File - Allows you to save your customized settins, adjust screen size resolution for the DealStation™, alter Color Schema, and Exit the platform.
View -
Summary Report - Select the Account Number and Time Period for the Report you wish to generate
Options - Let's you customize the DealStation™ Platform according to Look and Feel:
Java - Standard Java Look and Feel
Windows - Design is similar to standard windows layout
Show Tool Tips - Displays order tool tips in Current Rates window
Charts - Open a chart inside the Main section of the DealStation™
Help
User Guide - Open the User Guide
About - DealStation™: All rights reserved.
Online/Offline Status - Verifies your platform's net connection
Main - Main DealStation™ section containing current dealing rates and all Trading Account information
Charts - Charts section of the DealStation™ containing all saved Charts
Current Rates - Presented in complete detail in the
Current Rates section.
Minimize Current Rates
Maximize Current Rates
Account Status - Brief Overview of your Account Status
Minimize Account Status
Maximize Account Status
News - Intra-day Markets and Trading News, updated 24 hours a day by AFX and
Forexnews.com
Minimize News
Maximize News
Open Orders - Presented in complete detail in the
Open Orders section.
Minimize Open Orders
Maximize Open Orders
Open Trades - Presented in complete detail in the
Open Trades section.
Minimize Open Trades
Maximize Open Trades
Account ID - Your account's User Name
Balance - Total balance for your account prior to closing of Open Trades
Used Margin -
Margin required to maintain your
Open Trades
Usable Margin -
Margin available, according to your account's equity, minus
Used Margin. This amount will fluctuate according to the profitability of your
Open Trades.
Profit/Loss - Current Profit/Loss total from all your open positions.
Equity - Current Equity of your account: Balance + Profit/Loss
Required Margin -
Margin required to maintain your
Open Trades as percent.
Currency - The TEN Currency Pairs (EUR/USD; USD/JPY; GBP/USD; USD/CHF; AUD/USD; USD/CAD; AUD/JPY; EUR/JPY; GBP/JPY; EUR/GBP ) are available for trading.
Bid - For the trading currency pairs, these are actual prices upon which MG is prepared to deal. If the trader seeks to take advantage of the numerical exchange rate moving lower, the bid price represents the highest price at which MG is willing to trade. Read more in
Current Rates Section.
Ask - For the trading currency pairs, these are actual prices upon which MG is prepared to deal. If the trader seeks to take advantage of the numerical exchange rate moving higher, the ask price represents the price at which MG is willing to trade. Read more in
Current Rates Section.
High - Highest bid price recorded since the beginning of the current trading session. The trading session begins at 3:00 PM New York Time, with the exception of Sundays when trading begins at 5:00 PM.
Low - Lowest ask price recorded since the beginning of the current trading session. The trading session begins at 3:00 PM New York Time, with the exception of Sundays when trading begins at 5:00 PM.
Time - The time of the last update to the bid and ask quotations for a particular currency pair.
Rollover - This is the rollover rate charge, in U.S. dollars, which is regularly applied to each open position of the particular currency at 3:00 PM New York Time. The charges change every day depending on the swap rate.
Alert Bid - Enter a price and when the Bid-side rate has been reached, a pop-up window will appear, along with a one-time "beeping" sound.
Click to Open Sell-Order for EUR/USD
Click to Open Sell-Order for USD/JPY
Click to Open Sell-Order for GBP/USD
Click to Open Sell-Order for USD/CHF
Click to Open Sell-Order for AUD/USD
Click to Open Sell-Order for USD/CAD
Click to Open Sell-Order for AUD/JPY
Click to Open Sell-Order for EUR/JPY
Click to Open Sell-Order for GBP/JPY
Click to Open Sell-Order for EUR/GBP
Click to Open Buy-Order for EUR/USD
Click to Open Buy-Order for USD/JPY
Click to Open Buy-Order for GBP/USD
Click to Open Buy-Order for USD/CHF
Click to Open Buy-Order for AUD/USD
Click to Open Buy-Order for USD/CAD
Click to Open Buy-Order for AUD/JPY
Click to Open Buy-Order for EUR/JPY
Click to Open Buy-Order for GBP/JPY
Click to Open Buy-Order for EUR/GBP
Cross Rates - Cross Rates (not traded) used for reference.
Date and Time of News Entry
Headline Entries - Click on entry to view it in its entirety
Displays content from selected News Entry
Reference Ticket # for each Open Trade
Account ID - Your account's User Name
Currency Traded against $
Buy or Sell
Amount - Actual size of the open position. Quantity is in base (first in pair) currency
Open - The original rate at which the position was opened
Close - The price offered by the dealing desk to close this open trade.
Commission - Amount charged to open the position. All accounts now trade commission-free
Rollover - Total amount rollover charges applied to the position since its open. Note: Rollover is applied at 3:00pm New York Time.
P/L - Profit/Loss in pips for each trade
$P/L - Profit/Loss in dollars for each trade
Date - Date and Time the position was opened
Open Buy Position on 1.5 units of EUR/USD yielding a 6 pip loss.
Open Sell Position on 1 units of GBP/JPY yielding a 316 pip profit.
Reference # for each Open Order
Account ID - Your account's User Name
Currency Ordered to be Bought or Sold
Buy or Sell
Date - Date and Time the order was placed
If Done Order - Conditional order that can be placed in conjunction with a Stop or Limit order. Read about it in detail in
If-Done-Order Section
If Done Rate - Displays the Rate(s) to serve as new Open Orders once the original orders become live trades.
If Done Units - # of units for the If Done Orders.
If Done Type - Type (Stop, Limit, OCO) of Order
Entry Stop Sell Order for 1 unit of USD/JPY to be filled at 104.75 and
if done (executed), to be protected by
OCO Buy order with a stop-loss at 105.00, or closed for profit at 104.00. The trader wants the exchange rate to reach 104.75 and continue its movement to 104.00.
More about Types of Orders...
Entry Limit Buy Order for 2.5 units of GBP/USD to be filled at 1.8315. The trader wants the exchange rate to reach 1.8315 and reverse its direction.
More about Types of Orders...
OCO Sell Order for 1.5 units of EUR/USD to protect the existing Buy EUR/USD trade with a stop at 1.2600 or a take-profit limit at 1.2700.
More about Types of Orders...
Stop Buy Order for 1 unit of GBP/JPY to protect the profit of the existing Sell GBP/JPY trade with a stop at 195.50.
More about Types of Orders...
Learn about all the features of our proprietary trading platform, DealStation™, by pointing over the various sections of the image below or by clicking the menu selections to the left. Click on DealStation™ User Guide at the top of the menu screen to return to this map at any time.