2. Click Trading, select Instrument Explorer to search for products.
3. Type full name of the product in the Look for box. 4. Click on plus (+) sign to expand the product list.
5. To view prices of a product, drag selected product and drop into the
Prices and Trade panel.
Click on Trade Settings to adjust various features including changing between Single-click and 2-click trading which allows you to confirm trades and orders. If 2-click trading is disabled, a single click would be sufficient to make trades and to place orders.
1. Choose Workspace: Click File on the top menu bar, select Workspace, choose Blank Workspace or New to start.
2. New Workspace is a menu of pre-set templates for your selection. 3. Blank Workspace allows you to customise your workspace according
to your preference.
Trading is disabled by default as a safety feature.
1. To enable it, click on Enable Trading.
2. Disable Trading now appears and this means that Trading has been enabled. To disable trading, click on Disable Trading.
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Add Your Preferred Products
Shard Capital Stockbrokers presents
Shard Trader Plus
, one of the most intuitive
and complete
multi-product online trading platforms in the market.
These key benefits include a fully personalised trading environment, extensive market
analysis,
Live news service, excellent liquidity and fast execution with one-click trading.
Featuring a highly secure environment and a massive choice of trading modules.
Helping you make successful trading decisions with real-time execution.
Follow this simple step-by-step guide and start trading in no time.
The most efficient way to add products is via Instrument Explorer.
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Getting Started, Selecting Your Workspace
To start, enter your User ID and Password in the log-in screen.
Click on icon next to ‘Add Instrument’ to view products in Trade Board view; click icon again to view products asPrice List.
Tip: Click on this icon to hide the window.
Note: To receive live prices on Stocks, CFDs or Futures, please subscribe to live prices for the relevant
exchangesby clicking on the Account menu, followed by Manage Subscriptions.
View instruments as Trade Boards / Price List
1. Click News and Research from the top menu bar, select News or Economic Calendar.
2. Sort News by country or by news providers. 3. Sort Economic Calendar by country, by date and/or by key economic announcements.
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Customise Your Product Fields
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Add Charts
Tip: You can add and delete fields on the Choose Columns and Grouping window to customise
the Pricesand Trade panel.
News And Economic Calendar At A Glance
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Monitor Trading Conditions
To view Trading Conditions:
To view the economic calendar and news…
1. Right click on the top row (grey colour) of Prices and Trade panel.
2. Select Settings, click Choose Columns and Grouping.
1. Click Trading from top menu bar, select Chart. 2. The chart displayed i s default
3. Select instrument from Prices and Trade panel
(e.g. Apple Inc), drag and drop instrument on to chart space; the price chart for Apple Inc pops up.
4. Re-scale price line: Click on chart line; you can shift the chart line freely.
5. Customise chart scale: Click on either the x-axis or y-axis to drag in/out the chart scale.
1. Trading Conditions show the costs and trading conditions per asset class. 2. Click Account, select Trading Conditions. 3. To view trading conditions, select
list type by Product Class:
a) for FX, view by Currency pair; b) for Futures, view by Contract; c) for Stocks, view by Stock
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Place Your Orders
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Manage Your Account
Tip:
1. Shard Capital reserves the right to stop out clients’ positions above Margin Utilisation of 100%
and/or when the Accountvalue turns negative.
Tip: You can place related orders by checking the Limit and / or Stop boxes.
2. If the Margin Utilisation has reached 150% and / or a margin call has been executed continuously
for over 47hours, a stop out will be triggered immediately.
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Change And Edit Your Orders
3. If your account value turns negative, Shard Capital may sell all or part of your shares and / or anycollateral held in youraccount in order to cover the deficit.
To change and edit your orders… 4. If your margin goes above 90%, a margin call pop-up will be issued on the platform and an email
notificationwill be sent to your designated email account simultaneously.
1. Click Trading, select Open Orders.
5. Opposite positions will be squared off in a First-In-First-Out (FIFO) manner unless a position is
closed directly orthere is a related open order on an open position.
6. Please note that we are unable to postpone any margin stop-outs and this is non-negotiable.
Incoming fundsmust be received and cleared before they are booked into your account.
Close Position
Place Limit order
Place Stop order
1. Click on Trading on the top menu bar, if your platform is in Disable Trading mode, skip to Step 2. Otherwise, click Enable Trading to enable trade.
2. On Prices and Trade panel, right click on chosen product and select Trade Ticket.
3. A Trade Ticket pops up
4. Click on Order
5. Make the necessary changes and confirm thembefore clicking on Place Order(s).
System recommendations:
CPU: Pentium 4, 2.5 GHz or faster Free hard disk space: 200 MB
Modem/Internet connection: 256 kbps or faster
Screen resolution: 1280 x 1024, true colour (24 bit) colours
RAM: 2 GB (at least 2 GB if you are running Microsoft Windows Vista, as Windows Vista alone needs 1 GB)
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Need Assistance?
To access the Help Function:
Take your position.
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Is your computer and internet connection good enough ? 1. Click Help.
2. Under Help, you can also select Contents or Index. 3. For further help contact a member of the Shard Team on:
+44 2034634989
Shard Capital Partners LLP
One Tudor Street London EC4Y 0AH United Kingdom Tel: +44 203 463 4989 Fax: +44 203 463 4991 [email protected] www.shardcapital.com RISK WARNING
The value of Stock investments can go down as well as up and as a consequence investors may not realise the sum originally invested and is not guaranteed at any time. If you are unsure of the suitability of Share dealing specifically for you then you should contact an Independent Financial Adviser, authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority. Past performance is never a reliable indicator to future performance of investments.
The geared nature of CFD’s means that both profits and losses are magnified. If you do not use stop losses and your position moves against you, you could incur very large losses.
In the event of a trade moving against you and reducing your cash balance, you may be subject to a ‘Margin Call’. This is to ensure you have sufficient funds in your account for the initial margin requirements to keep your positions open. If you do not have sufficient funds in your account or do not provide sufficient funds within the time required you may be forced to close your position and you will be liable for any deficit.
CFDs are more suited to short term investors as opposed to long term investors due to the associated costs. As an investor, you do not have the right to a vote at the AGM or any other meeting.
You are liable to pay out the dividend if you hold an equity position when they go ex-dividend.
It is important to know you are trading contracts with the CFD provider, not physically trading in the underlying market. This means you don’t actually own any assets.
It is possible to lose more than your original investment if you do not use guaranteed stop losses and the position you are in is subject to slippage, gapping or a fast market.
