Toggling Price and Time Scales

Display the price scale on the left, right, both left and right, or hide it:

Properties -> General (Tab) -> Price Scale Position Toggle the time scale:

Properties -> General (Tab) -> Show Time Scale

Charts

Charts will display real time streaming data for the selected market. The charts can be configured with various overlays and indicators which are all customizable. Multiple charts can created and configured to the users specifications. The charts are user friendly and can be saved by clicking on the T4 save icon, just as all the other T4 screens.

To open select charts from the main window’s New Item Menu. Charts:

1. Displays Chart summaries:Configurable option to display contract information.
2. Displays Study summaries:Configurable option to display study information.
3. Net Change:Displays net change for the current session.
4. Chart Trading: Enables on chart trading.
5. Auto-Scale Prices:Enables auto-center the price scale when the time scale is scrolled.
6. Last traded price:Displays the last traded price in green just like the contract window.
7. Price Scale: Price scale can be expanded or contracted.
8. Time Scale: Time scale can be expanded or contracted.

Chart Tool Bar:

1. Properties: Click this button to bring up the properties to edit the chart or studies.
2. Print: Print the chart or copy to a clipboard. (must have a printer configured)
3. New Screen Dropdown:Bring up a contract window, market history window, market profile, another chart, or an account contract window for the current contract.
4. Strategy Activation:Click this to view charts for strategies.
5. Active Month: View charts for the active (current) month.
6. Contract Months:View charts for an individual month.
7. Drawing Tools:Click the dropdown to select from various drawing tools.
8. Clear all Drawing tools: Click to remove all drawings from the chart.
9. Corsshairs: Click to enable crosshairs.
10. Global Crosshairs: Click to enable the global crosshairs.
11. Add Studies Button: Click this button to view a list of studies to add to the chart.
12. Add Secondary Market: Click this button to pull up a contract picker to add a second market to add to the chart.
13. Change Chart Type: Choose the type of chart you wish to set.
14. Time Interval: Choose the time interval you wish to set.
15. View Chart Data:click the drop down to choose the chart type you want to create.
16. DDE Button: Copies the chart and study data into an excel spreadsheet.
17. Chart Trading: Enables on chart trading.

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Scrolling & Zooming

You can scroll the chart easily by clicking and dragging anywhere within the chart. Additionally, clicking in the price or time axes will allow you to scroll just those axes.

Zoom the Chart in and out by right-clicking and hold in either the price or time axes and dragging when you see the circled arrows in the image above. Click the scale reset button located in the bottom right corner of the chart. Helpful Videos:

Drawing Tools

Click the drop down to select a drawing tool. To remove all drawings Simply click the X Clear all drawing tools button

1. Pointer: This comes up by default. Please note that once you have used a drawing tool it will default back to the pointer.
2. Price Measure:Left click and expand to get the desired range. Left click on one of the handle bars to adjust.
3. Line:To add a line on the chart. Simply left click on your starting point then move your mouse to your end point and left click again. Once the line has been added you can click on the handle bars at the end of the line to move the start or end point to a new location. You can also grab the line by putting you mouse on the line left click and hold to move the whole line.
4. Box:Left click and expand the box to the desired range. Left click on one of the handle bars on a corner to change the shape
5. Horizontal Line: Select the horizontal line then simply left click where you want to place it in the chart. To move it left click and hold then drag to where you want it then let go.
6. Vertical Line:Select the Vertical line then simply left click where you want to place it in the chart. To move it left click and hold then drag to where you want it then let go.
7. Diagonal Line (Up):The diagonal line is a 45 degree line on the chart. It will have a slope of one time interval for one price point. This line won’t necessarily draw at 45 degrees on the screen depending on the time and price scale zooming. However data-wise, it renders at 45 degrees.
8. Diagonal Line (Down):The diagonal line is a 45 degree line on the chart. It will have a slope of one time interval for one price point. This line won’t necessarily draw at 45 degrees on the screen depending on the time and price scale zooming. However data-wise, it renders at 45 degrees.
9. Auto Channel:Left click and expand to your desired range. Right click and go to drawing properties to edit.
10. Manual Channel:Left click and expand to your desired range. Then left click on the center circle and drag out your second line. Right click and go to drawing properties to edit.
11. Pitchfork:Left click and expand to your desired range. Left click to grab a handle bar and drag to adjust.
12. Gann Angles:'Left click and expand to your desired range. Right click and go to drawing properties to edit.
13. Trend Line:Left click and expand to your desired range. Left click to grab a handle bar and drag to adjust.
14. Fibonacci Extension:Left click and expand to your desired range. Right click and go to drawing properties to edit.
15. Fibonacci Retracement:Left click and expand to your desired range. Right click and go to drawing properties to edit.
16. Fibonacci Time Zones: Left click to bring up vertical lines denoting the various Fibonacci levels across time
17. Floating Scale:Left click and expand to your desired range. Right click and go to drawing properties to edit.
18. Fixed Scale:Left click and expand to your desired range. Right click and go to drawing properties to edit.
19. Ellipse: Left click and expand the circle to the desired range. Left click on the circle to change the shape.
20. Arrow:Left click and expand the arrow to the desired range. Left click on the handle bar at the back of the arrow to change the shape or direction, and click on the arrow itself to move its direction.
21. Annotation: To add a text box on the chart. After adding the text box right click and choose properties, then type in the text box.

Drawing Properties To edit or change your drawing tool you can right click on whatever drawing you added to your chart and select properties. When you select properties it will bring up the drawings properties. From here you can edit and make changes to the drawing. Once you have made your changes to your drawing you can make these changes your default by clicking the save as default icon circled below which will keep those settings for the next time you add that drawing to a different chart.

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Market Profile Hot Keys

TPO Summary

The TPO summary shows values and calculations for the current TPO (letter at a specific price.) The current TPO is whichever letter and price last traded. However if the crosshairs are enabled on the chart, the current TPO tracks whatever TPO is under the mouse as it is moved over the profile.

Properties -> Summaries (Tab) -> TPO Summary -> select desired TPO Summary to display. TPO

The current TPO.

VOL

The total volume traded for this TPO.

D

The difference between the volume traded at the best bid and the volume traded at the best offer aggregated for this TPO.

BA

Displays the volume traded at the best bid and offer.

Displaying Value Area Indicators

Value Area and Volume Based Value Area indicators.
Value Area indicator


Volume based Value Area indiator


Toggle and customize the VA and VAvo indicators.



Properties -> Display (Tab)

News and Indicators

T4 has the ability to report market news in real-time through in-depth coverage of U.S. and European futures markets, fixed income and more. Each trading day T4 displays news and reports on economic, financial and geopolitical news. T4 also displays breaking economic news and financial data.

To open a new News window, Click News from the Main window’s New Item Menu.

1. PropertiesBrings up the properties for the news window.
2. PrintPrint the news window (you must have a printer configured to use this option).
3. Expand/ContractExpands the news article/Contract article to just the title.
4. CategoryChoose the category of the stories you want to read.
5. View Stories TabChoose to view the story by release or by update.
6. Indicators TabSwitch to view Indicators.
7. StoriesTotal number of news stories that are displayed.
8. TitleTitle of the News story.
9. BodyBody of the News story (must use the expand button to view this).

Print

The print button allows you to print directly from the news window. Click the print button in the upper left corner of the News window to print the news window Note: A printer must be installed and configured in order to take advantage of the Print functionality

Country

The country button allows you to choose the country you want to view news from. The country option is available under the indicators tabs. If you do not choose a country, you will receive news for all countries.

DDE Button

Enables dynamic streaming of data into Excel Click the DDE button to make a copy of the current Chart data as DDE links. Open an Excel spreadsheet and paste. Market data will begin streaming to the Excel spreadsheet.

Window Management

Almost any window on the desktop version has its own property and in that windows property you can make it a default or save a copy of it. This window allows you to manage these windows, create multiple defaults, duplicate windows and rename them with your own unique name all from within the window manager.

To open select Window Management from the Main window’s New Item Menu.

Whenever you click save as a default or save copy in your windows properties it gets stored here, and you can toggle between default and saved. Default Tab
While in the defaults tab if you Left clicking on the check box in the default area it will disable the use of your default window. This is helpful if you wanted to create a new window independent of your default. If you left click on an icon in the open new value area it will bring up a contract picker and allow you to pull up a new market using that default.
When you click on the add window tab it will bring up a list of all windows currently on your layout. You can click the plus located next to the heading to see a list of those windows. left clicking on the contract you select will add it to the list as a copy. This is important because this ladder had changes made to it that are not on my main default window. I also gave it a unique name so I can easily differentiate it from my other default. Now I have a second default to choose from in my default window list. If I want I can click the icon for that window and it will bring up a contract picker to choose a new contract window applying my settings that I created for that default. Saved Tab When in the property of a specific market if you click save copy it will be stored here. It is similar to the defaults as it allows you to edit the names of the window and select any window from your layout to store it here. This is different in that it creates a duplicate copy of the window you saved.

Clicking the add window tab will bring up a list of windows currently on your layout. Once you have selected the window you want and click ok it will save that window to your saved tab. Clicking the icon in the open new area will bring up the exact window you saved. This is a useful tool if you do not have a lot of screen real estate. In the picture below you will notice that I saved four different meal charts all different time frames. This allows you to easily pull up a chart window without having keep it up on your layout.

QB Quick Reference

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DDE

T4 supports sending data via DDE to other application providers, such as Microsoft Excel and Open Office.

On the Main tab of the Main Properties you will find the DDE Format option. This allows you to change between Excel and OpenOffice Calc DDE syntax. They are not the same.

To recieve quote data from a particular DDE link MUST have a Quote Board window open and containing the desired market. Then click the ‘DDE’ button on the Quote Board. Right click on a cell in your spreadsheet and choose the ‘Paste’ menu item. This will paste a table of links to T4 that contain the same markets and columns as your Quote Board. Alternatively, you can right click on a single value in the Quote Board and select the ‘Copy DDE Link’ menu item, then paste into your spreadsheet. Only the specific value will be linked.

Again, the market must be displayed in the Quote Board window BEFORE it is linked to your spreadsheet. This also applies if you are loading a saved spreadsheet.

DDE - Getting data into Microsoft Excel

The DDE link format for market data in Excel is:

=T4Screen|'MKT_ '!

Where:

is the unique identifier for the market in T4. This does not match any exchange published symbol. You can only obtain these by using the above method of copying the link for a value from T4 and pasting it into Excel or some other application.

is the data value of the market that you want, for example last trade price. The valid values are shown below: The last trade information will include trades in outrights due to spreads trading if the frontend is configured to show that information itself.

The Bid and Offer information will include implied prices if the frontend is configured to show it.

The difference between the ‘_TICKS’ and ‘_PRICE’ values is that the ‘_PRICE’ values are display prices (what you see on the frontend, e.g. 30yr bond = 11215) and the ‘_TICKS’ values are the decimal equivalent that can have math done on it (e.g. 30yr bond = 11215 = 112 points + 15/32 = expressed as a decimal is (112 + (15/32) = 112.46875). Please note that the decimal point is not present for all markets and must be added in programmatically if desired.

To send account and position data you can use the same method as above, except using the Account window instead of the Quote Board. Note that if you trade in a new market then Excel will not automatically detect that position, you must place links in Excel for each specific position that you want.

The DDE link format for account data in Excel is:

=T4Screen|'ACT_ '!

Where:

is the unique identifier for the account in T4. This does not match the account number or name. You can only obtain these by using the above method of copying the link for a value from T4 and pasting it into Excel or some other application.

is the data value of the account that you want, for example P&L. The valid values are shown below: The DDE link format for position data in Excel is:

=T4Screen|'POS_ _ '!

Where:

is the unique identifier for the account in T4. This does not match the account number or name. You can only obtain these by using the above method of copying the link for a value from T4 and pasting it into Excel or some other application.

is the unique identifier for the market in T4. This does not match any exchange published symbol. You can only obtain these by using the above method of copying the link for a value from T4 and pasting it into Excel or some other application.

is the data value of the position that you want, for example P&L or net position. The valid values are shown below:

DDE - Controlling T4 via DDE Commands

You can control some aspects of the T4 frontend via DDE commands. These are aimed at people programming applications within Excel that interact with T4. Opening a Contract Window¶ You can cause T4 to activate or open a Contract window with a specific market displayed. To do this you need to enter the following in a cell:

=T4Screen|'CW_ '!SHOW

where is the id of the market to display.

e.g. =T4Screen|'CW_CME_20130700_OZCN3_SPACE_C0680'!SHOW

Sending this command will cause the frontend to look for the most recently used Contract window for that Contract and bring it on top of any other application, making the specified market the active market. If no Contract window is found for that Contract then it will open a new Contract window and display it with that market active.

If you wish to repeatedly display the same market (e.g. user clicks a cell to display the contract window, then closes the contract window and clicks the cell again) then you need to replace the above cell contents with:

=T4Screen|'CW_ '!CLEAR

where is the id of the market.

This clears out the last command processed and will allow the previous command to be sent again as a new command.

If the command succeeds then the value ' ' will be returned to Excel, if the market is not found then ' ' is returned. Changing the DDE Advertise Interval¶ You can change the timer interval that DDE advertisements are sent on. An advertisement is sent when a piece of data you are interested in has changed, e.g. last trade price. This is set at 10ms by default. If you want to slow down the updates then you can change this to be anything up to 60,000ms.

To change the timer you need to enter the following into a cell:

=T4Screen|'TMR_ '!SET

where is the timer interval to set, in milliseconds, between 10 and 60000.

e.g. =T4Screen|'TMR_500'!SET will set the timer interval to be 500ms.

If the command succeeds then the value ' ' will be returned to Excel.

If you close T4 desktop and reopen it then you would need to execute this command again for it to take effect.

Stop Market Orders

Stop orders are submitted on the opposite side of the market than normal Limit orders. A buy stop order is submitted at a price higher than the current best bid but does not fill until that price trades. A sell stop order is submitted at a price lower than the current best offer price.

Note that if the market is moving rapidly you may get filled at a worse price than the one you entered. If you want to prevent this by setting a limit price for the stop then you can do so with the Order Ticket.

Stops are useful as loss limits as you can use them to close out a position automatically if the market goes against you.
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Mini-Market

The T4 Desktop Mini Market screen can be added from the contract properties window by enabling the mini-market property.

This displays multiple months for the same contract next to each other on a compact, shared price scale that allows an overview of those markets and how they are trading in relation to each other. It also allows 2 click order submission as clicking on the mini-market will zoom the main contract display to that market and price that you clicked on, and then you can click on that to submit your order as per normal. You can select the markets that are displayed by clicking the ‘Market’ button above the price scale. To select which outrights and strategies you want for the mini-market screen, right click on the screen and click on the select markets option or left click on the word “Market” next to the market mode.. Both options bring up a mini-market picker Select the months you wish to see. Click the OK button. If you wish to view strategies, select the strategies button and select which strategies you want to see. You cannot view both outrights and strategies on the same mini-market screen.

Status Bar

The Status Bar will flash messages from the exchange or your firm’s administrator. To review changes in status click the drop down button. The status bar also doubles as a Market Ticker when a status change isn’t being displayed. By clicking on the Status Bar you are able to add any markets to the Market Ticker.

Status Bar
Displays exchange and firm administrator’s messages. Click the drop down arrow to view a list of previous messages.
Market Tickers

1. Click anywhere in the Status Bar to open a Market Picker dialog.
2. Select the markets that you want to display in the ticker. If you select more markets than can be displayed at once then the ticker will scroll them.

New Item Menu