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Adding a trade

Adding a trade

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

Important! A trade cannot be added if the client or provider account is closed for the day in the Daily operations section.

Mandatory fields

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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.

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.
Custom markupWhen filled in, the markup for the client transaction set in the Tariff of the account is overwritten by the one set in the field.
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

Trade details

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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.

Processing settings

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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.


When you click the Add trade button, the trade with all the specified parameters will be added to the platform.

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.

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

Option specs

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NameDescription
Option typeCall/Put.
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 pricePrice of the underlying asset in the option instrument.

Price and amount

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NameDescription
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.

When you click the Add trade button, the trade with all the specified parameters will be added to the platform.

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