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Ticker Row Settings
Use the Ticker Row configuration settings to specify the look of tickers on your trading pages.
To define Ticker Row configuration settings:
1.On the Edit menu selectGlobal Configuration.
2.In the left pane, click Display and then Ticker Row.
3.Use the right panel to set the custom ticker row parameters.
TWS Fixed Income Display
Global Configuration > Display > Settings
Use the Display configuration page to define display settings such as hiding or showing the index arbitrage meter, enabling column tooltips and applying colors to options based on in-the-money status.
Ticker Row Settings
Global Configuration > Display > Ticker Row
·Display stocks with options available in bold - when checked, stocks that have options will display in bold font on the trading screen.
·Show hedging icon in size column - check to have the delta hedge icon shown in the Quantity field for volatility orders with an attached delta hedge.
·Display tick-dots instead of colored prices - when checked, price display on the Quote Monitor will be in white with a colored tick dot indicating upward or downward price movement.
·Show all values in base currency - If checked, all position and P&L values are recalculated to display in your base currency, and are shown in italics to identify them as having been converted from the local currency to your base currency.
·Highlight high or low for the day - when checked, the Last price will display in RED if it is also the day's low, and will display in BLUE if it is also the day's high.
Home Exchange
Set a Home Exchange Group that identifies your most-used exchange groups. Each time the primary listing exchange for a contract matches a home exchange group, that exchange is hidden from the contract description on the ticker line. This feature can help to clean up your trading page by removing the repetition listing of your most-used exchanges.
Fixed Income Minimum Size Increment
Customize the quantity display for fixed income products.
·Select $1 to size in face value.
·Select $1 K to size in multiples of 1000.
Forex Size Display Settings
·Full display shows all digits- if selected, a sample size would show as 5,000,000.
·Abbreviated display shows “K” for thousands and “M” for millions - if selected, the above size of 5,000,000 would display as 5M.
Position and P&L Display Settings
·Include Away positions to Portfolio and P&L - check to show away positions on a new tab in the Positions section of the Account window, in the Positions field displayed on any TWS trading page, and on the Portfolio page.
Note: For display purposes, position values are aggregated to include both Place Trade-held positions and “away” positions on the same contract. However, for trading purposes, for example, if you elect to “close” a position, only the portion held at Place Trade will be traded.
·Include today’s opening position in P&L calculation - check to include existing positions in the calculation for the P&L column only.
·Round values to nearest whole number - when checked, the Cost Basis, Market Value and all other P&L columns will be rounded to the nearest whole number.
·Color-code position and P&L columns- when checked, the Position and all P&L columns will use color-coding to indicate positive and negative values at a glance. Set the colors using the selection boxes below.
Borrow/Loan Rate Format
·The default Fee Rate format shows the borrow/lend rate from the perspective of a fee owed.
·The Rebate Rate mode shows the borrow/lend rate from the perspective of a rebate received. When in rebate mode, data is italicized.
Volume Column Display Settings
·Prefer native volume - does not update with every tick, but will include delayed transactions, busts, late-reported trades, and combos.
·Prefer calculated volume - updates with every tick, but may not include delayed transactions, busts, late-reported trades, and combos.
Native/Calculated Index Prices
·Enable Native Index Prices Indication - check to display calculated index prices, but show an indicator per index that the exchange-native price is available. When checked, the Contract field displays a “c” to indicate the calculated price, and the tick dot is purple if the exchange-native price is supported.
·Prefer Native Index Prices - check to display the exchange-native index price for indexes whenever available.
Market Data
Click Reset Subscription to modify settings for delayed market data.
·Show last known market data quotes - if checked, a static snapshot of the bid, ask, bid size and ask size is displayed when the markets are closed, for all tickers that are subscribed to market data.
·Do not prompt for market data subscriptions- if checked, you will not be prompted to see delayed market data for those tickers that have no market data subscription. A change to this parameter requires that you restart your system before the change takes effect.
·Format prices with commas- check to see commas in price quotes where applicable.
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