User Manual
Online CFD Trading
| Euro Denominated Account | |
Trading and Contract Specifications
Margin
Requirement: 500 per lot
Overnight Interest:
Generally 5 to 12 per day per lot charged on positions held past 5PM EST.
These amounts are indicated in the "Reference Prices" window as a
percentage of the notional value of the contract.
Minimum Initial Deposit: 2,000 to open an account
Margin
Call Procedure: When a client has less than 500 of equity per open
lot, some or all of the clients open positions will be automatically
closed. Clients are encouraged to avoid margin calls through the use of
stops and/or adequately funded accounts.
Trading Hours and Tick
Values:
Please see table below:
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Approximate Value of 1 Lot |
Tick Value per Lot |
Trading Hours |
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Stock Market Indices |
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| S&P 500 | 52,000 | 0.10 = 5.00 | 24 hours | |||
| Nasdaq 100 | 75,000 | 0.10 = 5.00 | 24 hours | |||
| Dow Jones Ind. | 50,000 | 1.0 = 5.00 |
24 hours (closed 4:00PM - 8:15PM) |
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| DAX 30 | 100,000 | 0.5 = 12.5 | 3:00AM - 2:00PM | |||
| CAC 40 | 80,000 | 0.5 = 12.5 | 2:00AM - 11:30PM | |||
| FTSE 100 | 26,016 | 0.1 = 0.50 | 3:45AM - 11:30AM | |||
| Nikkei 225 | 45,000 | 1.0 = 5.00 |
7:55PM - 10:15PM 11:15PM - 2:25AM 3:30AM - 7:00AM |
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| SPI 200 (S&P ASX 200) | 60,000 | 0.1 = 2.00 | 7:50PM - 2:30AM | |||
| MSCI Taiwan | 100,000 | 0.01 = 5.00 | 8:45PM - 1:45AM | |||
| Hang Seng | 95,000 | 0.1 = 1.00 |
9:45PM - 12:30AM 2:30AM - 4:00AM |
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North American Shares |
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| Altria Group | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 9:30AM - 4PM | |||
| AIG | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 9:30AM - 4PM | |||
| Amgen Int'l | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 9:30AM - 4PM | |||
| AOL Time Warner | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 9:30AM - 4PM | |||
| AT&T Corp | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 9:30AM - 4PM | |||
| Cisco Systems | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 9:30AM - 4PM | |||
| Citigroup Inc | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 9:30AM - 4PM | |||
| Dell Computer | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 9:30AM - 4PM | |||
| EBay | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 9:30AM - 4PM | |||
| Exxon-Mobile | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 9:30AM - 4PM | |||
| Ford Motor Co | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 9:30AM - 4PM | |||
| General Electric | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 9:30AM - 4PM | |||
| General Motors | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 9:30AM - 4PM | |||
| Goldman Sachs | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 9:30AM - 4PM | |||
| Home Depot | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 9:30AM - 4PM | |||
| IBM |
1,000 shares |
.01 = 10 | 9:30AM - 4PM | |||
| Intel Corp | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 9:30AM - 4PM | |||
| Johnson & Johnson | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 9:30AM - 4PM | |||
| McDonalds | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 9:30AM - 4PM | |||
| Merck & Co | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 9:30AM - 4PM | |||
| Merrill Lynch | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 9:30AM - 4PM | |||
| Microsoft Corp. | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 9:30AM - 4PM | |||
| Morgan Stanley | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 9:30AM - 4PM | |||
| Nokia Corp | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 9:30AM - 4PM | |||
| Pfizer | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 9:30AM - 4PM | |||
| Texas Instruments | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 9:30AM - 4PM | |||
| Yahoo Inc | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 9:30AM - 4PM | |||
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European Shares |
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| Abbey National | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 3:30AM - 11:30AM | |||
| Alcatel SA | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 3:30AM - 11:30AM | |||
| Astrazeneca PLC | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 3:30AM - 11:30AM | |||
| AXA SA | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 3:30AM - 11:30AM | |||
| Barclays | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 3:30AM - 11:30AM | |||
| BP Plc | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 3:30AM - 11:30AM | |||
| BT Group Plc | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 |
3:30AM - 11:30AM |
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| Deutsche Bank | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 3:30AM - 11:30AM | |||
| Deutsche Telecom | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 3:30AM - 11:30AM | |||
| France Telecom | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 3:30AM - 11:30AM | |||
| GlaxoSmithKline | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 3:30AM - 11:30AM | |||
| HSBC Holdings |
1,000 shares |
.01 = 10 | 3:30AM - 11:30AM | |||
| ING Groep | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 3:30AM - 11:30AM | |||
| Marks & Spencer Plc | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 3:30AM - 11:30AM | |||
| Prudential Plc | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 3:30AM - 11:30AM | |||
| Royal Dutch Pet | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 3:30AM - 11:30AM | |||
| Siemens AG | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 3:30AM - 11:30AM | |||
| Unilever Plc | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 3:30AM - 11:30AM | |||
| Vodafone Group | 1,000 shares | .01 = 10 | 3:30AM - 11:30AM | |||
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Foreign Exchange |
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| EUR/USD | 100,000 | 0.0001 = 10 | 24 hours | |||
| USD/JPY | 120,000 | 0.01 = 10 | 24 hours | |||
| GBP/USD | 150,000 | 0.0001 = 10 | 24 hours | |||
| USD/CHF | 150,000 | 0.0001 = 10 | 24 hours | |||
| USD/CAD | 150,000 | 0.0001 = 10 | 24 hours | |||
| AUD/USD | 100,000 | 0.0001 = 10 | 24 hours | |||
| EUR/JPY | 120,000 | 0.01 = 10 | 24 hours | |||
| EUR/CHF | 150,000 | 0.01 = 10 | 24 hours | |||
| EUR/GBP | 70,000 | 0.01 = 10 | 24 hours | |||
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Commodities |
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| US 30 Year Bond |
100,000 |
0.001 = 1.00 | 24 hours | |||
| US 10 Year Note | 100,000 | 0.001 = 1.00 | 24 hours | |||
| Crude Oil (Light) | 26,100 | 0.01 = 10 |
24 hours (closed 9:00AM - 10:00AM) |
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| Natural Gas | 30,000 | 0.001 = 5 |
24 hours (closed 9:00AM - 10:00AM) |
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| Coffee | 50,000 | 0.01 = 10 | 9 AM - 12:30 AM | |||
| Gold (spot) | 40,000 | 0.01 = 1 | 24 hours | |||
| Silver (spot) | 30,000 | 0.01 = 50 | 24 hours | |||
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Platinum (spot) |
40,000 |
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0.01 = 0.50 |
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24 hours |
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Palladium (spot) |
20,000 |
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0.01 = 1 |
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24 hours |
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Copper (nearby future) |
75,000 |
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0.01 = 10 |
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8:10AM - 1:00PM |
Login screen appears when ICTS System starts:
Enter your UserName, Password, and press OK. The Trading System will appear:
Dealers Rates window displays live dealing rates. The following functionality is available on the Dealers Rates window:
Market Order
This allows the trader to trade "at the market." Click on the rate (Sell or Buy) field within the order record or right click anywhere within the order record and then choose Market order command from pop-up menu. The Amount input screen will appear:
Enter desired amount measured in lots and press OK. New order marked with letter I (Initiate) will appear on the Traders Orders window. Dealer now is able to confirm operation or to reject it due to market movement.
- If Dealer confirms the order, the I record will disappear and the new position record will be added to the Open Positions window. The account information will be updated.
- If Dealer rejects the order because of market movement, new order marked with letter R (Reject) will appear on the Traders Orders window instead of the I order. This order will show the new market price. Trader is now able to accept the Dealer's market price by right clicking within the order record and selecting Place order command from the pop-up menu. Trader may choose not or to to accept the Dealer's market price by right clicking within the order record and selecting Remove order command from the pop-up menu.
Entry Order
Right click anywhere within the order record and then choose Entry order command from pop-up menu. The Amount input screen will appear:
Enter desired amount measured in lots, adjust the price and press OK. New order marked with letter E (Entry) will appear on the Traders Orders window. It will be executed by Dealer at the time when the market price reaches the Entry order.
Sort records
Click on the column title.
All records will be sorted by that column.Hedging Positions
Placing trades from the Dealer's Rates window will never offset your open positions, but will always open a new position. Open positions can therefore be "hedged" by placing trades in the opposite direction of an open position from the Dealer's Rates window. The only way an open position can be closed is by right-clicking on that position in the "Open Positions" window and selecting "Close Position", or selecting a "Stop" or "Limit", which will then close the position if it is filled.Trader Range
This number indicates the difference in pips that you are willing to accept between the price you click on and the price at which the trade is executed. This field does not appear on the Java or web-based login, but will appear when trading on the ICTS windows-based system. You can leave it blank to keep the default amount at "0".
"Traders Orders" window
Traders Orders window displays your own Entry and OCO orders. It also allows Trader to operate with Initiate, Reject, Close, and Terminate order records (those operations have been already discussed above). The following functionality is available on the Traders Orders window:
Place order
Right click within the order record and then select Place order command from the pop-up menu. Selected order will be sent to Dealer. This operation is used with Initiate, Reject, Close, and Terminate order recordsRemove order
Right click within the order record and then select Remove order command from the pop-up menu. Selected order will be removed.Change price
Click on the rate field within the Entry order record or right click anywhere within the record and then choose Change Price command from pop up menu. The Entry Change Price input box will appear:
Enter desired price and press OK. The price on the order will change.
Hedging: As with the "Dealer's Rates" window, any orders filled from the "Trader's Orders" window will not offset open positions.
Open Positions window displays all open positions and allows placing Stop and Limit orders, as well as closing the position at the market price. Any executed orders that are entered from the "Open Positions" window will serve to close out part or all of that position. The following functionality is available on the Open Positions window:
Place Stop order
Right click within the position record and choose Place Stop command from pop-up menu. The Stop dialog box will appear:
Enter desired Stop rate and press OK. The Stop rate will appear within the position record.
Place Limit order
Right click within the position record and choose Limit command from pop-up menu. The Limit dialog box will appear:
Enter desired Limit rate and press OK. The Limit rate will appear within the position record.
Close position
Right click within the position record and choose Close position command from pop-up menu. The Close position confirmation box will appear:
Press OK. New order marked with letter C (Close) will appear on the Traders Orders window. Dealer now is able to confirm execution or reject tge price due to market movement.
- If Dealer confirms the order, the C record will disappear and the desired position will be closed. The account information will be updated.
- If Dealer rejects the order because of market movement, new order marked with letter T (Terminate) will appear on the Traders Orders window instead of the C order. This order will show the new market price. Trader is now able to send it back to Dealer (right click within the order record and choose Place order command from the pop-up menu) or to cancel the operation (right click within the order record and choose Remove order command from the pop-up menu).
Change price on Stops and Limits
Click on the rate (Stop or Limit) field within the position record or right click anywhere within the position record and then choose Change Stop or Change Limit command from pop up menu. The Stop or Limit dialog box will appear. Enter desired Stop or Limit price and press OK.Remove Stops and Limits
Right click anywhere within the position record and then choose Remove Stop or Remove Limit command from pop up menu. The Stop or Limit will be removed.
This window displays all price information including the High and Low of the day for each currency and Interest Rate differentials ("Prm Buy" and "Prm Sell").
"Prm Buy" and "Prm Sell" indicate the amount, in US Dollars per lot, that will be debited to credit to each open position held past 5PM New York time (EST).
The following functionality is available on the "Reference Prices" window:
Sort records
Click on the column title.
All records will be sorted by that column.Reorder records
Right click within the currency record and then select Move Up, Move Down, Move Top, or Move Bottom command from the pop-up menu. Selected record will move accordingly.
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"Account Information"
window
Account Information window displays values representing the status of your account(s). Account information normally refreshes every 30 seconds or as a result of any Trader's action. The following functionality is available on the Account Information window.
Refresh information
Right click within the account record and then select Refresh Account Data command from the pop-up menu. Account Information will be renewed.Generate reports
Right click within the account record and then choose desired report from the pop-up menu: Current, Daily, Weekly, Monthly or Yearly report page will be generated. You could print it out for your reference.Enter Trading Ratio
Trading Ratio is used to allow Trader to predefine the default amount of contracts to be used when opening a position on the particular account. This is a key feature primarily used by those who manage several accounts.
Click on TR field within the account record. The Trading Ratio dialog box will appear:
Enter desired amount and press OK.
Enter Group name
Group name is used to allow Trader to group accounts.
Click on Group field within the account record. The Group dialog box will appear:
Enter desired Group name and press OK.
Save Group information
Group names and Trading Ratio values for accounts could be saved for later use.
Right click within the account record and then select Save Group information command from the pop-up menu. Group information will be saved.
"Summary
by all accounts"
window
The "Summary by all accounts" window is similar to the "Open Positions" window, except that all currency positions are summarized. For example, if you have three separate open buy positions of one lot each in USDJPY, the "Summary by all accounts" window will just show one position of 3 lots, with the average open price in the "AvOpen" column. If you have three separate open buy positions of one lot each in USDJPY, and one short position of one lot in USDJPY, the "Summary by all accounts" window will show the buy position as one position of 3 lots, and the sell position as one position of one lot, and the NH ("not hedged") column will show a "2", indicating that you have a net buy exposure of two lots.
This window is also useful when trading multiple accounts. It will summarize whichever account is selected in the "Account Information window. In addition, if you right-click on the gray heading and select "summary by all accounts", it will summarize the positions of all accounts in your login as if they were a single account.
Trading History
and Statements
To generate a simple online report of your most recent round-turn transactions, right-click on the relevant account in the "Account Information" window, and select "Trading history report".
To Generate a more comprehensive report, including open positions, click on
the "Reports" Selection from the "File" menu.
You can then select any time period and run the report.
The Internet Currency Trading System is designed to facilitate trading and managing multiple accounts from a single login window. Clients who have their platform configured for multiple account trading will see each account in the "Account Information" window:
Each action will be performed on the account which is currently highlighted (dealing, account history, view reports, etc.) just as if the trader was managing a single account.
Block trades and orders can also be placed which will automatically be distributed among the accounts as per the trader's instructions. Indicate how many lots each account is to receive by clicking on the cell in the "DA" column ('Default Amount'). In order to save this information, apply a group name to each row by left-clicking the appropriate row in the "Group" column. When finished, right-click on each row and select "Save group information". So for three sub accounts, you will have to do this three times.
Multiple accounts can then be selected by holding down the "Ctrl" key and clicking on each account (note that clicking and dragging will not properly select the accounts). Once the desired accounts are selected, the trader can then trade from the "Dealer's Rates" window. The default number of lots for each trade will now be the sum total of the "DA" entry for each selected account. When the trade is executed, each account will have the corresponding number of lots automatically placed in it.
Note: Block trading for multiple accounts is currently possible only in the web-based login, NOT the ICTS-FX login.
Java-based charts are accessed from the "View" menu. Clients can select the currency and time frame they wish. CFD charts also provide an array of analysis tools and technical studies ("indicators").
Charts can be printed as follows:
- Generate the desired chart
- Hold down your "Alt" key and press "Print Screen" (or "PrtSc"). It will appear as if nothing has happened, but the chart has just been copied to your windows clipboard.
- Launch MS Word, MS Powerpoint or any another document program. Start with a blank document.
- Select "Edit" and then "Paste" from the MS Word menu. The chart will now appear in the blank document.
- Print the MS Word
document.
Finding and Sorting Instruments
All tradable instruments are listed in the "Dealing Prices" window. The CFD trading system has features to make it easier to find the instrument you wish to trade.
By left-clicking on the "Market" column heading, you will sort all instruments alphabetically. Left-click again, and you will sort them in reverse alphabetical order
Right-click on the "Market" column heading, and you can then select "sort" from the pop-up menu. Choose "default", and you will revert back to the default arrangement: Equity indices grouped at the top, then major commodities, then major U.S. shares, and finally major international shares grouped at the bottom.
Account
Statements / Back Office Reports
Your CFD Account has built in real-time account statements. This means that the statements are updated online the second a trade is executed or a deposit or withdrawal is made.
To access these reports, login to the trading software using the User Name and Password that you have been supplied with. Then select "Reports" from the "File" menu.
You can then select any time period and run the report.