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Release Notes
| Version 11.1.0.2 Release Notes |
| OE |
- Change tooltip for "Intraday shortable" to "Intraday Shortable-Fee may apply"
- Validate ordertype when changing routes.
- Added TTO template for options symbols.
- Widened order details area on TTO template to properly show details for TTO trailing stop orders.
- Make TTO a quasi-ordertype on standard template context menus/combo boxes. Selecting TTO will then change the template.
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| General |
- Fix crash when closing Layout Manager.
- More support for eSignal's latest v10.x client.
- Removed all references to DayNB TIF.
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| Balances |
- Fix bug where FX "Shares Today" was formatted in scientific notation.
- Fix bug where some non-USD pairs (ie CHF/JPY) were incorrectly valued as 0.00 market price.
- Add Fut. OniteReq. and Avg. Price2 (for equities original basis) fields.
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| Positions/Balances |
- Add Fut. OniteReq. and Avg. Price2 (for equities original basis) fields.
- Add Avg. Price2 column to report non-MTM basis for equities.
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| Orderbook and other grids |
- Fix crash after closing file dialog within Export to CSV context menu command.
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| Orderbook/Open Orders |
- Immediately update mainline with new order details during a replace of a suspended order.
- Fix bug where partially executed but dead orders were not listed with Live & Executed filter applied.
- Fix bug where suspended but most recently replaced orders were not listed with Summary->Live/Entered filter applied.
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| MAT |
- Added plus ordertypes.
- Fixed dropping of items in Open Orders grid.
- Fixed doubling of Position Values when Groups are changed.
- Fixed dropping of second decimal position of account's %MOD when saving to and from prefs.
- Added cols Order Type, Price, Stop Price to Open Orders tab in MAT.
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| Orders |
- Added COMEX and EUREX prefs.
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| Market Depth |
- Added bid/ask/trade filtering to ticker.
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| FX Board |
- Position" font now works (instead of setting Positions grid font!)
- Fix crash when entering symbols and window is not large enough for the new symbol.
- Enable mousewheel scrolling.
- Allow multiple instances of window.
- Added an extra level of granularity to spread meter, giving us narrow, medium, wide, other. # Pip value granularity for meter settings changed from even pips to 1/10th pip.
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| Messages |
- Added user 'logged in elsewhere' to Messages view to better support 3rd party applications
- Fixed bug where message duplicated when window first opened.
- Widened "Show Messages" radio button to fit entire caption.
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| Watchlist |
- Fixed bug where Pip Value/Lot would be blank after first entering symbol.
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| Hotkeys |
- Fix bug which often showed Day as only TIF for newly added hotkeys (until route reset). Also added popup warning that Day TIF hotkeys will be autoconverted to GTC when placing an FX order with that hotkey.
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| Version 11.0.0.1 Release Notes |
Managed Account Trading
(MAT) |
- Added MAT (Managed Account Trading) window.
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| FX Board |
- FX Board now shows red bar when bid/ask unavailable.
- Added scrollbars on larger views.
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| Alerts Window |
- Alerts window is renamed to Messages.
- Added server name to quote connect/disconnect messages in alerts view.
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Order Preferences
and Entry |
- Added TIF selector to TTO, Options and Plus templates.
- Added new combination orders.
- Added optional trailing stop trigger to TTO template.
- Added Reserve, Discretionary, Pegged ordertypes for FX.
- Added IOC support for FX.
- Intraday shorts now show "dashed" box in short/margin control. Tooltip shows negative borrow rate.
- "Reason" added to cancel messages.
- Added MOC/LOC/Reserve for Canadian.
- Open Orders: Shift and Ctrl click can now be used to select multiple open orders, enabling new "Cancel > Cxl all selected" menu item.
- Open Order - Order routing defaults: "Nasdaq Nat'l Market" and "Nasdaq Small Cap" combined into a single "Nasdaq" entry to encompass all 3 new Nasdaq market tiers.
- Cxl Replace dialog now shows most current order details.
- Optimized accounting, position and order message code for faster execution.
- Added ability to set forex lot size (1000-10000 in even 1000's).
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| Orderbook |
- Replaces of Suspended GTC orders.
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| Basket |
- Alloc amount now uses EE instead of current BP on saved basket read.
- Fix account showing BP instead of EE.
- Fix bug where current EE box hidden on startup.
- In weight mode, spinner now responds to mouse wheel.
- Add basic scriptable automation interface supporting basket creation.
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Positions/
Watchlist |
- Watchlist/Positions: Added "Yahoo Finance Snapshot" (equities only).
- Watchlist/Positions: Pip value/lot column now calculated using bid only.
- Watchlist/Positions: Added Spread column.
- Watchlist: S/M column now shows "I" for intraday short, "$" for negative borrow.
- Positions: Default column ordering changed to: Symbol, Long, Short, Total Pos, Open Pnl, Closed Pnl, Total Pnl.
- Positions: Total Position is renamed to Net Position.
- Positions: CloseAll is no longer ignored when net position of all symbols is zero.
- Positions: Column totals added to all Pnl columns.
- Import of symbols into watchlist now supports multiple formats.
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| Options |
- Option chain - flicker fixed.
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| Market Depth |
- Columns can be resized and saved with layout.
- 'Show Market Participant Status' has been removed from Preferences.
- Max quantity loads when 'BP' is clicked.
- Quantity loads when 'Pos.' is clicked.
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| General |
- Added XP theme support.
- Multiple windows now support both export data to .csv and clipboard.
- Symbol lookup: Futures contracts now display current and future contracts description.
- Whammy bar configurable with right click.
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| 3rd Party |
- eSignal integration: Added FX symbology mapping.
- FX Charts Added.
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| Version 10.13.0.10 Release Notes |
| General |
- Added 'At Your Service' menu items in both standalone and all integrated apps.
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| DTNiQ |
- Fixed incorrect transparency within toolbar buttons.
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| MasterTrader |
- Installer packaged with eSignal's brand new 8.0 client.
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| Forex |
- Fix bug with partial lots truncating (ie. 19k showing as 1.0, not 1.9 lots) in positions and FX Board.
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Positions/
Watchlist |
- Watchlist and Positions OE symbol changes with active row.
- Changed 'PnL/per (Pair)' column so that it now shows decimal PnL on the pair regardless of symbol-based. For example, for a long this column now contains basis-bid regardless of symbol and base currency.
- Added 'PnL/Pips (Open)' column. This is essentially PnL/per (Pair) converted from a decimal value to # of pips.
- Fixed 'PnL%(Open) for FX (had been displaying zero). PnL% is figured on a cash-on-cash basis for FX positions.
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| Orderbook & Open Orders |
- Use 'Enter' color for pending events such as cancel place, replace place, order place.
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| Version 10.13.0.9 Release Notes |
| General |
- After losing connection, the Trade Server connection will attempt to reconnect indefinitely (one minute apart after a random delay for first attempt).
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| Preferences |
- Sounds: Replaced "Order Placed" event with separate events for Buy, Sell, and Sell Short
- Order Entry: Added "Stop Method" radio selector on FX tab. Default is "First Touch", which is the existing setting. Bid triggering for Sell stops, Offer triggering for Buys. When "Trade Through" has been selected, this behavior is reversed.
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| Forex |
- No longer rounds lots when displaying position.
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Positions/
Watchlist |
- Fix bug where "Show Order Entry" menu item selection was ignored.
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| Version 10.13.0.8 Release Notes |
| General |
- Fix issue where pink sheets (and anything without a current bid/ask) would hang for up to 10 seconds before placing order.
- During re-install, preserve long filename of install directory.
- Added new FX and equities/futures Order Entry templates.
- During initial install (only) prompt user to choose a default starting layout, or none). Layout loaded will be that which is a closest match to user's screen resolution.
- Display proper icon during Alt+Tab (instead of default "flying windows").
- Status bar settings dialog no longer opens off screen when Navigator is condensed. ESC on status bar settings dialog no longer causes dialog to go off the screen.
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Order
Entry |
- Enable Nasdaq LOC (limit on close) / Market on Close (MOC).
- Fix bad opening order description in Stop+TTO "plus" dialog (was showing current price instead of stop price).
- Logically re-group order types in context menu/combo boxes (i.e. all plus-types are not grouped together).
- Preclude GTC as an available TIF for: MOO/MOC/LOO/LOC/VWAP order types and pink sheets.
- Fixed bug where Pegged/Pegged Reserve orders incorrectly entered as Trailing Stop and rejected with "No Trail Price specified"
- Added new order type Stop Limit+Trail.
- Fixed bug in Preferences window where, when changing default TIF for NYSE to GTC, Day NB disclaimer was displayed.
- Allow only GTC for FX market in Preferences.
- Preferences window now opens to Equities tab for non FX customers.
- Added missing order types to prefs defaults.
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| Forex |
- Spread meter functionality changed in conjunction with new preferences. Spread meter now has only two spread value levels. Colors now named Narrow/Wide/All Other. Changes to values are now actually applied.
- Double-click now only invokes symbol editor when over symbol area, otherwise loads bid/ask in Order Entry.
- Widen cell so six-digit quotes (USD/MXN) do not cut off leading integral digit.
- Fix negated open PnL for open short Forex positions.
- Fix failure to recalculate trailing offset when changing to new Stop Limit+Trail for a Forex symbol.
- Trailing offset edit control no longer trims off trailing zeros. It instead zero-fills to the number of pip decimal places.
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| Balances |
- Fix incorrect short market value sometimes left over after closing a position.
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| Positions |
- Net 0 position lines no longer show simply because there is an open order for a symbol.
- Add Pip Value/Lot column.
- Calculate Add PnL% for FX.
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| Open Orders |
- After a replace or cancel reject, event column now displays "Replace Rejected" or "Cancel Rejected" instead of remaining stuck at "Replace" or "Cancel", respectively.
- TTOs now show properly (instead of as Stop Limit).
- Fixed bug with GTC plus orders showing in open orders as non-plus, and also wrongly allowing cxlreplaces on such orders (which then lost their plus portion).
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| Orderbook |
- For GTC, "Session Closed" event renamed to "Suspended" and message column displays more useful 'reason' when available.
- Fix bad description for Stop Lmt + TTO (ended in "on Stop Lmt+TTO" instead of "on MBTX").
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| Watchlist |
- Add summary footer row.
- Add Pip Value/Lot column.
- Calculate Add PnL% for FX.
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Quote-
Tracker Updates |
- Now recognizes Stop Lmt + TTO.
- Correctly parses options tags, fixing the placement of options orders.
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| Version 10.13.0.7 Release Notes |
MBT Navigator version 10.13.0.7 contains a new window called the FX Board. The FX Board is used for Forex trading, which is available to MB Trading clients by opening a Forex account at www.mbtradingfx.com. You will need to select a separate Navigator user name and password and will be required to fund your Forex account separately as well.
Features below denoted with an asterisk (*), such VWAP orders, are not available at this time. Emails will be sent to all clients as these features become available in the near future.
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| Orderbook |
- Fixed bug where Live entries for stops that have had a cxl/replace show the previous order's Stop Limit price.
- Fixed lack of changes to view settings not 'taking.'
- Added new 'Accepted' order status color preference.
- Added "Ct. Ahead" column, applicable to futures. This shows number of shares on bid/offer being 'joined' for non-marketable Limit/Limit+ orders at time of order place/replace. It is only available if a Level II window is open and set to the order symbol at time of place/replace.
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| Open Orders |
- Added "Market" column to Open Orders view.
- Fixed TIF not updating after a cancel/replace.
- Fixed failure of Remote Id to be updated after a cancel/replace.
- Added "Ct. Ahead" column (see above).
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| Options |
- Added Covered Calls support*
- Fixed bug with some index options overflowing into following month.
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| Order Entry |
- Added Good 'Till Cancel (GTC) support
- Added VWAP (Volume Weighted Average Price) order type*
- Added Avg. Exec. Prc. column.
- Added [Action] (Buy/Sell/Sell Short) column.
- Changed display of Expire date/time to show only date for GTC orders.
- Fix problem where default order type was not being loaded.
- Add 3 new plus types: Limit+Stop, Stop+Trail StopLimit+TTO*
- Added Pegged Reserve order type*
- Remove modal dialog and move trailing stop field for +Trail order types to main template.
- Renamed "Trigger" to "Activate" for Time Trigger.
- Position updates after changing symbol even when pinned.
- Added F11 hotkey to toggle to next template.
- Short/Margin reflects changes to status when server sends update (instead of requiring symbol unsubscribe/resubscribe).
- TTO close dialog/TTO template: Futures now spin by the contract increment and any auto-calculated prices are rounded to the nearest increment when applying offset.
- Made 'Warn if price ___ outside' preference optional.
- When OES is pinned and symbol changes from one security type to another: reload pref'd trail price for the new security type. This will stop, for example, the behavior where the equity trailing stop offset remains loaded after switching from DELL to /YMU5 (with OE pinned).
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| Balances |
- Fix bug where Long Market Value not updated immediately after first trade of the day.
- Remove Morning BP, add Commissions (Forex accounts only).
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| Positions |
- Add special alert pane to bottom of positions window that displays (in red) the most recent alert containing the word "position".
- In Open Only mode, show 0 positions when there are pending buys/sells.
- In Open&Closed mode, Hide 0 positions when there are no pending buys/sells and no closed PnL.
- Options expiration no longer off by a month.
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| General |
- Added Settings context menu to statusbar area; now customizable for up to 3 indices; Time to Market and clock pane are now optional.
- Added new view for limit/market orders on MBTX (for basket orders).
- Preparation for the addition of bid/ask updates to T&S.
- Fixed problem with eSignal 'failed to find BCG Menubar.'
- Fixed inability for Medved to get socket data.
- OE status line also shows alert red text until an event occurs for the selected symbol.
- Orders module no longer holds quote subscription for all positions. Quotes are subscribed on demand as necessary in order to deal with market orders/closing orders.
- Fix "Unable to parse" reject when trying to close options positions via Postions view's Close menu.
- Added pref for display timezone (either ET or local clock timezone). This flows throughout the application.
- Added View/Systray menu option to hide Nav's taskbar button.
- Added tooltip to systray icon, XP now remembers 'hide when inactive/hide always' setting.
- Added automatic printing of all component version paths/version info in mbmsg log to aid in debugging.
- Renamed "Market opens[closes] in..." to "NYSE opens[closes] in..." in statusbar.
- During login, if there is an alert (other than connection events) for user or group, Alerts window is now shown regardless of whether or not they had a saved page with alerts.
- Allow Options/Level II property pages for SDK users.
- Default window sizes slightly larger for new install, and fix for hidden L1 area of L2 for new install.
- Added tradeperms check for equities.
- Removed check that prevented a cxl/replace to identical order parameters.
- Added new 'Accepted' order status for pending orders (in conjunction with new MBTX).
- Fix crash when entering invalid symbol '/'
- Renamed [Web] menu / view to [Support]
- Quotes no longer subscribed by orders framework.
- NavBar respects "Account caption format" preference.
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| Order Entry |
- Order Type field is now checked for validity after changing symbols when pinned.
- Added TIF button to Price vs. Speed template.
- Added CBT as a market option in prefs so /YM's market will now have its own placement and closing route / ordtype options.
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| Open Orders |
- Replaced Cancel menu item with a submenu allowing cxl of "Cxl all [symbol]", "Cxl all [account]", or just the selected order.
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| Watchlist |
- New "% Rng." column shows how far the current last is between the day low and high; at low being a value of 0%, at high being a value of 100%.
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| Positions |
- Column setting changes now properly saved and restored after exiting and reopening window.
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| Options Chain |
- Single-character-root options (T for example) now correctly display puts and calls on alternating rows.
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| Orderbook |
- Live entries for stops which have had a cxl/replace no longer display the previous order's Stop Limit price.
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| General |
- Added ability to cxl/replace Discretionary and Disc. Reserve.
- Support for eSignal 7.7 Beta 4
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| Options Chain |
- Now displays multiple options at the same strike which could occur during buyouts/mergers.
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| Level II |
- OE no longer resizes if completely hidden and a symbol is changed from an equity to an option.
- Widened symbol edit control.
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| Order Entry |
- Alt/Ctrl+arrow increments wired in to plus orders' modal dialogs.
- LOO (Limit on Open) support added for both Day and IOC.
- Order on Time is now available for Limit and Market orders. The time zone will be configurable in future versions.
- TIF and Order Type prefs are now per-market rather than global.
- NYSE default order type is Day-NB and "add'l charges may apply" message displayed when changing to Day.
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| Watchlist |
- Added S/M column with shortability/marginibility indicator.
- Short qtys are now exported (Export>csv file/clipboard)
- Short qtys that are marked with *parenthesis* instead of negative sign are now properly imported.
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| Positions |
- A/H options are now valued more reasonably when a bid/ask is available. This will more accurately value illiquid options whose last price is out-of-line with current bid/ask -- as would occur with options that trade infrequently. When bid/ask are unavailable, basis will be used.
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| SDK |
- Added MbtOrderHistory and MbtOpenOrders.DiscPrice property for discretionary orders
- Removed MbtOrderHistory and MbtOpenOrders.AveragePrice property (previously deprecated)
- Added bstrMarket parameter to MbtPrefs.TimeInForce and .OrderType
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