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Financial Derivatives

Notes 10.2.1 ‘Symbols’ Window

This window lists all the available symbols. You can access the context menu for a symbol by
right-clicking on that symbol. This context menu includes the following items.

Table 10.3: Context Menu for a Symbol

Menu item Description
Show Symbol Add the symbol to the 'Market Watch' screen.
Hide Symbol Delete the symbol from the 'Market Watch' screen.
Properties Display detailed information about the symbol.

Notes If there are open positions or pending orders in a symbol, or its chart is open, it
cannot be hidden from the “Market Watch” window.
If a symbol is hidden from the “Market Watch” window, MQL5 programs and the strategy
tester will not be able to use information by it.
Prices in the “Market Watch” window have different colours:
Blue — if the current price is higher than the previous one;

Red — if the current price is lower than the previous one;
Grey — if the price hasn’t changed for the last 15 seconds.
If the depth of market is available for the symbol and Last prices are transmitted for it then the
colour is determined by Last price. Otherwise the colour is determined by Bid price.

Fast Adding of Symbols

In order to quickly add a symbol to the “Market Watch” window you should double-click with
the left mouse button anywhere outside the list of turned on symbols. After that a field where
you should type a symbol name will appear:

Then you should press the “Enter” key. As soon as you do it, the symbol will be added to the
“Market Watch” window.

10.2.2 ‘Popup Prices’ Window

When you open this window, it contains the same set of symbols as are displayed in the main
‘Market Watch’ window. However, if you modify the ‘Market Watch’ window, the ‘Popup
Prices’ window is not affected. This means you can work with more than one symbol set at the
same time.

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