Configuration settings - Ontrade.INI

[IAS] Section - Login details

The IAS section in the Ontrade.INI file contains configuration details used to connect to the IAS (Infront Access Server) and login to the system. Some of the settings are related to handle connections through proxy servers.

[IAS]

UserName=<username>

Password="<shuffled password>"

Address=login2.goinfront.com

Port=443

OwnerProviderID=123

ProxyAddress=

ProxyPort=80

ProxyUserName=

ProxyPassword=

ProxyID=0

ProxyType=1

UsePACFile=0

PACFileAddress=

These settings can be edited by the user in the Tools | Setup dialog, Login page.

[FILES] Section - Folder paths

The FILES section in the Ontrade.INI file contains information about what folders to use for different storage files.

[FILES]

Cache=C:\Users\Username\Documents\OnTrade\Cache

Workspace=C:\Users\Username\Documents\OnTrade\Workspace

Setup=C:\Users\Username\Documents\OnTrade\Setup

Portfolio=C:\Users\Username\Documents\OnTrade\Portfolio

MarketPages=C:\Users\Username\Documents\OnTrade\MarketPages

SharedScreens=

These settings can be edited by the user in the Tools | Setup dialog, Folders page.

Workspace folder

The Workspace folder contains the workspace files that the user has saved (File | Save Workspace). The default workspace is named "Default.wksp". Each workspace is stored in XML format in a file with .wksp as extension.

Earlier versions (4.4 and earlier) would store the workspaces in a different (binary) format and one workspace would consist of multiple files (each with the workspace name as prefix).

The following table summaries what content is stored on the Workspace folder

File mask

Description

Default.wksp

Default workspace in new 4.5 XML format

*.wksp

Workspace files (new 4.5 XML format)

*.wrk

Old 4.4 workspace files (windows)

*.clr

Old 4.4 workspace files (per window colors)

*.col

Old 4.4 workspace files (per window columns)

*.fed

Old 4.4 workspace files (per window mixed news feeds)

*.fnt

Old 4.4 workspace files (per window fonts)

*.gv

Old 4.4 workspace files (orders status grid view)

*.nal

Old 4.4 workspace files (per window news alerts)

*.pag

Old 4.4 workspace files (desktop/page names)

*.sl

Old 4.4 workspace files (per window symbol list)

Setup folder

The Setup folder contains files with various global settings and named symbol files.

The following table summaries what content is stored on the Setup folder

File mask

Description

*.bol

Basket trading order list

*.BrokersGrid.col

Saved BrokerStats column layout files

<feednr>.col

Default columns for market windows (per feed)

*.MarketGrids.col

Saved market window column layout files

ChartDefaults.ini

Defaults for new chart windows (Chart Setup)

GraphDefaults.ini

Default for each study (Study properties)

lines_<feednr>_<ticker>_*.ini

Old 4.4 per symbol chart trendlines

*.tof

Per symbol chart annotations in new 4.5 XML format

colors.dat

Global per window type colors (Edit color)

*.filter

Saved news window filter in XML format

*.OrdersView.gv

Saved column layout from Trading window

IgnoreChat.lst

List of chat nicks the user ignores

<feednr>.ontrademylist

Market window symbol list (per feed, List page) in XML format

*.sl

Named symbol list in XML format

ChatAlerts.str

Chat alerts

OrderEntry<providerid>_<serviceid>_<YYYYMonDD>.log

Log of trading activity (per provider and date)

Portfolio folder

The Portfolio folder contains files with information for the standalone Portfolio window (not the Portfolio page that is part of the Trading window).

The following table summaries what content is stored on the Porfolio folder

File mask

Description

*.gv

Column layout for Portfolio window (per named portfolio)

*.pse

Configuration settings for portfolio (Portfolio Setup)

*-Trades.TR2

Cache of last Trading trades (per trading login)

*.trd

Portfolio contents, with all assets

Cache folder

The Cache folder contains temporary cached information. Caching information in these files can reduce the time and bandwidth used to download large, but slow moving information such as history, instrument static information and so on. You can delete the contents of the cache with the Tools | Delete Cache command.

The following table shows what is stored in the Cache folder.

File mask

Description

<feed><ticker>*.HST

Historical prices (per feed/symbol)

<feednr>_<providerid>.SYM

Static symbol information for full feeds (per feed)

MarketPages folder

The MarketPages folder contains files to support the Market Pages functionality.

The following table shows what content is stored in the MarketPages folder.

File mask

Description

marketpages.ini

List of all Market Pages files that should be available for everyone

marketpages_<providerid>.ini

List of all Market Pages files that should be available for provider's users

*.html

The HTML contents of a single Market Page

*.gif

Graphic logos, images etc referenced from HTML files

[OptionCalc] Section - Option Calculator settings

The OptionCalc section in the Ontrade.INI file contains configuration details used during option calculations.

[OptionCalc]

Enabled=0

EuroOptionMethod=0

AmericanOptionMethod=2

FutureOptionMethod=1

Accuracy=0.01

BinomialSteps=50

MaxTries=50

In addition the Option Calculator module uses settings stored per feed and underlying, like this:

[18177]

IntRate=0.061

[18177_DNBNOR]

Volatility=0.7429

VolatilityDays=20

[18177_NHY]

Volatility=0.5656

VolatilityDays=20

These settings can be edited in the Tools | Option Calc dialog.

[Workspace] Section - Last used files

The Workspace section in the Ontrade.INI file contains a list of the 5 last used workspace files. This information is used to populate the workspace list on the File menu and the Open toolbar button drop-down.

[Workspace]

File0=C:\Users\Username\Documents\OnTrade\Workspace\Default.wksp

File1=C:\Users\Username\Documents\OnTrade\Workspace\Click1.wksp

File2=C:\Users\Username\Documents\OnTrade\Workspace\DefaultFlatLine.wksp

File3=C:\Users\Username\Documents\OnTrade\Workspace\ModifyNewsTest.wksp

The list of files are updated each time you open a new workspace.

[Portfolio] Section - Last used files

The Portfolio section in the Ontrade.INI file contains a list of the 5 last used portfolio files. This information is used to populate the portfolio list on the File |  New | Portfolio menu.

[Portfolio]

File0=C:\Users\Username\Documents\OnTrade\Portfolio\Private.pse

File1=C:\Users\Username\Documents\OnTrade\Portfolio\test2.pse

File2=C:\Users\Username\Documents\OnTrade\Portfolio\test3.pse

The list of files are updated each time you open a new portfolio.

[OrderEntry] Section - Trading settings

The OrderEntry section in the Ontrade.INI file contains configuration details used by the trading module.

[OrderEntry]

LimitPerOrder=0

LimitPerDay=0

DefaultValidDateIndex=0

VolumeDecimals=0

PriceDecimals=2

AvgPriceDecimals=4

DefaultPortfolio=HVTest

DefaultOrderType=otNormal

DefaultPortfolioFrom=dpfSpecific

KeepOrderEntryOpen=True

AllowMultiOrderEntry=True

AllowMultiOrderStatus=True

BuySellButtonUI=bsMakeDefault

OrderbookSummary=True

OrderbookSummary2=False

OrderbookMarketMaker=True

OrderbookAveragePrice=False

OrderbookAccumulatedVolume=False

OrderbookHeadings=True

OrderbookVolumeBars=True

OrderbookFull=True

ShowAdvanced=False

AutoExpandAdvanced=True

AllowValueEdit=True

ShowCommentFilter=False

FixedOrderEntryPosition=False

HitOnVolumeOption=hvNo

HitAsOrderType=otNormal

MarketPriceLogic=mplLast

ColumnFiltering=True

DefaultActiveOrder=True

FatFingerAlert=True

FatFingerPercent=0.1

SetBuySellBgColor=True

ShowHistoricTrades=True

KeepDeletedOrders=True

DefaultComment=

EnableBasketTrading=True

AllowMultiBasketTrading=False

BasketPosition=bpBuy

BasketPriceSource=psAsk

DistributeRounding=brDownBoardLot

DefaultVolumeBoardlots=0

MaxHistTradeDays=7

PlaySoundAlerts=True

SoundBuyOrderPlaced=drip.wav

SoundSellOrderPlaced=drip.wav

SoundRejectedOrder=buzzer2.wav

SoundBuyTradeExecuted=doink.wav

SoundSellTradeExecuted=doink.wav

AllowPartialParentOrders=False

InternalOrderWarning=True

InternalTradeWarning=True

ConditionalSingleClick=True

ConditionalPriceDeltaInTicks=2

ConditionalOrderType=otNormal

SingleClickHints=True

HitOnVolumeOrderEntry=hvNo

DefaultBroker=

SupportOrderVWAP=False

SupportRequestMarketData=False

SupportLiveUpdatesMarketData=True

OrderbookYields=False

OrderbookBlinkOnChange=False

OrderbookHighlightLevelCnt=1

OrderbookSectionSeparator=False

LimitCurrency=SEK

DeleteOrderShortcut=0

BoardLotWarning=True

TickSizeWarning=True

UseVolumeLot=True

VolumeLotValue=10000

VolumeLotCurrency=NOK

VolumeLotRoundTo=100

PriceThresholdWarning=True

These settings can be edited by the user in the Tools | Trading settings dialog.

[MarketPages] Section - Marktet Pages cache

The MarketPages section in the Ontrade.INI file contains information about automatically downloaded Market Pages files.

[MarketPages]

logo_tullettprebon.gif=20070913

tullettprebon_eur_composite.html=20080405

tullettprebon_EONIAOIS_composite.html=20071211

tullettprebon_nok_composite.html=20081105

tullettprebon_sek_composite.html=20081105

[CustomSymbolLinks] Section - Per symbol links

The CustomSymbolLinks section in the Ontrade.INI file can be used to configure web- or application links. These links will be available in the right-click, symbol menu.

[CustomSymbolLinks]

Open Notepad=notepad.exe

Infront.no=http://www.infront.no/

Oslo Stock Exchange,0=http://www.oslobors.no/markedsaktivitet/stockOverview?newt__ticker=*ticker*

The text on the left side of the equals sign will be used as the menu item caption. The right side contains the path and name of the application or the full URL of the web page you want to link to.

By default the links will appear directly in the top-level symbol menu and they will open external browser windows. It is possible to override this by ending the caption with a comma (,) and a numeric value. For instance, using 0 as above the Oslo Stock Exchange link will appear in the Web-links sub-menu and open an internal browser window.

Web links may use field codes surrounded by asterisk (*) to include dynamic information from the selected symbol.

[Clocks] Section - Toolbar clock configuration

The Clocks section in the Ontrade.INI file contains configuration for the different time-zone clocks you can display on the toolbar.

[Clocks]

Clock0TZ=Romance Standard Time

Clock0Cap=Time

Clock0Sec=1

[Settings] Section - Misc. settings

The Settings section in the Ontrade.INI file contains miscellaneous settings.

[Settings]

ROtest=canwrite

HelpFileName=ontradeENG.chm

AliasName=TOT-Vassbotn

CertificatesPath=C:\Svnpas\Apps\TOT\Cert\*.cer

ROtest

The ROtest value is just used to test that the application has write access to the Ontrade.ini file.

HelpFileName

The HelpFileName setting saves the last used help file.

AliasName

AliasName stores your selected Chat module nick name.

CertificationPath

CertificationPath is used for providers that require a client certificate to be present on each client machine.