QuoteSpeed Quick Reference Guide

QuoteSpeed Quick Reference

Guide

Morningstar

February 20, 2009 | Version 5.04

Morningstar,

Real-Time Data Business Alderman`s House 34/37 Liverpool St. London EC2M 3UJ England Contacts Support: [email protected] London +44-207-256-3820 Frankfurt +49-69-50609-110 Amsterdam +31-2062-67010

1. Revision History

Rev. Date By Description

5.04 20.02.2009 HP QuoteSpeed version 5.04 , rebranding to Morningstar

2. Content

1. Revision History ... 2

2. Content... 2

3. How to get started ... 4

3.1 General... 4

3.1.1 Create Configuration Files ... 4

3.1.2 Auto Load Configuration ... 5

3.1.3 Changing Colours, Font and Configuration ... 5

3.1.4 Default Settings... 5

3.1.5 Control Menu Box ... 6

3.1.6 Detached Screens ... 7 3.1.7 Workspaces ... 7 3.1.8 Screen saving ... 8 3.1.9 QuoteSpeed® Toolbar... 9 3.1.10 Command line ... 10 4. QuoteSpeed® Screens... 11 4.1 Multi Screens ... 11

4.1.1 How to modify Multi Screens ... 11

4.1.2 Configuration... 13 4.1.3 Comments... 13 4.1.4 Insert Symbols ... 15 4.1.5 Quick Menu ... 16 4.1.6 Sorting Functionality ... 16 4.1.7 Calculated Fields ... 17

4.1.8 Colours of Information...Error! Bookmark not defined. 4.2 Single Screens ... 19

4.2.1 Opening Single Screen ... 19

4.3 Option Screens ... 21

4.3.1 General ... 21

4.3.2 Quick Menu of Options Screens ... 21

4.3.3 Option Evaluation... 22

4.4 Composite Screens... 23

4.4.1 Composite Screen for Stocks ... 23

4.4.2 Composite Screen for Stock Options... 24

4.4.3 Composite Screen for Futures ... 24

4.4.4 Forex Composite Screen ... 24

4.5 Forex Cross Rates ... 25

4.6 Quick Quote ... 25

4.6.1 Accessing Quick Quote... 25

4.7 Ranking Screens... 26

4.7.1 Open Ranking Screen window... 26

4.7.2 Ranking Screen... 27

4.8.1 To install Ticker ... 28

4.9 Times & Sales ... 30

4.10 Bond Calculator... 31

4.11 VWAP Calculator ... 32

4.12 Level 2 Screen ... 33

4.13 Data Viewer... 34

5. Database ... 35

5.1 Database Search Functionality ... 35

5.2 Charts... 36

6. Alert System ... 37

6.1 Accessing the Alert System ... 38

6.2 Installing Alerts ... 38

7. Chart System ... 40

7.1 To open Chart Screen... 41

7.2 Structure of the Chart Screen ... 42

7.2.1 Mouse Tracking... 43

7.2.2 Change the Chart format ... 43

7.2.3 Change Scale of Chart Windows ... 44

7.2.4 Zoom-In Function ... 44

7.2.5 Changing Default Intervals... 45

7.2.6 Display Value Windows ... 45

7.2.7 Save Charts ... 46

7.2.8 Adding Additional Symbols for Comparison ... 46

7.2.9 Export function ... 48 7.3 Indicators... 48 7.3.1 To install Indicators ... 48 7.3.2 To edit Indicators ... 49 7.3.3 Alerts on Indicators ... 50 7.4 Trend lines ... 51

7.4.1 To draw Trend lines ... 51

7.4.2 To edit Trend lines ... 52

7.4.3 To copy or move Trend lines ... 52

7.4.4 To delete Trend lines ... 53

7.5 MARKET PROFILE... 54

7.5.1 Indicator Description ... 54

7.5.2 Accessing Market Profile ... 55

8. News ... 56

8.1.1 Latest News ... 56

8.1.2 News Story... 56

8.1.3 News Search Machine ... 58

9. Appendix ... 61

9.1 QuoteSpeed® Database Codes ... 61

3. How to get started

After successful installation of QuoteSpeed® workstation program and firewall settings (if necessary) Make sure that your internet connection is open

Start QuoteSpeed® by double click on the green QuoteSpeed® Icon

Enter your Login Name and Password, which you have received from our Subscription department. Please be aware, that these are Case sensitive and must be entered exactly as mentioned within the e mail. Some customer prefer to copy and paste.

Press Login

We recommend changing your password:

Select menu Setup and choose Change User Password.

3.1 General

QuoteSpeed® supports Drag & Drop function in many cases. (Keep left mouse button pressed, pull onto the target area and release it.). This allows a fast and intuitive way of working.

3.1.1 Create Configuration Files

Your individually created desktop should be saved in a configuration file (file with the extension .cfg). You may save as many different configuration files as you like.

Go to the File menu and choose Save Config.

A Save As window will appear requesting the user to define a directory and a name for his configuration file. It is suggested to choose the same directory that the Setup procedure created or the windows default directory. Use a file name that will be easily recognisable in the future.

Press the OK button. Or click on the Button Save.

The QuoteSpeed® CD contains some sample files. Save all files you might like to use in your directory C:\Program Files\Morningstar\QS\SampleCfgs.

3.1.2 Auto Load Configuration

After the configuration file has been saved, if this Setup is the one the user wishes to use as default upon turning on the system, the following procedures should be followed:

Go to the Menu Setup and select Login / Configuration menu

The window Auto Login / Load Save Options appears. Check the Auto Load configuration option and type the full name and path of the configuration file. The browse button can be pressed to help the user locate the file.

Exit the Dialog with OK.

This action will enable the user to call up his configuration every time he logs in the QuoteSpeed® program.

3.1.3 Changing

Colours,

Font and Configuration

QuoteSpeed® allows the user to change Colours, Font and the Configuration to any/all of the screens. There are two methods of changing Colours, Font and Configuration. One is through the Default settings which affect all new screens and the other, through the Control Menu Box of individual screens. Alternatively you may use the quick menu by clicking the right mouse button inside the screen or use the Toolbar buttons.

or or

3.1.4 Default

Settings

The first method is through the Default Settings which is found in the menu Setup. When changing either colour, font or configuration through Default Settings all the screens, that have not been Setup, will be the changed according to what has been selected.

3.1.5 Control Menu Box

The second method allows you to change colour, font or configuration of a particular screen without the other screens being influenced. This is done through the Control-menu box which is situated in the upper-left corner of the screen.

To change the colour, font or configuration of an individual screen simply click with the left mouse button the control-menu box.

Select the command Properties where all three (colour, font, config) selections are then made available.

Hint: When changes have been made always remember to save the changes.

If the window’s title row is hidden (Hide Caption) you may open the control menu of the active window by opening any menu and move by pressing ← or → or press

<Ctrl> + H

These commands may also be accessed via quick menu of each screen (right mouse key). You may alternatively use following hotkeys:

< Shift + Ctrl + O >

3.1.6 Detached

Screens

The functionality Detached Screens can be used to display one (or more) QuoteSpeed® Screens outside of the QuoteSpeed® Desktop.

To set a single screen to “detached” open the control menu of that screen and click on detached.

Alternatively use the Toolbar button Detach.

3.1.7 Workspaces

If a user opens more than 1 cfg at the same time, it is easy to switch between the cfg files fast. Tabs are displayed in the lower right corner.

Click on one of the tabs to switch to this cfg. Click on the Arrows to view all tabs for loaded files.

For optimization of data load only the active cfg file is updated and e.g. detached screens are only displayed for the active cfg file.

However Alerts are triggered also for inactive cfg files.

Open Menu File and select Save Workspace.

Selecting Open workspace will open a complete workspace at once. Close workspace closes a complete workspace.

When saving workspaces make sure to save also the relevant cfg files.

3.1.8 Screen saving

Some screens can be saved independent of a cfg file and loaded to another. This feature is available for Multi Screens, Alert Screens, Chart Screens, and Data Viewer Screen where many users take a lot of effort to customize them to individual needs.

The screen can be saved from the Quick menu by selecting save screen.

3.1.9 QuoteSpeed

QuoteSpeed has a configurable toolbar with the following functions:

New Cfg File

Open Cfg File

Save Cfg File

Print active screen to default printer

Change font for active screen

Change Colours for active screen

Change Configuration for active screen

Mark active screen with keep window flag

Detach active screen

Copy active screen to clipboard

Open Single Screen (for given symbol)

Open Level 2 Screen (for given symbol)

Open Times + Sales Screen (for given symbol)

Open Composite Screen (for given symbol)

Open Option Screen (for given symbol)

Open VWAP Calculator (for given symbol)

Display Symbol in Quick Quote

Open Ranking Screen

Open Database

Open new Multi Screen table

Open existing Multi Screen table

Insert new Symbol onto Multi Screen or Chart

On a Multi Screen or Chart clear all symbols

Open Chart (for given symbol)

On a chart create a new Indicator

On a chart edit an Indicator

On a chart clear all Indicators

On a chart draw new trend line

On a chart clear all trend lines

Bar chart view

Candlestick chart view

Line chart view

Point & figure chart view

Reload chart

On a chart show Indicator values

Open News search

Open user defined News search

On Chart or News search go to end

On Chart or News search go to start

Open Market Profile

Open Data Viewer

Edit Alert for selected symbol

3.1.10 Command line

QuoteSpeed offers a Command line, where a user can enter symbols, Exchange IDs, ISINs and other commands. This command line can be displayed in the upper or lower area of the Desktop.

As long as any QuoteSpeed screen is the active window (besides Database screen) the keyboard can be used without any further manual step.

In this case the symbol of Microsoft has been entered and the command can be e.g. completed by pressing <Enter>.

Keyboard commands are described in each chapter as well as you can find a summary of Hotkeys within chapter Hotkeys.

4. QuoteSpeed

Screens

QuoteSpeed® screens are windows to create your individual desktop. There are many different types of Screens available.

To open new screens, choose the Screens menu, this shows you the selection; select the type you like to use. You should use a screen name that will be easily recognisable in the future. In some cases the screen name will be defined automatically by ticker symbol.

Alternatively the New Multi Screen button from the Toolbar may be used.

4.1 Multi Screens

A Multi screen provides the possibility of a quick overview on securities that are critical or important to the user.

The user may categorise the information according to his requirements. He can also design every Multi screen individually.

Columns can be added, deleted, or edited.

Additional visual effects may be set for Alerts, Net Change Up or Down, News Alert, Updated flat etc. Portfolio calculations can be included.

Each Multi screen can install up to 200 stocks, stock options, indexes, commodities, statistics etc., regardless of sequence, stock exchange or other variables. You can create as many different Multi Screens as you like.

4.1.1 How to modify Multi Screens

When positioning your mouse pointer on the header of each column in a Multi Screen, the mouse pointer changes to a spreadsheet-like image, at this point clicking the right mouse button a quick menu with the following commands appears:

Edit Allows you to change the information displayed in a column, name/title of a column, the width of the column and the alignment of the column. Insert to insert a new column in a Multi Screen.

Delete to delete the marked column.

Sort to sort all issues of the table according to marked column. Properties to change colours, fonts and configuration of the screen Default Screens to choose change or add templates.

Predefined to install on a multi screen a predefined selection of symbols

Hint: You may add the new field Full Name Extended Info to view the complete Security name.

Name column title can be set; default will be the field name

Width set the width of the column (this may be changed any time, by dragging mouse on the header separator border of Multi Screen) Alignment Set the alignment of column

Current field configuration field contents may be set differently for each type Field name choose the contents of the column from this list

Use field for all Sec types Uses specified field contents setting for all security types, where appropriate.

4.1.2 Configuration

The Config Multi screen dialog box can be opened either form the Quick menu or by toolbar button

It is used to configure settings like table grid, flashing and highlight functions.

Send Trades to Ticker To define a selected ticker tape with only including the symbols added to this multi screen.

Display Settlement Price in

Last price field for Futures To define the behaviour of the Last price field after settlement price for the day is received. The default setting would be to display the settlement price as instruments are usually closed after Settlement until the next session opens. However for some instruments the settlement price is occurring during in open trading session.

4.1.3 Comments

Besides much other information you may insert a column “Comment” onto a Multi Screen, which allows you to insert your comments.

• Right Mouse click on the header of the Multi Screen

• Select Insert

To insert your remarks

Right click on the specific row. Select Comment

Enter your text and press OK

Instead of Comment Columns there may be used also Comment Lines. To insert a comment line

Right click on the first empty line at the bottom of the Multi Screen

Select Comment

Move the Comment line onto the desired place by drag & drop.

4.1.4 Insert

Symbols

4.1.4.1 Insert by Quick Menu

Choose Insert from the quick menu a type the ticker symbol. To search for a specific symbol, please refer to chapter 5 Database.

4.1.4.2 Insert by Keyboard

Type the ticker symbol or exchange ID (WKN, Valoren Number, Greek symbol etc.) then press Insert and enter.

4.1.4.3 Insert from Toolbar Button

The button Add symbol can be used to add a symbol to a Multi Screen.

4.1.4.4 Insert by Drag and Drop Functions

You may drag and drop a symbol from any other screen or from the database search windows onto a Multi Screen.

4.1.5 Quick

Menu

A right click in the table of a Multi Screen offers a quick menu with many selections to view other screens or functionality for the same symbol as well as screen configuration features.

Some of the most often used are:

Chart open a chart window for this instrument News open a news search for this instrument

News All Symbols open a News search for all instruments in this screen. This is a very powerful tool, for performance reasons we do not recommend to use this extensively, when having too many symbols installed on the Multi Screen.

Option open an Option screen for options on this instrument

Composite open a Composite screen which shows updates from many exchanges for the same instrument

Times and Sales open a times & sales for this instrument

4.1.6 Sorting

Functionality

You may sort all symbols of a Multi screen manually while inserting them. Later you may use drag and drop to sort them manually.

You may automatically sort all symbols of a Multi screen by alphabet or any other field available in the Multi Screen, if you open the quick menu on the respective field of the header bar and choose sort. When you open the quick menu on a distinct field of the header bar, QuoteSpeed® will sort in most cases by this field.

In case you have entered one or more Comment Lines into the Multi Screen splitting the screen into various sections, the sorting will be done only across each section.

4.1.6.1 Auto Sorting Function

In some cases a sorting, especially when sorting by changing criteria auto-sorting functionality will be useful.

• Right click in the Multi screen and select Properties / Config

• Mark KEEP SYMBOLS SORTED AUTOMATICALLY and choose the interval in seconds.

4.1.7 Calculated Fields

Multi Screen offers basic calculation functionality.

• Insert Column Formula by right click on the header row

• Right click into the field, where you like to display the calculation results to open the input window.

• Enter the formula for your calculation

To refer to a symbol’s last price you can type in this symbol

To refer to a different field enter the symbol in {} brackets followed by a comma and the field code e.g. {VOD.ln,4} for Bid Price of Vodaphone share.

Following calculations are supported

Description + Addition - Difference * Multiplication

/ Division

( ) Normal brackets

For field number see the full QuoteSpeed Manual.

Unlike e.g. MS Excel there is no need to start the formula with a =.

If more difficult calculations are needed than the supported ones, we recommend exporting the real time data into an EXCEL spreadsheet via DDE link and calculating within this sheet.

4.2 Single

Screens

A Single Screen shows all available real time and fundamental information for a specific stock, stock option, future, future option, index or bond in one window. The real time data is displayed separately from the fundamental data.

Sample for a US Future

4.2.1 Opening Single Screen

To view the fundamental data please double click the left mouse button anywhere on the single screen or open the control menu and choose Properties / Show Fundamental or press the Hotkeys:

< Ctrl + U >.

Displayed data varies depending on the market.

Viewing a single screen is done in either of the following options:

4.2.1.1 Command line

Type in the symbol and press the enter key.

Symbol < Enter >

• Or type the local exchange ID (SEDOL, Valoren No., Sicovam, WKN) add the QuoteSpeed® database code for the country and press Enter

WKN <QuoteSpeed® database code for country > < Enter >

• Besides this you might also use the ISIN.

4.2.1.2 Quick Menu of other Screens

A mouse-click with the right mouse button on most of QuoteSpeed’s screens opens a quick menu containing the entry Single Screen.

4.2.1.3 Drag & Drop

You may pull a symbol from any QuoteSpeed® screen onto an open Single screen and release mouse button.

4.2.1.4 Toolbar Button

4.3 Option

Screens

4.3.1 General

An Option Screen provides a comprehensive overview of all options of an equity, future or index. The option screen displays:

puts and calls on one screen strike prices in ascending order expiration dates

real-time information of the underlying value

The user may add or delete easily columns to customise the displayed information.

Open the options screen from the underlying instrument with right click menu or from menu screens or

4.3.2 Quick Menu of Options Screens

The Quick Menu of the option screen offers following opportunities:

Alert to open Edit Alert window to insert an alert for this symbol Single to open the corresponding single screen

Quick Quote to send the symbol to the quick quote bar News to search for news on this symbol

Chart to open corresponding Chart screen Composite to open corresponding composite screen Times & Sales to open corresponding times & sales list Option Eval. to open option evaluation calculator

Properties to change layout of the screen an to access

Use as default headers to save changes in the columns (e.g. additional columns, adjusted width)

Reset default headers to set the table layout to the default columns.

If you open the Quick menu from the header line, it is referring to the underlying equity, on the table rows it is referring to each single option.

4.3.3 Option Evaluation

Option Evaluation is available according to Black & Scholes model for: Theoretical Value Delta Theta Implied Volatility Gamma Vega

The values may be displayed in an option screen in columns,

as well as in s special calculator, this can be accessed by right mouse click on the option screen and selecting OPTION EVALUATION

4.4 Composite

Screens

Stocks (US or non US) Stock options

Commodities FOREX

Open the Composite Screen from any other display of the instrument by right click or from menu Screens or

4.4.1 Composite Screen for Stocks

The Composite Screen for Stocks displays all exchanges in USA where a particular stock is traded, along with the corresponding last trade price.

Double click on the specific row of the multi screen opens a Single Screen of the instrument, updating only from this specific market. Using drag and drop, symbols for a specific market can be dragged onto a Multi Screen or other screens. However charting and Times & Sales Screens are available only for composite symbols.

Non - US

For all Non–US shares there will be displayed all exchanges, where this share is traded under the same ISIN. If you have subscribed for FOREX, the prices will be automatically adjusted to the currency of the first exchange.

4.4.2 Composite Screen for Stock Options

Note: Only very few stock options are traded in more than one exchange.

4.4.3 Composite Screen for Futures

The Composite Screen for Futures is a predefined Multi Screen displaying all traded months for a particular commodity.

4.4.4 Forex Composite Screen

FOREX Composite Screen is a Multi Screen, which has automatically installed all Symbols for each contributor and the Composite Symbol for one cross rate.

4.5

Forex Cross Rates

Important: All values displayed are calculated by QuoteSpeed® system and may have small differences to “official” prices.

4.6 Quick

Quote

Quick Quote enables the user of QuoteSpeed® to quickly check the most important real time information of any security, without leaving or disrupting the screen that is being viewed.

4.6.1 Accessing

Quick

Quote

If the user wishes to access the Quick Quote Command he simply selects the menu Screens and then selects the command Quick Quote

An input window will appear where the needed symbol can be typed. Alternatively you may use the command line:

Symbol < Ctrl + Enter >

4.7 Ranking

Screens

QuoteSpeed® offers an effective ranking tool for all exchanges. Ranking screens are available during market hours and after market closing up to midnight local system time.

Choose from the menu Screens the command rankings to open

4.7.1 Open Ranking Screen window

Before selecting the market please select the instrument type on the right side of the screen.

Type: contains the possible types of rankings with appropriate calculation modus

Most Advanced Highest positive net change in currency Most Declined Highest negative net change in currency Most Advanced % Highest positive net change in percentage Most Declined % Highest negative net change in percentage

Most Active (Volume) Highest total volume during current trading session

Most Active (Value) Highest total value (volume * last) during current trading session Most Active (Trades) Highest number of trades during current trading session

Largest Up Value Highest value for positive net change * volume Largest Down Value Highest value for negative net change * volume Largest Range Highest difference between High and Low Largest % Range Highest value for: (High – Low)/ Last Short Term Rise Last divided by VWAP

Short Term Fall VWAP divided by Last

Market to choose the market, you like to screen

Length to choose number of equities displayed, standard configuration is 10, and maximum is 100 equities

Threshold to set a minimum for last trade price or volume (depending on type) Stocks to switch to stocks

Bonds to switch to bonds Futures to switch to futures Options to switch to stock options Fut.Opt. to switch to Future Options

Exclude Options: to exclude certain root symbols from an option ranking screen.

4.7.2 Ranking

Screen

This screen offers in the title bar the main information about the type and exchange selected. Followed by a table with detailed real-time information

4.7.2.1 More Details on listed Instruments

To see more details on the listed instruments you have following possibilities:

Double click the left mouse button on the selected symbol will open the corresponding single screen. A selected symbol may be dragged and dropped in any open screen available. You press the left mouse button on the symbol, hold it and pull the mouse pointer in the target screen.

The quick menu offers following possibilities:

Single to open single screen. Quick Quote to send to quick quote.

Chart to open corresponding Chart screen. News to search for news available.

Option to open corresponding option screen. Composite to open corresponding composite screen. Times & Sales to open corresponding times & sales. Level 2 Screen to open Level 2 screen

Properties

Font to change font and font size Colors to change colours

Reset Config to reset Use current headers

4.8 Ticker

Tickertape is a very classic tool for fast or continuous information on market activities.

Our tickertapes display following information: Symbol Ticker Symbol

Volume Trade Volume divided by 100 Last Price reported for this trade

4.8.1 To install Ticker

You may install two different tickertapes in each configuration file. They may installed be both on top of the desktop, both on the bottom or one an each.

Select Ticker from Screens Menu or Press Ctrl + T simultaneously

< Ctrl + T >

The Ticker Control window is displayed

Upper Ticker to set parameters for the upper of both tickertapes

Lower Ticker to set parameters for the lower of both tickertapes Market Centre to select an exchange

Lower Limit to set a lower limit on the volume of the trades reported Colours to edit colours

Font to edit font

Colour Mode t" selects, if colour change is depending on last tick up/down or net change up/down

Position: defines the position of display: Hide to switch off a ticker tape and hide it

Top to place the tape on the top of the desktop Bottom to place the tape on the bottom of the desktop Lefti to place a vertical ticker on left side of desktop Right to place a vertical ticker on right side of desktop Select Fields to select the fields to display

Last Price last traded price

Net Change net change since previous close price Net Change % net change in percentage

Volume Volume of last trade

Show Greek Names to display Greek or English symbols in ticker tape for Athens Stock Exchange.

Disable Multi Screens to disable display of all prices sent from Multi screens to this ticker.

Note: The lower limit often is used as a filter, when heavy market activity does not allow proper reading and control.

4.9

Times & Sales

Times & Sales is a list of all trades reported for a symbol. It is often used to follow up market activity very detailed. You may check if your limit was executed correctly.

To open Times & Sales use button

The standard configuration contains following information: Date Time

Price Last Prices Bid Best Bid prices

Ask Best Ask prices

Volume

Info short Info about trade condition and exchange for US stocks or contributor bank and city for Forex quotes.

The header displays the most recent information including net change and trade count. On the bottom of this screen you will find

R- + R+ to switch from tick by tick resolution to 1 minute, 10 minutes, 1 hour, 1 day, or 1 week periods.

Lock to prevent automatic scrolling to the end of file when a new trade is received. This may ease investigations during market hours.

Print to print the times & sales list Export to export the list to a .text file

Selected if this switch is activated, only the selected data will be printed or exported.

4.10 Bond

Calculator

In many places, where Bonds are displayed (e.g. Database tree, Multi Screen, Single Screen for bonds) there is an entry in the quick menu Bond Calculator.

You may open it from the main menu SCREENS, select Bond Calculator or use the hotkey

<Ctrl + B>

This calculator can be used to display Current Yield, Yield to Maturity and Duration on Basis of Last Price, Bid or Ask as well as to calculate these values with modifications of price, interest rate or maturity. You may also drag & drop symbols from other screens onto the Bond Calculator.

4.11 VWAP

Calculator

With VWAP Calculator QuoteSpeed® offers an excellent tool to calculate this important figure. VWAP Volume Weighted Average Price since the opening of the session. The importance of VWAP is increasing as some exchanges and brokers offer order execution on this price by the end of the day.

VWAP is calculated on tick by tick data and the customized calculations use the tick by tick data of the chart database, if there is not enough tick by tick data available the next possible interval in chart database is used (e.g. 1 Minute).

Important: For exact calculation it is important to receive each tick (No interruptions or outages).

As well sufficient Tick y Tick Chart database is important. In all other cases the value is estimated. However a calculation on the basis of 1 Minute data is sufficient in most cases.

Easiest way to open VWAP Calculator is the Toolbar button

The upper row displays real time data of the instrument.

Below you find the settings for the Customized Calculations. The default is since beginning of current day.

If enough tick by tick data is available, in the lower area there are displayed the 10 trades with most influence on the calculated VWAP (Price x volume)

4.12 Level 2 Screen

Level 2 screen is designed to show all the available information for level 2 data. However it may be used also with Market Depth information for exchanges, where the user subscription does not include complete order book. In this case some fields will be empty, where the respective data is not available from exchange.

With level 2 data subscribed Level 2 screen is accessed by double click on a stock symbol (instead of single screen). In addition it may be accessed for all markets from the quick menu of any screen or the toolbar.

The screen is divided in parts:

Header displays ISIN and market segment/sector information Trades information about the latest trade

Level 1 other LSE level 1 data Level 1 plus LSE Level 1+ data

Fundamental some fundamental fields (Trading currency and country of origin) Yellow Stripe enhanced Best Bid/Ask information available in Level 1+

Volume bar graphical display for the order sizes Title Title bar for Level 2 data

4.13 Data

Viewer

Data viewer has been originally designed to display Bond Yield and Price Curves; however, it is a quite flexible tool showing a graphical comparison of a group of instruments selected by user. There is no restriction on instrument type.

The screen contains a graphical display in the upper part and a table view below.

Graphical display by default displays the Yield to maturity for all instruments sorted by maturity date. The table displays the corresponding data including the instrument symbol.

Data Viewer can be opened from menu Screens.

or with button

To add symbols to data viewer there are basically three options:

• Drag and drop from Database screen or any other screen onto data viewer.

• From right mouse click menu select Insert Symbol and enter the symbol.

• From right mouse click menu select Load symbol list.

The list of symbols is fully user definable; there are no restrictions on instrument type.

Remark: If you drag and drop a multi symbol selection e.g. from database screen, data viewer symbol list will be initialized. When intending to add more symbols, please insert them one by one.

5. Database

QuoteSpeed® has an integrated database which keeps symbols and codes for all shares, bonds, futures, FOREX cross rates and other instruments. In this way QuoteSpeed® supports you in an optimal way of searching for symbols, codes or the names, without having to search in long and unfriendly symbol directories.

Select from menu DATABASE: Database search or use the toolbar button.

Select in the left window Indices, Shares, Warrants, Bonds, Funds, Futures, LME or FOREX and click on the + sign next to your choice.

Select from the displayed list (most of the time by country) and click on the + sign next to it. Continue in the same way through all levels.

On the right side you will get a list of all instruments in the selected group containing symbols, names and real time data.

The first level of the tree lets you select the instrument type, the second level the country, the third and following levels vary depending on the instrument type and country.

Now you can select one symbol to

• Drag& drop it onto another open screen

• Double click to open a single screen

• Right click to open another screen from a selection

You may select more than one symbol by pressing <shift> or <ctrl> and drag and drop this selection onto a Multi screen.

5.1

Database Search Functionality

Enter a word, which is contained in the name of the instrument, in the white field.

It does not matter, if the word is in the beginning of the name, however you should enter the complete word.

You may enter several words, and then the search result will be a list of those instruments, where the name contains all these words.

The order of the search words is irrelevant and the search is not case sensitive. Alternatively you can enter exchange ID or ISIN.

Click on SEARCH NOW to start the search. After a short period of time all instruments matching your search will be displayed in the list on the right side with symbol, name and current price as well as instrument type and exchange.

However this list can contain a maximum of 500 instruments. In case the list contains 500 instruments, but not the one, you are searching, specify your search further e.g. by using the advanced functionalities.

In some cases, where no instrument matches your search, the next instrument in alphabetical order will be displayed.

5.2 Charts

The database section Charts displays all Charts stored on this QuoteSpeed server. The columns show the symbol, the charted field, the company name, the number of intervals, the number of entries in the daily interval, the start date of daily chart, the last date of daily chart and the last update time.

6. Alert System

The alert system is a self-programmable visual and/or audible indicator which tracks and notifies the users of movements of selected securities, stock options, commodities, commodity options.

The Alert feature keeps track of the user’s limits automatically. The user gets optionally acoustic, optical messages or even files records whenever a limit is filled.

These messages will alert you about movements of the market, even if you working in another Windows application.

The alert screen is a table containing by default following information Symbol Symbol of all equities an alert is entered for Time Time or date of last Trade

# Number of Events having fulfilled the alert condition

Alert Condition Short description of the alert condition entered with real time data You may insert other fields, whenever you need them.

Condition settings

< Smaller than

<= Smaller than or equals

> Bigger than

>= Bigger than or equals

== Equals

!= Not equal

Chg Changed

6.1 Accessing the Alert System

From the menu Alerts, select the command Open alert Screen. You may also use the keys Shift and F7

<Shift + F7 >

6.2 Installing Alerts

There are two different ways in Installing Symbols on to the Alert Screen. From the menu Alerts select the command New Alert

An Edit Alert window will appear:

Alert Condition: This section defines under which conditions the alert is set. Symbol Type in the symbol the alert is edited for.

Last Displays Last trade price for symbol entered.

Field Under this section the condition of the alert must be defined. Standard mathematical expressions are used (>smaller than <greater than etc.), moreover several conditions like the Last Price, Net Change, Total Volume and others, can be used by choosing the preferable option from a pull down menu.

Connections with other existing alerts may be defined to express more complex conditions.

Action: This section defines the action taken, when an alert is set:

Show Message A message written in the blank space will be displayed in a message window.

Run Any windows command entered will be executed.

Start After Here you may define how many events (trades) must meet the condition to set the alert. Default is 0 to set alert with first event.

Stop After Here you may define, how many times the action is taken. Default is 1. Log to File Alerts are downloaded on an event file, which can be reviewed at a

later stage.

Alternatively you may use the QUICK MENU of ALERT SCREEN:

Click the right mouse button when mouse pointer is positioned in alert screen. From quick menu select the command Insert to open Edit alert window The third method to open Edit Alert window is to use the function key F7:

< F7 >

However the easiest method probably is the quick menu of any other screen. The command alert will activate the alert system and open Edit alert window and insert the symbol selected automatically. Alternatively from some screens like single, chart, level 2 you may open the Edit alert window using button

7. Chart System

QuoteSpeed® offers a powerful and professional Chart system. The following features are available:

• bar charts

• line charts

• candlestick charts

• point & figure charts

• variable intervals from tick by tick to several weeks

• a selection of the most important indicators and technical analysis tools

• Trend lines.

The QuoteSpeed® Chart system is very user-friendly, offering different methods to proceed. You may choose the method of working which is most convenient for you which is fast and adequate to your needs.

Sample of chart with Moving average, second chart for comparison,

7.1 To open Chart Screen

After installing a symbol in the Charts database and waiting for some real-time data you may like to view a chart. To open the chart screen you may use the methods from previous chapter

Right mouse click on the symbol to open Quick menu and select Chart

• Drag and drop a symbol onto an open Chart

• Use Button

• Select a chart from the database tree

• Right click on any other screen

• Type in the symbol and press < F10 >

Symbol < F10 >

In addition you may enter – separated by a space – a parameter for the resolution to be displayed m Minute

t 10 minutes

h Hour d day w week

MSFT 5m<F10> opens a chart with a resolution of 5 minutes per bar. MSFT 4w<F10> opens a chart with a resolution of 4 weeks per bar.

The OPEN CHART SCREEN window will appear.

Type in the symbol.

Select a resolution and confirm by OK. If the desired resolution is not mentioned in the drop down list it can be entered using the abbrevations

m Minute

t 10 minutes

h Hour d day w week with the relevant interval. Sample: 3m for a three minute bar chart.

You may also select a specified date and time, where to start or end the chart display. The default setting will be to end with the current price.

Alternatively you may select to display a chart for current day or current week. If one of these is selected the display will be automatically adjusted to load and display the complete day or week. Indicators will be calculated based on this data.

You may also get this screen by selecting the command Open Chart Screen from Charts menu. When you start in another screen, you may open quick menu for the selected symbol and choose command Chart

A very fast method is to drag and drop a symbol from any screen onto an open Chart screen.

7.2 Structure of the Chart Screen

Header

Symbol Ticker symbol Open Price of first trade during trading session High Highest trade or bid price

Low Lowest trade or bid price

Close Last trade during that trading session

Volume Total volume traded during current trading session Time Corresponding time for Last

The main area by default displays a bar chart. On the bottom you find horizontally the time axis and on the right side vertically price axis. A small arrow called real time pointer highlights the last trade. In the lower right corner you will find six switches

< to scroll displayed section to left side > to scroll displayed section to right side + to enlarge tick width

- to reduce tick width

R+ to enlarge interval for chart resolution (tick by tick, 1 minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week)

7.2.1 Mouse

Tracking

When you move the mouse pointer over the chart keeping the left mouse button pressed, you will see two lines allowing you to follow distinct values closer. Simultaneously the values for the bar pointer at are displayed in the header line and in the value window: Open, High, Low, Close and Period.

Mouse tracking may be switched on and off as follows: Open quick menu by pressing right mouse button. Select Properties and Config or

< Ctrl + Shift + o >

On the left side of the Config Chart Screen window you may mark or unmark track mouse switch. Confirm by OK.

7.2.2 Change the Chart format

• Bar Chart (default)

• Tick by Tick

• Candlestick Chart

• Point & Figure

• Line Chart

Open Quick Menu from any place on the Chart Screen and select Properties and Config Or alternatively:

< Shift + Ctrl + O >

In the right field of the Config Chart Screen you may switch Bar

Candlestick Point & Figure Line

Alternatively you may use the toolbar buttons to switch between the views:

7.2.3 Change Scale of Chart Windows

By click on the border between the Chart display and the separate indicator display and drag you may change the height of the corresponding windows infinitely. One of the windows can even disappear completely.

7.2.4 Zoom-In

Function

User can select a chart area to be zoomed into by pressing <SHIFT> and select rectangle using the mouse.

To go back to real time updating display press simultaneously <CTRL> + <END>.

7.2.5 Changing

Default

Intervals

In every chart screen you can change the resolution by clicking the buttons R+ and R-. The default settings are

• Tick by Tick • 1 Minute Interval • 5 Minute Interval • 10 Minute Interval • 1 Hour Interval • 1 Day Interval • 1 Week Interval

7.2.6 Display Value Windows

On mouse click within the chart itself value display windows are opened. These displays include values of additional symbols and indicators at the given point.

Value windows stay always in front of any QuoteSpeed screen and can be moved flexible by drag and drop within and out of the chart window in order not to cover important displays. They can be detached and attached with the chart itself.

The number of available Value windows can be configured from Properties /Config by setting the value for Value windows.

Value display can be used for mouse track, if mouse button is kept pressed.

Value display can be configured for update with the latest chart values by right mouse click into the value window and selection of SHOW REALTIME VALUES.

The displays can be closed again by right mouse click into them and select Close.

7.2.7 Save Charts

Chart screens may be saved independent of the configuration file by right mouse click and Save Screen.

7.2.8 Adding

Additional

Symbols for Comparison

For direct comparisons up to 9 additional symbols can be added to a chart.

Click with the right mouse button into the chart screen to open the Quick menu. Select Add Symbol

Enter the symbol.

Top Chart to add the additional symbol to the main chart window.

Separate Chart to display the new symbol in a separate window below the first. Normalization: to adjust the values of the additional symbol to the price scale as

follows:

None no normalization. Offset adds the Value to the prices.

Factor multiplies the prices with the Value Last Trade normalizes the chart at actual last trade. Inverse Price The chart will be displayed inverse.

Color to define the colour of the second chart pen.

All settings can be edited or deleted later by selecting Edit Chart Symbols from the quick menu. Besides that a normalization point can be defined by right mouse click in the chart and selection of Normalize Symbols here.

7.2.9 Export function

Historical data directly from an open chart into an ASCII file. This export function includes the values for the open studies. Export functionality is available via right mouse click menu using the selection

• Export Chart Data.

The exported comma separated txt file can be easily imported e.g. to excel

7.3 Indicators

QuoteSpeed® Charts system places on your disposal a variation of technical indicators to support your chart analysis.

7.3.1 To install Indicators

Or open the quick menu with the right mouse button. Select Indicators

Type Select the type of indicator.

Source Values: select, which of the following value is going to be used for indicator calculation

High High prices of each period Low Low prices of each period Close Close prices of each period Volume Total volume of each period

H+L+C/3 Sum of High + Low + Close divided by 3

O+H+L+C/4 Sum of Open + High + Low + Close divided by 4 H+L+C+C/4 Sum of High + Low + Close +Close divided by 4 Periods to set the necessary parameters for the indicator

Chart Selection to select position, where indicator is displayed, not available for all Bands: to add bands to the indicator

None no bands

Linear linear calculated bands Bollinger Bollinger bands

Hide Indicator if this function is selected; only the bands will be displayed, while the actual study is hidden.

Upper to set the upper band separately Lower to set the lower band separately

Empty fields to enter parameters for upper and lower band Colour to select Colour for the indicator

Show Values to pre-select whether values for this indicator can be displayed Line Width to select the line width for the indicator, default 1

7.3.2 To edit Indicators

You may easily edit indicators already installed: Use the toolbar button

Open quick menu with right mouse button

Select Indicators, Edit Indicator and open Active Indicators window

Select the indicator and press edit to open Edit Indicator window, which is described in previous chapter.

7.3.3 Alerts on Indicators

Users can now Define Alerts on indicator values. There are options available for indicator reaches a user set value, Indicator crosses chart and one indicator line crosses another indicator line of the same indicator. These Alert settings are available via the Edit Indicator screen.

Select the indicator

Click on Edit Alert to open Edit Indicator Alert Screen

First Select Alert Method and Alert Condition Then Click on Add New or Update

Add New To set a new Alert on this indicator

Update To update an existing Alert with the current settings. To use this function select the Alert to edit and enter the new settings, then click on Update

Delete To delete the selected Alert

Message Box to get a message box as soon as Alert is triggered. Message box displays the indicator it is relating to as well as the condition values.

Beep To get an acoustical Alert

Only one Alert per Tick To get only one message box per interval of chart

Alert Condition

There are three different options possible

Indicator crossing indicator 2 lines of the indicator are crossing Indicator at value the selected line does reach a given value

Indicator crossing Chart the selected line crosses the chart of the main instrument.

7.4 Trend

lines

Trend lines are simple tools for technical analysis, which may be drawn manually in a chart. They are for example fixed by two extreme lows (in an up trend) or highs (in a down trend). You may easily see if a trend is ongoing. The chart crossing the trend line will be a hint for a change of trend.

7.4.1 To draw Trend lines

In Edit Trendline window you may define:

Source: to define how the trend line should be fixed Free to define free by mouse clicks in two points Horizontal to define free by one mouse click

Open to fix with two open prices defined by mouse click High to fix with two high prices defined by mouse click Low to fix with two low prices defined by mouse click Close to fix with two Close prices defined by mouse click.

Continue to decide whether a trend line should be continued further than fix point

Left to the left side Right to the right side

Style to select layout of the line Colour to select colour of the line

Fibonacci Select one of the following, if you like to use Fibonacci indicators Fan lines

Arcs

Retracements Time Relations

After confirming the selection in the Edit Trend line window, you select two fix points by mouse click.

7.4.2 To edit Trend lines

Open quick menu with right mouse button and select Trendlines, Edit Trendline. Select the trend line by mouse click.

In the Edit Trendline window you will find now the two fix points with values. Please enter your changes.

7.4.3 To copy or move Trend lines

When you are in Edit trend line (see previous chapter), close the edit Trendline window and right mouse click on the specific trend line, you like to copy or move.

Finish with a left mouse click on the desired position.

To exit the Edit Trend line mode click again somewhere else on the chart (not on a trend line).

7.4.4 To delete Trend lines

Open quick menu with right mouse button and select Trendlines, Edit Trendline. Select the trend line by mouse click.

Press Delete in the Edit Trendline window.

To delete all trend lines together use the toolbar button:

Open quick menu with right mouse button and select Trendlines, Clear All.

Whenever you change the symbol displayed in the Chart screen, all trend lines are deleted automatically.

7.5 MARKET

PROFILE

7.5.1 Indicator

Description

Market Profile® is an analytical decision support tool to organize and display market-generated information. The Market Profile's® key components are time, price, and volume, which are then combined and displayed, in a statistical distribution much like a normal bell-shaped curve to reveal pricing patterns and value.

Note: Market Profile is copyrighted and owned by the Chicago Board of Trade. As such, it carries a monthly end-user exchange fee. Please call your local Account Manager for more information.

Symbol and real

time data Date, No. Of TPOs, TPOs above/below Mid Price

Trade/Price Opportunities TPOs Open Price Initial Balance Period

Volumes: Colours refer to corresp. TPO

Price Scale

Mid of Price Range

Actual Last Price Value Area, 70% Volume

10% of Total Volume

7.5.2 Accessing Market Profile

Market Profile is accessed from the quick menu that is available within either the Single Screen or Multi Screen. It appears at the bottom of this menu as illustrated here:

If you are enabled for this indicator, it will appear in black text as illustrated above. If you are not enabled, the text will be greyed out.

If you are enabled, clicking on the menu option Market Profile will automatically load the indicator. The indicator defaults setting uses a 30 minute period for TPOs and displays 1 Day data.

8. News

With QuoteSpeed® the user has the option to combine different News services of US and European origin. An advanced search function provides an overview of news headers categories or general topics. QuoteSpeed® also offers a wide range for searching news stories.

8.1.1 Latest

News

Latest News is exactly what the title implies. It shows all the Latest Story Titles showing the number of the story, news source, number of lines, time, date and the story title.

The mouse offers the user one of the following options: Double-click the left mouse button on the news story title.

On the news story title click once the right mouse button and select from the menu News Story. You may open the Latest News Screen from menu News. Select Latest News.

Or you press simultaneously

<CTRL + F2>

If you need to scroll the latest news, press

<F2>

A News Search screen will open, which has scrollbars.

8.1.2 News

Story

Select from the menu News, then the command News Story and write the number of the story.

Or type the number of the story on the command line and press ENTER to read the complete text of the selected news.

Number < Enter >

News story screens support links:

• Through ISIN to go to Composite screen

• Through Web link to go to web pages

• Through keywords to go to News Search screen.

Click on the coloured keyword, web address or ISIN.

As news agencies frequently use space characters to create tables within a story, it is recommended to use a font with fixed letter width e.g. Courier or Courier New for the standard setting of this screen.

8.1.3 News Search Machine

QuoteSpeed News Search Machine offers several different ways of searching for news:

8.1.3.1 Menu News

Open the menu News and select Search

Select

Story Number to enter first number and see a Search News Screen starting with entered number up to latest news.

Subject to start searching on a special subject Industry to start searching on a special industry Country to start searching on a special country The Search News by window appears with the appropriate pre-entries: Select the News Service

Select a keyword

Alternatively the tool bar button might be used

Keyword if you select to search by keyword you have to type in the keyword manually – either you know it from former searches (displayed under Code) or you may use a ticker symbol of an equity.

When selecting keywords, you can select and unselect many of them by clicking the keyword list. Alternatively you can enter or edit keywords manually within the field next to Search for:

In addition you may restrict your search to a specific time frame (please keep in mind, that by default QuoteSpeed server keeps 5 days history.)

A Search News by window appears, containing all corresponding news headers.

Besides keywords from the News agencies following keywords are available from Morningstar: TfForex

TfPrecMetals

User defined if you select to search by user defined keyword, you may search by any word you like. Use the toolbar button

• Enter the word, you are searching for. You may enter many different words separated by <space> character.

• Select, if you like search in complete words only, if you like to match case and if you like to select Headers only or full text. (Internet customers can not search full text).

• Select, if all entered keywords should be matched to display a story or only one of them (any of the keywords).

• Select the News source, to which the search should be applied.

Note: The full text search uses a lot of system resources and might take a while, therefore a search in headers is recommended for default.

Alternatively you may use

<Alt + F2>

simultaneously to access the user defined News search.

All News Search screens have an auto-scroll area and a user scrollable area.

The auto – scroll area is separated form the rest of the screen by a thicker grid line. The size can be set from the Config screen.

To switch back to the end position after scrolling, press simultaneously

9. Appendix

9.1 QuoteSpeed® Database Codes

The list below details database codes you will need to be familiar with in order to locate information in QuoteSpeed®.

These letters help the system to recognise from which exchange or Geo region (USA, UK, GERMANY, FOREIGN EXCHANGE), the request.

For exchanges, where both formats are available, you may use either the new or the old symbol format.

Name ISO Georegion Market Codes Old

symbol

New symbol

AMEX _{XASE 126 1 am}

Amsterdam Power Exchange NLPX 202 169 ap

Athens XATH,XADE 212 206, 212 a** at

Australia SASX 146 146 - ax

Berlin XBER 200 216 bf be

Bolsa Mexicana de Valores XMEX 131 131 mc

Boston XBOS 126 2 bs

Bombay Stock Exchange XBOM 139 138 in

Bucharest Stock Exchange XBSE 228 228 bu

Buenos Aires XBUE 237 237 ba

CBOE XCBF 126 3 ce CBOT XCBT 126 64 cb Cincinatti 126 26 ci CME XCME 126 75, 77 cm COMEX XNYM 126 66 cx Copenhagen XCSE 172 172, 173 k co Cyprus XCYS 212 239 y cy Duesseldorf XDUS 200 218 df du EUREX XEUR 201 201 f ex

EUREX Swiss XEUR 180 181 s es

EURONEXT Amsterdam XAMS 202 202, 203, 205,

210, 211

n as

EURONEXT Brussels XBRU 207 207, 208, 209 g br

EURONEXT Liffe XLIF 150 149, 158, 159 e li

EURONEXT Lisbon XLIS 195 195, 196, 197 l ls

EURONEXT Paris XPAR,

XMON,XMAT 160 160, 161 163, 167, 168 p pa Frankfurt XFRA 200 200 f ff Hamburg XHAM 200 219 hf hm Hannover XHAN 200 220 af ha Helsinki XHEL 176 176, 177 h he Hong Kong XHKG 134 134 - hk

India NSE XNSE 138 138 - in

Irish SE XDUB 190 190, 191 d ie

ISE Intern. Sec. Exchange XISX 126 15 is

Jakarta XJKT 140 140 - jk Johannesburg SE XJSE 193 193 - jb Korea(Seoul)and KOSDAQ XKOR XKOS 141 141 - ks Kuala Lumpur XKLS 135 135 - kl

Name ISO Georegion Market Codes Old symbol New symbol London XLON 150 151, 152, 153, 154 e ln

London Metal Exchange XLME 155 155 e lm

Luxembourg XLUX 232 232 - lu

Madrid XMAD 199 198, 199 m ma

MEFF XMEF 199 192, 186 m rf

MICEX XMIC 231 231 mx

Midwest Chicago Stock Exchange XCHI 126 13 mw

Milan XMIL 223 223, 224, 225,

226

i mi

Minneapolis Grain Exchange XMGE 126 169 mn

Moscow RTSX 230 230, 231 r mo

Mumbai XBOM 138 139 - in

Munich XMUN 200 214 mf mu

NASDAQ XNAS 126 19 nq

New Zealand XNZE 147 147 - nz

New Zealand Futures and Options XNEE 147 236 nz

NYBOT XNYF 126 79, 80 nt

NYMEX XNYM 126 67 nm

NYSE XNYS 126 14 ny

Osaka Securities Exchange XOSE 132 132 os

Oslo XOSL 174 174, 175, 148 q ol

Pacific XPSE 126 16 pc

Philadelphia XPHL 126 24 ph

Philippines XPHS 142 142 - ps

RMX Hannover XHCE 200 222 rm

Santiago de Chile XSGO 233 233 sa

Sao Paulo XBSP 238 238 sp

Shanghai XSHG 136 136 - ss

Shenzhen XSHE 137 137 - sz

Singapore XSES 143 143 - si

Singapore Derivatives XSES 143 234 si

Stockholm XOME 170 170, 171 j st STOXX 200 221 f sx Stuttgart XSTU, EUWX 200 215 sf sg Swiss Funds 180 178 sw SWX XSWX 180 180,182 s sw

Sydney Futures Exchanges XSFE 146 235 ax

Taiwan XTAI 144 144 - tw

Thailand XBKK 145 145 - bk

The IntercontinentalExchange XIPE 150 156 e ip

Tokyo XTKS 133 133 - tk

Toronto XTSE 128 128,127 - tt

USA composite 126 1-84 us

Vienna XWBO 194 194 v vi

VirtX XVTX 185 185 t vx

Winnipeg Commodities XWCE 128 129 wc

XETRA XETR 200 213 if de

Tullett Prebon 240 243 tu

ICAP 240 244 ic

** Alternatively you may use a, if you have set keyboard to Greek key set. In addition certain instrument types require additional codes after the above: Code Description

B Bonds O Options

Symbols can be typed in following formats:

SIEif The company symbol in capital letters, the database code in lower case. SIE.IF or sie.if Company symbol and database code separated by a dot.

In some case, where a symbol does not co-op with the general systematic it might be necessary to use the following code upfront separated by a dot:

s Stock i Index f Future o Option b Bond x Forex

Sample: SX5Ef is an Index; however the symbol is recognized erroneously as future. i.SX5Ef corrects this error.

9.2 QuoteSpeed® Hotkeys

Parameter Key Description

F1 Open Online Help

Keyword / Symbol F2 Search News for Keyword / Symbol

Nummer _{-„ -} Show News starting Number

_{-„ -} Show all News

Shift + F2 Start Ranking Screen Dialog

Ctrl + F2 Open Latest News Screen

F3 Delete Last Entry

Symbol F4 Open Option Screen

Search Symbol F5 Search Database for Stocks by Name

Search Symbol Ctrl + F5 Search Database for Stocks by Symbol

Search Symbol F6 Search Database for Futures by Name

Search Symbol Ctrl + F6 Search Database for Futures by Symbol

Symbol F7 Open Alert Screen and Edit Alert window

Ctrl + F7 Open Alert Events window

Shift + F7 Open Alert Screen

Symbol F8 Open Option Screen for Commodities

Symbol F9 Open Composite Screen

Symbol Interval F10 Open Chart Screen

Ctrl + F10 Open Edit Indicator window (im Chart System)

Shift + F10 Show Active Chart Symbols

Symbol Alt + F10 Open Times & Sales Screen

Root Symbol F11 Open Composite Screen für Futures

Nummer Enter Open News Story

Symbol Enter Open Single Screen

Symbol Ctrl + Enter Send to Quick Quote

Esc Close last window

Alt + q Close QuoteSpeed

Ctrl + c Copy to Clipboard

Ctrl + e Copy to MS EXCEL

Ctrl + b Open bond calculator

Ctrl + h Show / Hide Caption

Ctrl + k Keep Window on/off

Ctrl + n Close Configuration File

Ctrl + o Open Configuration File

Ctrl + p Print active window or screen

Ctrl + s Save Configuration File

Ctrl + t Open Ticker Control

Ctrl + u Show /Hide Fundamentals in Single Screen

Ctrl + x Open Forex Cross Rates

Ctrl + ¬ Scroll left (in Chart Screen)

Crtl + ® Scroll right (in Chart Screen)

Ctrl + Home Scroll to Start

Ctrl + End Scroll to End

Shift + Ctrl + c Open Select Colours

Shift + Ctrl + f Edit Screen Font