Additional Studies and Displays Exploiting Market Transparency
- TradeFlow Smoothing: Reduce the velocity of the inside market information by aggregating the inside market data based on the number of TradeFlow bars or the TradeFlow bar tick range or by applying CQG’s proprietary smoothing algorithm.
- Pre-Trade Analytics: Four new studies, DOMTrader, DOMTrader Oscillator, DOM Activity, and Older Orders Ratio, track traders’ actions in the order book.
- Order Ticker: Monitor traders placing, canceling, modifying, and executing orders in the exchange order book using a display similar to the classic stock ticker.
Communication & Collaboration
Advanced Order Routing Features
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Account Picker: Choose from up to ten trading accounts directly from the DOMTrader or the Order Ticket.
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Default Order Size Preference: Set the default size of an order on the DOMTrader and Order Ticket.
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Dynamically Held Orders: Cancel and modify orders more efficiently when the prices are rapidly moving in the DOM Ladder.
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Implied Quantities Data: Separate total size of bid and ask orders based on spread orders versus outright orders for contracts.
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Keyboard Order Entry: Quickly type in orders as they are called in to the order desk using the new Keyboard Order Entry feature. Available in the CQG Order Ticket, the Order Entry field also allows orders to be copied and pasted from a Word document.
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Study Values Displayed on the DOM Ladder: Real-time values of studies are shown on the DOM Ladder in the DOMTrader and Order Ticket.
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Support for Options (Greeks displayed on the DOM): Order routing for options on futures is available. Display the values by price and the implied volatility on the DOM Ladder using one of seven options models.
CQG API
Market Scan
CQG News
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News Sources: In addition to the various Dow Jones Newswires (Dow Jones Capital Market Deports, Dow Jones Energy, etc.), Hightower News and Market News International feeds are also available.
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News-Chart Synchronization: See headlines associated with a particular time on a chart.
Smart Orders
- CQG introduces Quantity Triggered Stops where an order is triggered when the bid/ask order size in the exchange’s order book falls below the QTS order's trigger level.
- CQG also provides Iceberg Orders where a limit order consisting of both a total quantity and a display quantity is shown on the order book.
Order Study on the Market Profile Chart