Customize the desktop interface

Select Tools > View , then click the type of control you want to hide/show (by default, all are checked, meaning all panels are visible).

Select Tools > User Preferences and click the Chart tab to change the appearance and behaviour of chart features such as:

• Lines pinpointing the cursor

• Information boxes

• Trendlines (colour, style, and behaviour)

• Weekend data

• To change the font size, select Tools > Font Size .

• To switch to a different colour scheme, select Tools > Colour Scheme .

• To use your own colours, select Tools > Colour Scheme > Edit Custom Theme . A list of all interface controls is shown in the Theme Editor.

Update the colours for any of these controls using either RGB colour values or hexadecimal colour values. (If you do not already have a prepared palette of particular colour values and need to access colour value lists, search on the Internet for the strings "RGB colour values" or "hexadecimal colour values".)

Click Save to keep your changes. To switch to your custom theme, select Tools > Colour Scheme > Custom.

• For miscellaneous interface changes (for example, to show dual bid/ask columns, colour coded tables, or pipettes; or to sort sub-accounts or lock the screen after a period of time) select Tools > User Preferences , then click the Misc Tab.

To specify which currency pairs are shown in the Desktop interface (in places such as the Rates Panel, the Rates List, the Rates pull-downs and other currency lists), select Tools > User Preferences, and then click the Rates Tab.

Select Tools > User Preferences and click the Trading Tab to:

• Pre-fill values in the Market Order or Entry OrderAn Entry Order is a type of Pending Order that can enter or exit a position at a predefined level windows so you can quickly place default trades (you can specify default values for each currency pair).

• Enable bounds, stop loss, or take profit by default.

• Turn off confirmation windows, including the window to confirm if a position is being reduced, closed, or reversed by a new trade.

To change the language or to set preferences related to your geographic location (such as the number format and time zone), select Tools > User Preferences , and then click the Locale Tab.

You can customize the interface and then save your customization settings in a separate profile that you can use for certain occasions (for example, for particular trading strategies, currency pairs, or sub-accounts).

Go to the Sounds tab in Tools > User Preferences to add your own sound alerts for various events. You can use any aiff, au, midi, or wav file located on your computer.