Trading Technologies Product Release Notice
Date: 3/16/2007
Number: PRN021-07
Subject: X_TRADER 7.4.2 Pkg 119
Products Impacted: X_TRADER
Attachments: None
Product Release Notice
X_TRADER 7.4.2 Pkg 119
This product is now available for download via the TT Customer Portal. Please review the following Release Notes for release content information. Should you have any questions, please contact the CSC.
Release Notes
1.1 X_TRADER Version 7.4.2.39 p119 (rel 16-March-2007)
Enhancements
1.1.1 New Exchanges
1.1.1.1 Added support for the Forex Market Space Exchange (FXMS). (Ref 57239)
1.1.1.2 Added support for the Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME). (Ref 57424)
1.1.2 New XTAPI
1.1.2.1 Package includes prod released XTAPI 7.1.10.6
Fixes
1.1.3 Autospreader
1.1.3.1 Fixed an issue that may result in Autospreader performance degradation. In some cases, this can lead to slow price updates, cau sing orders to be quoted and/or hedged incorrectly. (Ref 57684)
1.1.4 MD Trader
1.1.4.1 Fixed an issue where TTQAP was not always displaying. (Ref 56982)
1.1.5 Market Window
1.1.5.1 Fixed an issue where on the first subscription of the day, a missed update may cause displayed values for Implieds to be incorrect and slow to fill in. (Ref 57456)
1.1.6 SOD Handling
1.1.6.1 Fixed an issue where upon updating the quantity of an SOD record in X_RISK, the update was not seen immediately in X_TRADER but required XT to restart. (Ref 57059)
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The following are Release Notes issued for the production release 7.4.2.33 p105. These are included in this expedited release of 7.4.2.39 p119.
Enhancements
1.1.7 Autospreader
1.1.7.1 Created new configuration setting Use Cancel/Replace for Quantit y Reductions. The new setting will use Cancel/Replace instead of Change. This is set per leg and found under the Advanced Properties tab. (Ref 48697)
1.1.7.2 With 'Do not cross inside market' enabled, the mouse curser will change to an invalid function (circle with diagonal slash) when positioned over a crossed market spread price to alert users if they are attempting to cross the market. (Ref 50819)
1.1.8 MD Trader
1.1.8.1 Added TradeSounds support to play sounds as different size trades occur. (Ref 50119)
1.1.8.2 Added support for Time & Sales attached to MD Trader. (Ref 50121)
1.1.8.3 Dynamically size the Bid, Ask and Price columns on launch. (Ref 51050)
1.1.9 Market Window
1.1.9.1 Added support for multiple tabbed Market Grids within a single Market Window. Tabs can be added, deleted, repositioned, named and colored. Helps reduce CPU usage and conserve screen real estate. This is highly recom mended for users with multiple Market Windows. (Ref 49706)
1.1.9.2 Changed the column header name Total to Volume for clarity. (Ref 52175)
1.1.10 Order Entry Functionality
1.1.10.1 Added support for Limit on Open order type. This is an Asian order type that acts as a limit order that may only be executed on the open. Any portion not filled on the open will be cancelled. (Ref 45873)
1.1.10.2 Added support for Limit on Close order type. This is an Asian order type that acts as a limit order that may only be executed on the close. Any portion not filled at the close will be cancelled. (Ref 45874)
1.1.10.3 Added support for Limit to Market (Funari) order type. This is an Asian order type that acts as a limit order that turns into a market order at the close. Any portion not filled at the close will be cancelled. (Ref 45875)
1.1.11 Performance
1.1.11.1 Improved Implieds Engine performance. (Ref 47255)
1.1.11.2 Im proved Price and Order status performance. (Ref 47785)
1.1.11.3 Improved Risk Manager performance. (Ref 47787)
1.1.11.4 Improved MD Trader performance. (Ref 49121)
1.1.11.5 Reduced Audit Trail memory footprint. (Ref 50916)
1.1.11.6 Improved Fill handling performance. (Ref 51510)
1.1.11.7 Improved Series Key handling performance. (Ref 51388)
1.1.11.8 Improved Market Depth performance for Pentab users. (Ref 53011)
1.1.11.9 Improved Autospreader performance. (Ref 49734, 50223, 50227)
1.1.12 Risk Management
1.1.12.1 Add support for risk checking Inter-Commodity Spreads. (Ref 50177)
1.1.12.2 Removed redundant INFO 0000037 T risk check messages from Guardian TTLog that already exist in Audit Trail. (Ref 42407)
1.1.13 Properties
1.1.13.1 Default the "Include Implieds in Market columns and in Depth" property to ON. (Ref 49146)
1.1.13.2 Continue to rearrange and modify various property pages to improve usability and appearance. (Ref 49273, 52043, 52749)
Fixes
1.1.14 Autospreader
1.1.14.1 Fixed an issue where Autospreader Configuration window would not display bottom portion on certain laptops. (Ref 54659)
1.1.15 Fill Window
1.1.15.1 Fixed an issue where settlements were not updating unless X_TRADER was closed and re-launched. (Ref 49919)
1.1.16 MD Trader
1.1.16.1 Fixed an issue where right-click behavior was not consistent with left-click when using "Button actions on Mouse DOWN" property. (Ref 50546)
1.1.17 Order Entry Functionality
1.1.17.1 Fixed an issue where right-clicking Clear in the Order Entry Pane incorrectly populated the quantity field. (Ref 49375)
1.1.17.2 Fixed an issue where PIQ was sometimes reset when the order quantity was reduced. (Ref 54326)
1.1.18 Risk Management
1.1.18.1 Fixed an issue where worst case position could be breached by placing a new order immediately after a cancel/replace. (Ref 46031)
Known Issues
1. X_TRADER and its components (XTAPI, X_STUDY, TT_Minimizer) sometimes take more than 2 minutes to shut down. Workaround is to close the applications from the Windows Task Manager. (Ref 52078, 52153, 52315, Target XT 7.4.3 TTM 1.7 Ref 52938)
2. Autospreader orders can lose color stripe with a Rejected Changed order. (Ref 54583, Target, XT 7.4.3)
3. Deleted Autospreader orders on ICE display the 'Executed Qty' and 'Cancel Qty' values in reverse in the Audit Trail. (Ref 54950, Target, XT 7.5)
4. Autotrader is unable to load contracts from FXMS and Hotspot when the currency pairs are the same. (Ref 57642, XT 7.4.3)
5. There is an issue when using MPF in failover pairs. Upon failover, prices and depth do not immediately update from the second gateway. X_TRADER must be restarted to initiate the failover. (Ref 57881, Target XT 7.4.3)
Package Contents
X_TRADER 7.4.2 Pkg 119
X_TRADER 7.4.2.39
Guardian 7.4.1.2
TTAPI 7.0.9.914
TT Messaging 1.7.0.7
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