CQG 2016 Latest Features

The following features and enhancements are available in CQG Integrated Client (CQG IC) version 2016.


Algo Orders (AlgOrd) Study

This new study, added to the suite of Order Book Analytics, detects hidden volume (iceberg orders) on the market. Algo Orders uses a proprietary algorithm to calculate order count and volume outputs.

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Algo Orders study in CQG Integrated Client version 2016

Mark Fisher (MBF) Study

Mark B. Fisher, founder and CEO of MBF Clearing Corp, is one of the industry’s leading traders and technical analysts.

CQG is excited to offer, in conjunction with Fisher, the MBF study. A combination of bricks and volume bars, this study differentiates itself from other studies with a flexible variable time scale, rather than fixed.

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Mark Fisher (MBF) Study in CQG Integrated Client version 2016

User-Defined Strategies Expanded

New functionality includes:

  • A UDS function.
  • Real-time data for UDS expressions on Instrument Monitor, Portfolio Monitor, Spreadsheet Trader, and QSS 2.0. (Historical data is not available.) Place and cancel orders using Spreadsheet Trader.
  • Time and sales data for UDS expressions on the Time and Sales window. Data is available only if a UDS contract is already registered by an exchange, otherwise the window is empty. The data is refreshed automatically when native market data becomes available.
  • Strategy Analysis colors are updated to include Synthetic Text and Synthetic Background colors. Synthetic data is highlighted with the color selected here.

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Expanded User-Defined Strategies (UDS) in CQG Integrated Client version 2016

ATM Studies Expanded

In partnership with Capital Markets Research (CMR), CQG has expanded our suite of CMR’s ATM studies. These studies are used to analyze potential entries and exits, assess price and time risk, and expose early market transitions.

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Expanded ATM Studies in CQG Integrated Client version 2016

 

 

Options Monitor

CQG has extended its monitors offering to include options.

  • View calls and puts on the same window for more efficient analysis and trading.
  • Customize the data displayed to suit your specific needs.
  • More readily analyze data using customized foreground and background colors.
  • Apply What-If scenarios.
  • Access trading applications, Time & Sales, and charts.

Two themes are available.

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* Included in the CQG IC subscription.

Options Monitor in CQG Integrated Client version 2016

Chart Graphics Rendering

Miscellaneous (Misc) chart preferences have been updated to include a Draw using menu. This menu includes three options for rendering graphics, GDI, GDI+, and Direct2D. These graphics rendering options are part of the Microsoft operating system and not specific to CQG software. This setting tells the CQG software which option to use.

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* Included in the CQG IC subscription.

Other Improvements in CQG Version 2016

Trading Enhancements

  • Click the Delete button on your keyboard to cancel orders on the Orders and Positions window.
  • You can log on and off the trading system at any time, even if there is no trading application open, by using Ctrl+L and Ctrl+Shift+L on your keyboard.
  • Two columns were added to the Orders and Positions Summary tab: UPL (unrealized profit/loss) and UPL in Reporting Currency. This is especially helpful for options traders.
  • If you are using Order Book with tabbed chart windows, each Order Book (one per chart) can have a different account.
  • Quickly locate working orders on a busy screen by coloring the background of the trading application. See Change Trading Interface Background Color in Notifications preferences for details.
  • A Transactions_OrderExecID column was added to the Orders and Positions statement report (Setup > Statement Report).
  • Chart window title bars include an orders and positions summary, which was previously only available on the CQG IC title bar. The summary on the chart title bar is updated based on the contract selected in the active tab.
  • Trade spreads with Auto Trade.

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Charting Enhancements

  • To change the symbol on all tabbed chart windows, press Shift + ENTER after typing the symbol.
  • Relevant study parameters support sub-minutes.
  • Added three default retracement scales to Fibonacci Retracement.
  • A Par Rate Equivalent yield model is available for Eris Futures contracts.

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Quote Enhancements

  • Quote SpreadSheet (QSS) is prepopulated with a sample of available columns. To change the columns, right-click QSS, then click Customize Columns.
  • You can add colored borders to Quote Board, Market Watch, and Last/Net Change cells.

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Technical Notes:

  • The new version creates greater consistency in spreadsheet monitor and spreadsheet trading functionality. The capacity to trade directly from certain quote and monitor interfaces will be limited, but will remain available in Spreadsheet Trader. Our Customer Support team is happy to assist you with updating or migrating any personalized portfolios to ensure consistency in your workflow.
  • We are implementing a new space-saving design on several trading interfaces that:
    • moves the numeric quantity selection to an isolated dialog box while retaining other methods of modifying order size; and
    • impacts how you can modify quantity in each trade.
  • We are retiring SnapTrader and SnapTrader 2.0.