Customizing the Level I Display

You can customize what, if any, Level I displays in the Trade tool, putting the most important information for your trading right at your fingertips.

To customize your Level I display:

  1. Right-click in the Level I area of the Trade tool and select Level I Settings to begin making changes.
  2. Choose from the available columns listed below.
  3. In the Display Order column, you can change the order of the columns by clicking on a component and clicking the Up/Down buttons to move the component around in the list.
  4. Choose where to apply the settings changes by selecting Apply to this Trade Tool or Apply to all Trade Tools at the bottom of the setting window.
  5. Click OK when you are finished.

 

Level I Columns
% Change Percent change from close
$ Change from Today's Close Change from close
$ Change from Today's Open Change from open
$ Change from Yesterday's Close Change from yesterday's close
Ask Inside ask price
Ask Size Number of shares at the inside ask
Bid Inside bid price
Bid Size Number of shares at the inside bid
Previous Close Closing price from previous market day's session
High Highest price at which the security has traded for the day
Last Trade Price Last trade price for a stock and the last value for an index
Low Lowest price at which the security has traded for the day
Open Opening price for the day
Put/Call Ratio - Open Interest Calculates the Put/Call ratio by dividing the total number of puts by the total number of calls for an underlying stock or index based on open interest
Put/Call Ratio - Volume Calculates the Put/Call ratio by dividing the total number of puts by the total number of calls for an underlying stock or index based on the trading volume of the current or most recent trading session
Spread Difference between the bid and the ask
Volume Number of shares or contracts traded for the day