How to use gnuTrade

The World markets window in the middle of the screen displays the various markets (financial instruments) which you can trade with the gnuTrade trading platform.

Use the joystick icon at the base of the window or the arrow keys on your keyboard to scroll the market spheres to the left or right. The spheres move up and down and change colour according to their market price movements, and you can see how the markets are performing relative to each other.

Click the ‘%’ box in the corner to see the percentage price movements of the markets relative to each other. For instance, if both oil are gold are up 2%, the 2% line on the grid will cut across both spheres. This feature can be clicked on or off.

View market price data

Put a market sphere in the middle of the window then click on it, or use the up arrow on the joystick or your keyboard. When you have finished, click the sphere again or use the down arrow of the joystick or keyboard to zoom back out.

To study the progress of a market in more detail, click the ‘chart’ icon on the left of the joystick or type the letter (M) to send it to the Market Analyzer window. You can send more than one market to this window. (See next sections for more details).

Place a trade

To place a trade click the ‘thumbs up’ icon or type in the letter (T) and choose the type of trade you would like to place. (See later sections for more details.)