We love giving customers the features and functionality they want.
And today is one of those days. We have made some changes to our Watchlist feature that will allow you to interact with your Watchlists and other “list” components (Sector Monitor, Index Monitor, and Hotlist) in a different, more efficient, streamlined way.
From now on, you can trade directly from the Watchlist. Whether you’re trying to simply buy or sell stock or generate an advanced order, you can do so by simply clicking on the symbol in the Watchlist:
Not only that, you can send a quote for that symbol to the universal quote line at the top of the platform. If any components are linked to that top line (such as the option chain), then you’ll see an option chain load up for that symbol.
With these new changes, these components will have a cleaner feel that should make them easier to use.
But wait—there’s more!
We’re also bringing a new level of customization to the platform to the following components:
- Positions
- Orders
- Watchlist
- Hotlist
- Index Monitor
- Sector Monitor
We’re enabling a new feature that will make these components completely customizable. The new functionality includes:
- The ability to pick from a variety of columns to display the data you want
- Drag and drop columns where you want them
These features allow you to set up each component to show the exact data you want to see in the order you want to see it.
All you have to do is hover over the column headers and select the columns you want to see:
So if you want to see the high and low for a stock in your Watchlist, you can do that. Maybe you’d like to show the days to expiration of a position in your positions pane? You can do that too.
It’s all about exposing the information you want and hiding the rest.
Take a look at the new features, play around with them, and let us know what you think. Oh, and if you want to go back to the default column setting, you can always click on “Restore Defaults” and everything will go back to normal.
