E-Broker User Guide. Application e-broker

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1 E-Broker User Guide Table of Contents: Installation... 2 Application interface... 5 Application windows Main window with general market information Detailed Order Book Price chart Executed public trades (Ticker) Executed private trades of the user Entered private orders and trades for the selected security (Orders/Trades) All entered private orders and trades (Orders/Trades) User s cash and securities limits (Summary) The news distributed by the issuers via GlobeNewswire (News)... 8 Entering, modification and cancellation of orders... 9 Application e-broker The e-broker application allows Internet-based real-time trading in Baltic listed securities. The e-broker service is offered by the Nasdaq Riga stock exchange in partnership with Latvian commercial banks that provide the e-broker service.

2 Installation Downloading. The link for downloading the installation file: Installation. Run the installation file and install the application on your computer, indicating the directory where the system files will be stored: The folders to appear in the directory you have indicated: - DeskTops and MarketData (with market data files for each day), and the.exe file for the application. Launching the system. To launch the application, open the.exe file from the indicated directory, or, alternatively, via Start menu shortcut or Desktop shortcut. User account, password and code card. To make the first-time connection to the system, the user should have the user account and the initial password to be provided by the e-broker service provider. Upon the initial authorization the user is simultaneously supplied with a code card.

3 The user should save the code card, to be used for authorization in the future. The user will be blocked in case he/she fails to enter the correct code from the code card four times in succession. If the user has been blocked, he/she should contact the e-broker service provider who will give the user a new password and/or code card. In case the code card has been misplaced or it is suspected that authorization means have become accessible to a third party, the user should immediately contact the e-broker service provider who will give a new password and/or code card. Changing the password. After the initial authorization in the system, the user will have to change the initial password in ACTION/CHANGE PW:

4 The initial password should be entered in Old PW, and the new one in both New PW fields. Minimum safety requirements for the new password: - At least 8 characters long - Should contain at least three attributes out of four: small chars, capital chars, digits and symbols.

5 Application interface The application allows accessing market data in various windows that can be arranged by the user according to his/her own liking. It is possible to save the view, and it will appear automatically after the next authorization. The various functions, settings and navigation are mouse-operated. This is the default view after opening the application: Public market information is displayed in the windows with dark red border, whereas the user s private information (the cash and securities limits available to the user as well as the buy or sell orders entered by the user and the executed trades) are in the windows with blue border * 3 * 6 * Legend for the windows in the exhibit (to be explained in greater detail in the next chapter): 1. Main window with general market information 2. Detailed Order Book* 3. Price chart* 4. Executed public trades 5. Executed private trades (the user s) 6. Entered private orders and trades for the selected security* 7. All private orders and trades entered in the system 8. User s cash and securities limits 9. The news distributed by the issuers via GlobeNewswire

6 10. Baltic market indexes charts 11. Baltic market indexes values 12. Three price charts for Baltic market equities (possible to replace with others) * - the windows provide market data on the security selected in window 1 (when clicking on a security in window 1, the windows will automatically show data concerning the selected security). The HL function has been activated in the respective windows. HotLink (HL) function Some windows have the HL function: When pressing the HL button, the data from this window are getting linked with the mouse cursor in another window: when you select e.g. an order book or a client s entry in another window, the HL-linked window will automatically display the relevant data about the selected order book or client. Menu. All functional possibilities of the applications are arranged under several menu items: Action system configuration; logoff; change password; exit Tools windows available in the application Private user s private information (order, trades, positions) Help access to the user guide for the application Windows navigation tool for the windows opened On the top right-hand corner of the system there is a button (... ), to allow blocking access to the application you have opened. To cancel the blocking, click once more on the button, which by then will have changed its status to LOCKED. In the Unlock window which will open, you have to enter your user password and press UnLock. If the application has been left running overnight, you will find it blocked in the next morning.

7 Application windows 1. Main window with general market information Provides essential market information on-line: best bid and best ask price for a security, together with volumes; trade volumes and last price etc. Tabulation is available on the top of the window, allowing moving between the markets. Custom tabulation allows copying individual shares by dragging with the mouse or using the command copy (CTRL+C)/paste (CTRL+V), thus creating own list of equities. The layout of equities in the window can be changed by dragging the item up or down with the mouse. If there is a triangle on the top right-hand corner next to the title of the column, it means that clicking the mouse on the column title allows sorting the data in the column either in ascending or descending order. Extra functions: when the mouse cursor is on the Main window, right-clicking the mouse will open a menu if you select Columns, it is possible to tick the columns to be added to or deleted from the Desk window; when Detailed View is selected, it is possible to open a new Detailed Order Book window for the share in question, and when Chart is selected, the price chart for the share will open. 2. Detailed Order Book Displays the buy and sell orders for the selected security that have been entered into the order book, as well as all trades executed during the trading day with the respective share. The Buy and Sell boxes in the window show the buy and sell orders that are in the respective order book. Client s own-entered buy or sell orders are highlighted in blue. Ticker box allows monitoring all developments in the respective order book (a new order is entered; an order is modified; a trade is executed; an order is cancelled etc.) The entered orders are highlighted in green, cancelled orders in red, modified orders in blue and executed trades are in black font. Pointing with the cursor on the entry will display the legend. By double-clicking in the Ticker box, one can select an event, thus automatically activating History mode and, double-clicking event by event, trace step by step the historical developments in the order book. To exit the History mode, with the mouse cursor, just select order book for another security in the Main window. It the HL (Hotlink) function has been activated for the window, the window will display data on the security selected in the Main window.

8 3. Price chart Represents the best bid and ask prices in a chart, together with the price and volume of the trades executed during the day. If the HL (Hotlink) function has been activated for the window, the window will display data on the security selected in the Main window. 4. Executed public trades (Ticker) Provides data on the modified volumes and prices in the buy and sell orders, execution or cancellation of trades 5. Executed private trades of the user Displays the user s executed trades during the trading day. 6. Entered private orders and trades for the selected security (Orders/Trades) The active orders entered by the user in the selected order book and the trades executed during the trading session are displayed in the window. The orders and executed trades allow filtering, and it is also possible to modify the properties of the orders or cancel orders. 7. All entered private orders and trades (Orders/Trades) All active orders of the user and trades executed during the trading session. 8. User s cash and securities limits (Summary) The authorized cash and securities limits for the user, with the purpose to limit the client s trading within the authorized limits. The window also provides the trading statistics of the user the number of active orders and executed trades, changes in the cash and equity positions. In addition, the user may use the window Positions, selecting Private Positions, showing the user s initial cash and securities positions (in the morning) and the current balance as a result of trading. Pressing Refresh will refresh the data in the Positions window. 9. The news distributed by the issuers via GlobeNewswire (News) The window allows monitoring the news only for those issuers who distribute their news via the GlobeNewswire service. A news article may be opened for further viewing.

9 Entering, modification and cancellation of orders Opening the order entry window There are several alternatives for entering buy or sell orders in the system: In the Main window, right-click Buy/Sell on the relevant securities entry: In the New Order, right-click in the Detailed Order Book for the respective security (on the Buy side, a window for buy order will open; on the sell side a window for sell order will open). In the Main window, double-click on the best Bid or Ask prices. When clicking on Bid, an automatically generated sell order will open for the user, with the best buy price and quantity available at that particular moment in the market; conversely, when clicking on Ask, an automatically generated buy order will open for the user, with the best sell price and quantity available at that moment in the market. The user can modify the buy or sell price and quantity before sending the order to the system. When using this alternative for order entering, the user should be very careful, because the system has filled out the price and quantity automatically! Prior to sending the order to the Baltic trading platform, i.e., pressing Buy or Sell, the

10 user should check as to the buy or sell price in the order and the number of securities! Order entry window: When using the above described methods for order entering, it is possible to open the order entry window as featured below: For buy order: For sell order: ShortName the share that will be bought Price buy or sell price Qnt the number of securities to be bought or sold Buy Sell Order entering Pressing Buy or Sell in the order entering window will immediately send the order into the Baltic trading system. No additional approvals will be asked from the user the order will be entered into the system right after pressing Buy or Sell! The order entered will be displayed in the Detailed Order Book window (2), entered private orders window (7) as well as will be reflected in the user s cash and securities limits (8). If a trade has been executed as a result of the entered order, it will appear in the Detailed Order Book window in the Trades box (2). The executed trade will appear in the entered private orders window in the Trade box (7), and will also be reflected in the user s cash and securities limits (8). Modification or cancellation of an order entered into the system It is possible to modify the specifications of the orders already entered into the system: In the Detailed Order Book, direct the mouse cursor on the respective user s order and right-click Edit; In the Orders/Trades window, right-click Edit. To send the modified orders into the trading system, press Update after having modified the price or number of shares in the respective order. It is possible to cancel an order that is already in the system by selecting Delete in the above menus, as well as by pressing Delete when a window opens for modifying the existing order.

11 Indicative calculator in the order entry window If there is a matching order in the market, the system will display the volume at which the order might get executed Result box will display the result after the order has been sent into the system by pressing Buy/Sell, specifying whether the order has been sent into the system (1 Order), and whether any trades were executed subsequent to sending in the order. It is possible to specify the validity of the order: - Rest Day - Until Cancel