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Adding a trade

Adding a trade

The Add Trade button allows you to add a trade to the table.

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Required Fields:

NameDescription
Transaction typedirect, transfer or settlement
Client accountis filled in automatically when adding a transaction in the account card. When adding a transaction through the History section, you must select the client account for adding the transaction yourself.
Provider accountLiquidity provider's or counterparty's account for the trade
InstrumentThe instrument involved in the trade
Option instrumentcheckbox allows you to enable the selector for adding option instruments
SideBuy or Sell
Value dateThe value date for the instrument

Required fields (Amounts and price block):

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NameDescription
AmountAmount of the instrument in the trade
Trade priceThe price of the instrument in the trade
Quote amountThe quoted amount of the instrument in the trade
Please note! When filling in one of the fields - Amount or Quote amount, the second field is recalculated automatically. For independent filling of Amount, Quote amount and Trade price fields it is necessary to enable Independent fields checkbox.

Optional fields:

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NameDescription
Transaction timecheckbox enables an additional field where you can manually specify the time of transaction. The Set current button allows you to set the current value of the current date and time in the field.
CommentCustom comment for the trade (also shown in the client's terminal)
Order IDSpecifies the ID of the related order, if applicable
Client close trade IDReference to the ID of the closing trade
Trade dateThe date the trade is executed
Provider commissionCommission to be transferred from the broker's nominal account to the provider's account
Client commissionCommission to be transferred from the client's account to the provider's account
Please note! Comment added to the trade is also shown to client.

Client commission field allows you to manually set the trade commission manually.

Please note! If the Client commission field is filled, the entered value will overwrite the commission set in the Tariff settings.

When the Send to FIX option is enabled, trade details will be transmitted via the FIX protocol. The Skip margin check option allows you to create a trade without verifying the account's margin sufficiency. When selecting an instrument of the CASH category, the Markup is applied to base option is available, which allows the price markup to be applied to the base currency of the instrument instead of the quoted currency.

Please note! For trades added to Client type accounts, markup is calculated and added to the trade price automatically.

When the Do not apply tariff option is enabled, the Tariff settings of the account (except for price markups) are not applied to the trade.

Adding a trade with an option instrument

To add a trade with an option instrument, you need to check the Option instrument checkbox in the trade addition side page.

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After that, several additional fields will become available in the side page:

NameDescription
C/PCall/Put price
StrikeThe delivery/write-off price of the underlying asset if the client decides to exercise the option
Expiration dateThe last possible day to exercise the option
Base asset SRPrice of the underlying asset in the option instrument
Notional amountAmount of the underlying asset in the trade
Premium notional amountPremium amount
Premium %Premium amount in percentage, calculated as: Premium notional amount (in base asset) / (Strike price * Notional Amount) * 100%
Premium pipsPremium amount in points
Please note! The value in the Premium % field is limited to five decimal places.
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