How to Place an Order

Orders can be placed from the Trading Window by clicking on the row of the instrument you wish to trade.  For example, to trade EUR/USD, click anywhere on the EUR/USD row.  The following window will appear:

From this window, you can Buy or Sell at the current market ("Market Order") section.  Any Stop Loss and/or Take Profit levels entered in the "Ticket" section will immediately be associated with the new open position.

A Limit or Stop order to initiate a position can be placed from the "New Entry Order" section of this window.  Select the type of order in the "Type" field, input the desired order price in that "at price" field, and click "Send".

The number of lots can be selected from the drop-down menu in the "Lots" field.  These menu items simply include some common transaction sizes and are not limits.  Any other amount can be typed into the "Lots" field simply by highlighting and typing over the number that is there: