CTG Platform Update & Tutorials

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CTG Platform — Tutorials

Screen to find bonds that meet your vision and strategies! Open the Bond Screener window by clicking on the toolbar icon, then select one or more criteria and click Search.

Add up to five instruments to the Basket Trader to build an indicative chart for them.

Switch the Chart scale from linear to logarithmic and back by pressing the rightmost button in the Chart tools menu.

Go to the Instruments Search by pressing Ctrl+I.

Open the Chart tools menu to toggle automatic vertical scaling on/off if you want to closer examine the candles which are far from the market price. To do this, go to the settings of the chart and enable manual vertical scaling.

The Time and Sales window provides you with tick-by-tick trade data updating in real-time.

Open the Shortcuts list by pressing the F1. You can also open Shortcuts list out of Help.

Switch the Chart from linear to percent scale and back by pressing the button in the Chart tools menu.

Add Volume by Price indicator to the chart by choosing it in the Chart tools menu. Note that Trades should be available.

Link up to five active orders to a One-Cancels-Other group and execute complex multi-leg trading strategies! If one of the orders is triggered, the others will be cancelled automatically.

Enable showing average position on chart by pressing the AVG button in the Chart tools menu.

Place orders right from the Chart. Just click on the price scale to open the Order tab filled with that price. To create a stop order instead of a limit one, press Alt while clicking on the chosen price.

Track prices and get price alerts! To set an alert, right-click on the instrument and select Set price alert from the context menu.

Build a histogram by size or total size right in the Market Depth to evaluate trade volumes over quotes and benefit from current market conditions. Cycle through visualization modes by pressing a button on the top of the module.

Add special indicators such as Greeks (Delta, Gamma, Vega, Theta), IV and theoretical price right on the option charts! They are located at the end of the indicators list in the Chart menu.

Toggle trading on and off by pressing Ctrl+T to avoid accidental misclicks.

Show or hide the side toolbar by ticking an appropriate box in the Settings — General.

Build a histogram by size or total size right in the Market Depth to evaluate trade volumes over quotes and benefit from current market conditions. Cycle through visualization modes by pressing a button on the top of the module!

Choose Duplicate option in the drop-down menu of a tab — or in the context menu of a chart — to copy the chart to a new tab keeping all the settings.

Add Take Profit / Stop Loss to new and existing orders. Select the “Add TP/SL” menu item in the Current Orders to add Take Profit / Stop Loss for working or filled orders.

Use the upper system menu to open the modules if the side toolbar is hidden.

Need details on trades and transactions? Open the Trade Blotter module and filter data by account, time period, or type, then Refresh.

To get the detailed Margin Report view, expand or maximise its window.

Hide and reveal the chart toolbar by pressing Ctrl+E.

The search now ignores extra/technical symbols (slash, space, dot, question mark, etc.) and only factors in letters and numbers. For example: To find Forex/Currency, you may enter EUR/USD, EURUSD, EUR USD, EUR.USD, EUR?USD.

You can customise every table displaying in the trading terminal. To do so, click on the gear sign at the top right corner of the table and tick columns you would like to see.

Double-click on indicator’s name in the chart corner to edit its settings.

Collapse and expand the toolbar by pressing the arrow button on the top-left corner.

Open more than one Current Orders tabs by pressing Shift and clicking on its icon on the toolbar.

Draw multiple charts in one window. To add an instrument as a secondary chart, drag it to the existing one while pressing Alt.

Track prices and get price alerts! To set an alert, tap the Price alert Toolbar icon module and drag an instrument there.

Place your Market orders with a single click using the Click-Trade module! Just specify the desired quantity and click either Buy Market or Sell Market.

Copy an active drawing on the Chart by pressing Ctrl+D.

Get brief and timely updates on order execution or price movements in the customisable Notifications module. A counter in the toolbar will inform you of any unread notifications.

Collapse and expand the header of the Summary and Margin Report modules by pressing the arrow button on the top-right corner.

Set your own flexible layouts Quick and convenient: customize the trading platform layout. Drag out a window to set it float, or right-click on its title to dock the window back.

Want to know how your Margin Utilisation changes? Hover the mouse over the Buy or Sell buttons in Click-Trade, Order, or Basket Trader.

Open the PnL on expiration chart right from the Basket Trader and visualise potential profit or loss outcomes! The tool works for single derivatives and combined strategies built on the same underlying asset.

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Capital Trust Group Limited

Capital Trust Group Limited is a boutique Proprietary Trading and blockchain advisory Firm with headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.