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Improvements: X_Trader style Orders, Fills, Position and DOM
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| [2019-10-23 01:18:59] |
| T44 - Posts: 363 |
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I'm prepared to contribute towards the cost of developing these features - hopefully Sierra Engineering have capacity but if not their input would be appreciated on whether this could be achieved by third party developers in ASCIL. Feedback appreciated from other users also. Main pain points Trade Window (DOM) 1) Cannot show position quantity / average price in the Control Bar, therefore need a 160px wide trade window for each DOM (to see position when the fill price is 'off the page' of the current bids/offers). Sierra have been working on improving this, but haven't released yet. See from November 2018, Customizable Trade Window Trade Orders, Trade Positions, and Trade Activity Log 2) Trade activity log cannot be set to automatically scroll or DateTime column sort to bring most recent fills into view. Therefore checking a fill requires manual scrolling. 3) Having 3 separate windows each with their own title bar, menu, and column headings uses much more space than X_Trader. Column headings do not allow text to wrap around, so it is hard to make columns narrower and still read the heading. The fills and summary pane from X_Trader are attached. 4) No clear way to see instrument P&L - it does exist in Trade Activity Log - but having it beside open positions/average price and total quantity traded for the day as in X_Trader would make more sense. The Chart Stats tab of the Activity Log isn't ideal for this. Right now I have a dedicated display for the Orders/Positions/Account Balance/Activity Log along with a macro to bring recent fills into view. Would be nice if there was a more elegant solution - TT had some nice to haves such as 'B/S' narrow column, ability to quickly filter columns, full 'audit trail' including exchange messages (bust notifications), etc. TT are 'sunsetting' X_Trader* - maybe Sierra can pick up some of the migrating users if familiar X_Trader features are added? Is anyone else here prepared to part-fund development of these features? *- https://www.tradingtechnologies.com/blog/2018/09/06/the-end-of-an-era-x_traders-final-sunset/ |
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| [2019-10-23 22:45:48] |
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2) Trade activity log cannot be set to automatically scroll or DateTime column sort to bring most recent fills into view. Therefore checking a fill requires manual scrolling. You just need to select the very last line in the Trade Activity Log and it will automatically scroll when entries are added. Or if the most recent entry is displayed at the top, and it is scrolled to the top, then the most recent added entry will be visible.
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| [2019-10-24 02:50:42] |
| T44 - Posts: 363 |
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Helpful response, and it works, thank you. For those wondering: with window manager software* you can display windows partially off the screen. I've got the fills/working orders/positions/margin/balance legibly down to 360x670 pixels, see attached. This is against the top left corner of the desktop. Sierra are doing #1, I was wrong on #2, this trick fixes #3, and #4 was just a niggle. Thanks! * - try AutoHotKey or Stephen Didak's excellent "WiLMA" |
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