QuickStream 2.3

Basic Features

Looking up prices - Finding shares

If you know the share code
Enter the share code in the share code box and press enter or click Go.

 

If you do not know the share code
Enter three or more letters from the share name into the share code box and click the lookup button.

 

A window will appear with all shares that contain those letters. Double click on the share you are interested in to view pricing in a new share price window.

Tip: If you receive no response after clicking the lookup button, ensure that you have entered at least three characters into the share code box.

 

Changing the way prices are displayed

Quickstream allows you to add new share price windows in the following formats:

• Tabs
  Share price information is added as a new tab under the main window
  
  
• Share window
  Share price information is added in abbreviated form as a new window
  
  
• Full window
  Share price information is added as a new window
  
  
• Graph window
  Share price information is added as a graph in a new window

Normally Quickstream adds share price windows as new tabs on the main window. To change this, change the type of window in the drop down box to the right of the share code box.

 

Removing unwanted price windows

To remove a share price window tab, click on the X near the top right of the window. To remove any other window, click on the X at the top right of the window.

 

Portfolio view

If you have set up one or more portfolios on the Sharenet website (http://www.sharenet.co.za) you may view them using Quickstream. To do so, click on Add Portfolio. After a few seconds you will be presented with a list of your portfolios. Each time you click on one of these a new tab will be added with prices for the stocks in that portfolio.

 

Indicies view

Click on the Indicies button to view sale, move and percentage move figures for major JSE indicies.

 

Ticker view

Click the Ticker button to view a running ticker showing trades as they occur.

 

SENS view

Click the SENS button to show live news from the JSE’s Stock Exchange News Service (SENS). A list of SENS headings is shown (the newest appears at the top of the list). Click on the heading to view the full story.

 

Heatmap

The heatmap button depicts either volume or value percentage movement on the JSE.

Green colours indicate positive movements, red colours indicate negative movements. The lighter the colour, the greater the move. Hover your mouse over a block to view more detailed information on that share. The block will turn blue to indicate which you have selected – PRISM in the example below.

 

Trading via Quickstream

Please note: you must be logged into the trading server in order to trade. To log in to the trade server, close Quickstream, reopen it and ensure that Trading Server is selected under Server at the bottom of the login screen before pressing Login. You must also have a Sharenet online trading account.

Place an order

Use this button to enter an order into the market. The order entry screen looks like this:

Enter the details of your order an press Place Order to place the order or Quit if you do not wish to place the order.

 

View orders

The view orders button shows orders along with their status in real time. In the example below, an order for SOL has completed (traded) and another for DDT has just entered JET.

Once you have pressed the view orders button, the screen will remain as a tab. You can access it again either via the view orders button or via this tab.

 

View trades

The view trades button shows detailed information on all orders you have placed during the trading day. An example appears below:

The Price column is the price paid in cents per share, the Consid column is the total amount paid for the deal (i.e. price x volume) and is shown in rands.