Trade Menu

The menu items of the Trade menu are described below.

Menu Items

Description

New

Clears the trade worksheet to allow entering a new trade.

Save

Saves the trade with a unique id.

By default, the system does not allow saving a trade with a settlement date on a non-business date.

You can add the product type to the domain "AllowNonBusinessSettleDate" to allow saving the trade with a settlement date on a non-business day.

Save as New

Saves the trade as a new trade with a unique id.

Please note the following when using the Save as New function:

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Non automatic fees attached to the original trade are not propagated to the new trade.

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Custom cashflows associated with the original trade are propagated to the new trade.

It is recommended to use the Copy and Paste functions instead to start a new trade.

Save Action

Only available in the Bond and Repo windows.

Save the trade in any status available in the workflow. You will be prompted to select an action.

Trade Attributes

Opens the Trade Attributes window to enter and view trade attributes (keywords).

See Defining Trade Attributes for details.

Open

Opens the Trade Selector window to select trades.

Click Attributes to specify attribute values as applicable.

Click Show Trades to display the trades that satisfy the attribute values.

Double-click a trade to load its worksheet.

Simulate

Allows simulating a workflow action. You will be prompted to select an action and the Trade Simulation Report will be displayed.

See the Action field under Details Panel for details.

Trade Pending Processing

Checks if the trade is pending processing for any engine. You will be prompted to select an engine, and a message will be displayed to indicate the status of the trade.

See Back Office Menu for details.

Copy

Copies the trade. You can use this command to copy the trade to another trade worksheet using the Paste command.

Paste

Pastes a copied trade.

XML Import

To import a trade from an XML file. you will be prompted to select a file.

XML Export

To export the trade currently loaded to an XML file. You will be prompted to enter a file name.

Exports the trade to the web browser in HTML format. From there, you can print the trade as applicable.

It uses the message configuration for the TICKET message type. A default template is provided by Calypso if no message configuration is specified. Refer to the Calypso Messages User Guide for information on specifying message configurations.

Status Bar

Displays the status of the trade at the bottom of the trade worksheet.

Old Style Market Data Window

Activates the old style Market Data window. Close and re-open the trade worksheet for this activation to take effect.

Closes the trade worksheet.