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Risk Setup
I. Introduction
This document is for administrators and outlines how to setup users and accounts. It
also covers how to enable risk management and configure risk parameters. All the
user and account administration is done via the website. CTS will provide the firm an
administrator login which can be used for all setup and risk updates. Once the
administrator logs in, he will see the following menu:
Home - View announcements/statements (optional)
Accounts - Create and edit accounts
Users - Create and edit users
Firms - Create and edit Child Firms
Contracts - Enable/Disable contacts and set margin values
Data Files - View data files from previous days
Downloads - Download T4 applications, user guides, etc
Change Password - Change current password
Logoff - Log off the website
II. Home
The Home page of the T4 website displays any announcements that the administrator
wishes to send to any sub-firm. To send a message, go to the SendMessage section
under Accounts. The Home page has a link that allows the administrator to download
the T4 application.
III. Accounts
The accounts screen allows the administrator to setup and edit accounts as well as
send messages to any account. Account statements, orderbook data, various report
and charts can all be viewed from this section.
a. Statements
Administrators can view the statements of anyone they have access to. For example,
a parent firm administrator can view everyone’s accounts, while a child firm
administrator can only see the customers in that child firm.
b. Orderbook Data
Administrators can view all orders, fills, leg fills and positions for any particular day,
by account. The date, account and exchange can be selected to narrow the search. If a
day session has ended and T4 has removed any customer’s trade records from the
front end, this is where the data can be viewed. CTS stores the data for 7 years.
c. Reports
This section displays various order activity reports, exchange instructions and account
risk details. Administrators can view reports including order activity by day and
month, and order activity by day and month by market. The exchange instructions and
risk details reports create a text file providing information for some or every account.
Exchange instructions include executing group, CTI/origin and other account related
information. Risk details include max clip/position, money loss, margin %, etc. Both
these reports are useful tools to give an administrator a snap shot of the setups for all
or some accounts
d. Setup
The Setup area is where administrators can setup and edit risk and account
information.
A list of all current accounts is displayed. To create a new account, click the link at
the top of the screen. You can also click to view a list of deleted accounts.
Enter the information for the new account:
Account - The account number that gets sent to the exchange. This
must be unique. T4 has an account override feature which
allows you to enter an alias account here and the real
account later
Firm - The firm that the account belongs to. This must be the
same firm as the user that this account will be assigned to
Name - The name of the account. This will appear in the account
list. If an account needs to be edited, it will be edited using
this name. If a back office import is done for the firm then
this field will be updated automatically.
Display Name - Name that gets prefixed to the account name displayed in
the frontend. Can also be used for a trader who wants to
sort multiple accounts in the frontend if executing give-up
trades
Enabled - Whether the account is enabled or not. If it is not enabled,
the account cannot have orders placed for it unless the user
has Risk Manager permissions. Existing orders can still be
pulled if the account is disabled.
Allow Order Routing - Allows API applications to specify different exchange rules
Max Clip Size The maximum size order that can be placed for the
account. For example, 100 means 100 lots are accepted, but
101 lots are rejected.Max Position The maximum position allowed in any market for