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Watchlist

The Watchlist is a table of live quotes for the instruments you follow. Each instrument gets a row with last price, bid, ask, volume and the day's range. Right-click a row to open a chart, DOM or Time and Sales on it.

Applies to Web and DesktopUpdated 2 Nov 2026Read time 3 min

Open the Watchlist

  1. In the top bar, click + and choose Watchlist.
  2. It starts with one row, ES. Add your own symbols as shown below.
The Watchlist as a floating window over a chart, with the starting row for ES. The columns visible here are SYMBOL, POS, LAST, NET CHG, % CHG, BID QTY, BID and ASK.The Watchlist as a floating window over a chart, with the starting row for ES. The columns visible here are SYMBOL, POS, LAST, NET CHG, % CHG, BID QTY, BID and ASK.
The Watchlist as a floating window over a chart, with the starting row for ES. The columns visible here are SYMBOL, POS, LAST, NET CHG, % CHG, BID QTY, BID and ASK.

Add and arrange symbols

  1. Right-click an empty part of the grid, choose Add Symbol and search for the instrument.
  2. To add a symbol in a specific spot, right-click a row and choose Add symbol below.
  3. To group rows, right-click a row, choose Insert Label Row and type a name like Indices. Right-click the label to rename or delete it.

Row menu

Menu itemWhat it does
OpenOpens a window on that instrument. The list has the windows that take an instrument, like Chart, DOM and Time and Sales.
Open LinkedOpens the same window linked to the Watchlist. Click another symbol in the Watchlist and the linked window switches to it.
Add symbol belowAdds a new row under this one.
Remove RowRemoves the instrument from the tab.
Insert Label RowAdds a text row to split the list.
Copy to new Tab, Move to new TabPuts the instrument in a new tab. Copy keeps the original, Move removes it.
Roll SymbolRolls the row to the next contract.
Change SymbolSwaps the row for another instrument.
SettingsOpens the Watchlist settings.

Columns

ColumnWhat it shows
SymbolThe instrument. Click it to send the symbol to linked windows.
POSYour position in the instrument.
LASTLast traded price.
NET CHG, % CHGNet change and percent change.
WRK BUYS, WRK SELLSYour working buy and sell orders in the instrument.
BID QTY, BID, ASK, ASK QTYBest bid and ask, with the size at each.
VOLUMEVolume traded.
SETTLESettlement price.
HIGH, LOW, OPENSession high, low and open.

Show or hide columns with Table View in the right-click menu (on the grid or the title bar), or in Settings under Column view.

Use tabs

Tabs let you keep separate lists, say one for indices and one for energy. They're off by default.

  1. Open Settings and tick Show Tabs.
  2. Click + next to the tabs, type a name in the New tab box and confirm.
  3. Right-click a tab for Copy Tab, Rename Tab or Delete Tab.

You can have up to 10 tabs.

Settings

SettingWhat it does
Neutral Text, Positive Text, Negative TextColors for flat, rising and falling values.
Long Background, Short Background, Long Text, Short TextColors for long and short in POS.
Show TabsShows the tab strip. Off by default.
Column viewPick the columns and their order.

The template button in the settings header has Save as Default Template, Reset Default Template and Reset Current Settings.

Tip. Contracts expire. When one does, right-click the row and use Roll Symbol. It's quicker than searching for the next month.

Time and SalesTime and Sales lists each trade on an instrument as it happens, colored by whether it hit the bid or lifted the ask.Add and manage windowsAdd widgets with the plus button, then add, rename, duplicate, pause, delete and pop out the windows that hold them.DOM window overviewThe DOM shows the order book as a price ladder. Read buying and selling at each price, and place, move and cancel orders on the ladder.Chart window overviewThe chart window: header toolbar, drawing panel, price and date scales, navigation buttons and the right-click menu.

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