Trading Station Desktop was designed specifically for experienced chart traders. Trading Station Desktop includes all of the trading features and a similar design to our primary platform, Trading Station Web. But what sets it apart as a professional-grade trading platform…
Indicators can be added to Trading Station in several ways: By right clicking on the chart and selecting ‘Add Indicator’ By clicking 'Insert' >> 'Add Indicator' in the toolbar at the very top of the page: By clicking on the ‘Add Indicator’…
This is the toolbar found directly above a chart. It is useful for changing chart settings, as well as adding useful tools to a chart. If you ever forget what any of the icons do, you can hover over them…
The Strategy Dashboard is used for monitoring Automated Strategies you have running on the account. Any Strategy you have enabled will show up in the Dashboard. This window will show you the name of the strategy, the symbol it is…
There are 2 main ways to set up email alerts. 1. In Trading Station Desktop, go to System->Configure Email. Follow all the steps as directed in the E-mail Configurator that appears. If you complete this successfully, then afterwards, simply set…
Some technical issues that can occur with the platform will need to be corrected by performing a full uninstall and reinstall of the Trading Station platform. If you are experiencing technical issues with the platform, follow the steps below: Click…
Left of the Dealing Rates is the Symbols List. This window is used to add and remove the Currency Pairs and CFDs you want to trade. The Symbols List will not be open by default. You can display it by…
Open up FXCM Trading Station, click on System->Options Scroll down to Marketscope 2.0 and look under General Options for a "Weekend Data" option. Or, if in Marketscope, go to File->Options->General Options->Weekend data. The 3 options are: Hide, Show, or Merge…
If you pressed Create Chart or Open Chart, you will be presented with this screen: By default, charts will open in a new window or be added to an existing Marketscope window. If you wish to have Marketwatch open in…
There are several ways to open a chart. Any one of these options will take you to Marketscope. The Create Chart icon on the menu bar at the top of Trading Station. Right clicking on a symbol in Advanced or…
This window shows you information about your open positions. Ticket provides the unique ID number of your open position. Account provides the unique ID number of the account. Symbol provides the currency pair of the position. Usd Mr (Used Margin) – The amount…
After opening the platform, the first thing that you see are red and blue flashing rates. This is the Advanced Dealing Rates Window. Here you can see quote boxes with information on specific currency pairs, as defined by the symbol…