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Customization

Every trader’s needs are different; many like to arrange their trading stations differently, and they can because the look and feel of the Trading Station is fully customizable. It allows you to change the size, shape, location, and color of almost every feature. Click the “Options” menu selection in the “System” menu (upper left-hand corner) to begin exploring the customization features.

 

The “Options” menu allows you to change any aspect of the Trading Station, including:

 

  • the text size;
  • the background, line, and tab colours; and
  • the alert sounds.

SKINS

Changing the look and feel of your trading station is now as simple as selecting from an assortment of pre-formatted skins. These skins provide a total makeover for the look and feel of the Trading Station. You can apply them quickly and easily with a few clicks of the mouse. Just open the “Options” menu and choose your skin.

 

 

You can also change any individual setting in the “Options” menu:

 

 

CHARTS

You can change the chart color through the “Option” menu.

 

 

SOUNDS

You can turn sounds on and off, as well as change the sounds the trading station makes, through the “Options” menu.

 

 

FOREX DEALING RATES

You can alternate between the “Simple” and “Advanced Dealing Rates” views by clicking on the “Simple Dealing Rates” tab at the top of the dealing rates window.

 

 

The simple view offers additional information about currency pairs, such as commissions and margin requirements.

 

 

The “Advanced Dealing Rates” window has a special detachability feature: You can click on the name of the currency pair, drag the rates box for this pair out of the window, and place it anywhere on your screen. For example, some traders like to keep it next to their charts:

 

 

ADJUSTABLE WINDOWS

To open a buy or sell position, simply click on the “Buy” or “Sell” price for the currency All the windows in the Trading Station can be moved and resized by clicking and dragging, similar to Microsoft Windows. Once you have moved and sized all the windows the way you like them, the Trading Station will save the layout when it closes. If you have several different layouts you would like to keep, you can save them by using “Save Profile” in the “View” menu.

 

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