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Date/Time: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 17:42:03 +0000
Trade Window Enhancement Suggestion
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| [2026-09-15 08:01:52] |
| Deenius - Posts: 165 |
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Hello, I'd like to suggest a minor tweak to the order quantity buttons in the Trade Window. Currently, there are six buttons that work perfectly fine for displaying quantities ranging from single units to the thousands. However, a display issue pops up when showing tens or hundreds of thousands. For order quantities in the tens of thousands, the numbers are squeezed so close together that they're hard to read. When it gets to the hundreds of thousands, you can't even tell what size you're selecting. For example, if I want the buttons to display the size of a standard forex lot (100.0K), I'm out of luck because a number that large simply doesn't fit inside the button (my screenshot below illustrates this). Because of this, I'd like to suggest two minor changes: 1. Increase the number of buttons from the current six to eight. 2. Display the buttons in two rows instead of a single row. This way, each row will have four buttons, providing enough space to display even large values. Thanks for considering my suggestion. |
 Trade Window - Order Qunatinty Buttons.png / V - Attached On 2026-09-15 07:56:21 UTC - Size: 68.02 KB - 44 views |
| [2026-09-15 14:41:58] |
| John - SC Support - Posts: 48369 |
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The Trade Window, as it is, will eventually go away. We will definitely not be putting much effort into updating that window directly. One of the goals is to allow you to setup a Control Bar that has the same abilities as the Trade Window. Much of this functionality already exists. To that end, you can create Control Bar buttons that define the quantities. When you do this, values of 10000 and higher are displayed with a shorthand notation, so 10000 displayes as 10.0K, and 10000000 shows as 10.0M. So you can view the values in the Control Bars more easily. For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, use the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing |
| [2026-09-15 15:00:27] |
| Deenius - Posts: 165 |
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That's interesting information. May I ask when the Trade Window is scheduled to be removed? Is it in the near future? |
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