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To: Dan Duchardt who wrote (1051)	1/21/2001 6:41:29 PM
From: dli	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 9012

Dan, with the introduction of hotkeys in the JTS the issue of volume and price incrementation has been addressed to some degree. Unfortuntely however, the ability to increment prices at two different intervals is gone (left-click and right-click in the old TWS). A while ago I've sent them a list of enhancement requests (see below). I'm still using the old TWS and won't consider switching until JTS functionality is at least up to par with the old TWS. Dave - The hotkey implementation of price changes only allows prices to be adjusted at a fixed interval of 1/32 or 1/16 for NASDAQ and listed stocks, respectively. Even the old TWS provided a mechanism to adjust prices at two differently sized intervals (left-click and right-click). There should be a second pair of hotkeys added to adjust price at a larger interval and unlike the old TWS those price intervals should be configurable by the user. - JTS uses the standard system sound event to signal executions. This can cause confusion since a lot of other Windows applications make use of that sound event as well. I believe that the user should be able to specify a specific WAV file to be played on executions and there should be a choice of having a separate sound for partial executions. In addition the signalling of new bulletins should use a sound of its own as well. - There should be a configurable option to have the price on initiation of an order default to the inside market price (as quoted on the BE market data line) instead of the best price on the particular ECN chosen. Especially in the common situation where the closest order on the book of the ECN chosen is far outside of the current market this could tremendously speed up order entry. - The old TWS used to display the exchange codes of exchanges quoting the inside market on BE market data lines. This feature seems to have been removed in JTS and should be reintroduced. - There should be an indication of the AutoEx status of each options exchange on the market data line - Unfortunately, there has been no improvement whatsoever in the area of page and market data line management over the old TWS even though the availability of modern GUI elements should have made this relatively easy to implement in JTS. It is still impossible to rearrange the sequence of pages and market data lines without deleting the lines (and even that can't be done using the logical DEL key) and reinserting it. And unlike the old TWS JTS does not even preserve blank lines in between market data lines.

To: Dan Duchardt who wrote (1051)	1/21/2001 9:01:41 PM
From: dg_flier	Respond to of 9012

Dan, You are right- the C M T buttons need to be on each order line like the Old TWS, right beside the order price entered. In the Java version they are in the wrong place, and on the wrong side of the window- to far from the order price change list. I like to scalp and therefore enter and cancel orders quickly is important to me. Their location makes one have to scan and refocus. Waste time. I need another set of eyes to run the Java version. I will stick with the old version till I am shut out. dg_flier