Accounts in Euros (And other base currencies (CHF, CAD, JPY)

— Many traders have a strong desire to keep account funds in currencies other than the USD, particularly EUR and CHF. I know many traders would give MBT a try if this feature was offered. read more...

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Please fix $Tick data and reference to $Tick

— I would like to use formula using symbol $Tick

The chart ends January 15 2010 , I called and submitted a bug report

also: in formula study how does one reference $TICK as a symbol it comes back as not recognized - tried quotes, parenthesis , single quotes

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Market depth symbol window change

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Suggestion:   Change the Market depth window from a typed in window to a pulldown window. 

Problem:   The market depth does not have a pulldown symbol  window.     Currently to change the symbol it must be typed into the maket depth window.     (The charts and main platform have a pulldown symbol windows   but, Market depth does not.   )

Why it’s a problem.   If charts space are  maximized then the market depth must be placed at the edges.     Time is lost when the trader has to manually type in the symbol or cursor to a location where there is a pulldown window.  

Why it is needed:   Sometime  the trader wants to quickly move from pair to pair without leaving the  order entry area.     Time conservation and focus is desired.    A pulldown window better achieves this.   

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Order by Percentage of Equity

—  I would really like to see this feature implemented.

The ability to set any order size by percentage of account equity versus numer of lots. The MAT tool has this function, and I have used that window to trade, but it is clunky for an active trader.
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When adding to a position using pips, pips should be calculated from t

—  I'll try to explain this in as few words as possible, but still be clear.  In 11.8.0.38 MB added a feature that allows us to toggle between price, currency and pips as the Unit To Use for Stop and Limit Values.

See the release notes with illustrations here:

http://www.mbtrading.com/mbtDesktop.aspx

This is a great addition because it allows for very quick limit order entry as I can set it to enter an order 1 pip above or below the market, and the field will populate automatically the streaming quotes then  calculate one pip above or below whatever the quote is whenever I hit the buy/sell button.  This quick order entry encoourages one to use limit oders, because you don't have to fuss entering the price as it quickly changes.  We want lots of people using limit orders to increase liquidity on the EXN.

However, once you make one entry in the above manner, the field visually updates with the current quote, but now if you hit buy/sell, it will enter a limit order 1 pip above/below the current trade basis, not the current market price.  I may be adding to an order that has already moved 10 pips in my favor.  I want to enter a limit order that is 1 pip away from the market NOT my basis, which is now 10 pips away from the market.

Sometimes it seems to work as I desire on a second order, other times it enters an order 1 pip away from the basis...  I think it depends on if the added trade moves the basis toward or away from the first entry price, but I haven't figured out exactly when it works or doesn't.... that's my best guess.  Since I am trading real money, I haven't tested enough to nail down exctly when it does enter a new order 1 pip away from the current price, and when it enters a new order 1 pip away from the trade basis.  I have gotten in the habit of entering the first leg via a limit order offset 1 pip as above, then switching to market order entry so I don't have to cancel an order and then enter a new one if it uses basis instead of current price.

Please have a look at this so that we can have as much liquidity on the EXN as possible by encouraging limit orders by making them as fast and easy to enter as possible.

 
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Fix Navigator 11.4.0.2 "Changing font size in the Positions window preferences"

— When changing the Microsoft Sans Serif font size, the resulting font size is not what was selected in the preferences. I found I had to select a font size two sizes smaller in order to get the displayed size I wanted.
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Navigator watchlist/streamer quotes badly needs a column for average d

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I would use the Navigator's quotes for stocks if it had a column for average daily volume.  It has a column for intraday volume, but that is useless to me if I can't compare a stock's current intraday volume to its average daily volume for past 50 days or so.  This weekend I upgraded to latest Navigator and was disappointed to see that avg. daily volume is still not available.  In the past dozen years I have used four other brokers other than MB in addtition to Quote Tracker, and they ALL have avg. daily volume.

Otherwise I have been extremely happy with MB Trading and continue to be a very loyal customer.

Pete

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Using Multiple Logins

—  For folks using the SDK, you need to 2 logins:  one for use with Desktop Pro and the other for use with your program.  The problem is if you ever try to use the same login for Desktop Pro and your program, the last one in will die silently.  So if you are running your program and have logged in, then you try to fire up Desktop Pro and login with the same login, Desktop Pro will just go away.  No error message.  No warning.  It just disappears.  Similarly, if you have Desktop Pro loaded and you try to run your program and login, your program will just end without warning.

If you cannot let users login to Desktop Pro and their programs with the same login, could you please pop up an error message indicating this if and when they try (because they will).  So if you are logged into your program and you try to load Desktop Pro and login with the same login, please show an error message indicating "Login ID already in use.  Please use a different login" or something similar.
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