Placing a Futures Order

There are two ways in which an order can be placed in Track 'n Trade Pro. 

1. Order Placement Tool.

2. Order button in My Account Window.

Order Placement Tool

To Place an Order:

1. Click on the Order Placement Tool on the Toolbox.
2. Left click and slide your order up and down the vertical axis of the last day of the chart to find your order point.
3. Release the mouse button and the order placement dialogue box will open:
   
   
    
4. Fill out the information in the order placement window.
5. In this window, you can specify the brokerage fee (per side), date order placed, buy or sell, quantity of contracts, symbol of contact, order type and change the price on the order.  Also, Help options are available to give instructions on the different types of orders.
6. Click on OK to place the order and Cancel to dismiss order screen.

My Account - Placing an order

To Place an Order:

1. Click on the Order button in My Account Window.
2. Release the mouse button and the order placement dialogue box will open:
   
   
    
3. Fill out the information in the order placement window.
4. In this window (see above), you can specify the brokerage fee (per side), date order placed, buy or sell, quantity of contracts, symbol of contact, order type and change the price on the order.  Also, Help options are available to give instructions on the different types of orders.
5. Click on OK to place the order and Cancel to dismiss order screen.

To Hide/Show an order on a Chart:

1.       Right Click on the order date of the order listed in My Account this will open the options menu. 

2.       Next click on the Hide/Show item. (See screenshot below)

Note:  If you would like to hide/show all orders use the Hide All/Show All items.

To Cancel or Delete an unfilled order:

Click on the order listed in My Account, when the order is highlighted press the Delete Key on your Keyboard.

Note:  If you delete a chart in the Commodities Window, this will not delete any orders placed on that chart.  If you want to delete the orders you must do so on a chart or in My Account Window.  Also, if you delete an order on the Chart, it will merely hide the order, you must delete orders from the My Account Window.

Edit an Unfilled Order:

1. To edit an order on a chart, right click on the order and select Settings to view the order placement window.
2. To edit an order in My Accounts Window, double-click the order to open the order placement window.
    

To Change the Way the Orders are Listed:

1. Right Click in the Active Chart Section.
2. Choose Viewable and from the submenu select from the following:
   1. All Transactions:  This option will show all orders, deposits, and withdrawals from all charts in the open Book.
   2. Orders from this Chart:  This option will show only orders on the selected chart.
   3. Only Orders:  This option will show all orders in the open Book.

Sorting Orders, Deposits, and Withdrawals:

There are two ways to sort in the My Account Window, by date or commodity:

1. To view orders by Date, click on the Date button at the top of the date column.  This option will sort orders, deposits, and withdrawals by date.
2. To view orders by Commodity, click on the Commodity button at the top of the commodity column.  This option will sort all of the commodities by alphabetical order and then the withdrawals and deposits at the bottom.

A Filled Order:

When you order is filled, the triangle will fill in red on the chart (see chart below).  In My Account Window, the icon will fill green and an F will appear after the icon. See My Account Window for more details.