TRADE COMMODITY FUTURES, INDICES, FOREX, OPTIONS AND EQUITIES ALL FROM ONE PLATFORM!
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Installation and Overview
When you start the application you will see a dialog window that requests the following information:
Account Number: (enter the account number that you received when you signed up for a demo account) (or click here to sign up: link to signup form)
Access Key: (enter the access key that you received when you signed up for a BEST Test demo account)
ID Name: Anything you want
IP Address: 38.115.151.214
Port Number: 2000
Then click on the "Log On" button. Once you are logged in, you can refer to the online Help menu to get started, or refer to the features overview below.
When you are first logged in, you will see a blank screen. The toolbar on the top of the application enables you to call up windows. Here's a brief overview of some of the key windows/functions of the platform. You can also view the Help menu on the toolbar or click the F1 key when logged in.
Videos below are best with a headphone or headset to increase volume when listening.
* OPTIONS FEATURE - A significant feature for option traders on BestDirect is the ability to employ user defined spreads enabling a trader to define multiple option legs upon executing a trade. This is an important feature around sophisticated traders needing to "leg - in" to spreads requiring multiple options (condors, butterflies, strangle swaps, calendar swaps, . . .) with excessive risk. Now, it can be done all on 1 order!
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BESTDirect Classic: Brings up a trading layout that is very similar to the existing BESTDirect platform
Balances Summary: gives you a single window to view account status information for all customers under your broker account.
Depth of Market: Shows price dome with Get Flat, Del Bids, Del All, Del Asks buttons.
Order Summary: this order history window lets you filter by specific products. You can click on column headers to change how information is sorted. Right clicking inside a table lets you customize the columns you see by going to the "columns" selection. (This functionality works the same for other tables in the platform.)
Position Summary: displays for all accounts under your broker account, or for any individual account.
Quote Window: allows you too add individual products, or you can use the "Fill" button to generate a quote list for all products in your order summary or position summary windows.
Strategies: Another version of the depth of market window, the strategies dome lets you set trailing stops and profit targets. Checking the "Enable" box will attach a strategy box to the price dome.
Trade Window: Brings up a position summary, Trade Panel (New orders, cancels, replaces, OCO orders), Account Status, and Working Orders. If you have your customer accounts loaded, you can either change the account number in the account box to switch to a different account, or click inside the account box and use your arrow keys to scroll up or down through accounts.
