General
General
This panel contains general preferences that you can configure.
Auto Save Interval – Enable auto save and select the interval in seconds.
Tick History Limit – Number of time and sales entries that will be saved in memory.
DOM History Limit – Number of market depth entries that will be saved in memory. This setting relates to the Order Heatmap study.
DOM Snapshot Interval – Set time interval in which a snapshot is taken and saved of the DOM. This snapshot includes price and volume for the DOM's market depth at that time.
Filter Bad Historical Ticks – MotiveWave will filter out spikes from historical data. This uses a high amount of CPU.
Max Journal Entries – Maximum entries in your workspace Journal. Click + icon next to a chart and select Journal. The Journal keeps a log of many events including connection and orders.
Max Log Files – Maximum number of log files saved to your drive before MotiveWave will delete the oldest file as it adds a new one. One log file is created each time an instance is started.
P/L Calculation – For P/L displayed in the Trade Panel, DOM, Positions panel etc. The calculations are as follows:
Last Price - The last traded price.
Bid/Ask Price - Long trades will use the bid price and short trades will use the ask price.
Value Area Method – The calculation for determining the value area:
Standard
Determine the total volume traded in the profile.
Take the number volume and multiply it by 0.7 to determine what number is 70 percent of the total volume. (70% is the default; however, any percentage can be used).
Start at the Point of Control (POC), The row in the profile with the greatest total volume, and record its total volume number. The POC will be the first profile row added to the Value Area.
Now look at the two rows above the POC (the initial value area) and add the total volume of both.
Now look at the two rows beneath the POC (the initial value area) and add the total volume of both.
Determine which of the total volume numbers is larger and add it to the total volume number of the POC found in step 3.
Repeat steps 4 and 5 adding the larger of the next two numbers to the Value Area.
Once the total volume of your Value Area matches or slightly surpasses the number found in step 2, the Value Area has been determined.
The highest row within the Value Area will be your Value Area High (VAH) and the lowest row within the Value Area will be your Value Area Low (VAL).
Optimized
Determine the total volume traded in the profile.
Take the number volume and multiply it by .7 to determine what number is 70 percent of the total volume. (70% is the default; however, any percentage can be used).
Start at the Point of Control (POC), The row in the profile with the greatest total volume, and record its total volume number. The POC will be the first profile row added to the Value Area.
Spanning out from the POC (up and down the profile), try to use as few rows as possible to reach the 70 percent value area.
Once the total volume of your Value Area matches or slightly surpasses the number found in step 2, the Value Area has been determined.
The highest row within the Value Area will be your Value Area High (VAH) and the lowest row within the Value Area will be your Value Area Low (VAL).
Mask Account – This option will mask your account number with X's starting from the left side e.g. 12345 becomes XXX45.
UI Update Interval – General chart update interval (Default: 200 ms). Setting this too low may overload your CPU.
Quote Board Mode – Will color the Watch List Quote Board font. Last Price will color based on up-tick or down-tick and Delta will color based on a positive/negative daily value.
24 Hour Clock – Charts and Clock will show 24 hour or AM/PM time.
Use Native Windows – (Windows OS only) Will use a normal Windows style window that will not hide the Windows system taskbar. Restart required.
Show Bar Size in Tabs – Charts tabs will display the chart's current bar size.
Confirm Exit – Displays a dialog confirming you would like to shut the program down.
Link Stacked Charts – Chart tabs within chart panels will switch when another chart tab is switched on a different chart panel on the same page.
Show Watch List Count – Displays the number of instruments within the watch list next to the watch list name.
Keyboard
Keyboard
This panel allows you to configure custom keyboard shortcuts for commonly used features. Double-click on an action below to assign/remove a keyboard shortcut.
Custom Orders
Use this panel to define a keyboard shortcut for a custom order.
Mouse
You can configure the mouse wheel to do one of the following (Note: Alt Wheel Action is using the mouse wheel while pressing the Alt key):
Time Shift - Moves the time period (Hint: Use the Ctrl and Shift keys to change the scrolling speed)
Bar Width - Changes the width of the price bars
Vertical Spacing - Adds/Removes space from the top and bottom of the chart graph
Wheel Action – Select the action for the mouse scroll wheel.
Alt Wheel Action – Select the action for the mouse scroll wheel while holding down the Alt key.
Shift Wheel Action – Select the action for the mouse scroll wheel while holding down the Shift key.
Disable Mouse Wheel – Disables all mouse scroll wheel actions.
Fonts
System Fonts
The fields below allow you to adjust the general fonts used within the application.
Chart Fonts
The fields below allow you to adjust the fonts displayed on the charts.
Quick Search
This panel allows you to configure the instruments that are displayed in the Quick Search drop down field (on the toolbar). To specify the instruments displayed in the drop down, deselect All Instruments and add the desired instruments to the list box below.
Auto Complete – Enables auto complete for the quick search.
Show All Instruments – Shows all instruments within the workspace. Uncheck this option to manually add the desired instruments to the quick search.
Ticker Tape
This panel allows you to configure the instruments that are displayed in the ticker tape panel as well as other display settings.
Scroll Speed – Selects the scroll speed of the ticker tape.
Show Ticker Tape – Enables the ticker tape feature.
Show Change – Show instrument change in price.
Show Change % – Show instrument change in percent.
Linking
This panel defines the type of linking to be used. Linking may be tied to the selected instrument (default), bar size or none (used for replay mode).
Default Link Type – Select the link type for all link colors.
Colored Link – Uncheck Use Default to set a link type for each color link.
Dock
This panel contains preferences for the docking framework.
Tab Location – Select the location (top or bottom) for the tabs.
Page Bar Location – Select the location (top or bottom) for the page bar.
Grid Spacing – Set the grid spacing for floating layout pages.
Snap to Grid – Snap stations to the grid.
Show Tab Icons – Shows an icon next to the tab indicating the station type e.g. chart, watch list, etc.
Confirm Remove Page – Displays a dialog confirming you would like to remove a page.
Trading Hours
This panel allows you to configure custom trading hours for historical data retrieved from your data provider. Click on the + button to define a new set of trading hours. To assign trading hours to an instrument, edit the instrument and choose the appropriate trading hours from the Trading Hours drop down.
Simulated Account
The Simulated Account is a paper trading account that locally tracks orders, positions and trades against a virtual account. When placing orders against this account, no actual information (orders/trades) is transmitted to your broker.
Sim Trade Only – Disables trading for all accounts except for the internal MotiveWave Simulated accounts.
Enabled – Enable a simulated account.
Base Currency – Set the base currency for the simulated account.
Cash Balance – Set the starting cash balance for the simulated account.
Fill Immediate – Fill an execution immediately without waiting for a real trade to occur.
Include Commission – Include commissions in your account P/L.
Reset Account – Click here to reset your simulated account and clear all the saved trades.
Auto Update
The Auto Update utility checks for updates and automatically downloads them to your computer. When a new update is available you will be prompted to install when you exit the application.
Backup
Auto Backup
The Auto Backup feature will automatically create a backup file and save it in a folder on the specified interval. Older backups will automatically be deleted to avoid consuming too much disk space.
Auto Backup Enabled – Enable the auto workspace backup feature.
Create Backup on Shutdown – Creates a workspace backup each time you shut down the program.
Interval – Create a workspace backup on a set interval.
Max Files – Maximum number of workspace backup files. The oldest file will be replaced by any new files.
Folder – Select the folder where the auto backups will be stored.
Auto Export Pages
The Auto Page Export feature will automatically export one or more pages from the Console or a Desktop window given folder on the specified interval. Older exports will be automatically deleted to avoid consuming to much disk space. Note: The Console/Desktop window must be open for the export to happen.
Auto Export Enabled – Enable the auto export pages feature.
Export on Shutdown – Creates an export page package each time you shut down the program.
Interval – Create an export page package on a set interval.
Max Files – Maximum number of export page packages. The oldest file will be replaced by any new files.
Folder – Select the folder where the export page packages will be stored.
Add Files – Select the pages you would like included in the export page package.
Compact Mode
Select the features below that you would like to show or hide when viewing a chart window, chart group, or the console while in Compact Mode.
Show Tabs – Show tabs in compact mode.
Show Page Bar – Show the page bar in compact mode.
Show Menu Bar – Show the menu in compact mode.
Show Toolbar – Show toolbars in compact mode.
Show Status Bar – Show the status bar in compact mode.
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