Thursday, November 4, 2010

How to access trading tools on i*Trade@CIMB

Accessing the Tools


Fundamental Data

Fundamental Data is snapshot of stock price statistics and financial ratios of sgx counter. Allow quick access for fundamental analysis to make timely investment decision and also a aompilation of company's profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow statement. Allow quick comparison of annual/quarterly results too.

Histroical Chart

Histroical Charts is the default Java-based interactive charting too for our web-based users.

It supports only historical mode and it allows users to customise the type of charts which they want to view. Popular indicators like MACD and RSI are supported in the Histroical Charts. It supports both historical data. It supports all the popular indicators and you can also use the drawing tools to draw your own trend lines on the chart.

Intraday Chart

For the non-Technical Analysis investor who only needs some basic charts to view the intraday price trend, the Intraday Charts will be able to suit your needs. We have a selection of intraday charts for you to choose from.

Market Depth

Market Depth shows multiple levels of both buy and sell queue (Either 3 or 50 levels).

It is useful to track the movement of both the buy and sell queue at different queue levels in the Market Depth to estimate where the daily support and resistance level of the stock is. A price level that has the most volume in the buy queue would indicate a support level. This indicates there are buyers waiting for the share price to drop to a particular level before buying.

The first level of the Market Depth shows the volume both on the buy and sell queue waiting to be transacted. When there is a transaction or when a queue is withdrawn, the volume on that price level will change to reflect the remaining volume queued

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Time and sales

Time & Sales shows the individual trade done in chronological order with a time stamp for each transaction. The latest transaction is shown first. It also keeps a cumulative volume for the entire trading day.

The Time & Sales is useful to track the price movement of a stock. Transactions with substantial volume are highlighted to show institutional activities that may affect the future price trend of the stock. Stocks with continued transactions in the Time and Sales and substantial buy-up volume may indicate further upside for the stock.


Trade Summary

The Trade Summary Matrix shows a consolidated table of the trade done for a stock by prices and number of trades.

The Trade Summary Matrix is useful in identifying the price level which has the most number of trade done for the day. This is useful to check the support and resistance level of the stock for the day. You can also use it as a gauge and plan your entry price to buy the stock.



Volume Distribution Chart


The Volume Distribution Chart goes through all the transactions, broken down by the volume done per trade and groups each trade into four different bars, differentiated by "Buying Up (BU)" and "Selling Down (SD)" activity. Simply speaking, for the 4 sets of bars, the highest set is likely to be traded by institution/super dealers, while lowest set usually represents retail investors.

Each set of two bars represents the number of lots being 'Buy Up' or 'Sell Down' at that transaction value. When we say 'Buy Up' (the lower bar with the stronger colour) it refers to the more impatience buyers snatching up the lots queued at the selling price, and we use 'Sell Down' (the upper bar in the fainter colour) to mean the panicky seller selling their shares to the buying queue.

Each bar can have up to 4 different colour parts and it represents the period that the trade occurred.