Visual trading
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You can perform trading directly from the chart panel. It is possible to send orders, modify and close/cancel all positions/orders directly from the chart:
The built-in Order entry panel
In order to start visual trading, click the 'Chart trading' button, located on the top right corner of the Chart toolbar, and built-in Order entry panel will be opened:
The Order entry panel consists of the following items:
Quantity - the order quantity;
SL - for specifying Stop Loss parameters;
TP - for specifying Take Profit parameters.
Hot buttons for one-click trading are the following:
Sell Ask – to send a Sell Limit order at the Ask price;
Sell Bid – to send a Sell Limit order at the Bid price;
Sell Market – to send a sell market order;
Buy Market – to send a buy market order;
Buy Ask – to send a Buy Limit order at the Ask price;
Buy Bid – to send a Buy Limit order at the Bid price;
To start chart trading, follow these steps:
Select type of an order to be placed: single or OCO.
You can enable chart trading by pressing and holding the Ctrl key as well.
If the cursor is higher than the current price, you can send:
Buy Stop order – by left-click;
Sell Limit order – by right-click.
If the cursor is lower than a current price, you can send:
Buy Limit order – left-click of the mouse;
Sell Stop order – right-click of the mouse.
Orders tooltips are always visible while trading: if order is Buy, then its icon is blue; and if order is Sell, then its icon is red.
To disable the chart trading, click the 'Mouse trading' button again, or just stop holding the Ctrl key.
Left-clicking the order qty allows to set the required number. Please note that an order can be changed to market by clicking the three-dot button located on the right side of the order widget:
Stop loss and Take profit
If you need to set SL/TP to the order/position, left-click on the order/position marker. After that, SL/TP markers appear. Drag and Drop SL/TP prices to modify them:
Оpen the built-in Order entry panel; Click on the 'Mouse trading' button to enable the chart trading;
To change the order’s price, simply drag and drop the order marker to the desirable price. To start modifying other parameters, left-click on the order marker. The following buttons will appear:
To cancel order, click thebutton.