Operations > Order Entry > FX Board

Market Display

The Market Display panel shows the inside bid and ask along with current position information. Each tile will have two panels, representing the bid and ask price, where each respective panel will flash to represent when a tick has been received and the direction of the tick.

Market Display Definitions

1. The current spread between the best bid and best ask (the image below is showing a spread of 2.5 pips)

2. Position information

3. The handle of the current bid (current ask is on the right side of the spread)

4. The current bid

5. Sub pip value

6. The direction of the current tick (blue panel for an up tick, red panel for down tick)

7. The direction of the last tick received (blue arrow for an up tick, red arrow for down tick)

8. Current day high/low values

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Instrument tiles also give you the ability to quickly place orders, or can be "flipped" to place custom orders. Please see the section on Submitting Orders for more information.

Order Grid Display

The Order Grid displays active orders for the account and instrument tiles selected in the FX Board window.

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Column Definitions

Instrument	Name of the instrument
Name	Order name such as Stop1 or Target1
Action	Buy or Sell
Type	Order type
Quantity	Number of contracts submitted
Price	Order price
State	State of the order
Remaining	Quantity remaining to be filled
Strategy	Name of ATM Strategy associated with the order
Cancel	Cancels the order(s)

Order Grouping

Orders that are submitted to the same instrument will be grouped together in the Order Grid and displayed in an aggregated view to consolidate these orders together.

1. Orders that are part of an ATM Strategy will be further aggregated by the ATM Strategy template name, as well as control specific to ATM Strategies (see the section on Managing Positions for more information on these controls)

2. Orders that are not part of an ATM Strategy will be aggregated under the row heading name "Unmanaged Orders" indicating that there is no ATM Strategy associated with that particular order

Tip: You can collapse orders under an instrument header by selecting the down arrow next to the instrument name.

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The FX Board window has two right click menus, depending on where you click:

•Right clicking on the FX Board window itself will bring up menu items specific to the FX Board

•Right clicking in the Order Grid will bring up menu items specific to orders

FX Board Control Right Click Menu

Right clicking on the FX Board window itself will bring up a number of menu items specific to the FX Board

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Add Instrument(s)	Adds an individual instrument or list of instruments to the FX Board window
Create Instrument List...	Dynamically creates a list of all the current instruments in the FX Board window which can be accessed later
Remove Tile	Removes the current selected instrument tile
Quick order entry	Enables/Disables the ability to place quick orders from the Instrument tiles
Send To	Loads the selected instrument into another NinjaTrader window
Always On Top	Sets the FX Board window to always be on top of other windows
Show Tabs	Sets if the window should allow for tabs
Show Orders Grid	Enables/Disables the Orders Grid panel display
Print	Displays Print options
Share	Select to share via your share connections
Properties	Configure the FX Board window properties

Order Grid Control Right Click Menu

Right clicking in an empty grid will bring up a number of general menu items specific to the Order Grid

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Cancel All Orders	Cancels all active orders on the current account
Show Orders Grid	Enables/Disables the Orders Grid panel display
Export	Exports the grid contents to "CSV" or "Excel" file format
Find...	Search for a term in the grid
Print	Displays Print options
Share	Select to share via your share connections
Properties	Configure the FX Board Window's properties

By moving your mouse cursor over an order and pressing down on your right mouse button, you will see a context menu listing all individual orders consolidated at the corresponding price and any relevant actions that you can perform on those orders.

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Cancel Order	Cancels the individual order selected
Increase Price	Increases the price of the order by one tenth-pip
Decrease Price	Decreases the price of the order by one tenth-pip
Cancel All Orders	Cancels all active orders on the current account