Strategy Options

Brief

The article explains how to customize the options of strategies.

Details

If a strategy is added to a chart, you can customize its options in a variety of ways: specify the SMTP server parameters, select how to show the strategy on the chart, specify fonts and colors of strategy-related information, etc.

To customize the options:

  1. Do one of the following:
  2. The Options dialog box appears.



  3. In the left-hand panel, click Strategies Options.
  4. In the right-hand panel, customize the following options at your choice:

SMTP Server Options

Option

Description

SMTP server address

The option allows providing the address of the SMTP server that is to be used to send strategy alert messages: click in the option row, and then type the address in a specified format.

SMTP user

(Optional) The option allows providing a user name for authorization on the SMTP server, if required: click in the option row, and then type a user name.

SMTP password

(Optional) The option allows providing a password for authorization on the SMTP server, if required: click in the option row, and then type a password.

Use secure connection (SSL)

The option allows using a secure connection (SSL): click in the option row, and then select a value of your choice. The values are No and Yes.

From address

The option allows providing an e-mail address from which strategy alert messages are to be sent: click in the option row, and then type an address. The address must be registered on the mail server of the SMTP protocol used.

Default e-mail address

The option allows providing an e-mail address to which strategy alert messages are to be sent by default: click in the option row, and then type an address. The address is shown in the Strategy Properties dialog box and can be provided individually for every newly added strategy.

Options of Strategy Displaying on Chart

Option

Description

Show start strategies confirmation dialog

The option allows selecting whether to show the start strategies confirmation dialog box on login if you had working strategies in the previous FXCM Trading Station session: click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then click a value of your choice. The values are False and True.

Start strategies after login

The option allows selecting whether to start strategies that worked during the previous FXCM Trading Station session after logging in or not: click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then click a value of your choice. The values are False and True.

Show on chart

The option allows selecting whether to show strategy or alert information on a chart by default or not: click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then click a value of your choice. The values are False and True.

Active strategy label color

The option allows selecting the color of an active strategy or alert label on a chart: click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.

Paused strategy label color

The option allows selecting the color of a paused strategy or alert label on a chart: click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.

Show dashboard

The option allows selecting whether to show the Strategy Dashboard window on a chart by default or not: click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then click a value of your choice. The values are False and True.

Background color

The option allows selecting a color of the Events and Strategy Dashboard windows: click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.

Number of displayed events

The option allows selecting the number of records to be displayed in the Events window: click in the option row, highlight or delete the existing value, and then type a value of your choice.

Strategy Information Options

Option

Description

Font

The option allows selecting a font and size of records in the Events and Strategy Dashboard windows: click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then, in the Font dialog box that appears, select values of your choice.

Selected row font

The option allows selecting a font and size of records in a selected row of the Events and Strategy Dashboard windows: click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then, in the Font dialog box that appears, select values of your choice.

Text color

The option allows selecting a text color of records in the Events and Strategy Dashboard windows: click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.

Selected row text color

The option allows selecting a color of records in a selected row of the Events and Strategy Dashboard windows: click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.

Text color for high-priority events

The option allows selecting a text color of high-priority event records in the Events window: click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.

Selected row text color for high-priority events

The option allows selecting a text color of a selected row with high-priority event records in the Events window: click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.

Table background color

The option allows selecting a background color of a table in the Events and Strategy Dashboard windows: click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.

Selected row background color

The option allows selecting a background color of a selected row in the Events and Strategy Dashboard windows: click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.

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