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== General Information == | == General Information == | ||
Please make sure that your PC meets CQG requirements and technical specifications: http://www.cqg.com/Docs/CQGTraderSystemSpecs.pdf | |||
If you need '''data''' from CQG data source, make sure you have [[CQG|'''CQG data feed''']] set up. | |||
It is possible to use different accounts for getting data and trading. | It is possible to use different accounts for getting data and trading. | ||
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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 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: | In the '''Properties CQG''' window enter the information provided by CQG: | ||
:* 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]] | [[Category:Broker Plug-ins]] |