The header and button rows - a tour of the top of the Lite desk
The header and the two button rows under it hold the whole desk together. On the left: equity and buying power. Live, that is your broker account; in paper, it is the virtual wallet. REALIZED NET is today's closed profit or loss, after costs, for the mode you are in, with the gross, the costs and today's trade count beside it.
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Both videos use AutoScanTrade Lite in paper mode with made-up symbols and prices.
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The top of the desk
The header and the two button rows under it hold the whole desk together. Here is what each part does, from left to right.
Money, at a glance
On the left: equity and buying power. Live, that is your broker account; in paper, it is the virtual wallet. REALIZED NET is today's closed profit or loss, after costs, for the mode you are in, with the gross, the costs and today's trade count beside it. feed live says market data is flowing; feed down says it is not. And OPEN, on the far right, is the result on positions still open.
The switches
SYSTEM governs automated entries, a full-desk feature; manual orders always work, whatever it says. PAPER switches between paper and live. The box beside WATCH / TRADE arms any ticker you type. In Lite, the schedule and the fleet buttons are simply not drawn.
Windows and tools
The WINDOWS row opens the scanner, gappers, open and closed trades, watchlist, highs and news, each in its own resizable window, and SOUNDS sets a sound for every event. On the right: CHART, LADDER and SYNC BROKER, then CHECK, EXPORT and LAYOUT, and MANUAL TRADING, LOCATES, HOTKEYS and BROKER underneath. DAY TARGET, ANALYSE and JOURNAL are greyed: they belong to the full desk, and say so when you hover.
RISKS, text size and CLOSE
RISKS opens the risks and disclaimers. A minus and A plus change the text size. CLOSE closes the program, but not your positions: your broker keeps them, and nothing protects them while the desk is closed. So use FLATTEN ALL first, if you want to be flat.