FTS User Guide
- 1. Overview of the Financial Trading System
- 2. System Requirements
- 3. Installing the System
- 4. Running the System
- 5. FTS Cases
- 6. Running the Market
- 7. Basic Elements of Trading
- 8. The Trader Display and Support System
- 9. View the Results
The Financial Trading System is via the internet.
The installation procedure is extremely simple
Step 1: Create a
folder on your server. Call the folder
fts8
Step 2: Download the entire fts8 folder from the FTP site
(you received the site name, username, and password from our office when you
licensed the software) and place the files in the fts8 folder of your server
Step 3: Set directory access.
o
Students:
§
Read
access to the main directory
- Read access to the FTSUTIL directory
- Write access to the TMP directory
- Instructors:
§
Read
access to the main dircetory
- Write access to the FTSUTIL directory
- Write access to the TMP directory
Step 4: Set up icons
o
Student
computers:
§
Set up
icons for the programs
o
wtrader8.exe (FTS Trader)
o
opnet8.exe
(Option Tutor)
o
bondnet8.exe
(Bond Tutor)
o
CAPMnet8.exe
(CAPM Tutor)
§
Set up
icons for the help files
o
Ftscases.hlp
(FTS Cases)
o
Instructors
computer:
§
Set up
icons for the programs
o
market8.exe (FTS Market)
o
opnet8.exe
(Option Tutor)
o
bondnet8.exe
(Bond Tutor)
o
CAPMnet8.exe
(CAPM Tutor)
§
Set up
icons for the help files
o
Ftscases.hlp
(FTS Cases)
o
FTSV8New.hlp
(FTS Version 8)
Make sure that the icons are set up so that every program starts in the
fts8 directory of your server.
That’s it! You are now be ready to trade.
Please call about getting access to the solutions manual for
the trading cases
There can be a maximum of 99 traders.
To run a trading case, run the FTS Market on the instructor’s
machine
One each trader machine, double click the FTS Trader icon to run each
trader.
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Financial Trading System