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Advanced
Trading
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User Guide
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Table of contents
1. Getting Started
1.1 Getting Around
2.5 Quote Detail
1.1.1 Top Navigation Pane
2.5.7 Quote Detail Component
1.1.2 Buying and Selling from components
2.6 Heat Map
1.1.3 Component Controls
2.6.8 Heat Map Component
1.1.4 Component Link Mode
1.1.5 Undocking Components
2.7 Markets
1.1.6 Optimise Column Width
2.7.9 Markets Component
1.2 Built-in Trading Views
2.7.10 Manage Markets Component
1.2.7 Default Views
2.8 Most Active
1.2.8 Today View
2.9 Screener
1.2.9 Trade View
2.9.11 Stock Screener
1.2.10 Market Watch View
2.10 Alerts
1.2.11 Charts View
1.2.12 Stock Screener View
2.10.12 Alert Conditions and Notification
1.3 Custom Views
2.10.13 Managing Alert Templates
2.11 Charts
1.3.13 Flexsheet
1.3.14 Desktop
2.11.14 Chart Component View
1.3.15 Accordion Pane
2.11.15 Chart Markers
2. Components
2.12 Watch List
2.1 Analytics
2.12.16 Watch List Component
2.12.17 New Columns
2.1.1 Analytics Component View
3. Trading
2.2 Market Depth
3.1 Portfolio
2.2.2 Market Depth Component
2.2.3 Market By Ladder View
3.1.1 Portfolio Component
2.2.4 Market By Price View
3.2 Order Ticket
2.3 News
3.3 Order List
2.3.5 News Component
4. Contact Us
2.4 Quote
2.4.6 Quote Component
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1. Getting Started
1.1 Getting Around
Welcome to the TD Advanced Trading Platform, a service offering a powerful suite
of tools, analytics and research designed to help you seize opportunities. With TD
Advanced Trading Platform, you can benefit from an intuitive trading interface featuring
built-in layouts used widely by investors and take advantage of many customisation
features to support your unique strategy.
1.1.1 Top Navigation Pane:
(1): Search Symbol: Lets you look up symbols quickly and easily by
entering a name or a symbol.
(2): Add Components and (3): Layout: Menu selections from which
you can create customised views and change the layout style to suit
your needs (not available within default trading layouts).
(4): Settings: Used for creating custom set ups in TD Advanced
Trading Platform.
All of your personal settings are stored remotely on our servers so
you will always have access to your customised setup, no matter
what computer you use.
Built-in Trading Layouts: (5): Today, (6): Trade, (7): Market Watch,
(8): Charts, (9): Stock Screener.
(10): Add Custom View: Create your own view to suit your trading
style by selecting a layout, adding components and linking them
together
1.1.2 Buying and Selling from components:
Start a new Buy or Sell order by clicking either (1): Buy or Sell or
the (2): Bid or Offer prices. You can also right click within the
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1.1.3 Component Controls:
(4): Maximize/Restore icon: to toggle the component between
maximized and regular mode.
(5): Close icon: to remove the component from view (only available in
custom views).
(1): Menu icon: for customising the component.
(2): Link Mode: icon for changing the symbol broadcasting/receiving
behaviour.
(3): Show/Hide configuration bar icon: to toggle the configuration
pane below.
1.1.4 Component Link Mode:
(4): Broadcast to channel. Set the channel the component
broadcasts on.
Each component can have its behaviour configured for broadcasting /
receiving symbols to / from other components in the active tab. When
clicking or entering a symbol anywhere in TD Advanced Trading
Platform, the symbol is broadcast to the selected channels. Any
component listening on that channel will change its symbol to the
new symbol.
Example: The Heat Map component on the Today tab is set to
broadcast symbols to Channel 1 (Blue). The Chart and Quote
Detail components on the Today tab are set to receive symbols
from Channel 1 (Blue). When clicking a symbol on the Heat Map in
the Today tab, the symbol will be populated into the Chart and Quote
Detail components.
Click on the (1): Link mode icon to display the (2): link mode
options box.
(3): Receive from channel. Set the channel the component listens on.
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1.1.5 Undocking Components:
Right-Click on the (1): Component label and select (2): Undock. This
component can now be freely moved around your workspace.
On custom views, you can undock (i.e., detach) components to their
own separate window by right-clicking on the component label and
selecting undock.
1.1.6 Optimise Column Width:
In various components like Alerts, Markets, Most Active, Stock
Views (Workspaces):
Screener, and Watch List, you can automatically adjust the column
width to the minimum required by right-clicking on the data within
the desired column and selecting Optimise Column Width.
On all built-in and custom views, any changes to the setup are saved
when switching between different views. To manually save the
workspace click on “Layout” and then “Save Workspace”.
Right-Click on the data within the desired column to display the
(1): General Menu and select (2): Optimise Column Width.
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(4): Reload Workspace: Reverts workspaces to the previous saved state
(5): Reset Workspace: Restores TD Advanced Trading Platform to its
default state
(1): Layout: displays the list of available layout options
(2): Save Workspace: Saves the current workspace views
(3): Clear Workspace: On custom views, this deletes all components
from the current workspace (only available in custom views)
1.2 Built-in Trading Views
1.2.1 Default Views
1.2.2 Today View:
Explore these built-in trading views. Please note that built-in trading
views are not customisable. To create your own customised view,
please refer to Custom Views.
View what’s moving the markets with the (1) Heat Map and
(2) Markets components. View stock quotes and charts for
every security on your watch list with (3) Alerts, (4) Watch List,
(5) Chart and (6) Quote. Place a trade with (7) Order Ticket and
review your account with (8) Portfolio and (9) Order List
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1.2.3 Trade View:
Places trades and view detailed stock quotes, market news, data and
analytics for every security on your Portfolio, Order List and Watch
List with (1) Portfolio, (2) Order List, (3) Watch List, (4) Quote
Detail, (5) Analytics and (6) Order Ticket.
1.2.4 Market Watch View:
Track what’s moving the markets and use the expanded (1) Watch
List and (2) Alerts components to see how your securities of interest
are affected.
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1.2.5 Charts View:
Perform advanced analysis using customisable (2) Charts with popular
technical indicators and drawing tools for every security on your (1)
Watch List.
1.2.6 Stock Screener View:
Scan the markets for trading opportunities using our
(1) Stock Screener.
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1.3 Custom Views
Create your own view using the Flexsheet, Desktop, and Accordion
Pane workspaces to suit your trading style by selecting a layout,
adding components and linking them together. You can create as
many additional views as you like, but creating more than 10 may
affect your systems performance.
1.3.1 Flexsheet
(3): Add Components menu.
Resize the components by placing the mouse over the (4): horizontal
edges, then click and drag. If desired, you can move components up/
down by clicking and dragging the (5): Component’s title bar.
Delete components by clicking the (6): Close icon in the top right of
the component.
Click (1): Add Custom View, and then select the
(2): Flexsheet workspace to set up a grid of components.
Add components to each box by clicking the “+” icon or the
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1.3.2 Desktop
Click (1): Add Custom View, then select the (2): Desktop workspace
to set up a flexible arrangement of components.
Add components by clicking (3): Add Component and then select the
component.
Resize the components by placing the mouse over the (4): horizontal
edges, then click and drag. If desired, you can move components up/
down by clicking and dragging the (5): Component’s title bar.
Arrange the layout by right-clicking and selecting Tile, Tile and
Fill, or Cascade from the desktop tools menu.
ƒƒ Cascade: Stacks the components on top of each other.
ƒƒ Tile: Arranges all components in a tiled format.
ƒƒ Tile and Fill: Arranges all open components in a tiled format and
uses empty space to resize components.
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1.3.3 Accordion Pane
Resize the components by placing the mouse over the (4): horizontal
edge, then click and drag. If desired, you can move components up/
down by clicking and dragging the (5): Component’s title bar.
Click (1): Add Custom View, then select the (2): Accordion
Pane workspace to set up a stacked row of components below each
other that can be expanded and collapsed.
Add components by clicking (3): Add Component and then select the
component.
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2. Components
2.1 Analytics
The Analytics component provides key data on the security’s recent
performance, ratios and trading details (i.e. day high/low).
2.1.1.1 Analytics Component View:
ƒƒ Company Profile: Display the company description, fundamental
data, management, and key reporting dates.
ƒƒ Analyst Evaluations: Compilations provided by Thomson Reuters
which are aggregates of analysts’ buy, outperform, hold,
underperform, and sell recommendations for each of the subject
companies. TD Direct Investing provides these compilations for
your information only and they are not our recommendations. TD
Direct Investing does not provide recommendations or advice to
its Direct Investment clients.
ƒƒ Financial Statements: Display the company’s balance sheet, profit
and loss statement, and cash flow.
ƒƒ Dividends & Capital Changes: Display the company’s historical
dividend payments and capital changes.
1. Symbol Search: Enter symbol to view security information.
2. Buy and Sell buttons: Start a new buy or sell order.
3. View: Select from the following options:
ƒƒ Earnings, Estimates, and Ratios: Display the company’s historical
and future estimates for Earnings Per Share, Price-Earnings Ratio,
Cash Flow, Dividend, and Book Value of Equity Per Share.
ƒƒ Summary: Display the company’s fundamental data.
ƒƒ Indices Performance: Display comparison of the company’s
performance against various indices.
ƒƒ Trade History: Display the Open, High, Low, Close and Volume of
the security within an adjustable period of time.
4. Trades: Select from the following options:
ƒƒ Time & Sales: Display list of trades with their size, time, and
classification.
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2.2 Market Depth
2.2.1 Market Depth Component:
The Market Depth component provides access to streaming Level
2 quotes for all UK and US-listed securities that are traded on the
FTSE, AIM, and NASDAQ exchanges. To receive Level 2 quotes, the
Optional Data package must be added through the TD Advanced
Trading Platform homepage. (Please Note: Only the 10 closest bid and
offer prices are displayed)
2.2.2 Market By Ladder View:
4. Buy and Sell buttons: Start a new buy or sell order.
1. Symbol Search: Enter symbol to view security information.
5. Market by ladder: View the Bid and Offer prices in ladder view
2. View Type: Select to display Level 2 quotes as Market by
for the security. The Bid Date and Size are displayed to the left
of the Price and Offer Date and Size are displayed to the right
of the Price.
price or Market as ladder.
3. Auto Scroll: Enable to auto scroll the ladder view as the
securities price changes.
6. Bid and Offer size: Start a new order. Click the Bid Size
column to buy and Offer Size column to sell.
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2.2.3 Market By Price View:
8. Bid and Offer price: Start a new order. Click the Offer
price to buy and Bid price to sell.
7. Market by price: View the Bid and Offer prices in
standard view for the security. For every Bid/Offer price
displayed, the Date of the most recent order is shown
and the Size available at the price.
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2.3 News
The News component provides real-time news feeds for UK,
U.S and Canadian markets and securities.
2.3.1 News Component:
4. Keyword: Enter a keyword to filter the search results.
1. Menu: Select the Period or Topic to customise your
search options.
5. Region: Select a region to customise search results from All,
UK, CA,
2. Symbol Search: Enter symbol to view news on the security.
6. News Search Results: Click on a headline to display the news
3. Topic: Enter Topic to customise search results. To lookup topic
content in the Reading Pane.
codes, click the Menu icon and select Topics.
7. Reading Pane: View news content.
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2.4 Quote
The Quote component provides quotes for a single security.
2.4.1 Quote Component:
4. Quote: View security Name, Last Price, Change, Percent
1. Menu: Select Manage Templates to create and modify
Change, and other quote information from select Column
Template.
templates for quote.
2. Symbol Search: Enter symbol to view security information.
5. Buy and Sell buttons: Start a new buy or sell order.
3. Column Template: Select column template to view. The
6. Bid and Offer price: Start a new order. Click the Offer price to
default is Standard which displays the Bid, Offer, Bid Sz, Offer
Sz, Open, Volume, High, and
buy and Bid price to sell.
2.5 Quote Detail
The Quote Detail component provides quotes for a single security in
addition to News, Market Depth and Analytics.
2.5.1 Quote Detail Component:
6. Bid and Offer price: Start a new order. Click the Offer price to
1. Menu: Select Manage Templates to create and modify
buy and Bid price to sell.
templates for quote.
2. Symbol Search: Enter symbol to view security information.
7. News: View the latest news on the security. Learn more
3. Column Template: Select column template to view.
8. Market Depth: View the Market Depth (Level 2) information
on the security. Learn more
4. Quote: View security name and quote information.
9. Analytics: View company summary, trade history, and times &
5. Buy and Sell buttons: Start a new buy or sell order.
sales on the security. Learn more
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2.6 Heat Map
The Heat Map component provides a visual representation of the
markets including indices, sectors and individual securities that are
generating investor attention.
2.6.1 Heat Map Component:
3. Colour Scale: Displays the colour scale from the minimum
1. Index: Select the index to track from including All
(red), to 0 (white), to the maximum (green) values in the
heat map. To adjust the minimum or maximum value, click
and drag the mouse to the left or right on the minimum or
maximum value.
Canadian, TSX, TSX Venture, TSX 60, All U.S., Dow Jones,
NASDAQ 100, S&P 100, S&P 500, All UK, FTSE 100, FTSE
250, FTSE AIM UK 50, FTSE AIM 100.
2. Group by: Select to group the index securities by Sector or
4. Tile: Display the Symbol, Bid, Ask, and % Change of the
security.
5. Bid and Offer price: Right click to start a new order.
2.7 Markets
The Markets component provides real-time data for major UK,
Canadian and U.S. indices and sector indices.
1. Symbol Search: Enter index symbol to add to the list (equity
symbols not available).
2.7.1 Markets Component:
2. Markets List: Select market list to view.
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2.7.2 Manage Markets Component:
3. Select Or Create Index List: Select an index list to display in
1. Menu Icon: Opens the Markets Component general menu
your main workspace.
2. Manage Markets: Select this to manage which markets are
4. Add or Remove Symbols: Customise the displayed markets in
displayed.
your template by adding or removing indices.
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2.8 Most Active
The Most Active component provides the stocks with the largest
trading volumes on UK, Canadian and U.S. markets.
2.8.1 Most Active Component:
5. Auto Update: Select auto update to update your Most
1. Menu: Select Manage Templates to create and modify column
Active list by the Interval selected.
templates.
6. Buy and Sell: Start a new order by clicking on Buy or Sell.
2. Column Template: Select the column template to view.
7. Right-click Menu: This would initiate further options for the
3. Exchange: Select exchange to view Most Active stocks from
security you right click on like Optimise Column Width, Alerts,
Analytics, Charts, Market Depth, News, Quote, Quote Detail,
Buy or Sell
London Stock Exchange, TSX, TSX Venture,NYSE, AMEX and
NASDAQ.
4. Interval: Select Most Active list updates from 5 Min, 15
Min, 60 Min, All Day and Week.
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2.9 Stock Screener
The Stock Screener component provides the ability to generate
investment ideas by scanning the universe of UK, Canadian and U.S.
securities using pre-defined indicators or your own criteria selected
from pre-set screening strategies.
2.9.1 Stock Screener Component:
US:
1. Menu: Select Manage Templates to create and modify
column templates.
ƒƒ All Stocks – All stocks on the US Exchanges.
ƒƒ Nasdaq – All stocks on the Nasdaq Exchange.
2. Column Template: Select a column template to view.
ƒƒ NYSE – All stocks on the NYSE Exchange.
3. Market: Select the market to screen from
ƒƒ Amex – All stocks on the Amex Exchange.
UK, Canada and U.S.
ƒƒ Dow Jones – All stocks on the Dow Jones Index.
4. Filter: Select the filter to apply to the screener from All Stocks,
ƒƒ Nasdaq 100 – All stocks on the Nasdaq 100 Index.
FTSE 100, FTSE 250, FTSE 350, AIM, TSX,TSX Venture, TSX
Composite, TSX 60, TSX Venture Composite, Nasdaq, NYSE,
Amex, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq 100, S&P 100
and S&P 500. These filter options are dependent on the
Market selected
ƒƒ S&P 100 – All stocks on the S&P 100.
ƒƒ S&P 500 – All Stocks on the S&P 500 Index
5. Auto Update/Refresh: Enable auto updates of the results every
15 minutes or manually update the results using the refresh
icon.
UK Market:
6. Criteria: Expand the criteria header and select the screener to
ƒƒ London Stock – All stocks on UK exchanges.
apply. To adjust the parameters for the selected screener, edit
the values and press the Tab key.
ƒƒ Canada:
ƒƒ All Stocks – All stocks on the Canadian Exchanges.
7. Screener Results: View the results.
ƒƒ TSX – All stocks on the TSX Exchange.
8. Bid and Offer price: Start a new order. Click the Offer price to
ƒƒ TSX Venture – All stocks on the TSX Venture Exchange.
buy and Bid price to sell.
ƒƒ TSX Composite – All stocks on the TSX Composite Index.
9. Right-click Menu: Displays the general menu for the Stock
ƒƒ TSX 60 – All stocks on the TSX 60 Index.
Screener component.
ƒƒ TSX Venture Composite – All stocks on the TSX Venture
Composite Index.
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2.10 Alerts
The Alerts component provides the ability to create, view and modify
automatic notifications for stocks based on real-time market activity.
2.10.1 Alert Conditions and Notification:
1. Symbol Search: Enter symbol to add alert to security.
5. Value: Enter the value for the alert to trigger against
2. Symbol: Pre-populated based on symbol entered
6. Mode: Select alert to trigger Once, Once/Day, or Disabled
into Alert component
7. Expiry: Enter expiry date or use the displayed calendar to
3. Criteria: Select alert to trigger based on Price (this is the last
choose when the alert is to be cancelled
traded price), Bid, Offer, Volume, Change or%Chg
8. Info: Enter note to attach to the alert
4. Condition: Select your Alert to trigger if the Value is
either Greater/Equal, Less/Equal, or Cross, than the
security Criteria
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2.10.2 Managing Alert Templates:
3. Column Template: Select a column template to display in your
1. Menu Icon: Opens the Alerts menu
main workspace.
2. Manage Templates: Select this to create and modify column
4. Add or Remove Fields: Customise the displayed columns in
templates.
your template by adding or removing fields.
2.10.3 Managing your Alerts:
1. Alerts: View active alerts
4. History: View historical alert notifications
2. Reactivate Alert: Click icon to reactive the alert.
5. Right-click Menu: Displays the general menu for the selected Alert.
Here you can open the chosen security in a variety of other views
or start a new Buy or Sell order.
3. Remove Selected Alert(s): Press the Delete key on the keyboard or
right-click the alert and select Remove Selected Alert(s).
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2.11 Charts
The Chart component is an advanced analytical tool that generates
various types of charts based on fundamental and technical
indicators. Each chart style (e.g., line, area, candlestick, bar etc.)
can be customised to display historical pricing across multiple
time intervals and enables traders to save and apply templates for
comparative analysis.
2.11.1 Chart Component View:
6. Period: Select the Period (timespan) to view on the chart.
1. Menu: Save and manage chart templates. Saving a chart
7. Frequency: Select the Frequency (interval) to view on the
template will preserve any indicators or features that have
been applied, including chart type, scale, indicators, and
indicator customisations.
chart.
8. View Options: Click to view the chart settings overlay. To save
the settings in the overlay, press ESC.
2. Symbol Search: Enter a symbol to view the securities chart.
3. Template: Select chart template to view.
9. Buy and Sell buttons: Start a new buy or sell order.
4. Currency: This allows you to view a stock in another currency
10.Zoom: Click and drag the mouse over the desired timespan
of the chart. The period displayed will be highlighted until the
mouse button is released. To undo the zoom, click the menu
icon and select Reset Zoom.
other than the Market Currency. For example, select USD to
view a GBX security in USD Prices, select CAD when viewing
a US security to show CAD prices or GBX when viewing a US
security to show GBX prices.
11.Pan: Click and drag the timespan scrollbar.
5. Comparison: Enter up to four symbols to view a chart
12.Adjust Period: Click and drag the arrows at the ends of the
comparison.
timespan scrollbar.
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2.11.2 Chart Markers:
1. Chart Menu Icon: Click the menu icon or right click within the
US / Canada Chart Data
workspace, select
Charts provide market data from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET (2.30pm
to 20:00GMT) on days when the markets are open. To view premarket and after-hours data, please access quotes in your Watch List
or use the Quote Detail feature.
2. Tools & Markers, and then the desired drawing. Click on start
to begin drawing. Right-click on chart and select Delete to
remove.
UK Chart Data
Charts provide market data from 8.00 am to 4.30pm on days when
the markets are open. To view pre-market and after-hours data,
please access quotes in your Watch List or use the Quote Detail
feature.
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2.12 Watchlist
The Watch List component provides the ability to maintain a custom
list of securities with streaming real-time data providing an in-depth
view of market activity.
2.12.1 Watch List Component:
The Ticker, Change and % Chg columns indicate if the security is up
(green), down (red), neutral (black).
1. Menu:
ƒƒ Select Performance Graphs to display a graph with the number of
securities that are up/neutral/down.
The Bid, Offer, Bid Sz, Offer Sz columns indicate if the column is up
(green), down (red), neutral (black) based on each tick.
ƒƒ Select Heat Map to view securities in a list as a Heat Map.
6. Bid and Offer price: Start a new order. Click the Offer price to
ƒƒ Select Manage Templates to create and modify templates.
buy and Bid price to sell.
2. Symbol Search: Enter symbol to add to list.
7. Right-Click Features: Right-click on symbol in list and
3. List: Select Watch List to view.
select Add Alert, Add Empty Row, Add Group Header,
orDelete. To delete a symbol, press Delete key on keyboard.
4. Column Template: Select column template to view.
5. Quote: Displays quote information for each symbol
2.12.2 New Columns:
ƒƒ Green: Only the Bid or the Ask go up simultaneously
Rel Range: Indicates the Open (Vertical Bar) and Last (White section)
price inside the Day Range (Red and Green section)
ƒƒ Red + Green: Bid up, Ask down
ƒƒ Green + Red: Ask up, Bid down
ƒƒ Grey: No change
Quote Trend: Indicates the change in the Bid and Ask price
ƒƒ Light Red: Bid and Ask go down simultaneously
Trend: Indicates the last tick by a green (up), red (down), or grey
(even) bar.
ƒƒ Red: Only the Bid or the Ask go down
ƒƒ Light Green: Bid and Ask go up simultaneously
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3. Trading
3.1 Portfolio
The Portfolio component displays the holdings in your account(s) with
real time price information.
3.1.1 Portfolio Component
8. Bid: The current sell price for this stock. Outside of market
1. Portfolio Options: Here you can create and manage column
hours this is a single static price based upon the official
closing price for the relevant market.
templates* and optimise column widths
2. Column Template: Choose between your column templates
9. Quantity: The total number of shares / units you have in this
3. Account: This shows your active account. Use the drop down
holding
menu to make any of your other linked accounts the active
account.
10.Book Cost: Book cost shows you the total original costs for
your holding. If you’ve bought your holding in two or more
transactions, we’ll show you an average cost. If you make
a partial sale we’ll change the average costs in line with the
amount and value of stock sold
4. Refresh: Click to refresh the information in the Stock Name,
Quantity, Book Cost and Gain Loss columns
5. Market: Click here to change which markets shares are shown
on your Portfolio. We only display the stocks you can trade via
this platform and for the subscription level you are signed up
to. Please return to your account at www.tddirectinvesting.
co.uk or contact us to trade any other investments which are
not listed here.
11.Market Value: This is the current value of your holding,
calculated by multiplying the number of shares/units by the
current bid price. Please note that this value does not include
any trading costs and is indicative
12.Gain Loss: The Gain / Loss expressed in figures and percentage
6. Stock Name: Shows the name and nominal value of the stock
points. These fields show the difference in value between the
book cost and the current market value of your stock. Please
note that this value does not include any trading costs and is
indicative.
in your account
7. Trade: Start a new buy or sell order
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*Additional Columns:
It is possible to add or remove any of the columns from the default
view, subject to a maximum of 10 additional columns at any one
time.
ƒƒ Number of trades: Total number of report trades
ƒƒ Bid size: The number of shares available at the Bid Price
ƒƒ PE Ratio: A valuation ratio of a company’s current share price
compared to its per-share earnings.
ƒƒ Offer size: The number of shares available at the offer price
ƒƒ 52 week range: The lowest and highest prices at which a stock
has traded in the previous 52 weeks.
ƒƒ Quote trend: Indicates the change in the Bid and Offer price
ƒƒ Range: The lowest and highest prices at which a stock has traded
ƒƒ Day High: The highest price at which a stock has traded during
the course of the day
ƒƒ Range: Indicates the Open (Vertical Bar) and Last (White section)
price inside the Day Range (Red and Green section)
ƒƒ Day Low: The lowest price at which a stock has traded during the
course of the day
ƒƒ Trend: Indicates the last tick by a green (up), red (down), or grey
(even) bar
ƒƒ Dividend Date: The date on which a declared dividend is
scheduled to be paid
ƒƒ Volume: The total number of shares traded.
ƒƒ Year high: The highest price at which a stock has traded during
the course of the last year
ƒƒ EPS: The portion of a company’s profit allocated to each
outstanding share of ordinary (common stock). EPS serves as an
indicator of a company’s profitability.
ƒƒ Year low: The Lowest price at which a stock has traded during the
course of the last year
ƒƒ Ex Div Date: The date which a client would need to hold shares by
to be entitled to dividend payments.
ƒƒ Yield: The return earned on an investment taking into account
the annual income and its present capital value. There are a
number of different types of yield, and in some cases different
methods of calculating each type.
ƒƒ Last price: the last reported trade price
ƒƒ Last Trade size: The last reported trade size
ƒƒ Market Cap: Is the market value of a company’s outstanding
number of shares. This figure is calculated by multiplying the
stock price by the total number of shares outstanding.
NOTE:
The book cost value has been calculated to the best of our ability
based on the information available to us. This information should
not be used for the purpose of tax reporting as certain events are
dependent on individual circumstances and the book value may not
reflect all required adjustments.
ƒƒ Net change: The difference between the previous day’s closing
price and the price of a stock as at now.
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3.2 Order Ticket
The Order Ticket window allows you to place a trade on your TD
Direct Investing account.
When initiating a buy or sell action from any component within the
TD Advanced Trader Platform the order details are pre-populated for
you to review. A buy or sell action can be initiated by clicking on the
Buy or Sell buttons, clicking on the Bid or Offer price, or by right-click
inside the component and selecting Buy or Sell. For more details,
please refer to the help section for the specific component.
Step 1: Order Ticket:
7. Settlement Period: Select a settlement period from T+2, T+5,
1. Account: This shows your active account. Use the drop down
T+10 and T+20 or T+3 for US & Canadian orders.
menu to make any of your other linked accounts the active
account.
8. Settlement Currency: Choose the currency you wish to settle
your transaction in.
2. Market status: This indicates if your chosen market is currently
Open or Closed.
9. Cash Quantity: Enter the amount in cash that you wish to
invest or receive
3. Stock Overview: Shows the full name of your chosen stock,
current gain or loss and the live Bid and Offer price
OR
4. Stock Name: Enter the symbol for the stock you wish to trade.
10.Shares Quantity: Enter the number of shares you wish to buy
If you don’t know this you can use the Search Symbol box
above.
or sell
11.Clear: This will remove any data entered into the order ticket.
5. Action: Choose the transaction type you would like to place
12.Preview Order: This will take you to the Verify order stage
from Buy or Sell.
where you need to read through the order details, action any
messages and confirm your order.
6. Order Type: Choose the type of order you wish to place from;
Market, Fill or kill, Limit or Stop Loss.
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Step 2: Verify Order:
4. Refresh: This would refresh the details on the Verify Order
1. Verify Order: This shows the details of your order, please
page as well as restart the Place Order count down
review the details before choosing one of the following
options.
5. Place Order: Click to indicate you have read and agree to all
the warnings. Place Order will be disabled if you have not
scrolled through the entire list of warnings.
2. Amend Order: Click to go back to the Order Ticket entry
screen to change the details of your order
3. Cancel: Click to cancel the order without submitting it and
return to a blank Order ticket
Important Notes:
The supporting document provides you with additional information
such as the arrangements the ETF fund manager has in place for
handling complaints about the product, whether compensation
might be available from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme
(the FSCS) if the fund manager cannot meet its liabilities in respect of
the product and information about any cancellation rights.
The verify order page gives details of your order and any warnings
that you may need to review and agree to before clicking Place Order.
These may include the following:
Key Investor Information Document:
We are required to provide you with a Key Investor Information
Document (KIID) and the appropriate supporting document before
you make an investment in a UK Listed Exchange Traded Fund (ETF).
By ticking the box on the Verify Order page you are confirming that
you have been provided with the KIID and any appropriate supporting
document.
Rather than being marketing material, the KIID provides you with
key investor information about the ETF. The information is required
by law to help you understand the nature and the risks of investing
in a particular ETF. The KIID includes information about the ETF’s
objectives, investment policy, risk and reward profile and past
performance. The documents can also be found by navigating to the Funds section
under Markets & Research Menu of the secure TD Direct Investing
website.
UK Orders: Due to Price Capture trading system on UK, the Place
order on some orders is disabled after 15 seconds count down, click
Refresh to obtain a new firm quote and to restart the count down
You are advised to read it so you can make an informed decision
about whether to invest.
International Orders: Place Order does not have any count down
Supporting documents that we are required to provide vary
depending on what documentation the ETF fund manager has
produced. It will normally be a Simplified Prospectus but it could
also be a Key Features Document, a Supplementary Information
Document or a Full Prospectus.
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Step 3: Order Confirmation:
1. Order Confirmation: Displays the confirmation of your order
2. Place New Order: This would open a blank Order Ticket
Market Open / Close:
When are the markets open?
Market
Market Opening Times
TD Telephone Support
UK
8:00am to 4:30pm Mon
– Fri *
7:30am – 9:00pm Mon
2:30pm to 9:00pm
GMT Mon – Fri *
7:30am – 9:00pm Mon
– Fri *
USA
– Fri *
*Excluding national holidays.
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3.3 Order List
Order List provides you with a clear list of executed and pending
orders for review.
Order List Component:
8. Ref: Each trade you do has its own unique Bargain reference
1. Order List Options: Here you can create and manage column
number. If you click on the reference number, the full details
of the order will be displayed
templates and optimise column widths
2. Column Template: Choose between your column templates
9. Type: This displays your order type
3. Account: This shows your active account. Use the drop down
10.Settlement Date: Shows the settlement date for your order.
menu to make any of your other linked accounts the active
account
This will show as N/A if the order has not yet been dealt or
executed
4. Order status: This field allows you to filter the Order List
11.Status: Order status will show as one of the following:
by Order status. Use the drop down button to make your
selection
ƒƒ Executed The trade has been successfully placed with the market.
5. Refresh: Click to refresh the order list
ƒƒ Pending An order awaiting execution. Pending orders can be
cancelled before the market next opens or before it executes.
6. Stock Name: This column shows the name and classification
ƒƒ Cancelled The cancelled status shows a pending order has been
successfully cancelled during a trading day
of the stocks in your order list
7. Options: Will display the option to Cancel or Close your order
depending on the order status
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Cancel Order:
Please read the displayed message before clicking on Cancel
Order to complete your order cancellation.
3. Cancel order: Click ”Cancel Order” to submit your
1. Cancel: Select this to display the cancel order box
cancellation request
2. Back: Takes you back to the Order List or Order Detail
component depending on where the cancel function was
launched from
Cancel or Close from Order Detail:
3. Cancel order / Close Order: Click “Cancel Order” to submit
1. Click on the stock REF: Select this to display the order detail
your cancellation request, or click on “Close Order” to close
your position. This option is not available for Executed order
statuses.
box.
2. Order Detail: This shows the full details of your order. Please
note that the Consideration and Total shown for limit, Fill or
Kill (UK only) and Stop Loss order types are indicative only
using the previous day’s closing price for the calculation
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4. Contact Us
If you require assistance or technical support with Advanced
Trader Platform, please call 0345 601 0077.
Opening hours
Monday to Friday: 7.30am – 9.00pm
Saturday: 9.00am – 3.00pm
Sunday: Closed
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