Operations > Level II > Using the Level II Window

There are multiple ways to select an Instrument in the Level II window.

•Right clicking on the Level II window and selecting the menu Instruments.

•With the Level II 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.

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Quotes

The Quotes section displays various market data items.

Bid	The current bid price
Ask	The current ask price
Last	The current last traded price
Open	The current sessions open price
High	The current sessions high price
Low	The current sessions low price
Prior Close	Yesterdays sessions close price
Net Chg.	Calculated net change in points from the prior close to the current last traded price
Vol	The current sessions total volume.

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

Summary

The Summary section displays total size per price level.

Price	The bid price by ask price
Depth	Number of market participants on the bid by ask price
Size	The total number of shares/contracts on the bid by ask price
Spread	The spread between the bid and ask price
Graph	Visual display of either Size or Depth (number of market participants) You can change the graph type via the Level II properties dialog window.

You can disable the Summary section by clicking on your right mouse button and selecting the menu Show Summary.

Details

The Details section displays bid data on the left and ask data on the right.

ID	The Market Maker or ECN identification
Price	The bid or ask price
Size	The number of shares/contracts at that price level available for buy or sell by the specific Market Maker or ECN
Time	The last time the bid/ask was refreshed by the Market Maker or ECN

You can disable the Details section by clicking on your right mouse button and de-selecting the menu item Show Details.

Right Click Menu

Right mouse click on the Level II window to access the right click menu.

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Instruments	Selects the instrument
Tracked Market Makers	Selects Market Maker ID's to be tracked
Show Details	Sets if the details section is displayed
Show Quotes	Sets if the quotes section is displayed
Show Summary	Sets if the summary 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 Level II properties

The Level II window is a tabbed interface, this gives you the ability to have multiple Level II tabs configured in the same window. Please see the Using Tabs section of the help guide for more information.