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Financial Derivatives

Notes Self Assessment

State whether the following statements are true or false:
6. Display of trading information related to cash market securities will be on “Read only”
format.

7. 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.
8. If the depth of market is available for the symbol and Last prices are transmitted for it
then the colour is determined by Bid price.
9. If you modify the ‘Market Watch’ window, the ‘Popup Prices’ window is not affected.
10. When a trader presses the “Sell” or “Buy” button, a request to perform a trade operation of
a specified volume is instantly sent to the server.

10.3 Inquiry Window

The inquiry window enables the user to view information such as:

1. Market by price (MBP): The purpose of the MBP is to enable the user to view passive
orders in the market aggregated at each price and are displayed in order of best prices. The
window can be invoked by pressing the [F6] key. If a particular contract or security is
selected, the details of the selected contract or security can be seen on this screen. Figure
10.6 gives the screen shot of the Market by Price window in the NEAT F&O.
Figure 10.6: Market by Price in NEAT F&O

2. Market inquiry (MI): The market inquiry screen can be invoked by using the [F11] key. If
a particular contract or security is selected, the details of the selected contract or selected

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