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Orders History table

 

The table is assigned for viewing of history information on all orders (and dealer's replies) and all deals that were made at customers account from  the account opening. This information can be used for analysis of trader's decisions or for clinching the arguments.

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Orders History table has the following appearance:

 

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Label "from ~   to ~"  shows the period of statement. Customer can change period by "Set filter" window options.

 

Table contain list of all orders made by customer for a set period. Table has the following columns:

 

·        Account - Trader's account number.
·        Ticket - unique order number. Unique new number is set for every customers order in the system. 
·        Currency - Trading instrument (currency pair of this order).
·        Operation - type of deal: buy (long position) or sell (short position).
·        Volume - order's (trade) amount.
·        Price  - order's rate. For various types of orders this field has different meaning.

 

               For "Market" order the price at which trader was able or really made deal is written in this field.

               For "Quote" order (double side order) the price at which trader made deal is written.

               For "GTC" order the price at which order should be executed. 

               For "other types" of orders this column is meaningless.

 

·        Market price - price at market at the moment of order setting.
·        Client rate - for orders of "Market" type the price at which trader wanted to make a deal is written in this field.  If dealer was not agree with trader's price than offered (dealer's) price is recording in the "Price" column. For pending orders (GTC, Stop Loss and Limit Profit) Client rate is the price at which order was executed (if order was not canceled) is written in this column. I other cases this column is meaningless.

 

·        Stop, Limit - Stop Loss and Limit Profit attached to orders where they could be attached.

 

·        Type - the type of order. The following orders can be set in the TradingDesk Pro 5 system:

 

               Market - simple Market order. Request for buying or selling currency (or another instrument) at current market price.

               Market (Close) - The sort of Market order that is able only to close one concrete position. This order can be filled by double click right mouse button on the line  of opened trade in Open Trades table.

               Market (Margin) - This order is made by TradingDesk Pro 5 system only. It is executed by TradingDesk Pro 5 system when free margin funds on traders account reach zero.

               Market (Open only) - sort of Market order assigned only for opening new trade. It is used by traders for opening positions at one instrument but in opposite directions (buy and sell positions simultaneously). So, position made by this order will not close the opposite position for this instrument and will make so called "lock" or "pseudohedging" deal. To fill order of this type (instead of filling simple Market order) trader should check "open only" chekbox in New Order window.

               Quote - firm double side "bid" and "ask" rates simultaneous request. With using this type of order customer has a possibility first to see firm prices for "Sell" and "Buy" ("bid" and "ask" accordingly) and then to choose the price and side of the operation. Such order can be filled by pressing "Quote" button in New Order window . More about "Quote" order is written in "Making Deals" section of this help.

               Quote (Open only) - firm double side "bid" and "ask" rates simultaneous request only for opening new position (not for closing some). It is also used by traders for opening positions at one instrument but in opposite directions (buy and sell positions simultaneously) as Market (Open only) order. This sort of Quote order can be filled by checking "open only" checkbox in New Order window and pressing "Quote" button

               StopLimit (Position) - Stop Loss Position or Limit Profit Position order that closes all open trades for this instrument (currency) and side (sell or buy) if market price penetrates order's rate that was set in Position Review table.                

               StopLimit (on Trade) - Stop Loss or Limit Profit order that closes one concrete trade if market price penetrates order's rate that was set in Open Trades table.

               GTC - Good Till Cancel order. Pending order that is executed by dealer when market penetrates level set by trader in this order.  GTC order differs from Stop Loss or Limit Profit orders because it is able not only close positions but open new positions.

               GTC (Open only) - sort of GTC order assigned for opening new trade. It is used by traders for opening positions at one instrument but in opposite directions (buy and sell positions simultaneously). So, position made by this order will not close the opposite position for this instrument and will make so called "lock" or "pseudohedging" deal. To fill order of this type (instead of filling simple GTC order) trader should check "open only" checkbox in New Order window.

 

·        Status  - current order status.

 

               Waiting - for Market orders only. This status means that order was sent to dealer and is waiting for processing by dealer (if account is real) of by automatic system (if account is demo or contest).

               Accepted - normal status of pending order (GTC, Stop Loss or Take Profit). Order is set in the system and will be executed when market penetrates it's level.

               Returned - dealer has offered new price for Market order.

               Returned (Quota) - for Quote orders only (firm double side "bid" and "ask" rates simultaneous request). Dealer has processed Quote order sent by trader and gave "bid" and "ask" prices trader. Trader can buy or sell currency pair at offered prices.

               Disabled - pending order was deactivated by trader. Order won't be executed until trader or system activates it .

               Executed - order have been executed, in other words it resulted in conclusion a deal (buy or sell).

               Canceled - pending order was erased or canceled by customer. If customer changes any order's parameters than old order is erased from the system and new order with new parameters is added. Such system gives the possibility to track all changes in order's parameters.

               Closed - Stop Loss or Limit Profit order will have such status if trader in one way or another have closed position for which these orders were attached. So, there is nothing to close for these orders in such case and they are erased from the system.

               Declined - there were insufficient funds on account to execute this orders.

               Expired - order lifetime has been expired. Such status is shown if customer set "Expire at" in New Order window and this moment have been passed.

               Cancelled (group) - pending order was erased by the system, because another order from this group have been executed.

               Activated - such status will appear for pending order, which was Disabled before. While activation of pending order, old order is erased from the system and new order is set with "Accepted" status.

               

·        Reason - this column has no great importance, because it repeats Type column.
·        Trade ID - number of trade (similar to "Ticket" column in Open Trades table), for closing of which this order was filled. This column is important for Market(Close) or Stop Loss and Limit Profit orders.
·        Set Date, Set Time  - Date and time of order sending to TradingDesk Pro 5 system.
·        Done Date, Done Time  - Date and time of order executing or canceling.
·        Quote Bid, Quote Ask - Bid (Sell) and Ask (Buy) prices offered by dealer after sending Quote order by a trader. 
·        Group # - number of order's group (for pending orders only).
·        Expire Date, Expire Time - Date and time (if it is set by a trader) when order should be erased by system if order was not executed by dealer or canceled by trader.
·        Trailing - This column is empty if orders were not trailing. Field in this column can contain the following values.

               Price - if GTC Trailing order was set by customer. 

               Price, Stop - if GTC Trailing order with attached Stop Trailing Order was set by customer.   If GTC Trailing order executes Stop Trailing order will be set on this trade.

               Stop - if Stop Trailing Order was set by customer, or GTC order with fixed price (not trailing) with attached Stop Trailing order was set by customer.  If GTC order with fixed price executes Stop Trailing order will be set on this trade.