
February OptionWorkshop updates ⛄
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Charm and Vanna charts, what-if scenarios cloning, caching market data to database, simplifying the program settings at the first launch after installation.

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## Updates

* Showing a dialog for name editing when copying what-if scenarios (instead of adding the default suffix - "copy").
* Added market data caching to a local database. This sets the stage for new functionality, which we are already working on.
* Improved data caching: now, the data is pulled from the market date cache if there is no connection with real-time market data.
* Added notification about trial license expiring.
* Added **Charm** and **Vanna** to strategy parameters charts.
* Improved the experience for first-time users:
    * removed old first-time setup wizard
    * upon the initial launch, the following now displays: a board of instruments with futures and equities, two option desks, a strategy chart, a positions table with randomly generated items 
    * all types of connectors are added and preconfigured
* Moved our web-service for math calculations to the client's side. Now, in the list of processes, you’ll also see two processes titled **OptionWorkshop.Math.exe**. This also sets the stage for new functionality.

## Bug fixes

* Error with freezing of the **Price Range** sliders on the strategy chart.
* Authorization error in OW version 21.2.2226.
* Failures of software updates system.
* Error with placing orders in **CQG** as **GTC**. Now, orders are billed as **DAY**.
* Error linking out-of-the-money options to instruments in the CQG system (not everything fixed here, some users are still reporting issues).
* Error adding an icon to the desktop after installing or updating OW.
* Error with a gray background when connecting **IQFeed**.
* Reconnection errors with an expired license.
* Error with rounding off the price range values.




Option Workshop, version 18.6.1727
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## Subscription rotation

The main feature we've added in this version is an ability to "rotate" market data subscriptions. The problem which we were trying to solve is the limitation on a number of instruments, for which market data you can subscribe simultaneously. In Interactive Brokers TWS this limit is very low, only 100 instruments. CQG limit is about 400, IQ Feed - 500. You buy an extension for this limits, but it is not cheap.

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We have implemented a logic, which split all the instruments for which you need to receive market data (for example, you've opened ten option desks) into groups and then subscribe/unsubscribe for these groups sequentially. This approach allows us to have quasi-realtime market data, which is enough if we are trading manually.

We rotate only options, subscriptions for underlying instruments are always made once and until instrument becomes unused.

In this context, we've also added a market data "freshness" indicator on to option desk feature. Take a look at the image below.

![Market data freshness indicator](market-data-freshness-indicator.png)

This indicator is two small dots in cells of the Strike column, right for puts, left for calls. Dot changes it's color from green to red, depending on how fresh a quote is.

## Delta-hedger discrete mode

Our super cool feature - delta-hedger has several regimes of work. One of them is "discrete by base asset price." Our users reported several cases when the delta-hedger was trying to hedge while underlying instrument price was in between two reference points. We've fixed this issue.


Integration with CQG Continuum
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Watch one of our recent videos, this time it’s about setting up a connection with [CQG Continuum](http://www.continuumtradingsolutions.com/).

![](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXi8TYKR6s0)

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Release 16.4.812
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A lot of things have been done in this update!
The new version can already be downloaded [from the website](http://optionworkshop.net/download) or through the update system.

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## New charting

We’ve replaced the library which we were using for charting.
The previous version had serious performance limitations and we were unable to implement some of the features that we wanted.
With the new charting system, we’ll now be able to add these additional features in.

At the moment, users have the same charting functionality, but it is now more efficient, faster and more accurate.
Let’s take a look at a couple of examples:

![](1oqrbpv1-150x150.png)]
![](optionsworkshop_2016-04-15_14-35-28-150x150.png)
![](optionsworkshop_2016-04-15_14-36-10-150x150.png)

We’ve revamped the way that users can manipulate charts.
It hasn’t yet been described in the documentation, but it’s important, so as of this version, the charting manipulation techniques are as follows:

* **Mouse wheel** – move the chart horizontally
* **Ctrl + mouse wheel** – zoom in & out
* **Shift + mouse wheel** – move the chart vertically
* **Right mouse button** – zoom into the selected region
* **Left mouse double click** – reset to 100% view.

Also now we save the **Price range** settings between program launches.
Before, users had complained that it was cumbersome to restore the price range every time.

There are now ten times as many nodes in the grid which is used to build the chart, so they are now 10 times as precise.

## TeamViewer as a remote support system

Before we used Ammyy Admin – it was a nice piece of software, but unfortunately most antiviruses assumed that it was dangerous.
From the perspective of view of an average user, that meant that our software was dangerous, since their executable was inside our distributive.

![OptionsWorkshop_2016-04-15_14-42-27](optionsworkshop_2016-04-15_14-42-27.png)

Now, if you need our support team to help you directly through your computer, press the button in the top right corner.
It will launch the **TeamViewer quick support** executable and our agent will be able to see your monitor (following approval).

## CQG demo generation

Now user can generate a CQG Continuum demo login directly through the software, without asking our support team.
This will decrease the time barrier needed to get new users experiencing our software with live data.

## New columns in the positions table

* **Last price** – the last traded price of the instrument
* **P&L (M)** – profit/loss as shown in currency, rather than in the contracts’ quote points
* **Bid/Offer** – for individual positions these columns show the best prices for corresponding contracts.
  For a summary row it shows the bid and offer for the whole strategy.

## Options desks

* New column – **Last price**
* Reusing last used columns settings when opening new desk
* [Open option desk](http://i.imgur.com/PhDlEir.png) menu item in a context menu for instrument and position

## Instruments tree

The format for the futures codes has now been changed.

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February OptionWorkshop updates ⛄

Option Workshop, version 18.6.1727

Integration with CQG Continuum

Release 16.4.812

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