Standard Online Share Trading is getting a facelift! We’ve recently launched the 1st version of our new site, BETA Release 1.0, and we’d like to invite our community to tell us how we can make this new experience ßeta.
BETA release includes the following features:
- Viewing Portfolios
- Trading
- Watchlists
- Triggers
- Launch ViewPoint
Please send your feedback and suggestions to [email protected].
OST BETA GUIDE
Searching for an Instrument
Click on the search icon on the top right of the screen then you may type in the share code e.g. SBK or start typing in the name of the company.
The search results will populate.
Then click on any share to get a quote or more information on the share.
Trading/Placing an Order
On the top right of the screen you can click on "Trade". This will display the Trade Ticket. If you are already viewing a specific share, the Instrument on the trade ticket will be defaulted to that share. You may also change the share code at anytime. Also a new feature of the trade ticket is that you can now choose wheather or not you would like type in a password each time you place an order. After capturing the trade information, click on review and you will be prompted to confirm on cancel the request.
Viewing a Portfolio
On the left of the screen you will see your list of your accounts. Click on the account number to view the Portfolio overview screen.
On this screen you will see tabs that will allow you to view market news for your portfolio, cash transaction history, orders on your portfolio, triggers and a sector breakdown for your portfolio.
You will also view your individual holdings. By clicking anywhere on the line of your holding, you can get more more detailed information of the instrument.
Orders and Trades
You can search for your current and historical orders by clicking on the "Orders" menu on the left of the screen. You can also seacrh for all completed orders(trades) by clicking on the "COMPLETED" tab. At all times you will have the option of filtering by date, accounts or instrument.
By clicking anywhere on the line of the order you can retrieve more information about the order.
Withdrawing and Transferring Funds
Click on "TRANSACTIONS" on the top right on the screen.
If you have any queries, feel free to respond to this post or send us an email to the [email protected] mailbox.
Please note that trades or other activities carried out on BETA 1.0 will affect your live account.