The price ladder is broken down into three functional columns by default, and can be extended to display any number of additional custom columns.

Buy Column

The left column is the Buy column which is used to:

•Submit buy orders

•Modify buy orders

•Display the total contracts on the bid at their respective prices (also known as market depth)

Price Column

The center column, known as the Price column, is used to:

•Modify stop loss and profit target orders

•Display market prices

•Display the current bid, ask, and last traded prices

•Display indicator price levels

Sell Column

The right column is the Sell column which is used to:

•Submit sell orders

•Modify sell orders

•Display the total contracts on the ask at their respective prices (also known as market depth)

Columns

You can optionally configure additional Columns to display other points of interest relative to the ladder display.

 
By default, NinjaTrader will come pre-loaded with the following columns:

•APQ (Approximate Position in Queue)

•Notes

•PnL

•Volume

 
We also support custom NinjaScript column development, meaning that programmers and vendors can create custom columns which can be  installed to extend functionality of the SuperDOM display.

Please see our Help Topic on Understanding SuperDOM Columns for more information.

The Price Ladder display section of the SuperDOM displays the current inside market and market depth. Various aspects of this display can be user defined in the SuperDOM Properties window.

The following market depth items can be displayed:

1.Bid Depth

2.Ask Depth

3.Best Bid

4.Best Ask

Last traded price and size (yellow cell in the image below)

The bottom row of the price ladder contains three functions: Buy Market, PnL, and Sell Market.

Market (left cell)

Submits buy market, limit at ask, or limit at bid orders

PnL (center cell)

Displays unrealized profit or loss for the current position

Market (right cell)

Submits sell market, limit at ask, or limit at bid orders

You can change the type of order the MARKET cells submit by holding down the SHIFT key to place limit orders at the ask, or by holding down the CTRL key to place limit orders at the bid. Clicking with your left mouse button on the PnL cell will change the display between points, ticks, currency, percent and pips.

Daily High and Low

The market's daily high and daily low can be optionally displayed.  To enable this feature:

•Right click on the SuperDOM, select Properties, check Show daily high/low markers

You can further customize the color of the markers in the SuperDOM Properties dialog window.

PnL Display

The PnL field in the bottom of the Price column will show the current unrealized profit/loss for your current open position, and read as PnL when you are FLAT.

You can optionally enable "Show PnL when flat" in the SuperDOM Properties to view your daily account PnL when FLAT

Current Position Display

The cell between the CLOSE button and the REV button will tell you your current position.

When long the field will show as green and list the number of contracts, and when short field will show as red and list the number of contracts. When you do not have an open position the field will say FLAT.

Adjusting the Price Ladder display

Move your cursor into the Price Ladder region and use your mouse scroll wheel to adjust market prices up or down.

You can also left mouse click on the "C" button at any time to center the inside market.

Optionally, the Auto Center property will automatically center the inside market price should the last traded price trade outside the visible range on the Price Ladder. You can enable or disable Auto Center at any time by clicking on your right mouse button in the border of the SuperDOM and selecting the menu name Auto Center.

Number of Visible Price Rows

The number of price rows will be dynamically adjusted by vertically re-sizing the SuperDOM window.  The larger the size of the SuperDOM window, the more price levels will be added in automatically.  

This achieved in the same manner you would use to resize any other sort of general application window, by moving your mouse cursor to the edge of the window and clicking and dragging until you have reached your desired size.

Increasing / Decreasing the Number of Market Depth Levels

By default, the SuperDOM will display 10 levels of market depth.  However you can configure additional levels of depth to be displayed and is only limited by the number of levels provided by the exchange/data provider combination you are using.

 
For example, an exchange might provide 20 levels of market depth for an instrument you are trading.  If you would like to view all 20 of these levels on the SuperDOM, simply right click on the SuperDOM, select Properties, and set the # of market depth levels property value to 20 and the press OK.