NOTE: Two files are needed for Excel to work properly with the API.
- Install these files: pick Open to install from the server; pick Save to install from your drive.
Spreads Trading Matrix:
- View native data for exchange-traded intracommodity spreads and synthetic data for user-defined intracommodity and intercommodity spreads
- Define the conditions to trigger spread orders
- Place market, limit, and stop spread orders
- Track your orders real-time
Energy Trading Template:
- Customize a list of the energy contracts you frequently watch
- View over a dozen data points for those contracts
- Place market, limit, stop, and stop limit orders
Risk Console Template:
- Monitor risk for all of your accounts on one screen
- Be warned when net liquidity value falls below both 80% and 90% of the current balance
- View working orders and position details
- Liquidate a position with the click of a mouse
- Choose how frequently you want risk information refreshed – from one minute to two hours
Bracket Order Template:
- Enter an order with corresponding high sell/high buy stop and low sell stop/low buy orders one a single order ticket. In this way, you are able to protect yourself from loss while locking in profit without having to monitor the market yourself.
Order Ticket Template:
- View the current bid, ask, and trade prices and volumes for a commodity
- Place market, limit, stop, and stop limit orders
- View your order details
CQG Data Exporter:
- Save market data for selected contracts into local files
- Specify the frequency of file updates
- Exported in either ASCII or binary formats
Excel Samples:
CQG provides over a dozen sample spreadsheet trading solutions that are compatible with the API.
Code Samples:
CQG API code samples are available for VB.Net, C#.Net, and C++ with MFC.