Buying & Selling

On the Quotes tab, highlight the stock that you wish to buy/sell or select from the Order Pad on screen

Market Queue tab will display the stock that has been selected on Quotes tab

Order Pad will display stock that has been highlighted on Quotes tab, but you may change the stock by keying in the stock name code here

Select the account which you wish to trade from

Key in the quantity, price and select the validity period for your bid

Select buy or sell

Shortcut: Right-click on the stock and select 'Buy' or 'Sell'

Key in your Trading PIN. You may check the 'Keep PIN' box for the system to remember your PIN

Message box will notify you of any errors on the Order Pad

Hit the 'Submit' button

These respective icons will blink and change colour
when an order is matched
or rejected

Placing a Good-Till-Date (GTD) Order

Select and key in transaction details

Select 'GTD' on validity menu and select the date. You can select up to a maximum of 30 days.

Notes to placing GTD order

  • Available for BME and foreign markets
  • GTD order for BME will be termed BURSA GTD. Upon submission to BURSA, the order will reside there until it is matched, expired or cancelled by client.
  • BURSA GTD order will be eliminated automatically when
    • The GTD order(s) is more than your available trading limit.
    • The counter is suspended from trading/delisted by the respective Exchange.
    • The counter goes through Corporate Exercise.
    • The price of the order falls outside the price limit range

Placing a Conditional Order

Select and key in transaction details

Tick the checkbox to place a condition

Key in your conditions

Click on 'BUY'or'SELL'. Your order will be placed upon meeting your set criteria.

Notes to placing Conditional order

  • Conditional order is allowed for normal market for all exchanges except ASE.
  • When user ticks on “This order will be placed upon meeting the following criteria” checkbox the following fields will be enabled for user to enter the trigger condition.
    • Exchange
    • Stock Code / Name
    • Price condition (Greater Than, Less Than or Equal To)
    • Price

Placing a Stop Limit Order

Select and key in transaction details

Select 'Stop Limit' on Order Type menu

Key in your Stop Price.

For Buy orders, the stop price must be greater than last done or reference price.
For Sell orders, the stop price must be lower than last done or reference price.

Notes to placing Stop Limit order

  • For Buy stop limit order,
    • The Stop Price must be greater or equal to last done price or reference price in the absence of last done price.
    • The order price must be greater or equal to the Stop Price.
    • Order Price >= Stop Price >= Last/Ref Price

  • For Sell stop limit order,
    • The Stop Price must be lower or equal to last done price or reference price in the absence of last done price.
    • The order price must be lower than or equal to the Stop Price.
    • Order Price <= Stop Price <= Last/Ref Price