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== General Information ==
Please make sure that your PC meets CQG requirements and technical specifications: http://www.cqg.com/Docs/CQGTraderSystemSpecs.pdf
In MultiCharts Main Menu go to Format and select Strategy Properties. Click Auto Trading tab and select CQG (see '''[[Auto Trading#Select Broker Plug-in|Auto trading settings]]''') then click Settings tab.<br>
In the '''Properties CQG''' window enter the information provided by CQG:
:* Authority Authorization section.<br>Enter '''Login''' and '''Password'''.
:* Connectivity section.<br>Make sure that the '''Server Name''' is correct.<br> From the drop-down list select '''Sim''' for a Demo account, '''Live''' for a Real account. <br>'''Custom''' should be selected only if you received specific settings and instructions from your broker.
:*Default Order Settings section.<br> It is obligatory to specify an account in Account field to send orders to. Click '''Lookup''' button to get list of available accounts and select one of them.
Select one of the available '''Time In Force''' order parameters.
:* '''DAY; or:''' <br> Order is canceled if it does not execute by the close of the trading day. Unless otherwise specified, every order is a Day order.
:* '''GTC (Good-Til-Cancelled); or:''' <br> Order will continue to work within the system and in the marketplace until it executes or is canceled.
:* '''FOK (Fill or Kill Orders); or:''' <br>Specifying that the order must execute immediately and in its entirety, or be canceled.
Enable '''Convert stop orders guaranteed to be executed to market orders''' checkbox if you want Stop orders to be converted into market when they are guaranteed to be executed.<br>
Enable '''Convert stop limit orders into limit orders if stop price is hit upon order placement''' checkbox if you want Stop-Limit orders to be converted into Limit when the stop price is reached when the order is placed.
[[Category:Broker Plug-ins]]