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.
| Account | The account number that gets sent to the Exchange. This must be unique, and can be changed after it has been created. T4 has an account override feature which allows you to enter an alias account here and the real account later. The acct field has to be unique and cannot be more than 26 characters long and it must consist of alpha numeric-characters only. |
| Firm | The firm that the account belongs to. This must be the same firm as the user that this account will be assigned |
| 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 thenthis field will be updated automatically. |
| Display Name | Name that gets prefixed to the account name displayed in |
| Enabled | Whether the account is enabled or not. If it is not enabled, |
| Allow Order Routing | Allows API applications to specify different exchange rules |
| Account Mode | Three risk modes to choose( need link to explain differences) |
| 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 the |
| Max Pit Trades | The total volume (buys + sells) of pit trades allowed in any |
| Block Expiring Markets | The 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 Time | The time of day after which the account may start opening |
| Daily Stop Trading Time | The time of day after which this account cannot open |
| Net Liquidating Balance | This can be populated by a backoffice download or |
| P&L Warning (%) | The % of the balance used by P&L that triggers warnings |
| Allow Back Office Balance Updates | Select this if the account's balances can be updated from a |
| Allow Back Office Position Imports | Select this if the account's overnight positions can be |
| Back Office System Firm Code | Firm codes can be entered here for report purposes |
| Back Office System Office Code | Firm office codes can be entered here for report purposes |
| Back office System Sales Code | Firm sales codes can be entered here for report purposes |
| Commissions & Fees | Whether to calculate commissions and fees for the account using the commission specified below and the firm's contract exchange fee values |
| Commission | The commission to apply in addition to the firm's contract exchange fee value |
| Daily Position Rollover | Select if any end of day positions should be rolled over to |
| Daily P&L Rollover | Whether the P&L for the day should be added to the |
| Risk Management Enabled | Select if cash based pre-trade risk management is enabled |
| Use P&L for Margining | Whether P&L is included in the available cash for margining. |
| Minimum Balance | The minimum allowed balance for the account. If this |
| Day Trading Margin % | Percentage of margin that should be applied to day trading |
| Overnight Margin % | Percentage of margin that should be applied to overnight |
| Max Contract Margin | Maximum Margin allowed on any single contract. Can be overridden for specfic contracts. Leave blank for no limit. DOES NOT apply if AccountMode is ByMarket |
| Margin Warning (%) | The % of the balance used by margin that triggers warnings |
| Loss Limit (cash) | The maximum amount that can be lost before preventing |
| Loss Limit (%) | The maximum percentage of the balance that can be lost. |
| Day Loss limit (cash) | The maximum P&L loss for the day(excluding overnight UP&L) before blocking orders that open or increase positions. Leave blank or enter 0 for no limit. |
| Loss Limit Warning % | The % of the loss limit values that triggers warnings in the |
| Email Alerts Enabled | Whether email risk alerts are sent for this account |