Changing window fonts You can change the font in many of the CQG applications. The menu option is displayed when you click the Setup button. The name of the menu option depends on the application. For example, you can change quote window font by clicking Quote Fonts. The font window works like any standard font window. Select the font name, style, and size. Changes can be applied to this application on this page, all of these application windows on this page, all of these application windows on all pages, and all new instances of this application window. For example, if you choose Apply to ALL QB’s on THIS page, then every quote board on this page only will have this font setting. Click the Restore Defaults button to return to CQG Swiss.
Managing Messages Messages can be deleted or archived. To mark messages as read Select the message or messages that you want to change. Messages that have not been read are bold. Click the Mark as Read button at the top of the Message Center. In the same way, you can also mark messages as not read. To delete messages Select the message or messages you wish to delete. Pressing SHIFT as you select message allows you to select consecutive messages. Pressing CTRL allows you to select any multiple messages. To select all messages, press CTRL+A. Delete or Delete All at the top of the Message Center. Click Delete again on the confirmation window. In order to delete all messages at one time, you must select the Don’t ask me again check box. To turn off the confirmation, Actions, then click Delete All Confirmation to remove the checkmark. You can also use the Delete button on your keyboard. Once deleted, messages cannot be recovered. To save messages Select the message or messages you wish to save. Click the Actions button at the top of the Message Center. Click Archive. The messages that you save can be viewed by clicking Archived Messages in the message list on the left of the Message Center window.
Importing and Exporting with Excel CQG offers users the ability to import lists of stocks and commodities into a QSS. Your Excel spreadsheet must be one column only. When you enter symbols in lower case, the inverse value, 1/the value, will be displayed. In Excel, select the column you wish to import. On your keyboard, select Ctrl-C. In CQG, open a Quote SpreadSheet. Maximize the window, as only the visible fields will be populated. Click in the first field on QSS. On your keyboard, select Ctrl-V. QSS is populated with the symbols from your Excel spreadsheet. Your QSS will look similar to this window (which has been condensed): To facilitate additional evaluation of SpreadSheet data, you may wish to copy the information into an Excel spreadsheet. In QSS, select the data you want to export. Right-click the selected data and click Copy to Excel. In Excel, right-click a cell. Click Paste.
To place an order at best price If enable sweep mode is selected, then you can also place orders by right-clicking a cell. the VolumeLastBid or VolumeLastAsk cell. A DAY order will be placed according to these parameters: For FIT contracts: VolumeLastAsk: passive buy at best ask with volume last ask quantity VolumeLastBid: passive sell at best bid with volume last bid quantity For all other contracts: VolumeLastAsk: Limit Buy at Best Ask with VolumeLastAsk quantity VolumeLastBid: Limit Sell at Best Bid with VolumeLastBid quantity Right-click the Bid, Last Bid, Ask, or Last Ask column. A DAY order will be placed according to these parameters: For FIT contracts: Ask or Last Ask: passive buy at best ask Bid or Last Bid: passive sell at best bid For all other contracts: Ask or Last Ask: buy at best ask Bid or Last Bid: limit sell at best bid To enter synthetic spreads Here’s an example of a QSS used to spreads. The SpreadSheet (QSS) includes an INCPLT (incomplete) field to enhance the Orders and Positions QSS for spread trading. It blinks when an incomplete order occurs. If you would like to see synthetic spread positions in the Pos field, make sure that option is selected in Trading Preferences. Even if you are not trading directly from it, QSS is a helpful tool for managing incomplete orders. Link QSS to the DOMTrader (or the trading application you’re using making sure QSS is the parent window. If an incomplete order occurs, click the INCPLT field on QSS to go directly to the DOMTrader for the leg that’s incomplete.
Trading Column Descriptions Hover the mouse over the header to see the full name of the column. Double-click any price or volume cell to open the default trading application. Control the of the Bid, Ask, B Vol, A Vol, B Cu Vol, and A Cu Vol columns using the Child Row coloring visual parameter. Column Image Description Bid Ask Current best bid. Current best ask. The parent row shows the best bid and best ask. Child rows, not seen in this image, show prices. Child rows are also referred to as DOM rows. Click this cell and type a new value to change the price for an order. You can also use the up and down arrows. Light green = best bid and below (buy side) Light yellow = best bid and below (sell side); best ask and above (buy side) Light red = best ask and above (sell side) the cell to return to best bid or best ask. Hovering the cursor over these cells displays a message with the symbol, best bid, best ask, last trade, and volume. When there is no last trade, settlement data is used instead. High (green) and low (red) indicators are represented as lines at the top of the price cell. If a price is equal to the average fill price, the cell is colored according to buy/sell colors set in preferences. Conditional Coloring visual parameters B Vol A Vol Current bid volume. Current ask volume. Conditional Coloring visual parameters B Cu Vol A Cu Vol Bid cumulative volume. Ask cumulative volume. Shows the cumulative volume from current price level to the best. Total volume calculations are stopped after the last available volume.