ADR Navigator
User Guide
ADR Navigator Default Screen
Figure 1 (left): ADR Navigator Application main Screen: ADR (Navigator) page and the Order Status are displayed by default.
The default screen displays the application toolbar (see figure 2) across the top of the screen.
Immediately below is the open ADR Navigator Page where a user has easy access to special features and functions. Across the bottom of the screen opens the StatusPage (orders and executions) with its own toolbar and set of functions. See below for more details in the ADR Navigator Page and Order Status Page sections.
Figure 2 (below): Application toolbar
The Application toolbar
Located at the top of the application window, the application toolbar is fixed and cannot be modified.
It provides mouse-click access to the major components of this application as well as various quick links and customization options for the user. See below for a brief description on each button.
Figure 3 (above): ADR Navigator page Toolbar.
Toolbar menu
The ADR page toolbar has button icons to the following functions:
Symbol Edit Box: for quick access enter a symbol and press Enter (keyboard) to call it up or bring to the top of the list order.
Sort Icon: Click to access a drop-down list of sort options.
Field Chooser: Click to access a dialog box with a list of fields displayed in the ADR page.
Insert, Delete, Clear: In the Field Chooser dialog box click on a field name from the List panel (left) to insert; or choose one from the Selected panel (right) to Delete a field from the display area.
Field Chooser dialog box can be accessed through a right mouse click drop-down menu: right-mouse click in the ADR Navigator display area>from the drop down menu options choose>Field Choose to open dialog box.
Font Weight (Bold/Normal) Click to toggle between bold and normal.
Font Size Menu (drop-down list) Choose a new display font size for the ADR Navigator page from the drop-down menu
Toolbar Menu On/Off: Click to hide ADR Navigator toolbar menu. To restore the toolbar right-click in the ADR Navigator display area > choose Menu On/Off for the drop-down menu. The default setting is 'On'.
Grid On/Off: Click this button to hide the page grid lines. The default setting is to display the grid lines.
EXCEL Compatible File Save Icon: Click to save ADR Navigator page data in a text (tab delimited) file that can be imported in to an Excel spreadsheet.
Print Toolbar options/button: Click to print ADR Navigator page.
Chart Button: Click this button to open a Chart for a selected symbol.
DIV Button:
Clicking on the “Dividend” button will highlight Dividend and Pay Date columns in the ADR Page.
Alert Button: Click to access Alert Settings dialog box. A user can Add, Edit or Delete 'Alert' conditions for multiple symbols.
- An alert is triggered automatically for specified conditions
- Alert window will popup whenever orders are filled or partially filled if this option is selected
- Alert window will popup whenever a new bid, ask, or trade occurs for the symbol on which the user has the position
Note: ADR page toolbar menu options are also available through the right-button mouse click drop-down menu.
ADR Page - Display Area
This page permanently displays a predefined list of ADR symbols and the corresponding data with the following fields: Symbol, Company Name, Bid Size, Buy ADR/Sell ORD, SellADR/Buy ORD, Ask Size, Cum Vol, Last, I.Vol, Country, Sector, Ration, Dividend, Ex-Date.
Fields are all displayed by default but the user can customize what is displayed through the Field Chooser feature on the ADR page toolbar.
Column widths can be modified (expanded/contracted) by placing the mouse over a column border (pointer will change to left /right arrow) then right-click and drag left or right.
Short Cuts: Double click on the
Buy ADR/Sell ORD (green) or SellADR/Buy ORD (red) columns to open the Order Ticket for the corresponding symbol.
ADR - Charts
To get a Chart: Single-click on a symbol to highlight entire row, then click on the Chart button in the ADR page toolbar to open.
Figure 4 (top): Chart Window accessed through the ADR page toolbar menu
Chart menu options:
Symbol field: select a symbol from drop-down menu.
Chart type: select from Candle (default), Bar, Price chart.
Chart Interval: Daily (default), Weekly, Monthly.
Chart Toolbar icons:
Chart Overlays: Click this button to open dialog box to select from the following options: Moving Averages (7), Moving Averages (14), Moving Averages (21), Exponential Moving Averages (7),
Exponential Moving Averages (14), Ex potential Moving Averages (21), Fibonacci Price Levels, Bollinger Bands (20), Envelopes Uni-Channel (10), Keltner Channel (20).
Click on Overlay name to highlight and select (5 maximum), then click 'OK' to update the chart (and close dialog window).
Chart Tiles: Volume Chart (1), Stochastics -%K (5), Stochastics - %D (5), Stochastics - %KD, Relative Strength Index (14), Relative Strength Index (14), Relative Strength Index (14), MACD Oscillator, Percentage Range (10), Relative Momentum Index (14), Fast-K (5), Fast-D (5), Fast-KD, Quick Stochastic (5), Chande Momentum Oscillator, Commodity Channel Index (5), Directional Movement (5), True Range (1), Price Volume Trend (5), Vertical Horizontal Filter (5), Momentum (5).
Click on a tile name to highlight and select (3 maximum) then click 'OK' to update chart and close dialog window. Note: click a highlighted tile name to deselect.
Zoom 'Z' icon: Click this first zoom icon to select a specific area of chart to zoom in. When this Zoom option is selected the mouse (pointer) will turn into a cross-hair; drag over an area to select and magnify. To return to normal chart view click on the 'Close Zoom' icon (arrow). This selected chart area can also be printed by clicking on the Print Icon. Click the Grid icon to display a background grid.
Zoom (+) icon: Click to automatically zoom in (enlarge size).
Zoom (-) icon: Click to automatically zoom out (reduce size).
Grid icon: Click to toggle between displaying grid lines (ON) and hiding the grid lines (OFF, the default).
Print icon: Click to print Chart.
Trend Line -Draw icon: Click to draw trend line on the chart, 4 maximum. Click on two point (in any direction) on the chart to draw a line between those two points: they will extend to the chart's borders. Use the 'Clear Trends' icon to erase trend lines.
Trend Channels icon: Click on this icon to draw parallel channels, 4 maximum. Click directly on the chart to draw four parallel channels coming off of the x-axis. Click on the Clear Trends icon to erase trend channel lines (with Trend Channel or All Trend Lines option),
Clear Trend icon: Click to clear Trend Line, Trend Channel, or All Trend Lines.
Decimal Settings icon: to set decimal 'precision' for charts y-axis scale, click this button to and choose 1 through 5 to change placement (default is 2).
Settings icon: Click to display Default Chart Settings for overlays and tiles. To edit periods: double click on the overlay name, enter a new period in the pop-up dialog box and click 'OK'. Repeat same process for each overlay/tile you wish to edit.
Note: All toolbar menu options are also available through the right-button mouse click drop-down menu. Right-button mouse click in the Chart display area to access drop-down menu.
Alert window
Click this icon to open the Alert Settings dialog box.
In check box provided, click to check and receive system alerts on filled or partially filled orders.
Specific Alert conditions can be set for symbols in the ADR page:
Select a symbol from the drop-down list, then select a field to base the alert message on (Last, Bid, Ask, IVol); then choose a Condition symbol from the drop-down list ( >, <, =, <=, >=) and enter a value in a decimal format in the field provided.
ADD: Click to add this alert condition to the list.
Repeat same process for each symbol to set an alert condition to.
The system will keep track of all alert conditions entered here and automatically pop up an alert when conditions are met.
Edit: Click on a saved condition in the list to highlight then click Edit> change conditions and click Add when done.
Delete: Click on a saved alert condition in the list to highlight then click on Delete to remove condition.
Close: Click on this button to close window and save all changes.
Cancel: Click to cancel (close window) without changes taking effect.
Time and Sales (T&S) window
From the ADR page select a symbol (click to highlight) then click on T&S icon for the ADR page toolbar to view time and sales for that symbol.
Figure 5 (above): Time and Sales window.
In the Time and Sales pop up window; choose a symbol from the drop-down list to view dynamically updating time and sales data, latest on top. Data for the following fields are displayed: Time, Trade, Inc.Vol, Bid, Ask, and Size.
Menu options:
'More Data' : Click on this button to retrieve more time and sales records, added at the bottom of the list.
Change the font size for the data displayed in this window by choosing a new font size from the drop-down menu.
Print icon: Click to print the time and sales records list.
Figure 6 (above): Status Page ( Orders and Executions) located directly below the ADR page.
In this section the users can toggle between the Orders Status and Executions Status page.
The Orders Status page opens by default in this section. It displays the status for all submitted orders and all executed orders for the day, last on top.
Figure 7 (above): Status Page Toolbar
Order status toolbar
It offers the following options (see figure 7 above):
Sorting options, by Side, by Status, by Symbol, by Account [Drop-down menus].
Choose from the drop-down menu options (fields) to sort the list of orders displayed in this window by a selected field.
Save to File icon; Click on an order in this page to highlight,
then click on the Save icon to save to a file on local desktop.
Field Chooser icon ; Click this icon to customize the fields displayed in this page.
Excel link icon: Click to Save page as .txt file.
Print icon: Click to print this status page.
The following fields are displayed by default in this page:
Symbol, ST (status), Buy/Sell (color coded:green for BUY order and Red for Sell orders), Price, Quantity, ExecQ, LveQ, Order ID, Time, and Account#
Status Codes are as follows: A for Open order; F for filled order(executed), P for partially filled orders: get more details from the application toolbar>Tools>Order Status Codes.
Note: All toolbar menu options are also available through the right-button mouse click drop-down menu, for each component.
Executions Status Page
To Open: In the Status Page caption bar (immediately above the toolbar) click on the Executions link to open and replace the default Order Status page. (see figure 7 above)
All executions for the day are displayed, last on top.
The following fields are displayed by default: Time, Symbol, B/S, Price, Order ID, Exec ID, Account #.
Toolbar options
The Order Ticket can be accessed through the Application toolbar > choose Ticket; or through the ADR page by DOUBLE clicking directly on the Buy ADR and/or Sell ADR columns to open.
Figure 8 (below): Order Ticket pop-up window.
The order ticket window will open on top of the ADR Navigator page, and can be moved to any desired position.
See description of fields below. Default setting for the order ticket can be set, see User Preferences available on the Application toolbar.
A Message field (blue border) located at the bottom of the TICKET window displays all system errors/messages.
To Place an Order user must fill in the following fields if defaults values are not predefined:
Minimum order Quantity (MinQ)*:
- Minimum order quantity or 'minimum execution quantity' can be set, per transaction basis, for the following: Order Ticket, Order Book, and Basket Order.
- Orders-per transaction- will be executed only if at least the (predefined) 'minimum executable quantity' is met.
- When the 'leaves' quantity becomes less than the 'minimum executable quantity', the order is automatically cancelled.
- System will display an asterisk (*) in Bid Size and Ask Size fields in the ADR Page if the field is comprised of at least one order with minimum executable quantity set.
- 'MinQ” field is displayed in the Order Status and Order Status History windows.
Note: To customize default setting for order ticket go to the Application toolbar > choose 'User Prefs' option.
Basket Order Ticket window can be launched through the Application Toolbar > click on Basket to open.
Figure 9 (left): Basket Order pop-up window
In the top section of Basket order window a user can
enter a new Basket Name for a set of orders just created and displayed in the order list area below; see 'To create or add orders to a basket'.
Note: Once a Basket Name has been saved it will automatically appear in the Basket Name drop-down menu for future retrieval.
User can also select an existing Basket Name from the drop-down list: its corresponding orders will be displayed in the order list area below.
Basket order commands are as follows.
Save - Import - Send
To create or add orders to a Basket:
Add: Click to add order to the order list below ticket and to a Basket.
Remove: Click to remove a highlighted order from the list of orders in a Basket.
Edit: Click this button after highlighting an order from the orders list: this action will populate the order ticket with the existing values, where new values can be entered.
Located at the bottom of the Basket orders window is a blue rimmed field where all system errors are displayed.
Once all orders for a single Basket have been entered, the Basket (with unique Name) can be saved for future retrieval or sent immediately. See above section Save, Import, Send for details.
Note: if the Basket order window is closed before a list of orders are saved with a Basket name all orders will disappear and are not retrievable.
TO IMPORT from Excel spreadsheet: you can import a list of orders into basket Order Ticket.
Format thein Excel spreadsheet before importing: save the file as "CSV (comma delimited)" format. The CSV file should have the following fields(same format) as follows:
1. With MinQty
fields: AccountID,Symbol,Side,SShort,Qty,Price,TIF,MinQty,SShort Locator
2. Without MinQty
Fields: AccountID,Symbol,Side,SShort,Qty,Price,TIF,SShort Locator
Terms explained:
Side: B = Buy and S = Sell
SShort: Y = Short Sale, and blank for Normal
SShort Locator: Short Sale Locator Code and blank for Normal
TIF: DAY = day orders and GTC = Good Till Cancel orders
Note: Data will be imported only if all the orders are valid
Order Book Window can be launched directly from the ADR page: DOUBLE click directly on a symbol within the symbol column to open. This window can be accessed through the Application toolbar > click on Book to open. Order ticket will be automatically populated with data displayed in the ADR page for that symbol.
Figure 10 (left): Order Book pop-up window.
Across the top of the window is displayed the 'depth of book' view containing Bid, Size, MinQ/Ask, Size and MinQ data.
To place an order: Immediately below the market data area is an order ticket: where most fields are already populated with the values taken from the ADR page (if the short cut is used) and the predefined defaults (see User Prefs) for others.
All Fields are required (Symbol, Quantity, Type, TIF, Account#, MinQ, Price, Ratio) except for Sell Short.
The Ratio (field) is predefined and automatically populated with the corresponding symbol.
The Sell Short field is optional: place check mark to indicate 'sell short'. For details on the each fields see Order Ticket section above.
SUBMIT: click to submit order. This action will open the confirmation window before an order is placed.
Cancel: Click to cancel order and close window.
A blue rimmed message field is displayed across the bottom of this window. All system messages are displayed here.
Order status history and Executions history window is accessed through the Application toolbar > click on History to open.
Figure 11 (below): Order Status history pop-up window.
In this window order status and order execution histories can be retrieved.
by symbol.
To get history
Select a Symbol from a drop-down menu (the default is All).
Press Dates: 'From' and 'To' (mm/dd/yyyy)
Hit Enter key to retrieve records.
The fields for order status records are the following: Symbol, ST(status), Buy/Sell, Price, Quantity, ExecQ, LvsQ, Order ID, Time, Account#.
The fields for the Execution status records are as follows: Time, Symbol, B/S, Price, Qty, Bust Qty, Order ID, Exec ID, Account #.
Toolbar options
Symbol: select from a drop-down menu; the default is All.
Enter 'From' and 'To' Dates (mm/dd/yyyy)
Save: Click to save to disk.
Field Chooser icon: Click to open Field Chooser dialog box and Insert, Delete, Clear fields from the display area. All fields are displayed by default.
Print Icon: Click to print history page.
Go (arrow) icon: Click to retrieve history.
To look up a symbol for an ADR name from the Application toolbar > click on Symbol Book to open.
Figure 12 (below): Symbol Book pop-up window.
Start by typing in a few letters of the name to retrieve a list of matches for those letters.
Fields displayed for each ADR name are as follows: ADR Name (full), ADR Symbol, Ratio, Dividend, Ex-Data (ex=expiration), Sector, and Country.
This window can be re-sized and repositioned; each column width can also be enlarged by left-clicking and dragging on the border line between columns (pointer changes to double arrow).
User preferences can be set for the order tickets through this dialog box.
To access: from the Application toolbar click on 'Prefs' option.
The following field values can be predefined by the individual user: Quantity, Step size for quantity, Account. Click 'OK ' once the selections have been made to save settings.
Figure 13 (left): User Preferences Dialog box.
HELP Desk
- For Technical Assistance please call the SDS Help desk at 212.349.3300 extension 5.
- For Problems relating to your account, user ID and Passwords, Trade problems please call John Gelbard at 212.841.4439.