What's New in 4.5

Orderbook Window

The orderbook window has been updated with the following new features:

Quote Overview Window

The quote overview window now has a more flexible layout and includes several new features:

GICS codes

Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) can now be displayed as columns in the market window and in the symbol window (under Fundamentals info bar). There are three new fields; GICS code, sector (level 1) and group (level 4).

Segment

Primary and secondary segment are added as two new fields. They can be displayed as columns in the market window or in the symbol window (Fundamentals info bar).

RSI14

Real time updated RSI14 value is added as a new field. It can be displayed as a column in the market window, or in the symbol window (Fundamentals info bar).

Smart Order Routing

The order entry window now supports smart orders

Native Currency Filter in Consolidated Orderbook

The consolidated orderbook now includes a new filter that excludes symbols that are not traded in the same currency as the main symbol.

New Trades Panel in Consolidated Orderbook

The consolidated orderbook now includes a new trades panel showing trades on the included symbols. Prices are converted to the target currency. The trades panel is collapsed by default, but can be displayed by clicking the expand button or by pressing F9.

New charts

There are now two new chart modes, accessed from the symbol context menu.

Bar chart

A chart for displaying one or more instruments side-by-side in a bar chart. As a default it will display the selected instruments net change in percent. It can be configured to chart a number of historic values in order to quickly compare the instruments performance against each other.

Yield line chart

A chart for displaying a series of instruments in a line chart. The instruments can be added one by one, or by a multi selection in the market window. The instrument list can also be edited in the chart setup dialog. By default it will chart the last price value for all selected instruments, but it can be changed to chart bid, ask, bid yield, ask yield and yield instead. What to chart can also be individually changed per instrument.

Excel RTD links

The application now acts as an Excel RTD Server. In Excel you can use formulas in the format =RTD("ontrade.quotes"; ""; "SSE"; "ERIC B"; "Last) to get live updating quotes. For more information on Excel RTD, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289150.

Note I: By default Excel only updates RTD links every 2 seconds. This can be configured, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa140060(office.10).aspx (search for "RTD Throttle Interval").

Note II: The application must be running for the RTD links to work. If you open an Excel spreadsheet with RTD links, it will automatically start the application, but it will not be able to resolve the links. To correct this, close and reopen the spreadsheet.

Misc changes

Workspaces are now saved in a new file format. A single XML-file replaces all previous workspace files. This new file format cannot be read by previous versions of the application.

The installer no longer prompts for Provider ID during a new install (Provider ID is still required when entering the username and password, however).

The sorted column and selected pie-chart size in the All Brokers and Single Broker pages of the Market window is now properly persisted in the workspace.