Advanced Options Pop-Up Menu

If one of your Advanced Options frames has the focus, you will find, on the main menu bar, a menu named Advanced Options; clicking on it will reveal a drop-down box with a selection of menus - operations and options that concern this particular frame.

You can access the same operations and options from the Advanced Options Toolbar, as well as from the popup menu that is invoked if you right-click anywhere in an Advanced Options table - except a Last, Bid or Ask cell - and select Options (take a look at the image from the right).

Back to the previously mentioned as exceptions, Bid, Ask and Last will trigger Order Entry-related actions (for details read the Order Entry section).

The simpler menu that triggers the pop-up with Advanced Options actions also contains other items that will be presented below. Its content depends on the mode you are using (Selection or One-click Trading Mode) and the column you are clicking on.




Please note that the Futures Table will always act as if in One-click Trading Mode, with the slight difference that a click on a cell that doesn't trigger Order Entry actions will display a slightly-modified, but similar popup to some we've seen that far (not shown here).

At the bottom of the main Advanced Options pop-up menu (caption on the right side), there is a selection of menus that allow quick access to significant actions that concern existing or new Workspaces and Frames.


By using the Copy to Clipboard option, you can copy the information from your Advanced Options tables and use it where you need by pasting it. In order to read more about this functionality, please click here.

By clicking on the Contingency option you can place contingent orders. In order to read more about them, please click here.

Show Monetary Value opens a dialog box that lists the monetary value of the currently selected price. The monetary value consists of the number of unities for the current price, multiplied by the $ value of one unity.

Use the Depth Of Market and Price Ladder options to open these frames for the selected contract. You can change the settings of the Depth Of Market frame that will be displayed from the Triggering tab of the Application Properties dialog.

Select the Add Alarm option to create a new alarm from Advanced Options. If you already defined an alarm for the selected contract, you can change or delete it by selecting Alarms, choosing the alarm you need to modify and finally clicking the Edit/Delete Alarm menu item. In order to read more about Alarms, please click here.


When you are in One-click-trading Mode and right-click the Strike column, a menu will appear. Take a look at the image on the right.

Call/Put Monetary Value - Brings up a dialog that lists the monetary value of the currently selected strike's Call/Put. Also has buttons to place a Buy or Sell order for the current Call/Put.

Straddle Monetary Value - If such a strategy is available on the exchange, brings up a dialog that lists the monetary value of the Straddle strategy for the current strike. Also has buttons to place a Buy or Sell order.

Strangle Monetary Value - If such a strategy is available on the exchange, brings up a dialog that lists the monetary value of the Strangle strategy for the current strike. Also has buttons to place a Buy or Sell order.

Call/Put Contract Details - Brings up a dialog with several useful pieces of information for the currently selected Call or Put, similar to the Contract Details dialog found in the Quotes Monitor frame.

Call/Put Real-time Snapshot - Brings up a dialog showing a snapshot of the current Open, High, Low, Last, Net Change and Timestamp for the selected strike. Also has buttons to place a Buy or Sell order for the current Call/Put.

Call/Put Time & Sales - Opens a Time & Sales frame for the current Call/Put, allowing you to follow a history of trades for the current Call/Put. You can change the settings of the Time & Sales frame that will be displayed from the Triggering tab of the Application Properties dialog.

Call/Put Charts - Opens the Chart frame for the current Call/Put. You have a variety of options available for the resolution and type of the chart you want to open (please see the screenshot on the right). You can change the settings of the Chart frame that will be displayed from the Triggering tab of the Application Properties dialog.

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