SARA 4.0.2User Guide

29 Jan

Getting Started With SARA 4.0.2

CONNECTION & LOGGING IN SARA MAIN MENU ADDING USERS ADDING TRADER ACCOUNTS TRADER ACCOUNT GROUP MONITORING TRADING ACTIVITY ACCOUNT POSITIONS RISK MONITOR USER FUNCTIONS RATING & MARGINS CONTRACT TYPES CONTRACT CATEGORIES CONTRACTS CONTRACT PRICE CONNECTIVITY ORDERS SARA GROUPS REPORTS CONFIGURATION DATA TRADING VOLUMES ABOUT SARA EXIT

CONNECTION & LOGGING IN Launch SARA, press SARA desktop icon & dialog box appears

press button to configure ip address

Configure ip address connection & price

Login SARA as member login,

field explanationUser name

Enter your login ID 5 digits alphabets then 5 digits numberic

Password Enter your password5 digits alphabets then 5 digits numberic.

When you have successfully logged on to SARA and opened you have 2 different windows :

SARA MAIN MENUuser button to members permitt is on ENABLE

Field ExplanationUser Name user logged on to SARAVersion 4.0.2 Version numberCash margining enable System configure buying power, equity alertPosition limits enable Position limits will normally be enableORM enable Options risk management

Monitoring to see connectivity status enable or disable system

ADDING USERSFrom SARA main menu click users

In Users screen click add, screen appears;

Enter a member login user name of up to 10 characters. Click OK the password tab for the new user appears.

Field explanationPassword Enter your password

5 digits alphabets then 4 digits numberic.Verify password Password again, to confirm it has been entered as intended

Allow change again today

Tick this to allow user to change their password more than once a day

Check password history

This user reusing any their last 10 password

Force password change

To force this user to change their password next time they log on

Lifetime Expire password, tick this if want enable

Option tab.The users screen,

Field ExplanationDepth of market Tick to enable J-Trader user view the depth of market screenInternet user For users accesing the system over the internetLogged in If checkbox is ticked the user currently logged on to the systemPost trade-amend J-trader user allocate an order to a different trader account post

trade, causing positions and p/l to be amendedLogin disable If ticked it mean you want to prevent this user from logging on at

the next attempt or this account have wrong logqing

Details tab

Field ExplanationUser name Login ID, either in SARA or J-TraderDisplay name Name displayed in J-Trader & SARALogin name Login name this user uses for single sign-inUser role User role that applies to this userTAS Tas this user is allowed to useLast login time Date & time this user last logged inDefault trader account Default trader account this user sees in J-TraderSara group Sara group to which the user belongs

Miscellaneous Tab

Field ExplanationAddress User’s addressComments Any notes about the user

ADDING TRADER ACCOUNTS

Click Trader Accounts on SARA main menu

Window appears look like this:

Field ExplanationTrader account For identifying this trader account within SARA & J-TraderBack Office ID Inditifying trader account to clearer’s web serverAccount Class Trader account belongs

Click add then see the trader account screen at the Details tab ;

Field ExplanationAccount number This trader account within SARA & J-TraderRating Category trader account’s level the rating’s & marginsSara group Trader account belongsAccount blocked Trader account to prevent from submitting or amending orders

Flatten at EOD To flatten J-Trader account position at end of day

Contract categories tab

To assign categories, highlight product contract categories in the available list & click

as member trader account scheme.

General limits tab

The general limits tab is for setting up limits that apply to trader account.

Field ExplanationMax order size Maximum number lots that can be submittedSODNLV Start of day net liquidity value, used in margining

calculationsLoss warning % Percentage of limit usage at which an alert on the account

positionsLong limitsShort limits

Maximum of lots thay may be held by the trader account

Overnight long limitsOvernight short limits

Maximum number of lots that may be held by the trader account in an overnight position

Net long limitNet short limit

We recommend that you set both fields to 0

Contract limits tabThe trader accounts screen for setting position limits against the contract that can be traded by this trader account.

Click create then dialog appears, search contract types assigned to this account you want to add, click open to add them to the contract limits tab.Field explanationContract type Contract account to assign limitsLong limitsShort limitsMax sizeOvernight longOvernight shortCall long limit

Maximum number of lots that may be submmited

Call short limitCall max sizePut long limitPut short limitPut max size

Maximum number of lots that may be submmited

If finished creating new trader, you can check details of the history the trader account by Trader history tab.

Trader history tab

Field ExplanationTime Date time of changeChange by ID of the SARA administrator who applied the changeRemaining coloumns Remaining detail the changes made the general limits

TRADER ACCOUNT GROUP

From main menu SARA click trader account group, click ADD, in the add new trader account group, enter a name for the new trader account group and click OK.

Field ExplanationSAG parent To group TAG together & assign them specific risk limits, to

create a risk hierarchySubscribed To add users trader account group, can multiple trader or access

rights usersUnsubscribed To remove users trader account group

Specific access right user group created subscribed in users trader account group

If have finished creating trader account, continue back to main menu and click USERS button then back to Details tab to setup Default trader account for login J-Trader & save.

MONITORING TRADING ACTIVITYOn SARA main menu, there are three buttons can view realtime monitoring functions :

Field ExplanationAccount position For monitoring & managing account positions, alerts for monitorRisk For monitoring P&L & buying power, alerts for monitoring limit

breachesStart monitor Alerts monitor limits breaches

ACCOUNT POSITIONSFrom SARA main menu , click account position

Field ExplanationSearch Searching for positionsChange SOD Changing the start of day position for an expiry level entryTA limits Changing limits for a trader accountBlock TA Prevent or reallow trader accounts in SARA group from

submitting or amending ordersPrint To print, copy or export dataClose Closing the account positions screenConfigure Configuring the account positions screen, namely colours tab,

account positions tab & sounds tab All positions = total account positions

= positions at the contract type level= positions ate the contract date (expiry) level

Limits breached

Positions for which posisitons limits have been breached

Overnight breached

Positions that will breach overnight

Buying power breached

Records list are displayed in order of priority, buying power breached, equity alert

Account positions columnsField ExplanationAccount Trader accountExchange ExchangeType Contract

Date Contract dateOption C for all or P for putCurrency Currency of the positionP & L Profit & lossTot posn Total positionSOD shortSOD long

Shot & long positions at the start of trading Day

POS short long Current long short posisitonsWorking buy sells Current order working at the exchangeP & L price Average price of an open positionSOD price Start of day priceLoss limit Loss limit

Starting & Stopping MonitoringTo monitor trading activity in realtime & perform realtime monitoring, SARA needs to start & run a process. Click start monitor button.

SARA gives you a message box like this;

Monitoring limits breachesMonitoring alerts screen, you can monitor limits breaches, this sreen automatically launched.

Field ExplanationTimestamp Date time

= p/l buying power alert = contrat type position limits

Sag = sara groupBreach Nature of the breachTrader Trader account that has commited the breachContract Contract on which the breach has been attemptedClose Closing the screeAccount position Opens the account positions screenRisk Opens the risk monitor

RISK MONITORFrom sara main menu click RISK

RISK monitoring screen opens

USER FUNCTIONSFrom sara main menu, click user functions

The user functions screen opens with the logged in tab selected

Field ExplanationClose Closing this screenRefresh Refreshing the displaySend Sending a message to some or all usersClear Clearing a logged in flag to enable a user to log onLogoff Logs off the seledted userReset Resetting a user’s log in account

RATING & MARGINSFrom sara main menu, click rating & margins

Rating & margins screen display like this

Rating & margins is to view margin requirement type charges.

CONTRACT TYPESContract types is to place contract limits on a trader account.From main menu click contract types (limits). Display screen contract types

CONTRACT CATEGORIESContract categories is to group contracts, can made available to trader account in a structured. Click contract categories from main menu sara ;

Click open from screen contract categories & search then choose the product to view group categories. Show display contract categories ;

CONTRACTSFrom sara main menu click contracts

Contract screen is to view specification calculation contract product;

CONTRACT PRICEContract price is to view contract price directly price.Click contract price from sara main menu

CONNECTIVITY Connectivity button, to monitoring connectivity status system,

ORDERSOrders screen to monitoring all activity trading members From sara main menu click orders,

Will appears window orders

SARA GROUPSSara groups, to set permissions of accounts and to assign limits to accounts.

REPORTSFrom sara menu Reports can view whole reports, can produce reports detailing all users, all contract-type limits per trader account, and all conracts.

Field ExplanationUsers All about data of the users registered in the systemContrat type limits by trader account

List all trader accounts, with the contract limits assigned to them

Contracts List all contracts anda maturity data held in SARA

CONFIGURATION DATATo set global system configuration parameters, to open the screen click from main menu sara the configuration data button

TRADING VOLUMES

To view each user’s orders and filled lots in each contract date, by trader account over a given period. From sara main menu click Trading Volumes, enter your search criteria then the result are displayed.

ABOUT SARAInformation about SARA

EXITClick the button exit form sara main menu, to log out from the sara