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MT4 White Label Tool Group Configuration

Click on the “Groups” button. A new window will appear, displaying all configured groups.

To access and modify settings on a specific group, simply double click on the group.

To edit multiple groups by checking the checkbox next to each group and then clicking on the “Edit Groups” button.

A new window will appear, displaying the following options.

  • Common – contains common attributes that can be modified;

  • Permissions – settings for group rights, use mails, changing swaps etc.

  • Archiving – allows you to setup account inactivity period, maximum account balance that can be archived, as well as archiving or deleting pending orders.

  • Margins – contains settings for margin calculation, and allows you to specify margin requirement for user group. 

  • Securities – contains settings for the selected symbol group.

  • Symbols – contains setting trade parameters for the selected symbol group.

  • Reports – contains settings that allow you to define the report template directory and setup the mailing server.

Common

The “Common” tab contains common attributes that can be modified;

Name of the field Editable Possible values Explanation
Enable YES Manage groups by enabling or disabling them
Name NO Unique user group name (15 characters max)
Owner NO Owner/name of the company
Deposit Currency NO Default Deposit Currency of the group (cannot be changed if account are located in the group)
Deposit by Default YES Default Deposit assigned to accounts which are located in that specific group.
Leverage by default YES Default leverage assigned to accounts which are located in that specific group (is taken into consideration on for Demo accounts created directly from MT4 terminal)
Annual interest rate YES Interest rate calculated taking into account the free margin

Permissions

The “Permissions” tab contains settings for group rights, use mails, changing swaps etc.

Name of the field Editable Possible values Explanation
Timeout YES 7 seconds (recommended) Time period to wait for a user’s response within which the user’s response can be waited for. The recommended value is 7 seconds
News YES News mode:

- disable — disables news delivery
- topics only — allows to show only topics;
- full package — enables to deliver all news completely
Max Symbols YES 10, 30, 50, unlimited Maximum number of symbols a client will be allowed to operate.
Max Orders NO 10, 30, 50, unlimited Maximum amount of open/pending positions an account within this group can have
Internal mail system YES Enable/disable Allow or restrict client access to internal mail
Change of swaps YES Enable/disable Charge swaps and interest for an account's free margin
Trailing stops NO Enable/disable Use trailing stops
Trading by Expert Advisor YES Enable/disable Trade using an EA
Expiration of pending orders YES Enable/disable Allow/Prohibit expiration of pending orders
Check request prices on IE YES Enable/disable Check if symbol requested from clients which are Instant Execution are streamed by the feeder
Prohibit hedge positions YES Enable/disable Prohibits accounts to have opposite open positions at any given time
Position closing according to FIFO rule NO Allows/ Prohibits positions on each symbol to be closed based on the order which they have been opened.
Use partial close with full close initial position NO Partially closing a position closes the remaining part of the order:

- Disable: and opens another order with the new volume at the same price.
- Enable: and opens another order with the new volume at a current price.
Enable trade signals YES Allow/Prohibit the “Signals” service to be used in the client terminals.

Archiving

The “Archiving” tab allows you to setup account inactivity period, maximum account balance that can be archived, as well as archiving or deleting pending orders.

Margins

The “Margins” tab contains settings for margin calculation, and allows you to specify margin requirement for user group.

Name of the field Editable Possible values Explanation
Margin Call Level YES If the margin reaches the margin call level, a warning will appear in the client terminal (Margin Call window)
Stop Out Level YES If margin reaches the stop out level then positions will be closed starting from the least profitable one
In: YES % percentage

$ money
If % then Margin call = Equity / Margin * 100 %

If $ then Margin call = Equity
Free Margin YES Free margin calculation taking into account profit and losses of currently open positions.

- do not use unrealized profit: does not take open position into
- use unrealized profit/loss: take into consideration both the profit and loss
- use unrealized profit: take into consideration only the profit
- use unrealized loss: take into consideration only the loss
Virtual Credit YES Used by traders if cash resources are not sufficient. Withdrawing money from an account or calculation the margin call level will not take into consideration the virtual credit.
Skip fully hedged accounts when checking for stop out YES Enable/disable Allows/Prohibits accounts with zero margin requirements to be skipped when checking for stop out. If this option is disabled, accounts with completely hedged positions, and negative equity will get into stop out.
Calculate hedged margin using larger leg YES Enable/disable Calculate margin using larger positions.

Eg. two hedging positions of one symbol with different volumes, sell 1.0 EURUSD and buy 2.0 EURUSD, then the total margin will be equal to the margin of the larger position buy 2.0 EURUSD.

Securities

The “Securities” tab contains settings for the selected symbol group.

Name of the field Editable Possible values Explanation
Type YES Name of security enabled on the group
Enable YES Enable/disable Enable or disable the security on a group
Trade YES Enable/disable Enable or disable the ability to trade on symbols within the security which is enabled on a group
Execution YES Execution mode of the orders

- Manual only, without any automation: orders are executed via dealer; this mode is supported by the PrimeXM Bridge;
- Automatic only: orders are executed automatically; this mode is supported by the PrimeXM Bridge;
- Manual, but automatic if no dealers online: orders are manually executed only if the dealer is activity.
Spread Difference (in point) YES Spread difference (markup) applied on group level
Maximum deviation (in point) YES Maximum allowed deviation from the current price which an order (instant execution) can be executed. If order is requested on a price which exceeds the specified deviation then the request will be declined leading to the “Requote” message
Close By YES Enable/disable Allow/ Prohibit closing of two opposite orders on the same instrument. The difference between these trades will be re-calculated
Multiple close by orders YES Close all overlapping orders on the same instrument at the same time. . The difference between these trades will be re-calculated
Auto close out YES Closing automatically all counter positions at the end of day

- None, do not use auto close-out at the end of day: will not close the counter positions at the end of a day
- HIHI, highest sell against highest buys: close sell position with the highest profit with a buy position of the highest profit
- LOLO, lowest sells against lowest buys: close sell position with the lowest profit with a buy position of the lowest profit
- HILO, highest sells against lowest buys: close sell position with the highest profit with a buy position of the lowest
- LOHI, lowest sells against highest buys: close sell position with the lowest profit with a buy position of the highest
- FIFO, first bought/sold against first sold/bought: close the earliest buy/sell position by the earliest sell/buy position
- LIFO, last bought/sold against first sold/bought — close the latest buy/sell position by the earliest sell/buy position;
- Intraday followed by FIFO: close the earliest buy/sell position by the earliest sell/buy position after searching within the current day for the position to be closed by.
Minimum lots YES Minimum allowed amount of a lot
Maximum lots YES Maximum allowed amount of a lot
Step Size YES Changing step size
Standard Commission YES pt/lot

pt/deal

$/lot

$/deal

%/lot

%/deal
Commission applied for an order or a lot in the deposit currency of the group in the currency of the group deposit, in points, or in percentage; for an operation or for a lot);
Agent point Commission YES pt/lot

pt/deal

$/lot

$/deal
Commission applied in the IB agent’s account either in points or the deposit currency of the group

Symbols

The “Symbols” contains setting trade parameters for the selected symbol group.

To change the setting of a symbol, such as the long and short swap value or the commission and the percentage, click the Add button. This will open a new popup window.

Name of the field Editable Possible values Explanation
Symbol YES Currency pair to be altered
Long position swap YES Specify a different long position value for the selected currency pair applied only on the specific group.
Short position swap YES Specify a different short position value for the selected currency pair applied only on the specific group.
Margin Percentage YES Specify a different value of the margin percentage for the selected symbol which will only be applied on the specific group.

Reports

The “Reports” tab contains settings that allow you to define the report template directory and setup the mailing server.

Name of the field Editable Possible values Explanation
Enable YES Enable/Disable Allow/Prohibit generation of daily reports
SMTP Server YES Mail server address from which the reports will be sent out to clients
Template path Empty by default Directory of the template used to generate the daily reports
SMTP login YES Login to initiate the delivery of the reports
SMTP Password YES Password to initiate the delivery of the reports  via the SMTP server
Support Email YES Set in the outgoing reports
Copy reports to support YES Send copies of the reports to the support centre
Signature YES Signature of the company