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Setup Accounts



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
FirmThe firm that the account belongs to. This must be the same firm as the user that this account will be assigned
Name he name of the account. This will appear in the account
Display Nameame that gets prefixed to the account name displayed in
Enabled hether the account is enabled or not. If it is not enabled,
Allow Order Routing llows API applications to specify different exchange rules
Account Mode hree risk modes to choose( need link to explain differences)
Max Clip Size he maximum size order that can be placed for the
Max Position he maximum position allowed in any market for the
Max Pit Trades he total volume (buys + sells) of pit trades allowed in any
Block Expiring Marketshe number of hours before a markets last trading date and time that this account can no longer open positions in that market. Enter 0 for no restriction, enter 24 for one day, 168 for one week.
Daily Start Trading Timehe time of day after which the account may start opening
Daily Stop Trading Timehe time of day after which this account cannot open
Net Liquidating Balancehis can be populated by a backoffice download or
P&L Warning (%) he % of the balance used by P&L that triggers warnings
Allow Back Office Balance Updateselect this if the account's balances can be updated from a
Allow Back Office Position Importselect this if the account's overnight positions can be
Back Office System Firm Codeirm codes can be entered here for report purposes
Back Office System Office Codeirm office codes can be entered here for report purposes
Back office System Sales Codeirm sales codes can be entered here for report purposes
Commissions & Feeshether to calculate commissions and fees for the account using the commission specified below and the firm's contract exchange fee values
Daily Position Rolloverelect if any end of day positions should be rolled over to
Daily P&L Rollover hether the P&L for the day should be added to the
Risk Management Enabledelect if cash based pre-trade risk management is enabled
Minimum Balance he minimum allowed balance for the account. If this
Day Trading Margin %ercentage of margin that should be applied to day trading
Overnight Margin % ercentage of margin that should be applied to overnight
Margin Warning (%) he % of the balance used by margin that triggers warnings
Loss Limit (cash) he maximum amount that can be lost before preventing
Loss Limit (%) he maximum percentage of the balance that can be lost.
Loss Limit Warning %he % of the loss limit values that triggers warnings in the





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