Live Setup Guide: R | Trader & R | Trader Pro
Once your trading account is opened and funded, it is ready for live trading. This guide will help you set up your trading platform, R | Trader R | Trader Pro™, with the trading engine, Zen-Fire.
Live Setup Guide: R | Trader Pro Intro
Before setting up, please make sure your computer meets or exceeds the Recommended PC Requirements to the right. R | Trader/ R | Trader Pro™ and Zen-Fire are powerful technologies. Systems that do not meet the Recommended PC Requirements could possibly encounter performance issues with R | Trader/R | Trader Pro™ or Zen-Fire.
Getting Started with R |Trader
Click here to download the latest version of R | Trader.
Click here to download the latest version of R | Trader Pro™.
*Remember to refer to the Things You Should Know section at the end of this guide for important information regarding R | Trader/R | Trader Pro™, Zen-Fire and the trading your live account!
After downloading the installer packages, run the installation following the installation wizard.
NEXT SECTION: CONNECTING TO ZEN-FIRE
- Windows 7 (32 or 64 bit)
- Intel Core2 Duo (preferred) or similar processor 2GHz or faster
- 4GB RAM
- Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
- Broadband Internet DSL/Cable Download speed 6 mbps or faster
- Regional and Language Options must be set to English (United States)
Recommended PC Requirements
**Wireless connections and wireless keyboards/mice are not recommended
**Protection from Firewalls, Anti-Virus, and Anti-Spyware software should be turned off while trading!
Live Setup Guide: R | Trader Connecting to Zen-Fire
Connecting to Zen-Fire
Now that R | Trader is installed, double click on the green R | Trader icon on your desktop.
Enter the username and password provided by your broker on to the splash screen that appears. Be sure to select Zen-Fire Internet as the system.
Circle the up arrow login button or enter on your keyboard to connect.
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Live Setup Guide: R | Trader Trading With Zen-Fire
Trading With Zen-Fire & R | Trader
After connecting to Zen-Fire, you will immediately see a Quote Board, the Trader Dashboard, Recent Orders window, and an Order Book.
The trader Dashboard will show all relevant account information including account balance, available margin balance, contracts traded and net position.
Trades can be placed from the Order Book or from the chart (File > TimeChart). Specify the Instrument and Account before attempting to place an order.
Click here to view information on Zen-Fire symbology (or Zen-Fire Symbol Formatting).
*All orders placed through the Zen-Fire Internet or Zen-Fire LAN connections will be applied to your live account.
NEXT SECTION: R | TRADER & ZEN-FIRE, WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Live Setup Guide: R | Trader Things You Should Know
Things You Should Know
R | Trader is a free trading platform. The subscription based R | Trader Pro™ offers the same reliability and functionality of R | Trader along with advanced charting and chart trader features.
Firewalls, AntiVirus, and AntiSpyware
Zen-Fire is an intense trading engine. When connected, your computer rapidly receives large amounts of data. Software such as Firewalls, AntiVirus and AntiSpyware have a tendency to see this stream of data as something that could possibly be bad for your computer and may block out parts of the data or the entire connection. This can result is orders not getting filled, inaccurate price reporting and disconnects. We recommend turning off all active protection from these programs before connecting to Zen-Fire and during trading.
Know What You're Trading
No matter what you’re trading, the more you know about it, the more effective you can be. You should learn as much about what you are trading as you can, or at least know where to find the information. Every exchange has its own website that provides details on every product they carry. Below are some of those exchanges’ websites.
UNDERSTANDING YOUR ACCOUNT
Who Is Involved?
You should always contact your Account Manager at Mirus first, but there are other groups you should know about that are involved with helping you to trade your account.
BROKER
Mirus Futures performs all functions of a broker, including technical support, customer service, trade desk support, and opening the accounts. This should be the first point of contact for clients regardless of the issue. Your “Account Manager” is the representative assigned to your account, and will most often be the person assisting you.
CLEARING FIRM
This organization works with the exchanges to handle confirmation, delivery, and settlement of transactions. In addition, they hold customer funds and supply statements to clients, however, they rely on the brokerage firm to communicate with clients.
TECHNOLOGY
R | Trader and R | Trader Pro™ are a front end and real time risk management platform offering powerful account management and trading tools in a customizable interface.