Saving Chart Bar Data Locally >> Watch Video
Build time bars faster by saving bar data on your PC. By saving time-bar data in a local disk cache file, you eliminate the time needed for the system to query the server. Repeatedly request particular bar data, and receive immediate results. Analysts and traders interested in backtesting will especially appreciate this significant performance improvement. Note that the faster and larger your PC's disk is, the faster and larger the data file can be.  

To get started, please contact CQG Customer Support.

Calculating Yield for Futures >> Watch Video
Meaningfully compare fixed income futures and cash using yields with the combined power of CQG charts and analytics. Spread treasury futures to cash treasuries on a yield-to-yield basis.

Yields on futures are not as straightforward as cash interest rate products because a significant number of variables can impact the futures yield value.

CQG has enhanced the intelligence of yield calculations by offering a set of parameters that allow you to manipulate these variables.

Create what if scenarios using parameters that include maturity date, coupon rate, and settlement date. Use these parameters, for example, to plot the impact of price movement on the yield or to consider delivery five days before the existing delivery date.

Analysis can employ both historical and real-time data.

Applying Market Profile Value Area and Profile Area to Charts >> Watch Video
Explore the depth of CQG's supplemental Market Profile offerings: the MPVA study and Profile Area pointer tool. The power of MPVA is discernable not only when overlaid on charts but also when used in custom studies and conditions. This combination provides a sophisticated solution for both neophytes and devotees of Market Profile.

The enhanced MPVA and Profile Area integrate information typically offered only by Market Profile charts. Monitor TPO distribution on your bar chart by adding the TPO profile. Calculate up to five points of control – with a customizable distance between lines – to illustrate possible relationships among them, and trade the range. Add the Volume profile to see volume data. You can also calculate the MPVA based on volume distribution.

Entering Iceberg Order Size >> Watch Video
Change the visible order size for iceberg orders directly on the Order Ticket and DOMTrader®. By exposing the default visible order size and making it possible to change it at the start of entering an order, we've made it faster and easier to place iceberg orders.

Spread Trading Enhancements >> Watch Video
Avoid spreads OTE from changing while prices are static. Added flexibility allows you to calculate OTE using leg quote data (e.g. CLEN1 and CLEQ1) or strategy quote data (e.g. CLES1N1).

Quickly scan even a replete screen to spot incomplete orders. Incomplete orders are now further identified by highlighted order and price cells on the DOMTrader, making them more conspicuous for traders maximizing their real estate.

Readily determine whether related instrument positions are part of a strategy's position. Combined net positions are indicated by an "N" displayed near the position value.

For questions about version 8.5, please contact CQG Customer Support.

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