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Unit 10: The Trader Workstation

10.7 Review Questions Notes

1. Briefly explain about trader workstation.
2. List the windows that are displayed on the trader workstation screen.

3. What is market watch window?
4. List down the fields in market watch window.
5. What is symbols window? Explain fast adding of symbols.
6. What is ‘Popup Prices’ window?
7. Explain the meaning and commands of ticks that context menu of this tab allows.

8. What is trading tab? What are the elements of the trade window?
9. Discuss about inquiry window. What information does inquiry window enables the user
to view?

10. What id Proprietary and clients orders?
11. Discuss about market spread/combination order entry.
12. What is basket trading?

Answers: Self Assessment

1. Trader workstation 2. Ticker

3. Pre-selected 4. Index Inquiry
5. Snap Quote 6. True
7. True 8. False
9. True 10. True

11. False 12. False
13. True 14. ‘Pro, ‘Cli’
15. Short

10.8 Further Readings

Books Anderson, R W and K McKay (2008). Derivatives markets, in Freixas, X, P
Hartmann and C Mayer (eds), Handbook of European Financial Markets and
Institutions, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
Apte, P.G., International Financial Management. Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing

Chance, Don M. An Introduction to Derivatives. Dryden Press. International
Edition
Chew, Lilian. Managing Derivative Risk. John Wiley. New Jersey.

Derivatives Market NCFM Module (2007). National Stock Exchange India
Limited Publications: Bombay.

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