instrument Summary function or by using F3.
You can configure this window by setting six different groups of information (Display/Data Setup function): Last trade, Opening and Thresholds, Information, Buyer/Seller Indicator, Best Limits,
Exchanges, Last Trade date.
Define the fields of your Summary window by selecting Display -> Select data display.... You can then select individual fields or groups of fields.
This window contains all Instrument Summary information items.
The Instrument Summary window enables you to display further information like the five best limits or the five last transactions.
If the Instrument Summary is called from the GL Deskbar, it does not contain any default value.
To select an instrument, you can either use the Dictionary or enter the mnemonic security code
(preceeded by the prefix of the market).
If the Instrument Summary is called from the Market Watch window, it automatically displays the selected security information.
By default, this window has a total of seven information areas. The market summary area is static and the six remaining areas can be customized via the Select data display... function.
1. The Heading area always displays the instrument name as highlighted in the Market Watch window. You can also type in or select from the Dictionary the instrument you wish to view after disabling the controlled function.
2. The Last Execution area (in white) displays data already contained in the Market Watch window.
3. The Open, High.. area (in yellow) displays general market information about the selected instrument (Max, High, Low, etc.).
4. The Buy/Sell Indicator band, in the centre of the window, shows the weight of each price limit on the buyer and seller sides. In the above screenshot the black diamond separates the buyer
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5. The Information area (in green) displays the market location/group, minimum lots, etc.
6. The Best Limits area (in grey) displays the five best Bid/Ask prices, number of underlying orders and quantities. You can set up the number of limits to display in the Nb Limits section of the Display/Data Setup window. You can also use mouse trading from this area. You can toggle from best limits to total limits using the space bar. The Instrument Summary window also features a Volume Trend Display, as described in the section Select data display
(Instrument Summary)
7. The Execution area (second area in green) displays data for the five last trades executed as follows : time, quantity, executed price.
The Instrument Summary window includes two menus:
Display
Orders
You can also right-click in the window to display a menu including all the functionalities of the Display and Orders menus.
The Display menu
This menu includes the following functions:
Dictionary
Select data display
Show/Hide title and menu
Show/Hide data title
Show/Hide scroll bars
Font
Colors
Quit
Dictionary
(Insert)
For detailed information, see the Dictionary presentation.
Controlled window setup...
In GL WIN, certain windows can be controlled by others.
The Controlled window setup... function enables you to pilot the window with the stock selected in the Market Watch or Trading Station windows. So, as soon as the active instrument has been modified in the main window, this modification also appears in the controlled window.
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Moreover, market segments can be specified in piloted windows. For example, you can set up an
Instrument Summary window piloted by options and another one piloted by the underlying on one or more virtual screens.
The Display -> Controlled window setup... window enables you to configure, modify and view controls.
1. In order to activate the function, select the Control column for the corresponding line.
A tick indicates whether or not the Market Watch window will control the Instrument Summary window
(or other piloted window). The underlying instrument that is highlighted in the Market Watch window will be the instrument that is also displayed in ALL the open inheriting windows.
2. Then, click the Modif column to select the market segment in the Origin selection window:
To view another instrument in the controlled window, either use the Insert key and type the instrument name or select the Dictionary and click on the instrument you want to be displayed.
The Main control window must be selected on either the Market Watch window or the Trading
Station window. This is then known as the mother window.
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Note: The Controlled window setup... function available in the GL Deskbar popup menu can be used to view all the controlled windows defined in the current session.
Fixed window
Use this function to display the selected window on all virtual screens that are available. GL WIN enables you to display information on four different virtual screens.
A fixed window is always displayed and can be associated with other windows according to the virtual screen displayed.
Normal limits
(Space)
This function enables you to display normal limits in the Instrument Summary window.
You can toggle from normal limits to computed limits using the space bar.
Computed limits
(Space)
This function enables you to display computed limits in the Instrument Summary window.
You can toggle from normal limits to computed limits using the space bar.
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Column setup...
The Column setup... function enables you to customize the Instrument Summary window. It displays the Data setup window.
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The Data setup window contains all the fields you can display in the Instrument summary window.
To activate the different types of fields, check the titles placed on top of the field areas.
Then, select the fields you want to display in the Instrument Summary window.
It is possible to specify the number of limits that will be used to calculate the volume trends for the comparison between the Bid and the Ask sides. With this feature it is possible to visualize easily for a given instrument if the total volume available for the first limits is higher on the bid or the ask side. The number of price limits to use for the volume trend calculation should be specified in the Vol. trends field.
Note: Only the first five price limits are available but this number can be different for specific Exchanges.
Show/Hide title and menu
This functionality displays or hides the menu bar, thus saving space on your desktop and removing unnecessary information.
To show/hide the menu bar, you can also double-click in the center of the window.
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Show/Hide data title
This function displays or hides the titles.
Show Entry Box
(-> Top/Bottom)
This function displays an Entry Box either at the top or the bottom of the Instrument Summary window.
Font...
Use this function to change fonts, their types and sizes. This setting is available on all GL WIN windows.
See the Font function explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market Watch window.
Colors...
Modifies the color and background of pages and highlights certain information.
To get further information on the Color Setup dialog box, see the Colors function explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market Watch window.
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The options Market is better bid and Market is better offered enable you to change the color of the
Volume Trend indicators described in the Select data display section.
If the market is better bid, the Qty header is highlighted on the Bid side in the Best Limits area of the
Instrument Summary window.
If the market is better offered, the Qty header is highlighted on the Ask side in the same part of the window.
Quit
(Escape)
Exits the Instrument Summary window.
The Orders Menu
See the Order Book and Entry Box presentations. This menu is displayed only if you are connected to a SLE (Server Link to Exchange). The SLE is the server used to send orders to the Exchange and receive acknowledgments. This menu includes the following functions:
Buy
Sell
Take
Hit
Care Order Buy
Care Order Sell
Cross
Global Order View = Order Book Filter
Execution History = Trading Watch Filter
Contribute
Trade Report Buy
Trade Report Sell
Trade Report Cross
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Characteristics
(Shift F9)
The Instrument characteristics window contains the main types of information available for a selected instrument.
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The Market Depth window
(Ctrl F3)
To access the Market Depth window, press Ctrl F3 from the Market Watch window. or, from the GL Deskbar, click the Market Data icon and select the Market Depth function.
The Market Depth window displays the complete market depth for a stock.
Three types of market depths are available :
1. Market by order: The market depth includes all market orders
2. Market by limit: The market depth is recalculated by price
3. Cumulated limits: The market depth is calculated using total limits
Use the space bar to toggle between market by order, market by limit and cumulated limits.
This window can be controlled through the Display -> Controlled window function.
Modifying Your Own Orders
You can modify your own orders from the Market Depth window.
Press F7 to modify the selected order, whether in Market By Order or Market By Limits mode.
In Market By Order Mode
Either press F7 or, if using Mouse Trading, left-click on the Brk field to modify the selected order.
In Market By Limits Mode
For a global modification on your own orders (F7), you must select the orders you want to modify in the Modify Orders window before clicking on the Modify Orders button:
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However, if you press Shift + F7, all orders are automatically selected in the Modify Orders window:
Mouse Trading Features in Market By Limits Mode
If you left-click on the OwnQty or BrkQty, and you are using Mouse Trading, you can modify one of your own orders, or a broker's order, for the limit selected. However, if you have several orders for the selected limit, the following rules apply:
Left-click on the OwnQty field to globally modify your own orders for the selected limit.
Left-click on the BrkQty field to globally modify Broker orders for the selected limit (note that this is only available for users configured as Supervisors on the Trading server).
Cancelling Your Own Orders
You can cancel your own orders from the Market Depth window.
Press F8 to cancel the selected order, whether in Market By Order or Market By Limits mode.
In Market By Orders Mode
Either press F8 or, if using Mouse Trading, right-click on the Brk field to cancel the selected order.
In Market By Limits Mode
For a global cancellation on your own orders (F8), you must select the orders you want to cancel in the Cancel Orders window before clicking on the Cancel Orders button:
However, if you press Shift + F8, all orders are automatically selected in the Cancel Orders window:
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Mouse Trading Features in Market By Order Mode
If you left-click on the OwnQty or BrkQty, and you are using Mouse Trading, you can cancel one of your own orders, or a broker's order, for the limit selected. However, if you have several orders for the selected limit, the following rules apply:
Left-click on the OwnQty field to globally cancel your own orders for the selected limit.
Left-click on the BrkQty field to globally cancel Broker orders for the selected limit (note that this is only available for users configured as Supervisors on the Trading server).
The Market depth window includes two menus:
Display
Orders
You can also right-click in the window to display a new menu including the main functions of the
Display and Orders menus.
The Display Menu
This menu includes the following functions:
Dictionary
Controlled window on top
Market by orders
Market by limits
Display Linked Instruments
Market depth column setup
Instrument column setup
Show/Hide title and menu
Show/Hide Instrument data
Show/Hide Yellow Strip
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Show/Hide data title
Show/Hide scroll bars
Highlighting
Font
Colors
About
Quit
Dictionary
(Insert)
For detailed information, see the Dictionary presentation associated with the Display menu of the
Market Watch window.
Controlled window setup
For detailed information, see the Controlled window setup.. description associated with the Display menu of the Instrument Summary window.
Controlled window on top
This option is specific to the SETS and SEAQ markets.
Market by orders
(space)
All market orders with broker names are displayed.
Use the spacebar to toggle between market by orders, market by limits and cumulated limits.
Market by limits
(space)
Orders are displayed by price, i.e. quantities are grouped if there are several orders at the same price.
Use the spacebar to toggle between market by orders, market by limits and cumulated limits.
You can display the quantity held both by you and the Broker (house orders) on each price limit, for bid and ask sides. To do this, select the following options in the Market Depth Data Setup window;
Broker bid quantity
Own bid quantity
Own ask quantity
Broker ask quantity
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If you are configured as supervisor, the Own bid/Own ask columns display the total quantity sent by the supervisor on each limit and the Broker bid/Broker ask columns show the total quantity sent by
all supervised users on the SLE.
Mouse trading is activated by default by right-clicking the Own bid/Own ask and Broker bid/Broker
ask column headings.
A colour indicator shows the presence of the market member on a price limit. This is only displayed when a quantity is indicated in the Own bid/Own ask columns and the Broker bid/Broker ask columns. For more details refer to the Colors section.
Averaged limits
(space)
The market depth is calculated using the total of quantities for each limit.
Use the spacebar to toggle between market by orders, market by limits and averaged limits.
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Link Instrument
Enables you to display a global market depth merging all orders for a single instrument available on several markets. The screenshot below displays a Market Depth containing the Nokia instrument from the Paris and London SETS markets.
You can display information for either one single market or a Global view by clicking the tabs on the bottom of the window.
For general information about the Uniquote functionality, refer to Market Watch -> The Instrument
List Menu -> Link Instrument.
In Mouse Trading mode you can display several Entry Boxes at a time, one for each instrument on each market, when you click on a quantity (note that in the Market Depth window Mouse Trading is only available on quantities). In order to do this, select Separate EntryBox per market from the
General Settings -> Entry Box window. This functionality is available in both Market By Limits and
Cumulated Limits modes.
Note: This feature is not available on SLEs which handle several markets at once (for example EURONEXT equities).
Display Linked Instruments
To get further information, see the Display Linked Instruments explanation associated with the
Instrument List menu of the Market Watch window.
Quantity Filter...
Select an option to display only those quantities exceeding either 10, 100 or 1000.
Tick Display Divided Quantities to show quantities divided by the amount you specify (10, 100 or
1000).
Board lots
Some markets authorize only trading by range, for example, by sums of 100.
The board lots, also called round lots, represent all orders except all or none orders.
If neither Board lots or Odd lots are selected, all orders are taken into account.
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Odd lots
Some markets authorize only trading by range, for example, by sums of 100.
The odd lots represent the all or none orders only.
If neither Board lots or Odd lots are selected, all orders are taken into account.
Special Orders
Displays the Special Orders window.
The Special Orders window enables you to display certain GL TACTICS orders that you have created in the Market Depth window. These orders are not released actually on the market, but give an idea of your relative position in the market as well as when they are likely to be executed. This option is available for the following order types:
CountDown
Select the Order Type you wish to display. After the relevant order type is then created, it is displayed in the Market Depth window with the Display Name (GH/CND/P) next to the amount in the Vol column.
Market depth column setup...
In the Market Depth Data Setup dialog box, select the fields you want to display in the third line (under the instrument name) of the Market depth window.
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Information displayed in grey will not appear in the Market Depth window; information displayed in black will appear.
You can also change the order of the horizontal display. To do this, click, then drag and drop the item you want to move to its new position.
The S field is used for inserting a separation line between the columns of the Market Depth window.
To add a separation, just click in the S field, between the two titles you want to separate.
To remove a separation, click on the line in the S field.
The FP field is used to fix the position of selected data when you are scrolling from left to right within the window.
To do this, click in the FP field in front of the data you always want to be visible in your window.
To undo the fixed position, click in the FP field, on the line.
When you click on the Style button a new dialog box is displayed.
In the Cursor shape pane, select the type of cursor you want.
In the Cursor properties pane, select its properties.
To apply the GL WIN default configuration, click on the Default button.
Then, click on Ok to validate or on Cancel to return to the initial configuration.
Instrument column setup...
The Instrument column setup function displays the Data display setup dialog box.
Select the fields you want to display in the Market depth window.
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This window contains all the fields you can display in the second line of the Market Depth window, directly under the menus. Select the desired information.
Information displayed in grey will not appear in the Market Depth window; information displayed in black will appear.
You can also change the order of the horizontal display. To do this, click, then drag and drop the item you want to move to its new position.
The S field is used for inserting a separation line between the columns of the Market Depth window.
To add a separation, just click in the S field, between the two titles you want to separate.
To remove a separation, click on the line in the S field.
The FP field is used to fix the position of selected data when you are scrolling from left to right within the window.
To do this, click in the FP field in front of the data you always want to be visible in your window.
To undo the fixed position, click in the FP field, on the line.
When you click on the Style button a new dialog box is displayed.
In the Cursor shape pane, select the type of cursor you want.
In the Cursor properties pane, select its properties.
To apply the GL WIN default configuration, click on the Default button.
Then, click on Ok to validate or on Cancel to return to the initial configuration.
Broker Number
If you are declared as supervisor of several traders (on one of several SLE trading servers) you can associate a name to each user ID. The name can be seen in the Market Depth window next to each order sent by the corresponding user.
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Note: In order to activate this option please make sure that the parameter
Supervisor=O is in each SLE section of your glflux.ini GL WIN configuration file (letter O, not zero).
In the Enter your number field, specify the broker number for a non-anonymous market. In the case of an anonymous market, the field indicates a user ID. The broker number has priority over the user
ID.
Enter the user ID in the Code column and press Return.
Enter the name of the associated user in the Name column and press Return.
Tick the Uti column to activate the user name display in the Market Depth window (user ID only).
Click Ok to validate, Cancel to cancel changes, or Open to open a saved setup.
Note: This function is only available in the Market by order mode.
Show/Hide Title and Menus
This functionality displays or hides the menu bar, thus saving space on your desktop and removing unnecessary information.
To show/hide the menu bar, you can also double-click in the center of the window.
Show/Hide toolbar
Displays or hides the toolbar.
Show/Hide Instrument data
Shows or hides the instrument data displayed in the first line of the Market Depth window.
Show/Hide Yellow Strip
Shows or hides the Yellow Strip displayed under the Instrument Data line.
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Descriptions of Information Zones
The yellow strip is made up of eight information zones. From left to right, these are as follows:
Number of Quotes at the best bid price (1 in the above example)
Market Maker offering the best bid (this is blank in the above example, since in this case the best price has no Market Maker ID associated to it)
Volume available at the best bid (69,600 in the above example)
Best Bid price (320 in the above example)
Best Ask price (330 in the above example)
Volume available at the best Ask price (127,700 in the above example)
Market Maker offering the best ask price. In the above example, two Market Makers,
KLWT and SGSL, are offering the same ask price, so both are displayed in order of arrival. The number in brackets is the size or volume of their order in thousands (KLWT is offering 52700 so this is rounded to 53).
Number of Quotes at the best Ask price (2 in the above example)
The matrix below shows the sequence of orders represented by the Yellow Strip above.
Time Who Size Bid
Price
12:20 69,600
Ask
Price
Size Who Time
12:22 2,500 400 12:54
13:48 64,900 500 13:47
315 340 24,000 10:25
Show/Hide data title
This function displays or hides the titles.
Show/Hide scroll bars
This function displays or hides the scrollbars.
Highlighting
Corresponds to the Highlighting option in the Market Watch/Market Watch + windows.
See the description given for the Highlighting option in the Market Watch window for more details.
Font...
Use this function to change fonts, their types and sizes. This setting is available on all GL WIN windows.
See the Font explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market Watch window.
Yellow Strip Font
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Use this function to change the Yellow Strip font, its type and size.
See the Font explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market Watch window.
Colors...
Modifies the color and background of pages and highlights certain information.
To get general information, see the Colors explanation associated with the Display menu of the
Market Watch window.
Market By Limits Default Colors
The following colors are used by default to show the presence of the market member on a price limit, in Market by Limits mode:
Note: These default settings are subject to changes made to the color scheme in the General Settings -> Display window.
Red indicates that the price limit is held by only one house order
Blue indicates that the member holds the limit with several house orders
Green indicates that the member is present on the limit with at least one order. This means that other market members or other house users (but not supervised) are present on the limit.
General Behaviour
The colors indicate a comparison between the total quantity sent by the supervised users and the market volume on a given limit.
For limit Rank 1 in the below screenshot the broker holds the first limit at bid with 2 orders (blue colour). The broker is present on the first limit at ask (green colour) with a quantity of 10 coming from user 107.
For Limit Rank 2 in the below screenshot, the broker holds the second limit at bid (red colour) with only one order coming form the supervisor user 115.
The second limit at Ask is also held by the broker (red colour).
For Limit Rank 1 in the below screenshot there are two orders at 46.85; one for user 584 and one for user 107.
For Limit Rank 2 in the below screenshot, the order is from user 107.
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Print...
For detailed information on this function see the Print explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market Watch window.
About
Displays information on the current GL WIN version.
Quit
(Escape)
Exits the Market Depth window.
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The Orders Menu
See the Order Book and Entry Box presentations.
This menu is displayed only if you are connected to a SLE (Server Link to Exchange). The SLE is the server used to send orders to the Exchange and receive acknowledgments.
This menu includes the following functions:
Buy
Sell
Take
Hit
Care Order Buy
Care Order Sell
Cross
Global Order View = Order Book Filter
Execution History = Trading Watch Filter
Contribute
Trade Report Buy
Trade Report Sell
Trade Report Cross
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The Best Limits - Strategy window
(Market Depth for Strategies)
This window displays the market depth represented in price limits for the strategy requested. This window combines market prices for a given strategy with the calculated prices taken from the individual legs. You can either trade single legs or trade the strategy directly.
It is also possible to mouse trade from this window.
To display this window, click on the strategy desired in the Strategy Market Watch window or press
F7. It is also accessible from the GL Deskbar under the Market Data icon.
There are 3 ways to display limit information:
All
Display of both Real and Calculated prices.
Real
Display of market prices appearing on the strategy order book.
Calculated
Display of calculated prices using individual legs composing the strategy.
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Note: This window should calculate theoretical prices for all strategies listed
EXCEPT for Volatility strategies. This window should not calculate theoretical prices for inter-commodity spreads.
Cumulated
Display of cumulated implied and real quantities.
The Best Limits window includes the following menus:
Display
Orders
The Display Menu
This menu includes the following functions:
Dictionary
Select data display
Show/Hide title and menu
Show/Hide data title
Show/Hide scroll bars
Show/Hide button bar
Tabs
Font
Colors
Quit
Dictionary...
(Insert)
For further information, see the Instrument List -> Dictionary function in the Strategy Watch window.
All limits
(Space)
Displays both Real and Calculated prices.
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Real limits
(Space)
Displays market prices appearing on the strategy order book.
Calculated limits
(Space)
Displays calculated prices using the individual legs composing the strategy.
Controlled window setup...
For detailed information on this function see the Controlled window setup... presentation associated with the Display menu of the Instrument Summary window.
Fixed window
For detailed information, see the Display -> Fixed window function in the Market Watch window.
Select data display...
The Select Data Display... function enables you to select the fields you want to display in the Best
Limits window.
For detailed information, see the Display -> Select data display function in the Market Watch window.
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Show/Hide title and menu
For detailed information, see the Display -> Show/Hide title and menu function in the Market Watch window.
Show/Hide data title
For detailed information, see the Display -> Show/Hide data title in the Market Watch window.
Show/Hide scroll bars
For detailed information, see the Display -> Show/Hide scrollbars function in the Market Watch window.
Show/Hide button bar
This function displays or hides the icon bar.
The icon bar (or button bar or toolbar) provides you with rapid access to several functionalities you can also access through the window menus.
Best Limits icon bar:
Show/Hide name
Shows or hides the name of the current strategy.
Tabs
For detailed information, see the Display -> Tabs function in the Strategy Watch window.
Font...
Use this function to change fonts, their types and sizes. This setting is available on all GL WIN windows.
See the Font explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market Watch window.
Colors...
Modifies the color and background of pages and highlights certain information.
For further information, see the Colors explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market
Watch window.
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Print...
To get detailed information, see the Print explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market
Watch window.
Quit
(Esc)
Exits the Best Limits window.
The Orders Menu
See the Strategy Trading Station presentation.
This menu is displayed only if you are connected to a SLE (Server Link to Exchange) and if the
Strategy Trading Station window is open. The SLE is the server used to send orders to the Exchange and receive acknowledgments.
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Vertical Limits
In the GL Deskbar, click the Market Data icon or the Trading Tools icon and select Vertical Limits.
The Vertical Limits window appears.
This window displays vertical prices for an instrument. Only prices which correspond to market orders are displayed. It can also be described as a vertical market by order.
The Display Menu
This menu includes the following functions:
Dictionary
Show/Hide Title and Menu
Show/Hide Preopen Window
Settings
Fonts
Colors
Quit
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Dictionary
(Insert)
Displays the Dictionary window, enabling you to insert instruments into the Vertical Limits window.
For detailed information, see the Dictionary presentation associated with the Display menu of the
Market Watch window.
Controlled Window Setup...
(Ctrl + P)
In GL WIN, certain windows can be controlled by others.
The Controlled window setup... function enables you to pilot the window with the stock selected in the Market Watch or Trading Station windows. So, as soon as the active instrument has been modified in the main window, this modification also appears in the controlled window.
Moreover, market segments can be specified in piloted windows. For example, you can set up an
Instrument Summary window piloted by options and another one piloted by the underlying on one or more virtual screens.
The Display -> Controlled window setup... window enables you to configure, modify and view controls.
1. In order to activate the function, select the Control column for the corresponding line.
A tick indicates whether or not the Market Watch window will control the Instrument Summary window
(or other piloted window). The underlying instrument that is highlighted in the Market Watch window will be the instrument that is also displayed in ALL the open inheriting windows.
2. Then, click the Modif column to select the market segment in the Origin selection window:
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To view another instrument in the controlled window, either use the Insert key and type the instrument name or select the Dictionary and click on the instrument you want to be displayed.
The Main control window must be selected on either the Market Watch window or the Trading
Station window. This is then known as the mother window.
Note: The Controlled window setup... function available in the GL Deskbar popup menu can be used to view all the controlled windows defined in the current session.
Fixed Window
Use this function to display the selected window on all virtual screens that are available. GL WIN enables you to display information on four different virtual screens.
A fixed window is always displayed and can be associated with other windows according to the virtual screen displayed.
Column Setup...
The Column setup... function enables you to customize the information displayed in the Vertical
Limits window. It displays the Column Setup window.
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The following table lists the columns available in the Vertical Limits window and describes their usage.
Column Title Description
Stock Code
Exchange
Bid Rank
The market instrument code.
The location of the market on which the instrument is quoted.
The position of the bid orders on the market.
Cumulative Bid Quantity The total quantity of bids at all the listed levels.
Bid Number of Orders The number of bid orders at this price.
Bid Quantity
Price
The bid quantity at the corresponding price level.
The instrument price at the corresponding level.
Ask Quantity
Ask Number of Orders
The ask quantity at the corresponding price level.
The number of ask orders at this price.
Cumulative Ask Quantity The total quantity of asks at all the listed levels.
Ask Rank The position of the ask orders on the market.
Show/Hide Title and Menu
This functionality displays or hides the window title and menu bar, thus saving space on your desktop and removing unnecessary information.
To show/hide the menu bar, you can also double-click in the center of the window.
Show/Hide Preopen Window
Displays or hides the preopen window at the bottom of the screen.
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Linked Values
Opens the Linked Values window. This window enables you to group sets of instruments together in the Vertical Limits window and to view the various price levels of the instruments in one table.
Click Add to open the Dictionary window and add instruments to the Linked Values window, click
Delete to remove instruments from the window, and click Ok to confirm your choices.
Settings
Displays the Vertical Limits - Settings window. This window enables you to configure the maximum number of limits you wish to display (Nb Limits). Check the Use MultiListed Functionality if you wish to be able to view limits on several markets for a particular instrument.
Fonts...
Use this function to change fonts, their types and sizes. This setting is available on all GL WIN windows. See the Font function explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market Watch window.
Colors...
Use this option to modify the color and background of pages and highlights certain information.
To get further information on the Color Setup dialog box, see the Colors function explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market Watch window.
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Quit
(Alt +F4)
Exits the Vertical Limits window.
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The Ticker
The ticker displays online information such as last price, variation, and quantity exchanged as trades take place.
Bring up the ticker from the GL Deskbar under the Market Data menu.
There are two types of tickers: a standard ticker (below picture) and a scrolling ticker.
Both Ticker windows have one menu:
Display
The Display Menu
This menu includes the following functions:
Origin
Filters
Show/Hide title and menu
Show/Hide data title
Show/Hide button bar
Newest in sequence
Newest at bottom
Newest at top
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Font
Colors
Quit
Origin...
Use this function to select the market you wish to follow.
Tick the appropriate market and open its tree structure. Selected items are indicated with color-coded ticks: this market place.
A tick in front of the market place indicates that all markets are selected for this market place.
The number displayed on the first line specifies the total number of selected markets.
The number displayed at the right of each market place specifies the number of selected markets for this market place.
You can choose to display the structure By Place or By Market.
Click on OK to validate and see the selected market scrolling in the ticker.
Data setup...
Choose the fields to be displayed in the standard ticker. You can set up columns for the vertical view, and define scrolling information for the horizontal view.
Click on OK to validate your selection or on Cancel to return to the previous configuration.
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Filters...
To avoid displaying too much information on the ticker, you can set up filters through the following parameters:
Minimum quantity exchanged
Minimum capital exchanged
Instrument taken into account (selective ticker) selected through an .stk file created in the Market Watch window.
Click on OK to validate or on Cancel to exit the function.
Fixed window
Use this function to display the selected window on all virtual screens that are available. GL WIN enables you to display information on four different virtual screens.
A fixed window is always displayed and can be associated with different other windows according to the virtual screen displayed.
Copy instrument
When you copy an instrument value from the standard ticker to another window, the ticker becomes the pilot window during several minutes.
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Show/Hide title and menu
This functionality displays or hides the menu bar, thus saving space on your desktop and removing unnecessary information.
To show/hide the title and menu bar, you can also use Ctrl + double-click in the center of the window.
Show/Hide data title
In the standard ticker, shows or hides data titles.
Show/Hide button bar
This function displays or hides the icon bar.
The icon bar (or button bar or toolbar) provides you with rapid access to several functionalities you can also access through the window menus.
Ticker icon bar:
Scrolling ticker
Displays the ticker horizontally or vertically.
Note that the symbols for strategies are shown when the ticker display is in standard (vertical) mode, whereas in the scrolling (horizontal) ticker, the strategy names are displayed (see below picture).
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Multi-lines mode
In the scrolling ticker, displays one or several lines of information.
Newest in sequence
Reverts to default layout (vertical mode).
Newest at bottom
Displays newest information at the bottom of the list, in vertical mode.
Newest at top
Displays newest information at the top of the list, in vertical mode.
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Font...
Standard ticker
Use this function to change fonts, their types and sizes. This setting is available on all GL WIN windows.
See the Font explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market Watch window.
Scrolling ticker
In the scrolling ticker, use the following window to define the kind of fonts, the interval line between scrolling lines, the scrolling step, etc.
The area below illustrates your selection.
Click on OK to validate or on Cancel to exit the function and return to the previous configuration.
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Colors...
Standard ticker
Modifies the color and background of pages and highlights certain information.
To get further information, see the Colors explanation associated with the Display menu of the
Market Watch window.
Scrolling ticker
In the scrolling ticker, use the following window to define the color of the scrolling lines and to indicate variations and latest price changes.
Click on OK to validate or on Cancel to exit the function and return to the previous configuration.
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Quit
(Alt F4)
Exits the Ticker window.
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Technical Analysis (GL CHARTS)
To access the Technical Analysis window, click on the Market Data icon, then select Technical
Analysis.
The Technical Analysis window (GL CHARTS) features a complete set of charting tools as well as technical indicators on the entire GL STREAM WS data feed. It offers fast and comprehensive visualisation of price fluctuations. Using the GL WIN real-time data feed, GL CHARTS allows you to create charts and perform comprehensive analysis, using best-of-breed technical and charting functionalities.
Note: This window is described in a stand-alone documentation, and is available directly from the Help menu in the window. It is also available on the
GL TRADE.net
site.
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The Time and Sales window
(F10)
How to access the Time and Sales window
Graphical Mode
Text Mode
Menus
The Time and Sales window provides current statistics for price, time and volume in either a graph or a text format.
Intraday provides data for the current and the preceding trading sessions.
To access the Time and Sales window:
Select the Instrument info. -> Time and Sales function from the Market Watch window
or,
Press Shift F10 from the Market Watch window or,
Click on the Time and Sales icon from the Historical window. or, from the GL Deskbar, click on the Market Data icon and select the Time & Sales function.
This window features graphic or text data for a specific instrument and is dynamically updated. The graphic chart displays data based on price, time and volume.
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Graphical Mode
Click on the Graphical Mode icon in the Icon Bar or select the Display -> Graphic Mode function.
Every point of the graph represents a transaction.
Data is displayed in the following format:
The X-axis represents time.
The Y-axis represents the price or the volume of the stock.
The cursor specifies the price or volume listed for a given time.
To determine any value, click on the desired point in the graph.
You can move around within the graph with the arrow keys :
Use the up arrow to get the highest price since the beginning of the session.
Use the down arrow to get the lowest price since the beginning of the session.
Use Home (vertical left arrow on your keyboard) to get the first price listed
Use End to get the last price listed.
The Tab key enables you to toggle between the graphical mode and the text mode (this action is also available via the icon bar).
Text Mode
The code of the origin (OR) column can be either:
B : Exchange
D : Cross
d : Basket cross order
v : Variation trade
A : Cancelled by the Exchange
C : Trade Report (formerly ACT)
T : Trade Report for ACT London
L : Strategy Legs
Notes for Cross Order Identifcation
For Equities under Liquidity Provider provision that are not quoted during the trading session, a valuation trade will be disseminated at the opening auction and at the closing auction on the NSC-VE system. The principle of the indicative valuation is the following:
A buy and a sell order (Market Order, Must be Filled order type for one unit) placed by a Liquidity
Provider during the pre-opening phase and generating an opening (or closing) trade, will become a valuation trade.
When computing a VWAP price on a specified period, all the cross types mentioned are taken into account for a cross computation.
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A sort on each column is available by clicking on the header of any column. The transactions can be sorted by Date, Time, Quantity, Price, etc.
You can access another underlying stock by:
typing its instrument symbol or instrument code,
bringing up the dictionary with the Insert key,
The Time and Sales window includes five menus :
Display
Stock
Graphic
Zoom
You can also right-click in the Time and Sales window to display a new pop-up menu including all the functionalities.
The Display Menu
This menu includes the following functions:
Copy/Paste
Text mode/Graphic mode
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Stock market setup
Setup
Font
Colors
Quit
Legends and cursor
Shows or hides the legends and cursor.
Caption and menu
Shows or hides titles and menus.
Button bar
Shows or hides the button bar.
The icon bar (or button bar or toolbar) provides you with rapid access to several functionalities you can also access through the window menus.
Intraday Mode Button Bars
Functions accessible only via the button bar:
Keyboard
Intraday Range Setup
Calendar
Date
Intraday Mode
In Intraday (Time and Sales) mode you can use one of the two following toolbars depending on whether you are in text or in graphic mode.
In text mode :
In graphic mode :
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The following functions are only accessible via the button bar:
Keyboard
Click on this icon to display the keyboard pad. This keyboard pad enables you to quickly enter a stock code.
You can delete the last entered character by clicking on the left arrow button.
Validate or Cancel by clicking on the appropriate buttons.
In text mode, this icon is used to print the displayed window via the standard Print dialog box.
Intraday Range Setup
Use this icon to display the Intraday Range Setup box, and select an Intraday start and end time and date.
Calendar
Use this icon to display the calendar and select dates.
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Click on the Previous month button to select a date in a past month, or, click on the Today icon to select a date in the current month,
or, click on the Next month icon to select the begin date in a future month.
Then, select the date day number.
Click on the OK button to validate.
Or, click on the Cancel button to cancel and exit.
Date
Not available in the Time and Sales mode.
Stock data
Shows or hides stock data.
Data title
Shows or hides data titles.
Data Stat
Shows or hides data statistics.
Statistics include the following information :
Intraday Mode
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You can modify the First, End and Delta parameters and select or deselect the Off-Exchange and
Cross options to change the Volume Weighted Average Price calculation.
When you click on the arrow of the VWAP field, four VWAP calculations are available including/excluding Off-Exchange and/or Cross trades.
To filter the contents of the Intraday window according to one particular origin, enter the appropriate letter in the Origin cell.
A function is available for calculating a traded volume from a given market percentage, and vice-versa
(click on the arrows to switch modes):
Enter a traded volume here and its equivalent market percentage appears in the cell to the right.
Enter a market percentage here and its equivalent traded volume appears in the cell to the right.
When a broker number is specified in the Broker # field, the associated quantity (Brk Qty), bought and sold quantities (Buy, Sale) are displayed as well as the market percentage carried out by this
Exchange Member (% Market).
Note: This information is accessible when a Member Reference is available at the Exchange level.
Button Descriptions
Toggles Time/Date information area (shown in orange above) on or off.
Toggles Statistics information area (shown in blue above) on or off.
Shows data statistics display on two horizontal lines. Note that the VWAP field Excluding Both will not be displayed in this mode. You can click the icon to force the computation.
Shows data statistics area on three horizontal lines.
Shows data statistics area on all four horizontal lines.
Note: If either the Time/Date or Statistics field was previously hidden, it is not displayed.
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Copy/Paste
The Time and Sales data can be copied into Excel, Notepad or Word, whether in the text or graphic mode:
Excel Example:
or
2. Click in the opened Excel window and use the Paste button
or
2. Click in the opened Excel window and use the Paste button
1. Open the Excel window
2. Highlight the data you want to copy
3. Drag and drop it in the Excel window, then click on the Paste button.
Historical mode
(Ctrl+H)
With this function you can toggle from the Time and Sales data to the historical data for a stock.
Text mode Graphic mode
(Tab)
Use this function to toggle between the graphical mode and the text mode for a stock.
Stock market setup...
Defines the information displayed through the Stock data setup function. You can view this data on the top line of the Historical and Time and Sales windows.
When you select the Stock market setup... function, the Data display setup dialog box is displayed.
Select the fields you want to display.
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Select the desired information.
Information displayed in grey will not appear on the top line of the Intraday window; information displayed in black will appear.
You can also change the order of the horizontal display. To do this, click then drag and drop the item you want to move to its new position.
The S field is used for inserting a separation line between the columns of the Intraday window.
To add a separation, just click in the S field, between the two titles you want to separate.
To remove a separation, click on the line in the S field.
The FP field is used to fix the position of selected data when you are scrolling from left to right within the window.
To do this, click in the FP field in front of the data you always want to be visible in your window.
To undo the fixed position, click in the FP field, on the line.
When you click on the Style button a new dialog box is displayed.
In the Cursor shape pane, select the type of cursor you want.
In the Cursor properties pane, select its properties.
To apply the GL WIN default configuration, click on the Default button.
Then, click on Ok to validate or on Cancel to return to the initial configuration.
Intraday data setup...
This function in available in Text mode only. Displays the Data display setup dialog box.
Select the fields you want to display in the Time and Sales window (Text Mode).
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This window contains all the fields you can display in the Time and Sales window (Text Mode). Select the desired information.
Information displayed in grey will not appear in the Time and Sales window; information displayed in black will appear.
You can also change the order of the horizontal display. To change the order of data, click, then drag and drop the item you want to move to its new position.
The S field is used for inserting a separation line between the columns of the Time and Sales window.
To add a separation, just click in the S field, between the two titles you want to separate.
To remove a separation, click on the line in the S field.
The FP field is used to fix the position of selected data when you are scrolling from left to right within the window.
To do this, click in the FP field in front of the data you always want to be visible in your window.
To undo the fixed position, click in the FP field, on the line.
The Sort field can be used to define a sort functionality on each column of the Intraday window. You can sort transactions by Date, Time, Quantity exchanged, etc.
When you click on the Style button a new dialog box is displayed.
In the Cursor shape pane, select the type of cursor you want.
In the Cursor properties pane, select its properties.
To apply the GL WIN default configuration, click on the Default button.
Then, click on Ok to validate or on Cancel to return to the initial configuration.
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Setup...
Displays the Setup dialog box that enables you to define how the Time and Sales and Historical windows will work.
See the Historical window setup detailed explanation.
Font...
Use this function to change fonts, their types and sizes. This setting is available on all GL WIN windows.
See the Font function explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market Watch window.
Colors...
Modifies the color and background of pages and highlights certain information.
To get further information, see the Colors function explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market Watch.
Quit
(Alt+F4)
Exits the Time and Sales window.
The Stock menu
This menu includes the following functions:
Add
Remove
Change the Reference Value
Save Time and Sales Sorting
Today
Add...
(Ins)
Brings up the Dictionary and enables you to add a new stock to the Time and Sales window.
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Remove
(Del)
Removes the selected stock.
Change the Reference Value
(Ctrl R)
In multi-curves mode, this function enables you to swap the first reference value.
Save Time and Sales Sorting
This function enables you to save your current column setup as a default.
Controlled window setup
In GL WIN, certain windows can be controlled by others.
See the detailed description of the Display -> Controlled window setup... function for the Instrument
Summary window.
Several days
Displays the following Time and Sales range setup dialog box. This function enables you to define the intraday period you want to visualize.
Begin Date :
Click on the top calendar icon to display the calendar.
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Click on the Previous month button to select the begin date in a previous month,
or click on the Today icon to select the begin date in the current month,
or click on the Next month icon to select the begin date in a future month.
Then, click on the begin date day number. By default, the begin date is the current day.
Click on the OK button to validate. The date field is automatically updated with the date you have selected.
Or, click on the Cancel button to cancel and exit.
End Date :
Click on the End Date calendar icon to display the calendar.
Click on the Previous day button to select the end date in a previous month,
or click on the Today icon to select the end date in the current month,
or click on the Next day icon to select the end date in a future month.
Then, click on the end date day number. By default, the end date is the current day.
Click on the OK button to validate. The date field is automatically updated with the date you have selected.
Or, click on the Cancel button to cancel and exit.
The selected period must not exceed nine working days.
Click on OK to apply your new selection or on Cancel to return to the previous configuration.
Previous day
(-)
Enables you to toggle to the day preceding the day selected (working days).
Today
(=)
Enables you to toggle to the current day.
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Next day
(+)
Enables you to toggle to the day following the day selected (working days).
Web Historical
Enables you to access historical data stored on the GL TRADE.net site. This function is available if you have subscribed to the appropriate package.
The Graphic menu
This menu includes one function and two sub-menus:
Legend and cursor
This function is not used in the Time and Sales mode.
Draw setup
See the Draw setup function in the Historical window Graphic menu.
The Drawing Tools menu
This menu includes the following functions:
Segment
Half Trend Line
Delete Trend Lines
Segment
Use this option to draw a segment between two points of the graph with a Ctrl+ Left Click operation.
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Half Trend Line
This option enables you to draw an infinite line from a defined point of the graph by using the Ctrl +
Left Click command.
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Parallel Line
Use this option to draw a first trend line via the Ctrl + Left Click command and then a parallel trend line with a second Left Click action (without the Ctrl command).
In the Several Days mode, trend lines are not maintained if the Begin Date or End Date values in the calendar of the Intraday range setup window are modified. In the same way trend lines are not maintained when you switch from the Single Day mode to the Several Days or Multi-Curves modes.
Delete Trend Lines
This function only appears after you have created the first trend line (Ctrl + left mouse button).
Use this function to delete one by one the appropriate lines. In the Delete Trend Lines sub-menu, all created lines are numbered. When you position the cursor on a line number in this sub-menu, the corresponding line is graphically highlighted.
Click on the line number to delete the line.
You can also delete All the trend lines in one operation.
The Zoom Menu
You can zoom in on a specific area of the graph in several ways:
1. By defining a specific time range in the Data Stat part of the window (First Time and Last
Time fields),
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2. By pressing the Shift key and picking the desired graph area with the mouse left button,
3. By picking the desired graph area with the mouse left button et clicking on the Zoom In icon or selecting the Zoom -> Zoom In function.
To return to the initial display (zoom out), you may either:
1. Erase the time range from the Data Stat part of the window with the Delete key (First Time and Last Time fields), or
2. Click on the Zoom Out icon or select the Zoom -> Zoom Out function.
The Zoom menu includes the following functions:
Zoom In
Enables you to zoom in on a specific area of the graph by:
• picking this area with the mouse left button and then clicking on the Zoom In icon,
• entering directly the intraday time range to be displayed in the Delta field of the Statistics
Area, or indicating specific values in the First and End fields.
The information displayed in the Statistics Area is updated accordingly. It means that the High, Low,
Percentage Variation, VWAP calculation area, Broker # fields are refreshed in real time.
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The scrolling bar at the bottom of the window helps you visualizing with the same zoom scale the part of the graph not initially selected.
Example: with a time interval of one hour, between 10 am and 11 am, (you have entered the appropriate values in the First, End and Delta fields), the graph is as follows:
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Zoom Out
After zooming in on a specific area of the graph, use this function to return to the initial display.
Zoom Off
After zooming in on a specific area of the graph, use this function to completely zoom out in one step.
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The Historical window
(Ctrl F10)
How to access the Historical window
Graphical Mode
Text Mode
Menus
The Historical window provides historical statistics for price, time and volume in either a graph or a text format.
To access the Historical window:
Select the Instrument info.-> Historical function from the Market Watch window
or,
Press Ctrl F10 from the Market Watch window. or,
Click on the History icon from the Intraday window, or, from the GL Deskbar, click on the Market Data icon and select the Historical function.
This window features graphic or text data for a specific instrument. The graphic chart displays data based on price, time and volume.
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Graphical Mode
Click on the Graphical Mode icon in the Icon Bar or select the Display -> Graphic Mode function.
Every point of the graph represents a day's close out.
Data is displayed in the following format:
• The X-axis represents time.
• The Y-axis represents the price or the volume of the stock.
To determine any value, click on the desired point in the graph.
You can move around within the graph with the arrow keys:
Use the up arrow to get the highest price since the beginning of the session.
Use the down arrow to get the lowest price since the beginning of the session.
Use Home (vertical left arrow on your keyboard) to get the first price listed
Use End to get the last price listed.
By default, curves are displayed over a period of two years. You can display a graph starting from the beginning of the year by clicking on -1, or for more than four years by clicking on -4. You can also customize the time period by using the calendar.
The Tab key enables you to toggle between the graphical mode and the text mode (this action is also available via the icon bar).
Text Mode
By default, historical data is displayed in text mode in the following format:
You can access another underlying stock by:
typing its instrument symbol or instrument code,
bringing up the dictionary with the Insert key,
The historical window includes four menus:
Display
Stock
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Graphic
Zoom
You can also right-click in the window to display a new menu including all the functionalities.
The Display Menu
This menu includes the following functions:
Copy/Paste
Text mode/Graphic mode
Stock market setup
Stock historical setup
Setup
Font
Colors
Quit
Legends and cursor
Shows or hides the legend and cursor.
Caption and menu
Shows or hides the title and menus.
Button bar
Shows or hides the button bar.
The icon bar (or button bar or toolbar) provides you with rapid access to several functionalities which are also accessible through the window menus.
Historical Mode Button Bars
Functions accessible only via the button bar:
Keyboard
Calendar
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Date
Historical Mode
In Historical mode you can use one of the two following toolbars depending on whether you are in text or graphic mode.
In text mode:
In graphic mode:
The following functions are only accessible via the button bar:
Keyboard
Click on this icon to display the keyboard pad. This keyboard pad enables you to quickly enter a stock code.
You can delete the last entered character by clicking on the left arrow button.
Validate or Cancel by clicking on the appropriate buttons.
In text mode, this icon is used to print the displayed window via the standard Print dialog box.
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Calendar
Use this icon to display the calendar and select dates.
Click on the Previous month button to select a date in a past month, or, click on the Today icon to select a date in the current month,
or, click on the Next month icon to select the starting date in a future month.
Then, select the day's date number.
Click on the OK button to validate.
Or, click on the Cancel button to cancel and exit.
Date
Use this icon to display historical data from the date selected in the Calendar.
Stock data
Shows or hides stock data.
Data title
Shows or hides data titles.
Data Stat
Shows or hides data statistics.
Statistics include the following information:
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Historical Mode
You can modify the First, Delta and End parameters.
One VWAP (Volume Weighted Average Price) information field is available.
Button Descriptions
Toggles Time/Date information area (shown in orange above) on or off.
Toggles Statistics information area (shown in blue above) on or off.
Shows data statistics display on two horizontal lines.
Shows data statistics area on three horizontal lines.
Shows data statistics area on all four horizontal lines.
Copy/Paste
The Historical data can be copied into Excel, Notepad or Word, whether in the text or graphic mode:
Excel Example:
or
2. Click in the opened Excel window and use the Paste button
or
2. Click in the opened Excel window and use the Paste button
1. Open the Excel window
2. Highlight the data you want to copy
3. Drag and drop it in the Excel window, then click on the Paste button.
Intraday mode
(Ctrl I)
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With this function you can toggle from the historical data to the Time and Sales (Intraday) data for a stock.
Text mode/ Graphic mode
(Tab)
Use this function to toggle between the graphic mode and the text mode for a stock.
Stock market setup...
Defines the information displayed through the Stock data setup function. You can view this data on the top line of the Historical and Intraday windows.
When you select the Stock market setup... function, the Data display setup dialog box is displayed.
Select the fields you want to display in the Historical window.
Select the desired information.
Information displayed in grey will not appear; information displayed in black will appear.
You can also change the order of the horizontal display. To do this, click then drag and drop the item you want to move to its new position.
The S field is used for inserting a separation line between the columns of the Historical window.
To add a separation, just click in the S field, between the two titles you want to separate.
To remove a separation, click on the line in the S field.
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The FP field is used to fix the position of selected data when you are scrolling from left to right within the window.
To do this, click in the FP field in front of the data you always want to be visible in your window.
To undo the fixed position, click in the FP field, on the line.
When you click on the Style button a new dialog box is displayed.
In the Cursor shape pane, select the type of cursor you want.
In the Cursor properties pane, select its properties.
To apply the GL WIN default configuration, click on the Default button.
Then, click on Ok to validate or on Cancel to return to the initial configuration.
Stock historical setup...
Displays the Data display setup window in Text Mode.
Setup...
Displays the Setup dialog box that enables you to define how the Time and Sales and Historical windows will work.
You can select several criteria to be applied to a graph.
Example: in the When adding a stock area, you can tick the Switch to
multicurve mode option to display up to four stock curves in the same graph.
In multi-curves mode (last area), select one of the two options. With two curves:
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• Curves related to the first stock: the second curve is displayed with respect to the first curve.
• Curves in % since opening: the two curves begin at the same point (0).
Click on OK to validate or on Cancel to exit.
Font...
Use this function to change fonts, their types and sizes. This setting is available on all GL WIN windows.
See the Font function explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market Watch window.
Colors...
Modifies the color and background of pages and highlights certain information.
For further information, see the Colors function explanation associated with the Display menu of the
Market Watch window.
Quit
(Alt+F4)
Exits the Historical window.
The Stock menu
This menu includes three functions:
Add
Remove
Add
(Ins)
Calls the Dictionary and enables you to add a new stock to the Historical window.
Remove
(Del)
Removes the selected stock.
Controlled window setup
In GL WIN, certain windows can be controlled by others.
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See the detailed description of the Display -> Controlled window setup... function for the Instrument
Summary window.
Web Historical
Enables you to access historical data stored on the GL TRADE.net site. This function is available if you have subscribed to the appropriate package.
The Graphic menu
This menu includes three functions and two sub-menus:
Volatility
Legends and cursor
This function enables you to show or hide the legends and cursor.
Volatility...
This function enables you to define the parameters of the volatility curves.
When you select this function, the Volatility Parameters dialog box is displayed.
Tick the Volatility Curve 1 field to display the first curve. You can modify the value for the calculation of the volatility.
Tick the Volatility Curve 2 field to display the second curve. You can modify the value for the calculation of the volatility.
A default configuration is defined by GL STREAM WS.
Click on OK to validate or on Cancel to exit the function.
Mobile averages...
When you select this function, the Mobile Averages dialog box is displayed.
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Tick the First field to modify the first mobile average. The specified value corresponds to the number of days over which the mobile average is calculated.
By default, the value of the first field is 50.
Tick the Second field to modify the second mobile average.
By default, the value of the second field is 100.
You can modify both parameters.
Click on OK to validate or on Cancel to exit the function.
Draw setup
The Draw setup function displays a new sub-menu including three functions :
Historical Window
Chart Mode
In graphic mode, this function displays information in charts.
Each yellow marker specifies the main information for a stock at a specific date (lowest and highest prices, opening and closing prices). You can read this information by positioning the vertical line
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Linear Mode
In graphic mode, this function displays information in linear curves.
Points represent closing prices.
Use the keyboard arrow keys to move from one point to another. The information is displayed in the legend box.
Candlestick Mode
In graphic mode, this function displays information in candlesticks.
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Displays as much data as in the Chart Mode. Moreover, this mode indicates the opening/closing price of the stock via Japanese candlestick coloring.
Use the keyboard arrow keys to move from one point to another. The information is displayed in the legend box.
Intraday Window
Only the Linear Mode is available.
Drawing Tools
Segment
Use this option to draw a segment between two points of the graph with a Ctrl+ Left Click operation.
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Half Trend Line
This option enables you to draw an infinite line from a defined point of the graph by using the Ctrl +
Left Click command.
Parallel Line
Use this option to draw a first trend line via the Ctrl + Left Click command and then a parallel trend line with a second Left Click action (without the Ctrl command).
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Graphical tools are displayed even if the time period or the zoom scale is modified.
Depth Historical
By clicking on the Graphic -> Depth Historical sub-menu, you can select a time period of:
1 year,
2 years,
4 years
or the complete available stock history (All).
The same functions are available via the Icon Bar.
Delete Trend Lines
This function only appears after you have created the first trend line (Ctrl + left mouse button).
Use this function to delete one by one the appropriate lines. In the Delete Trend Lines sub-menu, all created lines are numbered. When you position the cursor on a line number in this sub-menu, the corresponding line is graphically highlighted.
Click on the line number to delete the line.
You can also delete All the trend lines in one operation.
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The Zoom Menu
You can zoom in on a specific area of the graph in several ways:
1. By pressing the Shift key and picking the desired graph area with the mouse left button,
2. By picking the desired graph area with the mouse left button and clicking on the Zoom In icon or selecting the Zoom -> Zoom In function.
To return to the initial display (zoom out), click on the Zoom Out icon or select the Zoom -> Zoom Out function.
This menu includes the following functions:
Zoom In
Enables you to zoom in on a specific area of the graph by:
• picking this area with the mouse left button and then clicking on the Zoom In icon,
• entering directly the number of historical days to be displayed in the Delta field of the
Statistics Area, or indicating specific values in the First and End fields.
The information displayed in the Statistics Area is updated accordingly. It means that the High, Low,
Percentage Variation, VWAP calculation area, Broker # fields are refreshed.
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The scrolling bar at the bottom of the window helps you visualizing with the same zoom scale the part of the graph not selected.
Zoom Out
After zooming in on a specific area of the graph, use this function to return to the initial display.
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The NewsWatch Window
To access this window, click the Market Data icon then select NewsWatch.
This window is divided into several different sections;
Menus
News Feed Selector
Footer
File configuration and software requirements for the NewsWatch window are described in the
Technical Requirements section.
Introduction
The NewsWatch window enables you to display news and market information items from various sources, and to sort these items according to such factors as their source, sector, subject, etc.
Specific items or combinations can be grouped and displayed in tabs or hybrid filter tabs according to the selected criteria (banks, health, sport...).
You can also set up Keyword Alerts to be instantly informed about incoming news pertaining to the specified keyword, or various quick filters to sort the type of news items you receive.
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News Feed Selector
The news feed selector is on the left-hand side of the window.
It displays all of your active configured feeds, and enables you to choose the feeds you wish to receive news items from. See the section described in News -> Parameters Menu -> Origin for more in depth information.
News Headline zone
The News Headline zone is the main viewing area of the NewsWatch window.
The News Headline zone displays columns such as the Source identifier, the News Number, and the
Date and Time of each news item, plus its headline. Tabs can be added to organise news items according to user-defined filters.
A text search can be entered in the upper line of the News Headline area. Press Enter to execute the search. Note that the results of headline searches are displayed in a dedicated Search Text tab.
To mark a story of particular interest, put a tick beside it in the Selected column. To gather all marked news items together in a group, right-click on the Selected column title and choose Select from the drop-down menu. To redisplay all news items, choose Unselected from the same menu.
News Content zone
Displays the complete news item. From this section you can navigate up and down between headlines and display the story by using the navigation buttons, and lock the news source.
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Footer
Displays summary and descriptive information for the news items. You can also set-up hybrid filters from this zone.
Technical Requirements
In order to use the NewsWatch window, ensure that the following technical requirements are met.
Note: To use the NewsWatch window with an SLC below version 4.106-x-y, add the parameter Old at the end of each “SourceXX=…. For example:
Source36=80,DBD,Analysis,/,NEWS,PSE,10,DayByDay English,old
GL WIN
Minimum version 5.02.
News.dat file
Has to be present in the GL WIN application directory.
GLTRADE.NET
On analysis news (Day By Day and Trading Central), graphical analysis is available on the
GLTRADE.NET website by clicking the hyperlink in the story text
GL NET
The news providers are only available via the GL NET.
Press Release providers are free of charge (i.e. Company News Group and PR Newswire).
GLflux.ini Configuration
Insert the following lines under the [GLID] section: glid1=,NEWS,GL,,,1 glid2=&,NEWS,BDGE,,,1 glid3=#,NEWS,RTU,,,1 glid4=/,NEWS,PSE,,,1
Insert the following lines under the [SOURCES]section:
Source1=80,AFX,International,,NEWS,GL,0,AFX Europe
Source2=80,DJF,International,,NEWS,GL,1,DJ Financial Wire
Source3=80,RFI,International,,NEWS,GL,2,Reuters News
Source4=80,AFA,Local,&,NEWS,BDGE,0,AFX Asia
Source5=80,ACE,Local,&,NEWS,BDGE,1,AFX Italy
Source6=80,ASE,Local,&,NEWS,BDGE,2,AFX Spain
Source7=80,ANL,Local,&,NEWS,BDGE,3,AFX NL
Source8=80,ASF,Local,&,NEWS,BDGE,4,AFX SwissF
Source9=80,ASU,Local,&,NEWS,BDGE,5,AFX SwissG
Source10=80,EXT,Local,&,NEWS,BDGE,6,AFX UK
Source11=80,ADE,Local,&,NEWS,BDGE,8,AFX Germany
Source12=80,DJT,Local,&,NEWS,BDGE,9,DJ France
Source13=80,DJY,Local,&,NEWS,BDGE,10,DJ Dutch
Source14=80,DJZ,Local,&,NEWS,BDGE,11,DJ Spain
Source15=80,DJV,Local,&,NEWS,BDGE,12,DJ Germany
Source16=80,DJW,Local,&,NEWS,BDGE,13,DJ Italy
Source17=80,DJX,Local,&,NEWS,BDGE,14,DJ Portugal
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Source18=80,AFP,Local,&,NEWS,BDGE,15,AFP Finance International
Source19=80,AFP,Local,&,NEWS,BDGE,16,AFP Finance France
Source20=80,TOP,Press release,#,NEWS,RTU,0,Euro Top 100
Source21=80,PRN,Press release,#,NEWS,RTU,1,PR Newswire
Source22=80,RNS,Press release,#,NEWS,RTU,2,UK Regulatory News
Source23=80,USP,Press release,#,NEWS,RTU,3,US PR Newswire
Source24=80,CN,Press release,#,NEWS,RTU,4,CompanyNews French
Source25=80,CN,Press release,#,NEWS,RTU,5,CompanyNews English
Source26=80,CN,Press release,#,NEWS,RTU,6,CompanyNews Italian
Source27=80,CN,Press release,#,NEWS,RTU,8,CompanyNews Spanish
Source28=80,CN,Press release,#,NEWS,RTU,9,CompanyNews Dutch
Source29=80,CN,Press release,#,NEWS,RTU,10,CompanyNews German
Source30=80,EMS,Analysis,_,NEWS,PSE,0,European MarketScope
Source31=80,SPM,Analysis,_,NEWS,PSE,1,US MarketScope
Source32=80,AMS,Analysis,_,NEWS,PSE,2,Asian MarketScope
Source33=80,TC,Analysis,_,NEWS,PSE,3,Trading Central French
Source34=80,TC,Analysis,_,NEWS,PSE,4,Trading Central German
Source35=80,TC,Analysis,_,NEWS,PSE,5,Trading Central Italian
Source36=80,TC,Analysis,_,NEWS,PSE,6,Trading Central English
Source37=80,TC,Analysis,_,NEWS,PSE,8,Trading Central Dutch
Source38=80,DBD,Analysis,_,NEWS,PSE,9,DayByDay French
Source39=80,DBD,Analysis,_,NEWS,PSE,10,DayByDay English
Glparam.ini file
[Global]
ValidKey=GL
NbDicEntry=0
NbK1Entry=0
NbK20Entry=0
NbK21Entry=0
NewsWatch Menus
The NewsWatch window includes the following menus:
Display
Content
Parameters
Filters
You can also right-click in the window to display a menu including all the functionalities.
NewsWatch Toolbar
The toolbar in the NewsWatch window gives access to the most common functions. The toolbar is as follows:
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Icon Function
Opens the Filters window.
Opens the Keywords Alert window.
Hides/shows the window title and menus.
Hides/shows the scrollbar beneath the main news headline window.
Opens the Title Background window.
Launches the News Search Engine function.
Displays the previous day's news.
Displays the next day's news.
Displays today's news.
Displays the calendar.
Prints the currently highlighted news item.
Opens the Font window.
Opens the Colors window.
Filters and Tabs
The NewsWatch window can be configured in various ways to enable you to find and display exactly the types of information that you most want to see. This is done through a system of tabs and filters.
You can set-up the entire NewsWatch window as a Controlled Window. This means that the
NewsWatch window becomes filtered by the information chosen in the controlling windows of GL WIN, such as instruments in the Market Watch.
You can also configure:
Tabs/Filters
Hybrid Filter Tabs
Tabs/Filters
Full filtering of the information received in the NewsWatch window is controlled by a system of tabs.
The actual information filtered from the news feeds is defined according to the criteria that you select in the Filters window.
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You can add as many tabs as you like to the news headline zone, and tab titles can be anything you wish, such as (banks, health, sport), whereas Hybrid Tab titles depend on the data, such as “*mergers
& acquisitions”.
Quick Filters
Quick Filters functions can be displayed by right-clicking on a relevant column title in the news headline zone.
Quick-filtering allows you to set up immediate filtering on specific columns of the NewsWatch window.
The Quick Filters function is a user-definable free-text field, which enables you to search and filter news items for one particular company, for example.
However, several predefined filtering crtiteria exist for the Date and Hour columns:
Date Criteria Hour Criteria
5 previous days
10 previous days
15 previous days
Previous month
2 previous months
2 previous hours
5 previous hours
This morning (00:01)
You can also filter news items to display only those of interest to you. Put a tick beside the item in the
Selected column, then gather all marked news items together in a group by right-clicking on the
Selected column title and choosing Select from the drop-down menu. To redisplay all news items, choose Unselect from the same menu.
To deactivate the filtering on a column, press Ctrl + right click on the column. However, the quick filters only work with one column at a time, so if you choose to filter a different column, the filter on the previous column will automatically be removed.
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Hybrid Filter Tabs
You can create a Hybrid Filter tab by right-clicking on the header line of one of the Footer columns.
The Hybrid Filter tabs are displayed alongside standard tabs, but are distinguishable by the asterisk at the beginning of the title.
To add a hybrid filter tab;
1. Ensure that the News Watch window is configured to show the footer section (Display ->
Show Footer). Clicking on a headline then displays a news item with a footer, if the news provider sends footer information with the story.
2. Find a story that has a footer section.
3. Right-click on the Subjects column header in the footer section to display a box with a
<Selection> title and a combo box on the right-hand side (an arrow pointing down).
4. Click on the combo box and choose one of the subjects. For example if you choose mergers &
acquisitions you create a Filter Tab entitled “*mergers & acquisitions”.
The News Headline Ticker
The News Headline Ticker displays the most recent headlines for a filter or an alert in a single horizontal line window. As new headlines for the filter/alert arrive they are scrolled into the window from the right and headlines that have been displayed previously eventually scroll out on the left.
The News Headline Ticker has several configurable options, including font, colors and scrolling speed.
The News Headline Ticker also has a cache which enables a configurable number of headlines to be redisplayed if necessary as follows …
1. If there is not enough room in the window to display all the cached headlines at the same time then the ticker will continuously move headlines from right to left. Headlines which have been scrolled out of the window on the left will be recycled and eventually re-enter on the right.
However, as soon as a new headline for the ticker’s filter/alert arrives, it is displayed immediately on the right and the oldest headline is deleted from the cache.
2. When a ticker window is created a number of the most recent headlines for the filter/alert are requested (up to the cache limit) and these are scrolled in from the right in time order, with the oldest first in order that the most recent headline will be displayed on the right.
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3. If the window is resized the cache is used to redisplay headlines in time order with the most recent headline on the right.
Creating a News Headline Ticker
There are two ways to create a News Headline Ticker;
via the Filter dialog
via the Keywords Alerts dialog
The Filter dialog
To create a ticker from the Filter Dialog, check the Ticker column in the All Filters tab. This immediately launches a News Headline Ticker for the selected items.
The Keywords Alerts dialog
To create a ticker from the Keywords Alert Dialog tab, check the Ticker checkbox. This immediately launches a News Headline Ticker for the selected items.
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Configuring a News Headline Ticker
To configure the News Headline Ticker, use the Right-Click Menu. This menu includes the following functions:
Modify
Show/Hide Title
Close Ticker
The Modify Menu
Use this menu to execute the following functions:
All…
Font…
Colors…
Motion…
All…
This function displays the Edit News Ticker Dialog for the ticker. You can modify the title, which will be displayed in the ticker’s Title Bar. You can also invoke dialogs to modify the Font, Colors and Motion.
Font…
This function displays the Font Dialog for the ticker.
Use this function to change fonts, their types and sizes. This setting is available on all GL WIN windows.
Color…
This function displays the Colors Dialog for the ticker.
You can modify the background color and the foreground color for all the headline priorities supported by the main News Watch Headline Window.
Motion…
This function displays the Motion Dialog for the ticker.
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There are several options which can be changed from this dialog.
Speed indicates the normal speed of tickers which ranges from Fast to Slow. However, the scrolling speed may be increased temporarily if there are too many new headlines queued for display.
Cache Size indicates the total number of headlines which can be redisplayed by the ticker.
There is also an option to Enable Sound to be played whenever a new headline arrives.
Show/Hide Title
This function displays or hides the Title Bar. It is often useful to hide the Title Bar in order to save space on the desktop.
You can also type Control Left double-click to show or hide the Title Bar.
Close Ticker
This function closes the News Headline Ticker window and is equivalent to clicking on the Close
Window Icon of the Title Bar.
You can reopen the News Headline Ticker for the same filter via the Filter Dialog.
The Display Menu
The Display menu includes the following functions:
Hide Origin Selection
Hide News Content
Hide Title and menus
Hide Button bar
Hide Scroll bars
Font
Colors
Quit
Controlled Window
The Controlled Window function enables the News Watch window to display news items for instruments selected from controlling windows, such as the Market Watch.
The first time you select the Controlled Window option the Controlled window setup dialog box opens:
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Check the Control. zone to ensure that the window becomes a controlled window. After doing this once, you can check or uncheck the Controlled Window option as desired, but the Controlled window setup dialog box will no longer appear.
To use the News Watch widow as a controlled window, set, for example, the Market Watch as a controlling window application, then select an Instrument. The news items displayed are then filtered for the selected Instrument as shown in the example below:
When controlled, the News Watch window displays news filtered according to the instrument selected in the controlling window. It is also checks headline codes for the presence of the ISIN code, the company name as well as the short code or symbol.
Controlled Window Filter
The Controlled Window Filter operates in a similar manner to the quick filters, therefore you can remove the Controlled Window Filter by using Control + Right-Click in the same way as you remove other quick filters.
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The removal of the Controlled Window Filter via Control Right-Click is however only temporary. The
NewsWatch window still responds to piloting messages and the Controlled Window Filter still applies when you click on an instrument in a controlling window. The Controlled Window Filter can only be removed permanently by unchecking the Controlled Window option in the Display Menu.
Column Setup
The Column Setup function displays the NewsWatch Column Setup window.
Select the fields you want to display in the NewsWatch window.
For detailed information, see the Display -> Select data display function in the Market Watch window.
Show/Hide Origin Selection
Shows/hides news source selection area on the left of the NewsWatch window.
The News Source Selection provides a list of all available news providers which are available. Note that the code of the news provider is only shown if the provider has been selected.
Refer to the News Origin Selection description in the News window section.
Show/Hide News content
Shows/hides News Content area on the bottom right of the screen. The News Content section displays the text associated with the headline currently selected in the News Headlines area.
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The area on top of the News Content section contains the following buttons and areas:
Button Descriptions
Source identifier - displays the code of the news origin. Click on this button to lock the source, so you can only scroll between news items from the locked source.
Click to scroll to the last news story (or last story of the provider if the source is locked).
Click to scroll to the next news story down (or next story down of the provider if the source is locked).
Click to scroll to next news story up (or next story up of the provider if the source is locked).
Click to scroll to first news story (or first story of the provider if the source is locked).
Shows time of currently-highlighted news item.
Displays the headline of the currently-highlighted news item.
Show/Hide footer
Shows/hides Codes Information area below the text section. The Codes Information area displays information relevant to the highlighted story, for example date, sector, country, provider, etc.
Show/Hide title and menu
Shows or hides title and menus.
Show/Hide button bar
This function displays or hides the icon bar.
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The icon bar (or button bar or toolbar) provides you with rapid access to several functionalities you can also access through the window menus.
NewsWatch icon bar:
Show/Hide Scrollbar
Shows or hides the scrollbar.
Show/Hide Data title
Shows or hides the header and footer information for the news items displayed.
Font...
Use this function to change fonts, their types and sizes. This setting is available on all GL WIN windows.
See the Font explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market Watch window.
Colors...
Modifies the color and background of pages and highlights certain information.
To get further information, see the Colors explanation associated with the Display menu of the
Market Watch window.
(Ctrl + P)
To get detailed information, see the Print explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market
Watch window.
Quit
(Alt F4)
Exits the NewsWatch window.
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The Content Menu
The Content menu includes the following functions:
Lock the source
News content
(Enter)
Provides the news content of the line selected in the News Headline section (story text pops up in the
News Content section at the bottom of the window).
Lock the source
Locks the news item source provider, enabling you to scroll only among headlines from the selected source.
First News
(Home)
Moves to first news headline.
Previous News
(Up Arrow)
Moves to next news headline up.
Next News
(Down Arrow)
Moves to next news headline down.
Last News
(End)
Moves to last news headline.
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The Parameters Menu
The Parameters menu includes the following functions :
Case Sensitive
(Ctrl + A)
Makes the text search string case sensitive.
Search Engine
Enables you to access the GLTRADE.net search engine.
See the Search Engine description in the News -> Web menu section.
Keywords Alert
(Ctrl + A)
Displays the Keywords Alert window. This allows you to keep abreast of the latest headlines regarding companies or subjects of particular interest.
Enter a keyword in the free-text Keywords column to define the text alert criterion. Keywords can be deleted using the Delete key.
Select keyword alert parameters from the options below.
Buttons and Options
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None
Headline is ticked in the main window to denote a keyword alert.
Window
Keyword alert pops up in a separate window.
Click the Content button to display the content of the news story in the main window. The Flush button empties the Keyword Alert window.
Tab
Keyword alert appears in a dedicated tab.
Sound
Use the Browse button to search for a sound file to serve as an alert.
Ticker
Launches a Ticker window for the selected items.
Focus
The appropriate news headline is highlighted in the News Headline window.
OK
Validates keyword alert parameters.
Cancel
Cancels changes to keyword setup.
Put a tick under each criteria you want to search for the keyword: Sectors, Instrument Code,
Subjects and Geographic Zones.
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The Other Days Menu
The Other Days menu includes the following functions:
Today
Calendar
Previous day
(-)
Displays the previous day's news.
Next Day
(+)
Displays the next day's news.
Today
(=)
Displays today's news.
Calendar
Use this icon to display the calendar and select dates.
For more information on using the Calendar, refer to Stock Menu -> Several Days in the Intraday window.
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The Filters Menu
The Filters menu includes the following functions:
All existing filters with an associated tab are listed below the options in the Filters menu.
Tabs Position
You can position created tabs with this function. The Tabs position dialog box includes four positions represented by radio buttons. You can choose an up, down, left or right position. You can also decide to display no tab at all by selecting the No tab option.
Click on Ok to validate or on Cancel to quit.
All news
Click to display all news items available (no filter is applied).
Edit Filters
The Filters Window
(Ctrl + F)
Lists all filters already created by the user and sets up filters on the following criteria:
Newswire
Language
Industries
Countries/regions
Subjects
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You can use these filters to display only the relevant news items.
Standard Buttons and Options
Apply
Applies currently highlighted filter.
Cancel
Cancels all changes to filters.
How to Create a Filter
This section describes how to quickly set up a filter.
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The filter creation and modification window is available by selecting New or Filter Contents in the above window. The window below appears.
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First, you have to type in the name of the new filter in the Name edit box in the Filter Contents window.
Then you have to follow the steps described below to create the sub-filter(s) contained within the filter.
Sub-filters are displayed in the list following the Name.
1. Select the Provider of the news in the drop-down list of the Selection section. This action checks the box of all the news sources related to this provider in the Type of news section. If you want to reduce the selection of news sources you can deselect them.
2. When needed select the Language you want to apply to the source in the drop-down list of the
Selection section.
3. When necessary select the Sector by first pressing the Add button of the Sector section. This action opens a box containing the list of the sectors used by the news provider. By pressing the arrow buttons move the items from the left to the right columns. If the item needed is not present in the list but you know the provider code, you can directly type this code in the Code edit box and press the Code: button. The code is displayed at the bottom left of the window.
4. You can also select the Geographical Zone by first pressing the Add button of the Geo. Zone section. This action opens a box containing the list of the geographical zones or countries used by the news provider. By pressing the arrow buttons move the items from the left to the right columns. If you know the provider code, you can type it directly in the Code edit box and press the Code: button. The code is then displayed at the bottom left of the window.
5. The instrument code can also be selected by first pressing the Add button of the Code Instr section. This action opens the dictionary containing the list of the instruments available on the front end and that you can select. You can also load an .stk file containing all the instruments codes you are interested in by pressing the STK button.
6. The Subjects are available by pressing the Add button of the Subjects section. This opens a box containing the list of the subjects used by the news provider. By pressing the arrow buttons move the items from the left to the right columns. If the item needed is not present in
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The steps 1 to 6 can be done again to create and add more sub-filters.
When creating a filter you can reset your entire selection by pressing the
You can update the item of a particular sub-filter by:
selecting it in the sub-filter list
modifying the items of the sub-filter, or button. button
A sub-filter can be deleted by pressing the button
Once the filter is created, it can be applied (Apply button) to the headline window which will be updated automatically with new tabs. Each tab will only contain the news headlines matching the selected filtering criteria.
The All Filters Section
The All Filters tab displays all filters created.
To edit an existing filter, double-click on it in the Filter name column. The Filter Contents window opens.
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The list of filters displays the following information in the column titles:
Column Title
Filter name
Selected
Ticker
Provider
Language
Instrument code
Geographic zones
Sectors
Description
Name of filter defined in the Filter Contents window.
If ticked, the filter appears as a tab in the main NewsWatch window.
Launches a Ticker window for the selected items.
News provider selected in the Filter Contents window.
Language selected in the Filter Contents window.
Code(s) of specific instrument(s) selected in the Filter Contents window.
Geographic zone(s) selected in the Filter Contents window.
Subjects
Sector(s) selected in the Filter Contents window. For example, Computer
Peripherals.
Subject(s) selected in the Filter Contents window. For example, Interest
Rates.
Specific Buttons and Options
New
Opens empty Filter Contents window where you can define a new filter.
Delete
Deletes selected filter.
The Filter Contents Section
Enables you to create or modify filters, and the sub-filters contained within a filter (displayed in the sub-filter list).
Note: For new filters, a provider must be chosen from the Selection ->
Provider field before the other options become available.
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Specific Buttons and Options
Name
Enter name of new filter/sub-filter.
Type of news
Tree view displays available news types.
Selection Section
Provider
Select the news provider for the filter/sub-filter. The tree view list is restricted to the provider type sources (according to your subscription).
Language
Select the language for the filtered news items.
Geo. Zone Section
Add
Select a zone from the Geo. Zone window.
Click the => button to select it. To deselect any chosen zone, select it and click the <= button.
When finished, click OK, or click on the Cancel button to cancel changes.
If you know the provider code of the item you are looking for, type it in the Code box and click on the
Code button. The code is displayed at the bottom of the left-side window.
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Delete
Delete any previously-selected zones by highlighting it in the box and clicking on Delete.
Historic Section
This section enables you to set up a detailed historical search either when creating a new sub-filter, or when updating an existing sub-filter. You can also choose to display just a Selected day.
Set the Begin and End time and click the Add button for a new sub-filter search, or the Update button to modify and existing sub-filter.
Finally press Apply and the filter tab will be updated accordingly.
Begin:
Sets a start time for a detailed search over a fixed period.
End:
Sets an end time for a detailed search over a fixed period.
Sector Section
Add
Select a sector from the Sector window.
Click the => button to select it.
To deselect any chosen sector, select it and click the <= button.
When finished, click OK, or click on the Cancel button to cancel changes.
If you know the provider code of the item you are looking for, type it in the Code box and click on the
Code button.
The code is displayed at the bottom of the left-side window.
Delete
Delete any previously-selected zones by highlighting it in the box and clicking on Delete.
Code Instr. Section
STK
Opens the files previously saved on the workstation through the Save function.
Select the .stk file you want to open and display. Then, click on OK to validate or on Cancel to exit.
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An .stk file corresponds to an instrument list you have previously defined and saved.
Add
Select a list of instruments from the Dictionary. When finished, click OK, or click on the Cancel button to cancel changes.
Delete
Delete any previously-selected zones by highlighting it in the box and clicking on Delete.
Subjects Section
Add
Select a subject from the Subjects window.
Click the => button to select it.
To deselect any chosen subject, select it and click the <= button.
When finished, click OK, or click on the Cancel button to cancel changes.
If you know the provider code of the item you are looking for, type it in the Code box and click on the
Code button.
The code is displayed at the bottom of the left-side window.
Delete
Delete any previously-selected sub-filter by highlighting it in the box and clicking on Delete.
Buttons
The below buttons apply to the creation, editing and deletion of sub-filters.
Reset
Cancels settings of current filter/sub-filter.
Update
Clears all fields of data for you to update the filter/sub-filter.
Delete
Deletes highlighted filter/sub-filter.
Add
Adds new sub-filter to list in the All sub-filters window.
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The News window
You can access this window by using the News function after clicking on the Market Data icon.
The News window includes the following menus:
Display
Parameters
Web
You can also access the menus by right-clicking anywhere in the window.
The Display Menu
The Display menu includes the following functions:
Show/Hide title and menu
Printer
Font
Colors
Quit
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News content
(Enter)
It enables you to obtain more information on a selected news item.
To display a news item, select it from the displayed list. A new window displays the details of the selected news.
The Esc key closes the News item window.
In the News window, you can carry out a search by word or by subjects.
A window then appears with the results of the search:
To close this window, press the Esc key.
Hour sorting
This enables you to display the news by hour.
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This is a toggle function which is either on or off.
Keyword Alert...
Displays the Keyword Alert window.
This window is defined via the Parameters -> Keyword Alert function.
The keyword(s) that triggered the alert and the message totals are displayed in the window title. In our example, the first number (3) indicates the number of messages which contain the keyword 'point' and the second number indicates the total number of messages (4).
The Previous button enables you to move to the previous alerted news item.
Once a news item has been viewed, it is automatically flushed from the Keyword Alert pop-up window.
The news item will remain in the main News window.
If the pop-up window is closed while still containing unviewed news items, those alerts are saved. You can view them by re-opening the Keyword Alert pop-up window or by clicking on the Keyword Alert icon in the button bar of the News window.
A news alert does not interrupt trading activities. In addition, the position of this window is memorized upon closure and it always opens in its previous location on the screen.
The Keyword Alert pop-up window is displayed on any activated virtual screen, so an alert will never be missed.
Show/Hide title and menu
Shows or hides titles and menus.
Show/Hide Toolbar
This function displays or hides the icon bar.
The icon bar (or button bar or toolbar) provides you with rapid access to several functionalities you can also access through the window menus.
News icon bar:
The following function is only accessible via the button bar:
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Calendar
Displays the calendar. For more information, see the Display -> Calendar function of the Historical window.
Show/Hide Scrollbar
Shows or hides the scrollbar.
Fixed window
Use this function to display the selected window on all virtual screens that are available. GL WIN enables you to display information on four different virtual screens.
A fixed window is always displayed and can be associated with other windows according to the virtual screen displayed.
Printer
To get detailed information, see the Print explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market
Watch window.
Font...
Use this function to change fonts, their types and sizes. This setting is available on all GL WIN windows.
See the Font explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market Watch window.
Colors...
Modifies the color and background of pages and highlights certain information.
To get further information, see the Colors explanation associated with the Display menu of the
Market Watch window.
Quit
(Alt F4)
Exits the News window.
The Parameters menu
The Parameters menu enables you to perform the following functions:
Origin
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Select data display
Origin...
Enables you to select the origin of the displayed news.
Displays the News Origin Selection dialog box.
The four main categories can be expanded by clicking on the appropriate option.
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Select the sources to be displayed (according to the source parameters defined in the glflux.ini file).
On a subscription basis, you can be connected to AFP Finance International, AFP Finance France,
AFX, DOW JONES, Standard and Poor's MarketScope, Day By Day, CompanyNews Group Press
Releases, and Trading Central:
Source
AFP Finance
AFP Finance France
Description
Real time newswire in French providing financial and economical information from France and foreign countries.
AFP Finance France diffuses over 120 to 150 news items each opening market day and over 50 news items on Sunday.
AFP Finance France offers in real time and in French all the news of the quoted financial companies, the Paris Stock Exchange indices and the most important international indices. It also provides news concerning political, social and economic events that could have an impact on the Paris Stock Exchange.
AFP Finance France offers an complete information about Paris
Stock Exchange with a real time follow up with at least three reports each day (opening, mid-session and closing) and flash reports concerning the main changes of the general tendency.
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Source
AFX
DOW JONES
Press Releases
Analysis
Reuters News
Description
Besides, AFP Finance France broadcasts a “stock watch” on the most important values of the Paris Stock Exchange, the main changes in company notations and a daily telegram on the bonds market.
AFP Finance France regularly covers about 300 French companies
(announcement and forecast of results, company life follow up, most important enhancement …)
AFP Finance France offers a daily diary of corporate and macroeconomic events in France.
In addition to a global European wire in English, this source also contains eight local financial wires in local languages for Germany
(in partnership with DPA), the United Kingdom (ex-EXTEL newsfeed), Spain, the Netherlands, Italy (in partnership with Class
Editori), Switzerland (in partnership with SDA/ATS, France and
Asia.
In addition to the DJ Financial wire in English, the offer contains six local feeds in French (DJ Bourse), German (VWD), Dutch (DJ
Nieuwsdiesnst), Spanish (DJ en Español), Portuguese and Italian.
CompanyNews Group manages the real-time distribution of press releases and financial statements from nearly 3000 companies to financial analysts, asset managers, journalists and the public.
PR Newswire provides comprehensive news targeting, distribution, and measurement services on behalf of some 40, 000 organisations worldwide who seek to reach the news media, the investment community and the general public with their up-to-the-minute, full-text news developments.
Standard & Poor's MarketScope is a real-time Equity market information service. The three major MarketScope feeds are
Marketscope US, Europe and Asia.
Day By Day technical analysis feed is available in two languages,
English and French, for the European, US and French markets.
Trading Central technical analysis is available in four languages:
English, French, German and Italian, for the European, US and
Asian markets.
Reuters real-time news on Equities, Fixed income, FX and money markets, Commodities and Energy, etc.
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Example with newswires without sub-contents.
Example with newswires and related sub-contents.
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Standard and Poor's MarketScope, Day By Day and Trading Central Technical
Analysis feeds, PR Newswire and CompanyNews Group Press Releases, and
Reuters News. You must sign a direct contract with these providers to have access to these services. For more information please contact your local GL
TRADE representative.
You can choose several news sources.
Click on OK to validate or on Cancel to exit the Origin… function and return to the initial configuration.
The screen then displays the selected news sources.
Filter Topic Reuter...
This function is activated when you have ticked one of the Reuters options in the News Origin
Selection window, in the Parameters menu. It enables you to have a more refined selection about
Reuters. Sort the information by keyword (main Reuters Topic Filters, country code, news on stocks in one place) :
You can select specific subjects by using the below list of Reuters topic filters.
Tick the Selection validity option and specify the filter.
Example: If you want to view only the political news, type POL and activate
Selection validity. Only the political news is displayed. You can select several subjects at the same time, or make a more refined selection by using
the "&" and "/" symbols. Example: Politics in France: type POL&FR; Politics and news regarding France: type POL/FR
Here are the main Reuters Topic Filters :
SUBJECT
General News
Sports News
Diplomacy
Education
Environment
Jobs, Labor Issues
Eastern Europe
Emerging Markets
Interest Rates
CODE
[NEWS]
[SPO]
[DIP]
[EDU]
[ENV]
[JOB]
[EEU]
[EMRG]
[INT]
SUBJECT CODE
Politics
Human Interest
Natural/Manmade
Disasters
[POL]
[ODD]
[DIS]
Elections
Health/Medical
[VOTE]
[HEA]
Economic Indicators [ECI]
Nordic [NORD]
G7
Latin America
[G7]
[LATAM]
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Country code :
Country Code Country Code
Australia [AU] Japan [JP]
Austria [AT] Luxembourg
Belgium [BE] Netherlands
Canada [CA] New [NZ]
Denmark [DK] Norway [NO]
Finland [FI] Portugal [PT]
France [FR] Spain [ES]
Germany [DE] Sweden [SE]
Greece [GR] Switzerland
Iceland [IS] Turkey [TR]
Ireland [IE] United [GB]
News on stocks in one place :
Source
New York
Amex
Code
[.N]
[.A]
Source
Wall St Daily Outlook
All Reuters Int'l Equities News
London Weekly Outlook [.L/O] Company Results Forecasts
US Stocks in London [.L/US] Equities Diary
Frankfurt [.F] Market Summaries
Tokyo [.T] G7 Economic Forecasts
Code
[.N/O]
[E]
[HOT]
[RES]
[RESF]
[E/DIARY]
[EM]
[SURVEY/]
The complete list of topic codes is also accessible on the Reuters pages, type TOPIC/NEWS1
To get news on specific stocks you can also directly type the stock Reuters code.
Example: To get news on IBM, Reuters code IBM.N, simply type IBM.N then press F9 (ITS only).
Select data display...
Use the Data Display Selection dialog box to select the data to be displayed in the first columns of the
News window.
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Check the data you want to display.
Click on OK to validate or on Cancel to exit the Select data display... function and return to the initial configuration.
Alert Signal
Use this menu to see alerts set up in the Alerts window. It enables you to supervise a value.
You can be informed :
by an alert beep : to insert an alert beep, you have to check in the Parameters menu, the function Alert Signal.
by a visual alert : to insert a visual alert, you have to go to the Parameters menu and select the function Origins. The alerts set up in the Alerts window appear as messages in the News window.
Note: Both the Alerts and the News windows must be displayed because they are linked.
The News Origin Selection dialog box is displayed :
Check ALERTS.
Click on OK to validate or on Cancel to exit the News Origin Selection function and return to the initial configuration.
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Keyword Alert Setup
You can choose to be alerted by either a sound (.wav file) or by the display of the title of the news item in a popup window. Both options may be selected.
Action
Sound
If you have selected this option, you can set up any sound available in the .wav format. If no sound is defined or no file is selected (through the Browse button), a Windows beep is used by default.
In the lower section of the window, you can set up a maximum of 10 filters. Each filter can include two keywords of 30 characters each, spaces included.
Note that the search applies to the news titles only.
Pop-up
If you choose to be informed through a popup window, select the appropriate option, enter the keywords and press Enter.
Select Ok to validate the data or click on Cancel to return to the previous configuration.
Result
If you have selected the Sound option, each time the title of a piece of news contains the defined keywords, a sound is generated by the system.
If you have selected the Popup option, when the title of a piece of news contains the defined keywords, the following popup window is displayed:
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See the Display -> Keyword Alert section for a complete description of this window.
Search Engine
Enables you to access the GLTRADE.net search engine.
In order to be logged on automatically with your Username and Password, follow the instructions outlined in the section Automatic Logon to GLTRADE.net.
Use this functionality to save personal searches, sort news in real time and specify criteria like sectors, countries, headlines....
You can access the News Search Engine function by selecting: double-clicking the following icon in the right lower corner of the page:
The following screen is displayed:
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In the Search section of the window, select the flow from the Select a News Source drop-down list and click GO.
Then select a Time Horizon from the drop-down list (Today, Yesterday, Last week, Last month and
Last six months).
The criteria Sector Group and Country are different according to the data feed selected.
Note: If you choose Today, it corresponds to a realtime display. The other options are based on the archives.
Otherwise, use the icon to display the calendar and select dates.
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Then, select a Country and enter your Company Code (this field is not mandatory) or select a Sector
Group (for instance Communications Technology).
Finally, select the type of news to be displayed in the Enter News Code field. You can also select a code from the button which displays a choice of available news codes.
Click the Search button to validate.
Note: The Codes Guide button is only available when you have selected a
Dow Jones-related feed.
The results appear in the following window:
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To save this selection, enter the name in the Name of your Selection field, then click the Save your
selection button. A message informs you that your personal selection has been saved successfully.
Click the Return to search button to go back to the previous screen.
Then click the link to see your selection in My Personal News Selection section. To delete the link, select it and use the Suppress button.
The News Menu
The Newswire section of the GLTRADE.net News Center enables you to retrieve international News feeds from the following sources:
AFP Finance (International and France)
Dow Jones Newswire
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By clicking on an item in the News section on the left of the page, the specific news feeds for the chosen geographical area appear.
AFP Finance (International and France)
AFP Finance International is a real time newswire in French providing financial and economical information from France and foreign countries.
AFP Finance France, available exclusively for GL TRADE customers, is focused on French companies, and gives access to a selection of news covering world markets and major listed companies.
AFP offers AFP Finance France in XML file format on FTP server in French.
For instance, you access the AFP Finance France wire by selecting the AFP -> AFP Finance France function in the upper left News box. The following page is displayed:
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The options enable you to search by time period, keyword, country, company code, sector or subject.
For example, a search for yesterday's news items from AFP France yoelds in the category Contrats,
commandes yields the following:
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AFP Finance France diffuses over 120 to 150 news items each opening market day and over 50 news items on Sunday.
AFP Finance France offers in real time and in French all the news of the quoted financial companies, the Paris Stock Exchange indices and the most important international indices. It also provides news concerning political, social and economic events that could have an impact on the Paris Stock
Exchange.
AFP Finance France offers complete information about Paris Stock Exchange with a real time followup with at least three reports each day (opening, mid-session and closing) and flash reports concerning the main changes of the general tendency.
Besides, AFP Finance France broadcasts a “stock watch” on the most important values of Paris Stock
Exchange, the main changes in companies notations and a daily telegram on the bonds market.
AFP Finance France regularly covers about 300 French companies (announcement and forecast of results, company life follow up, most important enhancements …)
AFP Finance France offers a daily diary of corporate and macroeconomic events in France.
AFX Newswire
AFX Newswire provides global financial news for global markets.
By selecting AFX, you access the main page with general information and explanations on how to subscribe to the AFX Newswires.
In the upper green box, if you select a local news feed, a blue screen appears containing detailed information on the chosen newswire.
For instance, you access the AFX Europe wire by selecting the AFX -> AFX Europe function in the upper left News box. The following page is displayed:
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The upper right blue box contains 10 different AFX Europe menus (Market news, Stocks, Broker Reco
& Stockwatch, etc.). Select the appropriate option to display the news that are available. Click the title to display the news detail window shown below. For instance, Texas Instruments :
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From this window it is also possible to consult information about related companies and sectors
(Related Companies and Related Sectors sections), or to print the news detail contained in the window.
Also, when you click the grey Activate my REAL TIME News window, the following screen is displayed:
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The News feeds are available either as a Java Applet, by filling in the section on the left, or as standard HTML by filling in the section on the right.
Note: A Java plugin is required in order to receive the News feeds through a
Java applet.
You can either search for news without filter criteria (the latest news is displayed) or define the following filters:
Country
Company Code or Sector
You can also save your filters criteria through the Enter button.
In addition to a global European wire in English, this function also contains eight local financial wires in local languages for Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, France and Asia.
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Note: The News Search Engine function is also available from this page.
Important: GL TRADE is a technical provider for AFP, AFX, DOW JONES,
Standard and Poor's MarketScope, Day By Day and Trading Central Technical
Analysis feeds, PR Newswire and CompanyNews Group Press Releases, and
Reuters News. You must sign a direct contract with these providers to have access to these services. For more information please contact your local GL
TRADE representative.
Dow Jones Newswire
Dow Jones Newswire is the world's leading independent, real-time financial news provider. It delivers more than 7, 000 news items a day covering economic, financial and market-moving political news from around the world to around 339, 000 financial professionals in 66 countries.
This offer comprises:
The DJ Financial Wire in English: provides reporting on over 37, 000 listed companies, including IPOs, analysts' ratings, and unusual market activity. In addition it offers indepth analysis into how economic indicators, political events and shifts in other financial markets affect the price of equities instruments,
Four local feeds: Paris (DJ Bourse), Germany (VWD), Netherlands (DJ Nieuwsdiensst),
Spain (DJ en Espanol).
By selecting Dow Jones, you obtain general information and explanations on how to subscribe to the
Dow Jones Newswires.
In the upper green box, if you select a local news feed, a blue screen appears containing detailed information on the chosen newswire.
For instance, you access the Dow Jones Financial wire by selecting the Dow Jones -> Dow Jones
Financial Wire function in the upper left News box. The following page is displayed:
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Click the title to display the news detail window.
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The upper right blue box of the Dow Jones Financial Wire page contains 20 different DJ FINANCIAL
WIRE menus (Market Talk for Europe, Global Equity News, etc.). Select the appropriate function to display the available news.
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Note: You can also access the Activate my REAL TIME News window from this page.
You can also save your filters criteria through the GO button.
In addition to the DJ Financial wire in English, this function also contains six local feeds in French,
German, Dutch Spanish, Portugese and Italian.
Note: The News Search Engine function is also available from this page.
Important: GL TRADE is a technical provider for AFP, AFX, DOW JONES,
Standard and Poor's MarketScope, Day By Day and Trading Central Technical
Analysis feeds, PR Newswire and CompanyNews Group Press Releases, and
Reuters News. You must sign a direct contract with these providers to have access to these services. For more information please contact your local GL
TRADE representative.
Analysis
The Analysis section of the GLTrade.net News Center enables you to retrieve international market analyses from the following sources:
Standard and Poor's MarketScope
Day by Day
Trading
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By clicking on an item in the news feed at the bottom of the page, the Technical Analysis detail window appears.
MarketScope
Standard & Poor's MarketScope is a real-time Equity market information service. The three major
MarketScope feeds are Marketscope US, Europe and Asia.
To access the MarketScope analysis window for the Asian, European or US markets, click the appropriate selection either in the Analysis section on the left of the screen, or in the MarketScope
Feeds box on the right. The MarketScope Feeds area will be replaced by the MarketScope menu pictured below.
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Choose an option from the list and sub-menu. A list of analyses will appear in the middle of the window.
European MarketScope
Extensive coverage of 3,500 core European stocks
Minute by minute updates on what is really moving on individual shares
Timely, in-depth consensus estimate data
Time-saving summaries of all high impact broker recommendations
Independent buy/sell recommendations from S&P Equity Research
Asia Market Insight
Independent in-depth company analysis and realtime commentary on Asian equity markets
Buy/sell recommendations on stocks, delivered alongside commentary on market moving events and updates on brokerage house research
S&P STARS (STock Appreciation Ranking System), a globally recognized proprietary stock selection system also used in our US equities service
Coverage includes stocks in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Taiwan,
China, South Korea, Singapore and Malaysia, and also a more general coverage of markets in Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia
Strategic views: a daily column written by chief strategist provides a unique and wide ranging view of the global markets
US MarketScope
Unique and intelligently filtered news and analysis on US equities
Advanced reference section of over 9,200 companies
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Perceptive buy/sell recommendations from a team of 55 full-time analysts
Comprehensive reference statistics and descriptions on individual companies
Standard & Poor’s Portfolios such as the Platinum Portfolio
Important: GL TRADE is a technical provider for AFP, AFX, DOW JONES,
Standard and Poor's MarketScope, Day By Day and Trading Central Technical
Analysis feeds, PR Newswire and CompanyNews Group Press Releases, and
Reuters News. You must sign a direct contract with these providers to have access to these services. For more information please contact your local GL
TRADE representative.
Day by Day
Day By Day offers services for financial technical analysis. Day By Day data feed can be divided into two services:
Trade, for equities /futures/option prop-traders and salespeople
Manage, best suited for portfolio managers
To access the Day By Day analysis window for the English or French markets, click the appropriate selection either in the Analysis section on the left of the screen, or in the Day By Day Feeds box on the right. The Day By Day menu pictured below will appear.
Choose an option from the list and sub-menu. A list of analyses will appear in the middle of the window.
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Clicking on one of the analysis summaries featured in the list will display a detailed analysis window with a graph charting the progress of the instrument.
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Day By Day provides about 100 analyses per day in two languages, English and French, for the
European, US and French markets.
Analysis Manage Equities Trade Futures Trade
Real
Time
Up-dates of the 1000 single asset analysis database - featuring an annotated chart, two support levels, two resistance levels, a short term and a medium term opinion and a comment explaining the opinions.
Stock Trading levels - further analysis on three specific trading levels for equities or rates - trackrecord available on request.
Covered warrants Opinions - opprtunities for buying, holding, or selling call and put warrants on 50 assets, traded in France
X X -
- X
- -
-
X
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Daily Daily Letter - Daily comments on any moves influencing stock markets for the short term (indices, bonds, currencies).
X X X
Weekly
Trading Letter - featuring strategies on 3 futures, based on hourly charts, followed-up the next day - track-record available on request.
Focus Note. Medium term sector outlook with a focus on 3/5 specific stocks within the sector, and outperformance ranking.
Research Letter. Featuring several analyses opening up on traditional methods.
- -
X X
X X
-
-
Management Letter. Medium-term anticipation on a specific stock with targets.
X X -
Day By Day analysis feeds are available on the following sets of instruments (French and English versions) :
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Important: GL TRADE is a technical provider for AFP, AFX, DOW JONES,
Standard and Poor's MarketScope, Day By Day and Trading Central Technical
Analysis feeds, PR Newswire and CompanyNews Group Press Releases, and
Reuters News. You must sign a direct contract with these providers to have access to these services. For more information please contact your local GL
TRADE representative.
Trading Central
Trading Central offers services for financial technical analysis.
Trading Central provides about 200 analyses per day in four languages; English, French, German and
Italian, for the European, US and Asian markets.
To access the Trading Central analysis window for the English, French, German or Italian markets, click the appropriate selection either in the Analysis section on the left of the screen, or in the Trading
Central Feeds box on the right. The Trading Central menu pictured below will appear.
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Choose an option from the list and sub-menu. A list of analyses will appear in the middle of the window.
Clicking on one of the analysis summaries featured in the list will display a detailed analysis window with a graph charting the progress of the instrument.
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Three types of messages are available:
Recommendation
This message type provides real-time buy and sell advice.
Analysis
This message type provides analysis and comments about financial instruments.
Follow-up
This message type provides analysis and comments about financial instruments.
The analysis is available on the following sets of instruments and regions :
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Important: GL TRADE is a technical provider for AFP, AFX, DOW JONES,
Standard and Poor's MarketScope, Day By Day and Trading Central Technical
Analysis feeds, PR Newswire and CompanyNews Group Press Releases, and
Reuters News. You must sign a direct contract with these providers to have access to these services. For more information please contact your local GL
TRADE representative.
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Reuters News Integration
Reuters system broadcasts real-time news on Equities, Fixed income, FX and money markets,
Commodities and Energy, etc.
News
A story is a News item, filed by journalists and made available to clients in several parts.
The first part of a story may be an alert. This is a brief item containing the most essential information relating to that emerging story. Sometimes several alerts for the same story are filed in quick succession.
Alerts may be followed up by a headline and the piece of text for the story. This text and its associated headline is called a ‘take’. Subsequent takes may also be filed containing additional text as needed.
Coding
Reuters News stories carry category codes which describe the content of the story, and can be used to assist in retrieval of relevant news items by users.
Product codes: Identify to which product the story belongs, for example ‘M’ for Money news or ‘FA’ for the French language financial news service. Reuters News carry a number of Reuters and third party products aimed at specific market sectors.
Topic codes: Describe the story subject matter. For example ‘INT’ for interest rates,
‘RES’ for results stories, ‘IBM.N’ for stories about IBM, ‘CN’ for stories about China.
Named item codes: These identify stories which users would normally want to retrieve using a fixed name. For example, the code ‘TOP/’ identifies the directory containing the on-line list of Topic codes. The code ‘.L’ identifies London stock market reports.
Attribution: Specifies whether the story was supplied by Reuters, or by one of the third party News sources available on Reuters News system.
Reuters News key features
Broadcast of Latest News: Latest news headlines and alerts are automatically broadcasted to the client.
Category coding of News: Codes attached to each story enable users to find, quickly and accurately, news on topics in which they are interested in.
Directories: On-line directory information providing details of codes in use.
Important: GL TRADE is a technical provider for AFP, AFX, DOW JONES,
Standard and Poor's MarketScope, Day By Day and Trading Central Technical
Analysis feeds, PR Newswire and CompanyNews Group Press Releases, and
Reuters News. You must sign a direct contract with these providers to have access to these services. For more information please contact your local GL
TRADE representative.
Press Releases
The Newswire section of the GLTRADE.net News Center enables you to retrieve international Press
Release feeds from the following sources:
By clicking on an item in the Press Release feed, the Press Release detail window appears.
CompanyNews Group
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The Press Release messages are available under the following sectors:
Environment
Health
Tourism
High-tech
Luxury
Industry
Entertainment
Food supply chain
Industry
Banks/Insurance
Sport
Regional
CompanyNews Group works for companies listed in Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Luxembourg,
Milan, and Madrid. As a trading partner of American leader BusinessWire and German leader
NewsAktuell, CompanyNews Group also distribute press releases from American and German corporations.
CompanyNews Group press releases are updated every 10 minutes. The following table lists the available languages depending on the country of the company's origin.
Company Origin
France
Belgium
Italy
Spain
Germany
America
Language
French
English
French
English
Dutch
Italian
English
Spanish
English
French
English
French
English
PR Newswire Press Releases
PR Newswire provides comprehensive news targeting, distribution, and measurement services on behalf of some 40,000 organizations worldwide who seek to reach the news media, the investment community and the general public with their up to the minute, full-text news developments.
Press releases messages are classified by industries:
Automotive
Energy
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Entertainment
Financial
Health/Biotech
Retail
Sports
Technology
Etc.
Press releases messages also indicate topic or themes associated with the release:
Economy, business and finance
Arts, culture and entertainment
Crime, law and justice
Education
Health
Labour
Lifestyle and leisure
Politics
Science and technology
Sport
Unrest, conflicts and war
Weather
CompanyNews Group
CompanyNews Group is the leading company news distribution agency in Southern Europe.
CompanyNews Group distributes the official full-text official communication of some 5000 companies to both professional investors (buy and sell sides) and individual investors, to the media and the public.
To read CompanyNews Group Press Releases, select the required Press Release option(s) as described in the section News -> Parameters -> Origin. Double-click on a Press Release in the News window and a Press Release feed window appears.
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Alternatively, from the Market watch window, select the WEB Services -> Related press releases function after having highlighted a stock.
You also have a direct access to the News Center -> Press Releases of GLTRADE.net that includes a dedicated EuroTop100 section.
Note: You also get the Related Press Releases in the Stock Box available on
GLTRADE.net.
If you want to execute a particular search, use the Eurotop Search Engine in the Press Releases section. The following screen is displayed:
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Fill in the fields.
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Click the title to display the news detail window.
You can set up a personal Eurotop Selection to be saved under a chosen name. Enter the Name of
your Selection and validate with the Save your selection button. Click the Return to Search button to go back to the previous screen.
Note: From this screen, you also have the possibility to find the company
Press Releases.
Important: GL TRADE is a technical provider for AFP, AFX, DOW JONES,
Standard and Poor's MarketScope, Day By Day and Trading Central Technical
Analysis feeds, PR Newswire and CompanyNews Group Press Releases, and
Reuters News. You must sign a direct contract with these providers to have access to these services. For more information please contact your local GL
TRADE representative.
PR Newswire
PR Newswire works for companies listed in Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Milan, Madrid,
Germany. Thanks to its American operations, PR Newswire also distributes press releases from
American and Latin American corporations.
To read PR Newswire Press Releases, select the required Press Release option(s) as described in the section News -> Parameters -> Origin. Double-click on a Press Release in the News window and a Press Release feed window appears.
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Alternatively, from the Market watch window, select the WEB Services -> Related press releases function after having highlighted a stock.
Depending on the country of origin (European countries, Latin America, Americas, China), press releases are available in a choice of languages:
English
French
German
Italian
Dutch
Spanish
Portuguese
Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
Finnish.
Important: GL TRADE is a technical provider for AFP, AFX, DOW JONES,
Standard and Poor's MarketScope, Day By Day and Trading Central Technical
Analysis feeds, PR Newswire and CompanyNews Group Press Releases, and
Reuters News. You must sign a direct contract with these providers to have access to these services. For more information please contact your local GL
TRADE representative.
The Other Days menu
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The Other Days menu includes the following functions :
Previous day
Today
Previous day
(-)
Displays the previous day's news.
Today
(=)
Displays today's news.
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The Alerts window
The Alerts window is used to define customized instrument alarm messages that will be received via the News window. You can enter instruments by using the dictionary, or by typing instruments directly in the list.
When you select the Alerts function, both the Alerts and the News windows are displayed because they are linked.
See Alerts & RFQ in the Trading Tools section for more details on using this window.
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The Notification Manager
To access this window, click the Market Data icon then select Notification Manager.
The Notification Manager controls information services for the workstation where it is installed. It controls two types of notifications:
Tickers : scrolling displays which keep the user up-to-date with information/events either arriving into (external), or happening within your GL WIN (internal).
Alerts : displaying alert events published from external contributor applications, typically another GL WIN application.
Note : the current version of the Notification Manager only includes internal tickers as no applications currently use external tickers or external alerts. As such, external tickers/alerts have not yet been implemented.
You can use the Notification Manager with GL WIN (5.11+). However, client order related tickers can only publish events when the Notification Manager is installed into GL STREAM as this the GL environment for client orders.
Note : the Notification Manager remains running in the background after being started even if the user closes the application via File -> Exit (all of its tickers and alerts remain running but hidden). In order to stop the Notification
Manager outright, with all of its alerts and tickers, select File -> Close All
Tickers and Alerts.
The Notification Manager window
The menu bar provides access to the different maintenance screens of the Notification Manager. The button bar offers short cuts to several of these functions. The central screen zone (Ticker Watchlist) shows each of the securities the Notification Manager is currently monitoring/publishing on its internal tickers.
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The Button Bar
The Notification Manager button bar is the following. Descriptions for each item can be found beneath.
Icon Function
Opens the Dictionary window, enabling you to insert instruments in the active screen tab.
Removes the security currently highlighted in the main screen zone of the Notification
Manager window.
Pastes any security currently stored on the clipboard to the Notification Manager window.
Hides or shows the title bar (Notification Manager) and the menu bar.
Hides the scrollbar which is situated towards the foot of the screen.
Accesses the version of the Columns Setup dialog specific to the Notification Manager.
Prints the securities currently displayed on the Ticker Watchlist i.e. those being monitored for inclusion on internal tickers.
Accesses the standard GL WIN font dialog, enabling you to edit the font size and style.
Accesses the standard GL WIN colour palettes dialog, enabling you to edit the colour scheme.
Ticker Watchlist
Internal tickers can only publish events/information for the securities that have been added to a watchlist section of the Notification Manager screen. Each security is displayed in the watchlist section together with its current status.
You can add the following to the watchlist:
Individual securities
Securities via the Dictionary.
Saved lists securities.
Securities via a PKS book.
Note: external tickers (using external data sources) do not use the watchlist to define which securities to monitor as they publish the entire content of its imported data source.
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Ticker Watchlist Statuses
Adding securities to the watchlist causes the Status column on the main Notification Manager screen to display the following statuses:
Status
ADDED
DATA
REQUESTED
OK
<UNKNOWN>
Description
The security has been added to the current session of the Notification
Manager. This is a temporary status and only likely to be visible for a few moments.
The security has been added and the system is actively requesting an information service for from the predefined data sources (SLCs / SLEs etc).
The data request was successful and all applicable events / information can now be displayed on the appropriate ticker as and when they occur.
Therefore the security is actively being monitored.
Invalid security, cannot be found in GL WIN.
Adding Individual Securities
You can add individual securities to the Notification Manager watchlist by manually typing in the appropriate security codes directly into the main screen. The securities can then be monitored and appear on internal tickers as and when events occur.
To add individual securities to the watchlist for internal tickers:
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1. On the main Notification Manager screen, locate the cursor on any of the existing securities listed in the screen section. Or if the screen is empty, locate the cursor anywhere in the main screen section.
2. Type in the local code of the security (normally 3 or 4 characters) and press <Enter>. The
State column displays the value OK if and when the data request is successful.
Removing a Securities List
You can remove lists of securities that have been added to the Instrument Lists for internal tickers screen on a previous occasion. This prevents the list (and so its securities) from being monitored by via tickers.
To remove an existing list of securities from the watchlist for internal tickers:
1. On the main Notification Manager screen, select File -> Instrument List. The Instrument
Lists screen then appears detailing each of the existing lists currently on the watchlist together with the file location of the list.
2. On the Instrument Lists screen, highlight the instrument.
Tickers
Tickers are scrolling displays which keep the user up-to-date with information/events either arriving into, or happening within, GL WIN.
Internal tickers use data from within the local GL network and publish events for the securities currently being watched by the Notification Manager. Therefore, each security has to be actively monitored (via the Ticker Watchlist) before any of its events can appear on a ticker.
There are several different internal ticker types available with each ticker type having a predefined set of fields that determine the data contents.
Ticker Types
The following templates are available so you can construct and customise your own tickers. These are all internal tickers using information originating within your GL network.
Note: any client order related ticker only works when the Notification Manager is installed into GL STREAM as this the GL environment for client orders.
Client Orders
Publishes all current client orders currently active within in GL OMS / GL STREAM. This type of ticker only works in conjunction with a GL STREAM.
Quotes
Publishes all current market quotes (from all market participants).
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House Quotes
Publishes the current market quotes published by the house, and so not the quotes of other market participants.
Note that house quotes are only visible if the main Notification Manager configuration file contains the
BIC code the house is using to publish its house quotes and the UTI number of the installation of GL
WIN (GLNOTMGR.INI).
[Misc] houseBIC=GLFRBI1
UTI=718
Mid-Price
Publishes the market mid-price changes for all stocks being monitored on the workstation. This is the price half way between the bids and ask prices, as at close of business on the last trading day and is published by the exchange.
House Trades
Publishes the house trades originating from within GL WIN and executions sent by the exchange to
GL WIN. For the former, these are trades input from any user within the house that the SLE Selector permits to transmit trades (including off-exchange trade reports and standard trades): For the latter, any execution sent by the exchange to record a matched order.
My House Trades
Publishes the trades that the GL WIN workstation (the UTI on the active flux) has entered including off-exchange trade reports and standard trades, and house executions sent by the exchange. (Note that the UTI is detailed on the ticker).
Exchange Orders
Publishes the exchange orders / market orders that the house has executed on the exchange.
Ticker Fields
The following fields are published on internal tickers as created / controlled via the Ticker Manager for securities currently being monitored by the Ticker Watchlist of the Notification Manager.
Symbol
The market symbol used to represent the security.
Market Maker Code
The market maker quoting the price(s).
Time
The time of the quote or price.
Bid Price
The price the market maker (or the house) is prepared to BUY the instrument i.e. less than the ASK.
Bid Qty
The quantity of securities available at the BID price.
Ask Price
The price the market maker (or the house) is prepared to SELL the instrument i.e. more than the BID.
Ask Qty
The quantity of securities available at the ASK price.
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State
The state of the quote or exchange order.
Bid/Ask Price
The BID and ASK prices of quotes displayed together, separated by a hyphen.
Bid/Ask Qty
The BID and ASK quantities of quotes displayed together, separated by a hyphen.
Mid Price
The mid-price changes for all stocks being monitored on the workstation. This is the price half way between the bid and ask prices, as at close of business on the last trading day and is published by the exchange.
Quantity
The quantity of the trade or exchange order.
Price
The price of the trade or exchange order.
Direction
The BUY or SELL direction of the trade or exchange order.
Market
The market of execution of the trade or exchange order.
Source
The source trade or exchange order.
UTI
The UTI (user ID) of the user who entered the house trade or exchange order.
The File Menu
The File menu contains the following options:
Dictionary
Delete
Paste
Books
Exit
Close All Tickers and Alerts
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Dictionary
(Insert)
Opens the Dictionary window, enabling you to insert instruments in the active screen tab.
Adding Securities via the Dictionary
You can use the Dictionary utility to add either individual securities or multiple selections of securities to the Notification Manager watchlist. The securities can then be monitored and appear on internal tickers as and when events occur.
To add securities to the watchlist for internal tickers via the GL Dictionary:
Dictionary.
2. In the left-hand pane, expand the category that contains the security. The subordinate subcategory folders then appear. Or carry out a search to find the security (see GL WIN user documentation on GL NET for more information).
3. Expand the sub-category folder that contains (or is likely to contain) the security. All of the securities in the sub-category folder then appear in the right-hand window pane.
4. In the right-hand pane, highlight the security (or securities) you would like to add. You can use the Ctrl key to select multiple securities.
Delete
(Del)
Removes the security currently highlighted in the main screen zone of the Notification Manager window.
Paste
Pastes any security currently stored on the clipboard to the Notification Manager window.
Clear List
Removes all of the securities currently loaded in the main screen zone of the Notification Manager window.
Instrument Lists
Accesses the Instrument Lists window where you can add/remove securities from the Ticker Watchlist.
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You can add existing lists of securities to the Notification Manager watchlist via the Instrument Lists window. The securities on the list are then monitored each time the Notification Manager is activated
(via GLNOTMGR.EXE) and so will appear on any suitable (internal) tickers as and when events occur.
Each list of securities must have already been saved elsewhere within GL WIN and be stored in a file with an STK extension. For example, lists originating from:
GL MARKET MAKER : based on the securities on a screen tab or the main screen. The securities could have been imported from an existing book, as stored within GL OMS, or added manually via the Dictionary screen.
GL MARKET WATCH : based on the securities on the main Market Watch screen, and the list then saved via Instrument lists -> Save list.
Each list of securities added to the watchlist is recorded in the core configuration file of the Notification
Manager – GLNOTMGR.INI (…\Glwin\versions\). The lists remain on the watchlist until they are removed from the Instrument Lists screen (via the Remove button).
To add an existing list of securities to the watchlist for internal tickers:
1. On the main Notification Manager screen, select File -> Instrument List. The Instrument
Lists screen then appears.
2. On the Instrument Lists screen, click Add.
3. Browse for and then open the instrument list . This is likely to be stored in: c:\glwin\stocklists.
4. On the Instrument Lists screen, click OK. The list is then added to the screen.
Books
Accesses the Books dialog. This dialog enables you to import securities into the Ticker Watchlist dialog from an existing PKS book, i.e. a book used in position keeping via GL OMS/GL STREAM.
Note: the Books option is only available if the Configuration dialog has the
OMS Connection Available set to ON as this enables the import process. If this configuration setting has only just been set to ON then it is necessary to close down the Notification Manager via File -> Close All Tickers and Alerts. Only then does Books option become available on the File menu i.e. not greyed-out.
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External Notifications
Accesses the External Notifications window where you can see each of the existing configured external notification services which are potentially available to the GL WIN workstation. You can also turn the external services ON or OFF.
The External Notifications window lists each of the existing external notification services configured and so potentially available to GL WIN workstations via the in-house GL network.
The services can include external alerts and/or external tickers i.e. pop-up alert or tickers from a supported external news service e.g. Reuters.
All of the external services listed on the screen can be turned ON or OFF for the GL WIN workstation via the Allow external notifications tick box. This action has no effect on the availability of the external services to other users who all have their own version of the screen and so control of their own services.
Turning the services ON only works if the GL WIN workstation has corresponding alerts and/or tickers defined for the external services in :
For alerts – defined via ALERTS.INI (…NOTMGRCFG\SavedAlerts).
For external tickers – defined via TICKERTYPES.INI
(…NOTMGRCFG\ExternalTickers).
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Prints the securities currently displayed on the Ticker Watchlist i.e. being monitored for inclusion on internal tickers.
Exit
(Alt + F4)
Closes the main Notification Manager application. However, all of its tickers and alerts remain running in the background (but hidden).
In order to stop the Notification Manager outright, as well as all of its alerts and tickers, select File ->
Close All Tickers and Alerts.
Close All Tickers and Alerts
Closes all tickers and alerts currently active on the workstation and also the entire Notification
Manager application.
Note: closing the Notification Manager via (File -> Exit) only closes the main
Notification Manager screen but not any active tickers and alerts (these remain running in the background but effectively hidden).
The Edit Menu
The Edit menu contains the following option:
Configuration
Configuration
Opens the Configuration dialog where various OMS/PKS, BIC and UTI codes can be specified.
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OMS Connection Available
For installations using GL STREAM. Enables book imports from OMS into the Ticker Watchist via
Books dialog so that those securities can be monitored on internal tickers.
If you set this tick box to ON, then it is also necessary to close down the Notification Manager via File
-> Close All Tickers and Alerts. Only then does File -> Books option become available i.e. not greyed-out.
Alternative PKS ID
The tick box above must be set to ON if this field is completed.
The alternative PKS ID defines an alternative logon that is different to that of the UTI of the user (as defined in their FLUX.INI).
Defining the alternative PKS ID is only necessary if –
The user does not have a PKS logon in their GLFLUX.INI; or
There is a more suitable PKS login i.e. with a more appropriate configuration of accessible books.
House BIC Code
The BIC code the house uses so as to provide a filter for any ticker featuring house quotes and house trades.
UTI
The UTI of the user / workstation to filter house quotes and house trades to a specific user. This is most likely to be the UTI of the user of the workstation, although a generic UTI (workstation / process) can be specified.
The View Menu
The View menu contains the following options:
Show/Hide Button Bar
Show/Hide Title and Menu
Show/Hide Scroll Bars
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Font
Colours
Reset Block List
Show/Hide Button Bar
Hides or shows the button toolbar of the Notification Manager window.
Show/Hide Title and Menu
Hides or shows the title bar (Notification Manager) and the menu bar. You can also select this function by holding down the <Ctrl> key and double-clicking while the cursor is located in the main Instrument zone.
Show/Hide Scroll Bars
Hides the scrollbar which is situated towards the foot of the screen. The scrollbar helps you to navigate through all of the available information on the Notification Manager.
Column Setup
Accesses the version of the Columns Setup dialog specific to the Notification Manager. It is populated with only the relevant data columns for screen. Only the column names shown in black are visible on the Notification Manager and so any that are greyed-out are not.
You can use the mouse to click on a column name to toggle its current setting i.e. switch it from grey to black, or vice versa.
Font
Accesses the standard GL WIN font dialog, enabling you to edit the font size and style.
Colours
Accesses the standard GL WIN colour palettes dialog, enabling you to edit the colour scheme.
Block Selected
Blocks the securities currently selected by a tick in the Sel column. If the Sel option is not set up, the single security currently highlighted in the main screen zone is blocked. You can block any individual securities that are listed on the Instrument Lists screen.
Blocking stops the security from being monitored by the Notification Manager and so prevents it from appearing on any internal ticker when a triggering event occurs.
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Any blocking remains in place until it is manually removed from the security by a user. Therefore, the
Status column retains the value ‘Blocked’ each time the Notification Manager screen is opened until the unblocking takes place.
Unblock Selected
Unblocks the securities currently selected by a tick in the Sel column. If the Sel option is not set up, the single security currently highlighted in the main screen zone is unblocked.
Reset Block List
Clears all of the existing blocking instructions so that no instruments are blocked in this and subsequent sessions.
The Ticker Menu
The Ticker menu contains the following options:
Manage
Create New
Accesses the New Ticker dialog where you can create new tickers.
You can create new tickers in the New Ticker dialog providing the tickers have already been configured in preparation:
For internal tickers, these are the default tickers as supplied with the Notification
Manager.
For external tickers, these are the tickers defined by-hand in TICKERTYPES.INI.
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Manage
Accesses the Manage Tickers dialog where you can manage existing tickers.
The Manage Tickers dialog manages existing tickers that have already been configured within the system and created via the New Ticker dialog.
Each ticker can have it colours and screen behaviour set, and also whether the ticker is visible or not.
New
Use this option to defined a new ticker based on one of the existing default ticker types.
Modify
Use this option to modify the existing settings already defined for the ticker.
Delete
Use this option to delete an existing user defined ticker.
Show
Use this option to reveal an existing ticker in the foreground of the workstation.
Hide
Use this option to remove an existing ticker from the workstation but leave it passively monitoring events in the background.
The Alert Menu
The Alert menu contains the following option:
Manage
Manage
Access the Manage Alerts dialog where you can manage existing alerts.
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The Manage Alerts screen controls existing alerts defined for the GL WIN installation. Each alert can have:
Whether it is active and so can appear on the on the GL WIN work space of the workstation.
The colour, sound and display settings of the resulting alert pop ups.
As it is assumed that the configuration of the Notification Manager (and in particular the sub-directory
NOTMGRCFG) has or will be copied from one GL WIN installation to another, most users will only need to modify the colours, sounds and behaviour of the alerts.
You can only manage the alerts for the workstation where the GL WIN installation is installed and so these are the only alerts available in the Type field.
Each of the available alerts is originally defined by-hand in the ALERTS.INI file
(…NOTMGRCFG\SavedAlerts) of the GLWIN installation.
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GL Pricer
You can bring up the Pricer:
from the Options window by placing the cursor on the strike to be priced and using
Shift/F7, or icon in the GL Deskbar.
This window is used for pricing options for cash or future instruments with different formulas. Using the
GL PRICER, the theoretical fair value of an option, the sensitivities of the theoretical fair value to its pricing parameters and the implied volatility can be calculated.
To load an option you can either use the Dictionary or through piloting via the Option Watch. When an option is selected, the option characteristics (Expiration Date, Strike Price and Exercise Style), the pricing parameters (e.g. Interest and Volatility), the last traded price and the dividends of the underlying instrument are loaded.
All parameters can be modified without changing the parameters in the OPTION WATCH. This allows you to experiment freely. When the GL PRICER is piloted from GL RUBYX, the parameters from the
GL RUBYX database are used; otherwise, the parameters from the OPTIONS WATCH are used.
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Parameters
The parameters are shown on the left-hand side of the GL Pricer window.
Underlying Value
At the top of this section, the Price of the Underlying Instrument is shown, and the Dividends can be accessed. When pricing options on futures, roll pricing can be used. Checking the Use Roll Pricing checkbox shows the additional parameters for Roll Pricing.
Click Dividends to activate the Dividends entry window.
The Dividend entry window is compatible with the Dividend editor of the Option Watch window. To generate the actual dividend payments, the end date needs to be specified in the date control at the bottom of the window. Clicking the Generate button generates the list of dividend payments until the specified end date.
Option
The Option characteristics are available below the Underlying Value parameters. Only plain vanilla options are supported.
Parameters
Beneath the Option characteristics are the pricing Parameters. First select the Option Pricing Model.
There are models for European style option pricing, American style options, options on futures, and options on currencies. The binomial models require the number of iterations to be specified in the Iter field. Next to the Option Pricing Model, the Interest rate, Foreign Interest rate (for pricing currency options) and the Repo Rate (for stock borrowing) can be specified. The final pricing parameter that is available is the Volatility to be used for the selected option.
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Implied Volatility
At the bottom of the window is the Implied Volatility section, used for specifying implied volatility calculation algorithms. To calculate the implied volatility of an option, a Newton-Raphson search is performed. The Accuracy and the number of the Iterations provide the stop criterion for the search algorithm.
Date/Time
Enter a date and/or time for calculations in this zone.
Calculations
The calculated values are displayed in the results grid on the right-hand side of the Option Pricer window.
Both the values of the Call and Put option are displayed. The following values are available:
Value
Theo
Delta
Gamma
Theta
Vega
Rho
Th. Spot
Th. Roll
Fwd. Price
Description
Theoretical fair value
Sensitivity of the theoretical fair value to the change in underlying value
Sensitivity of the Delta to the change in underlying value
Sensitivity of the theoretical fair value to the time to expiry (days)
Sensitivity of the theoretical fair value to the volatility
Sensitivity of the theoretical fair value to the interest
Underlying value price implied the spot future price (Roll Pricing)
Difference between the spot month future and theoretical forward (Roll Pricing)
Theoretical forward price for the expiration (based on dividends and interest)
When one or more parameters have been modified, the new results are calculated by pressing the
Calculate button. In the results grid, the changed values are indicated by a grey background colour.
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Implied Volatilities
To calculate the implied volatility for a certain option, enter the value of the option in the result field for the theoretical fair value (either on the Call or Put side). Clicking the IV CALL button to calculate the implied volatility from the call price of the option entered, or the IV PUT button to calculate the implied volatility from the put price of the option.
The Option Pricer contains the following menu:
Display
The Display Menu
The Display menu includes the following functions :
Dictionary
Launches the Dictionary, enabling you to select the relevant instrument.
Controlled Window Setup
Launches the Controlled window setup window, enabling you to define that the GL PRICER be controlled by other windows (Option Watch).
Show/Hide Title and Menus
Displays or hides the window title and the menus.
Quit
Closes the GL PRICER.
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The Information Submenu
The Information submenu contains the following windows:
Market Information
You can access this window by clicking on the Market Data icon, and selecting the Information ->
Market Information function.
This window displays the value of the index, its variation, capital exchanged, clearing prices, etc.
It distinguishes the index broadcast by the Exchange from the online index recalculated on a continuous basis.
This window also displays a number of foreign indices.
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This window includes the following menu:
Display
The Display Menu
This menu includes the following functions:
Select data display
Hide title and menu
Font
Colors
Quit
Fixed window
Use this function to display the selected window on all virtual screens that are available. GL WIN enables you to display information on four different virtual screens.
A fixed window is always displayed and can be associated with different other windows according to the virtual screen displayed.
Select data display...
In the Select data display dialog box, tick the information you want to display in the Market Information window.
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Select the reference Index. The area below displays default values according to the selected index.
Tick the Index in real time field to display the index in real time and not by range of 30 seconds. At every quotation, the index is recalculated.
Tick the Capitals option to display the capital traded by market segment.
Once a month, the calculation of the Compensation rate is based on the index level average. This indicator is modified by the market every 30 seconds.
Select OK to validate your choices or Cancel to return to the previous configuration.
Show/Hide title and menu
This functionality displays or hides the menu bar, thus saving space on your desktop and removing unnecessary information.
To show/hide the title and menu bar, you can also use Ctrl + double-click in the center of the window.
Font...
Use this function to change fonts, their types and sizes. This setting is available on all GL WIN windows.
See the Font explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market Watch window.
Colors...
Modifies the color and background of pages and highlights certain information.
To get further information, see the Colors explanation associated with the Display menu of the
Market Watch window.
Print...
To get detailed information, see the Print explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market
Watch window.
Quit
(Escape)
Exits the Market Information window.
Best Performers
You can access this window by clicking on the Market Data icon, and selecting the Information ->
Best Performers function.
This window tracks the best performing instruments from the selected origin.
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This window includes two menus:
Display
The Display Menu
This menu includes the following functions:
Show/Hide title and menu
Show/Hide data title
Show/Hide button bar
Font
Colors
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Quit
Data setup...
This function enables you to select the fields you want to display in the Best performers window.
To get further information, see the Instrument data setup... function of the Market Depth window.
Show/Hide title and menu
This functionality displays or hides the menu bar, thus saving space on your desktop and removing unnecessary information.
To show/hide the title and menu bar, you can also use Ctrl + double-click in the center of the window.
Hide data title
Shows or hides data titles.
Show/Hide scrollbars
This function displays or hides the scrollbars.
Show/Hide button bar
This function displays or hides the icon bar.
The icon bar (or button bar or toolbar) provides you with rapid access to several functionalities you can also access through the window menus.
Best Performers icon bar:
Font...
Use this function to change fonts, their types and sizes. This setting is available on all GL WIN windows.
See the Font explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market Watch window.
Colors...
Modifies the color and background of pages and highlights certain information.
To get further information, see the Colors explanation associated with the Display menu of the
Market Watch window.
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Print...
To get detailed information, see the Print explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market
Watch window.
Quit
(Escape)
Exits the Best performers window.
The Best Performers Menu
This menu enables you to display the following main data:
Function/Icon Shortcut
H
Today's highest variation
L
Today's lowest variation
+
Highest variation for the year
-
Lowest variation for the year
C
Capital
Q
Quantity
R
Today's rotation
5
50 days/rotation
1
100 days/rotation
S
Suspended stock
P
High reserved
M
Low reserved
Number of trades N
High VTO (highest theoretical opening variation) V
Low VTO ( lowest theoretical opening variation) W
According to the market and place, all functions are not always available.
To display the contents of this window, select Data setup... in the Display menu.
To select the instruments that you wish to track, use the Best performers -> Origin... function.
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Main control window
With the Main Control window function, you can control one or several windows.
Modifications that happen in the main control window are applied to controlled windows.
Stock exclusion...
Deletes the selected .stk list from the displayed data.
No exclusion
Deactivates the exclusion of any .stk list from the displayed data.
Origin...
(Insert)
Use this function to select the market of the best performers to be displayed.
Open the market place tree display structure and select the market in question.
You can choose to display the structure By Place or By Market.
Then, click on OK to validate or on Cancel to exit the Origin... function.
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Currency Matrix
You can access this window by clicking on the Market Data icon, and selecting the Information ->
Currency Matrix function.
This window displays the buying and selling rates for currencies.
This window includes two menus:
Display
Value
The Display Menu
This menu includes the following functions:
Show/Hide title and menu
Show/Hide scroll bars
Font
Colors
Quit
Show/Hide title and menu
This functionality displays or hides the menu bar, thus saving space on your desktop and removing unnecessary information.
To show/hide the title and the menu bar, you can also use Ctrl + double-click in the center of the window.
Show/Hide scrollbars
This function displays or hides the scrollbars.
Font...
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Use this function to change fonts, their types and sizes. This setting is available on all GL WIN windows.
See the Font explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market Watch window.
Colors...
Modifies the color and background of pages and highlights certain information.
For further information, see the Colors explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market
Watch window.
Quit
(Alt F4)
Exits the Change window.
The Value Menu
This menu includes the following functions:
Insert
Select
Insert...
(Insert)
This function displays the dictionary from which you can select the exchange rates to be viewed in the currency matrix.
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Select the appropriate value(s) and click on OK to add this currency to the Change window.
Select...
This function enables you to select a single currency from the Selection list.
This currency is added at the right end of the Change window.
Choose the currencies which are displayed in bold when selected. The USD currency is compulsory.
Then, click on OK to validate or on Cancel to exit the Select... function.
Open list...
Opens an exchange rate file (.chg) previouly saved through the Save list... function.
GL WIN also provides a currency file by default.
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Select the file to be opened in the currency matrix and click on OK to validate.
Save a file...
Saves the current exchange file (.chg).
GL WIN also provides a currency file by default.
After you have specified the file to be saved in the File Name field, click on the Save a file button to validate.
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The Time Tools Submenu
The Time Tools submenu contains the following windows:
Countdown
World indices - Time zones
Countdown
You can access this window by clicking on the Market Data icon, and selecting the Time Tools ->
Countdown function.
This function enables you to define a time lapse before executing a transaction.
Click on the Set sound file icon to define the alarm sound which is to be used at the end of the countdown.
Use the Set icon to initialize the countdown. Enter the appropriate value in the following window:
Then click on the Go icon to start it.
Use the Stop icon to interrupt the countdown .
World Indices - Time Zones
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You can access this window by clicking on the Market Data icon, and selecting the Time Tools ->
World Indices - Time Zones function.
This window displays the main indices for all markets selected.
The local time of the market place is also displayed. Colors enable you to quickly determine whether the market is open or not.
The countdown may be used five minutes before closing time.
This window includes two menus:
Display
Markets
The Display Menu
This menu includes the following functions:
Caption and menu hidden
Button bar hidden
Fonts
Always on top
Quit
Caption and menu hidden
Shows or hides caption and menu.
Button bar hidden
This function displays or hides the icon bar.
The icon bar (or button bar or toolbar) provides you with rapid access to several functionalities you can also access through the window menus.
Market clocks icon bar:
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Clock hidden
Shows or hides the market clocks.
Fonts...
Use this function to change fonts, their types and sizes. This setting is available on all GL WIN windows.
See the Font explanation associated with the Display menu of the Market Watch window.
Automatic sizing
Automatically resizes the window to its displayed contents.
Fixed window
Use this function to display the selected window on all virtual screens that are available. GL WIN enables you to display information on four different virtual screens.
A fixed window is always displayed and can be associated with different other windows according to the virtual screen displayed.
Always on top
Always displays the Market clocks window on top of the other windows visualized on the screen.
Quit
(Alt+F4)
Exits the Market clocks window.
The Markets Menu
This menu includes the following functions
Select
Setup
Select...
Use this function to select the market(s) that correspond to the indices you want to display.
Tick the appropriate market place and open its tree display structure. Selected items are indicated with color-coded ticks:
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A tick in front of the market place indicates that all markets are selected for this market place.
The number displayed on the first line specifies the total number of selected markets.
The number displayed at the right of each market place specifies the number of selected markets for this market place.
You can choose to display the structure By Place or By Market.
Then use OK to validate or Cancel to exit the Select... function.
Setup...
This function is used to determine:
time differences between market places,
exchange opening and closing hours for each market place,
the index to be visualized in the Market clocks window.
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If you are located at Paris and want to display the Paris PXI index:
select the market place Paris from the Market list,
enter 0 in the Jetlag (time difference) field (0 corresponds to the reference market place),
enter the Paris exchange opening and closing hours in the two following fields,
specify the name of the index (PXI) to be visualized in the Index field.
To define the parameters of the second market place, for example New York:
select the market place New York from the Market list,
enter -7 in the Jetlag field (this value is defined with respect to the market place for which you have entered 0, i.e Paris),
enter the New York opening and closing times in the two following fields,
specify the name of the index (DJ11) to be visualized in the Index field.
Click on OK to validate or on Cancel to return to the previous configuration.
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The Web Submenu
The Web submenu contains the following windows:
Mini-Browser
Mini Browser
You can access this window by clicking on the Market Data icon, and selecting the Web -> Mini-
Browser function.
This function enables you to access the GL TRADE.net website via a dedicated window.
Money Snapshot
Note: This window is only available if you have subscribed to the appropriate package.
This window can be opened either from the Market Data -> Web menu, or by opening a GL Browser focusing on the Forex and Money Market interest rates via GLTRADE.net. There are three updates a day; 9.00 am, 12.00 pm and 3.00 pm, GMT.
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Index
A
Activated series, 73
Add Bookmark from STK (V5 Dictionary), 112
AFX Newswire, 243 alert, 203
Alert Signal, 235
Alerts, 271
All series, 72
Automatic Logon, 47
Automatic sizing, 305
B
Best Limits, 137
Best Performers, 293, 296
Board lots, 130
Broker Number (Market Depth), 133
Buttons bar, 181
C
Calculated limits, 139
Calendar, 214
Call, 72
Call only, 72
Call Putt alternated hori, 72
Call Putt alternated vert, 72
Case Sensitive, 212
Cash, 77
Change the Reference Value, 170
Characteristics, 44
Clear List, 40
Colors, 35
Colors (Ticker), 155
CompanyNews Group, 263
Computed limits, 118
Controlled window, 78, 116
Copy instrument, 151
Copy/Paste, 184
Countdown, 303
Create STK File and Bookmark (V5 Dictionary), 112
Creating an Account to access the GLTRADE.net,
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Cumulated limits, 129
Currency Matrix, 298
D
Data setup, 150
Data Stat, 164
Day by Day, 253
Delete, 39
Delete Trend Lines, 174
Depth, 193
Dictionary, 37, 103
Dictionary (Strategy Watch), 93
Display Linked Instruments, 40
Dividend, 74
Dow Jones Newswire, 247 download progress, 103
Draw setup, 189
Draw setup (Intraday), 172
Drawing Tools (Histo), 191
E
Economical and Events Calendar, 52
Entry Box, 32
Exchange Data Setup, 80
F
filter, 203
Filter Menu, 100
Filter Topic Reuter (News), 233
Filters, 151, 201
Fixed Window, 78
Font, 34
Font (Ticker), 154
Future, 77
G
Graphic mode, 166
Grid, 28
H
headlines, 203 highlighting, 30
Historical mode, 166
Historical Prices, 60
Historical window, 179
Hour sorting, 226
Hybrid Filter, 201
I
Insert, 299
Instrument data setup, 132
Instrument Summary, 115
Intraday data setup, 167
Intraday mode, 185
Intraday window, 159
Introduction, 84
K
Keyword Alert (News), 227
Keyword Alert Setup (News), 236
L
Limits, 128
Link Instrument, 40
Linked Best Prices, 41
M
Main, 78
Main Control Window (Main), 27
Market, 128
Market depth data setup, 131
Market depth window, 125
Market Information, 291
Market Quotes, 59
Market ratio, 77
Market Watch +, 65
Market Watch title bar, 34
Market Watch Window, 21
MarketScope, 251
Middle series only, 73
Mobile average, 189
Money Snapshot, 309
Multi-lines mode, 153
N
New content, 226
News Headline Ticker, 203
News window, 225
NewsWatch, 197
Next day, 172
Next expiration, 71
Normal limits, 118
Notification Manager window, 271
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O
Odd lots, 130
Off-Exchange Market, 62
Open List, 41
Option Data Setup, 79
Options Window, 69
Orders, 98, 128
Origin (Best Performers Market), 297
Origin (market), 150
Origin (News), 229
P
Palmares Agents, 61
Paste active stock, 71
PKS, 272
PR Newswire, 266
Previous day, 171
Previous expiration, 72
Pricing, 77
Print, 35
Profile and Estimates, 50
Put hori, 72
Put only, 72
Put vert, 72
R
Rate, 74
Real limits, 139
Related News, 55
Remove, 187
S
Save a file, 301
Save List, 42
Save list (Strategies), 97
Scrolling ticker, 152
Search Engine, 237
Select data display, 119
Select data display (Best Limits), 139
Select data display (Market Information), 292
Select data display (Strategy Watch), 89
Setup, 186
Setup (World Indices), 306
Several days, 170
Short term maturity, 76
Sort By menu, 43
Speed access for lists, 97
Spread Future, 75
Step, 76
Stock exclusion, 297
Stock market, 166
Stock Search, 59
Strategy codes, 86
Strategy Watch, 65
Strategy Watch Window, 85
Strategy Windows, 86
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T
Tabs, 32, 201
Tabs/Filters, 201
Text mode, 185
Theo volat, 76
Theoretical ratio, 77
Theoretical volat, 75
Ticker, 149, 203, 212, 271
Ticker Watchlist, 272
Tickers, 274
Tickers/alerts, 271
Time Zones, 304
Title, 34
Today, 171
Top Gainers and Losers, 58
Traded series only, 73
Trading Central, 257
V
Volatility, 188
W
Web Histo, 45
Web Historical (Historical), 188
Web Historical (Intraday), 172
Window controlled by stock list, 28
Y
Yellow Strip Font, 135
Z
Zoom In (Historical), 194
Zoom In (Intraday), 175
Zoom Out (Historical), 195
Zoom Out (Intraday), 177
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