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Thursday, November 15, 2007

Journal
The "Journal" tab contains information about the stated actions of the trader and the client terminal within the current session. Information about terminal launching and about events during its working, including all trade operations, is stated in journal. There are only the latest messages in the window. To view the earlier messages, one has to execute the "Open" context menu command and select the desired file. The files of the client terminal journal are stored in the /LOGS directory, the filename corresponds with the journal date — YYYYMMDD.LOG. To copy the message to the clipboard, one has to execute the context menu command of the same name.
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Experts
The "Experts" contains the entire information about the attached expert, including opening/closing of positions, modifying of orders, the expert's own messages, etc. There are only latest messages in the window. To view the earlier messages, one has to execute the "Open" context menu command and select the desired file. Files of the experts logs are stored in the /EXPERTS/LOGS directory, filenames correspond with the log date — YYYYMMDD.LOG. To copy a message to the clipboard, one has to execute the context menu command of the same name.
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Mailbox
The "Mailbox" is intended for working with the internal mailing system. It is in this window of the "Terminal" where all electronic messages that income to the terminal are stored. They are represented as a table with the following fields:

Time — the time of the news incoming;

From — the sender name;

Headline — the headline of the message.

Using a double-click with the left mouse button on the necessary headline or the "View" context menu command, one can view the content of the selected message, and one can delete a message using the "Delete" command. Besides, if the brokerage company permits it, one can send messages to the systems administrator or to technical support service from this tab. To do so, one has to execute the "Create" context menu command, then select a receiver in the appearing window, head the message, write its text, and press the "Send" button.

Attention: All messages are sent by internal mailing system and do not require any additional settings. If any problems occur when using the mailbox, it is recommended to refer to the technical support service.
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Alerts Tab
This tab contains information about created alerts. The alerts are intended for signaling about events in the market. Having created alerts, one may leave the monitor as the client terminal will automatically inform about the server event.

All alerts in this tab are represented as a table with the following fields:

Symbol — security the data on which are used to check for the condition specified. If the "Time=" parameter (alert triggering at the pre-defined time) was selected as a condition, the symbol does not matter;

Condition — condition under which the alert will trigger. The following can be used as such a condition:

Bid> — the Bid price is higher than the specified value. If the current Bid price exceeds the given value, the alert will trigger;

Bid< — the Bid price is lower than the specified value. If the current Bid price goes under the given value, the alert will trigger;

Ask> — the Ask price is higher than the specified value. If the current Ask price exceeds the given value, the alert will trigger;

Ask< — the Ask price is lower than the specified value. If the current Ask price goes under the given value, the alert will trigger;

Time= — time is equal to the given value. As soon as this time comes, the alert will trigger.

Counter — the amount of alert triggerings;

Limit — maximum permissible amount of the alert triggerings. Having triggered this given amount of times, the alert will stop triggering;

Timeout — the period of time between alert triggerings;

Event — the action to be performed. This can be an audio signal, a file executable in operational environment, or a message sent by email.

Alerts Management
The following context menu commands are intended for managing of alerts:

Create — create a new alert. The same action can be performed by pressing of the Insert key;

Modify — edit the alert. The same action can be performed by double-clicking on the alert name in the table or by pressing of the Enter key;

Delete — delete the alert. This action can also be performed by pressing of the Delete key;

Enable On/Off — enable/disable the alert. The alert will not be deleted when disabled, but it stops to trigger. It can be enabled later. The same action can be performed by pressing the Space key or enabling in the alert setup window (described below).

Attention: To manage alerts with the keyboard, one should activate this window first. To do so, it is necessary to click with the left mouse button in the window.
One can start modifying of the alert by double-clicking of the left mouse button in the alert information line. In this case, as well as at execution of the "Modify" and "Create" context menu commands, the alert editor window will appear:

Enable — alert on/off. When the alert is off, it is not deleted, but it will stop functioning. This option is similar to the "Enable On/Off" context menu command and pressing of the Space key;

Action — assign an action to be performed when an event happens: play a sound, run a file, or send an email.
When playing a sound or running a file, one should specify the corresponding files. At sending of a message, one should specify the topic and text of the message;

Symbol — security the values of which will be used to check the condition;

Condition — condition ("Time=", "Bid<", "Bid>", "Ask<", "Ask>") under which the alert will trigger;

Value — check value of the condition. If the symbol price is equal to this value, the alert will trigger;

Source — the alert. When a sound is played or a file is run, one should specify the path to the corresponding file. When a message is sent by email, one should input the message. It must be noted that one should set up email parameters for sending message;

Timeout — the time period between alert triggerings;

Maximum iterations — maximum amount of times the alert repeats triggering.

The "Test" button allows to check the usability of the selected alert. For changes to come into effect, one must press the "OK" button.

Attention: To send messages about events happened, one has to set up mailbox parameters in the program settings.
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News Tab
The list of income news is stored in the "News" tab. The news topics are represented as a table and arranged according to the incoming time. The news incoming time, its topic and category are published in the table. This list is updated automatically at incoming of the latest news.

The following commands are available in the context menu:

View — view the selected news. One can also read news by double-click with the left mouse button on the topic;

Copy — copy the news to the clipboard;

Category — show/hide the "Category" column;

Auto Arrange — automatic arrangement of columns when changing of the window size;

Grid — show/hide grid to separate columns.

Attention:
If there is no "News" tab in the "Terminal" window, it means that no news have income yet.
If the "Enable news" option is disabled in terminal settings, news will not income.
If the given account has no appropriate rights, this can be one of the reasons why news do not income or cannot be viewed.
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