Your first trade
This tour uses a mock session, so you can follow it at any hour without a brokerage account.
Read the screen
Section titled “Read the screen”| Area | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Status bar | Session (Mock, Paper or Live), trading mode, ticker and DTE, buy and sell price modes, P&L, data latency |
| Account | Balances, day and month-to-date P&L, daily stats |
| Positions | Your open position, its stop and its high, and the current guard settings |
| Recent Orders | Working and finished orders with their status |
| Options chain | Calls on the left, puts on the right, strikes in the middle, with IV and greeks |
| Recent Actions | The log: orders placed, fills, stops, warnings |
Pick a contract
Section titled “Pick a contract”Use ↑ ↓ to move between strikes and ← → to switch between calls and puts. Press Enter, or click a row, to select it. The selected contract’s bid, ask, spread and greeks appear below the chain.
Buy with a chord
Section titled “Buy with a chord”Press b. An overlay asks for a size. Press a number:
| Key | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contracts | 1 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 50 | 100 |
The order goes out at your buy price mode (shown in the status bar). Esc cancels a chord.
Watch the guard
Section titled “Watch the guard”In Protection mode the engine places a protective stop as soon as your buy fills, and resizes it as more fills arrive. Press M to cycle modes; in Scalping mode the stop also trails new highs. See Trading modes.
Get out
Section titled “Get out”- C closes the position: the stop is cancelled, and the sell goes out once the cancel is confirmed.
- s plus a size sells part of it.
- P is panic: cancel everything and flatten.
Every order and fill is recorded in the session’s journal.