Operations > Time & Sales > Using the Time & Sales Window

There are multiple ways to select an Instrument in the Time & Sales window.

•Right clicking on the Time & Sales window and selecting the menu Instruments.

•With the Time & Sales window selected begin typing the instrument symbol directly on the keyboard. Typing will trigger the Overlay Instrument Selector.

For more Information on instrument selection and management please see Instruments section of the Help Guide.

Understanding the layout of the Time & Sales window

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Quotes

The Quotes section displays the current bid and ask price.

Bid	The current bid price followed by the number of contracts at the current bid.
Ask	The current ask price followed by the number of contracts at the current ask

You can disable the Quotes section by clicking on your right mouse button and deselecting the menu item Show Quotes.

Time & Sales Grid

The Time & Sales Grid displays Bid, Ask, and Last data.

Daily High/Low	Displays an 'H' if the trade occurred at or above the current session high price Displays an 'L' if the trade occurred at or below the current session low price
Time	Displays the time stamp of the trade, The time stamp format can be configured via the Time & Sales properties dialog window
Price	Displays the price of the trade
Size	Displays the volume of the trade
Block	Displays a 'B' if the last trade size was greater then the "Block alert trade size" configured via the Time & Sales properties dialog window

You can enable or disable the columns by right mouse clicking within the Time & Sales window and then selecting the menu item Properties...

Note: Selecting an instrument outside of market hours will display snapshot data from the data provider. This can result in the first price information being from the previous close.

Right Click Menu

Right mouse click on the Time & Sales window to access the right click menu.

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Instruments	Selects the instrument
Prices	Selects what level 1 data to display, you can choose to display bid, ask, and last data in the Time & Sales window.
Show Quotes	Sets if the quotes section is displayed
Always On Top	Sets if the window should be always on top of other windows
Print	Displays Print options
Share	Displays Share options
Properties...	Sets the Time & Sales properties

Using tabs

Using Tabs

Please see the "Using Tabs" section of the help guide for more information.