
March OptionWorkshop updates v21.3.2294 🌱
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Performance optimization, strategy charts improvements, and a lot of behind-the-scenes improvements.

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## Updates

* The **Instruments board** now supports custom sorting. You can drag & drop rows by holding the **Alt** key.
* User-defined strategy chart zooming will be saved when switching between strategies with a bound chart window. The **FitToView** button resets zooming.
* On startup, the OptionWorkshop loads all accounts/trades/positions from the local database. This process was quite slow for databases with a significant number of trades. We’ve optimized it, and now it is 4-5 times faster.
* Pressing the Bind button on the strategy chart window triggers binding instantly.
* The instrument tree is limited to the base asset node in the **position manager** when adding positions through the "+" button.
* Renamed columns in the **position manager**:
    * Position type → P.T.
    * Vola → IV
    * Commission → Comis

## Bug fixes addressed the following issues:

* The toolbar in the volatility chart window was blinking and changing its size.
* Dr.Web detected a virus in **OW.Math.exe** by mistake.
* Update errors when changing the update channel.
* Incorrect location of sliders in the **Price range** on the anchored strategy chart when switching between strategies.
* Incorrect calculation of the price for the total strategy in the **positions manager** table.
* Errors when loading market data from cache for expired instruments.
* Delta hedger didn’t save the center of the hedging range if it (center) was set manually by a user.





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.




January OptionWorkshop updates ❄️
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Lots of improvements last month! We optimized charts, updated the connectors’ status bar, fixed user bugs, and much more.

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## Updates

* Optimized the volatility curve graph:
    * Removed white border from markers.
    * Filtered spikes.
    * Optimized vertical axis auto-zoom.
* Added a button for invoking the What-If manager to scenario selectors.
    ![A button for invoking the What-If manager](what-if_selector.png)

* Added the ability to use periods and commas in the names of strategies.
    ![Periods and commas in the names of strategies](name_strategy.png)

* Refactored the status bar of the connectors:
    * Different statuses for each connector have been replaced with an aggregating panel with several connectors in a specific group.
    * Connection status, connection settings button, and market data status indicators have been added to the drop-down menu.
    * All connector status icons have been replaced with a circle.
    ![The status bar of the connectors](new_connectors.png)

* Optimized selection of line colors on summary strategies charts:
    * The summary strategy is now always yellow.
    * Colors for lines of individual strategies are automatically selected from a predefined set, adopted for each color scheme.
* The mechanism for adding a position to the position manager has been improved:
    * Added the ability to add positions to any area of ​​the position manager when dragging from the options board.
    * After adding a position, the strategy in which the position was added is activated in the interface.
* Optimized the ease with which strategy charts can be rebuilt:
    * Removed the Apply Changes button.
    * For all changes, the graph is automatically rebuilt using Fit To View.
* The header of the new version notification has been changed.


## Bug fixes

* Fixed an error involving the notification of a new software version if the application runs without restarting.
* Fixed an error with the button for setting custom strikes on the options board.
* Fixed the logic of manually added fills deletion by the Clear Strategy button.
* Fixed an error that prevented the creation of a strategy with the same name as a deleted one.
* Fixed binding errors for new columns in the position table.
* Fixed a bug involving the saving settings in Delta Hedger.



# December OptionWorkshop updates 🎅🎄🎁

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year :)

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![Christmas pic](arseny-togulev.png)

## Updates

-   Refactored the way you can select strikes for OptionDesks; now, you can select a custom set of strikes to be displayed on a desk.
-   Removed HardwareId copying button.
-   Improved telegram bot stability.

## Bug fixes

-   Fixed price scaling for Interactive Brokers adapter.
-   Fixed an error involving columns order restoration in positions table.
-   Fixed bug that prevented receiving market-data from all adapters when a single adapter lost connection.
-   Fixed an error that prevented triggering market-data subscription by positions table.



# November OptionWorkshop updates 🍂

We continue to stabilize existing functionality and meticulously, step by step, implement new, useful features with a single aim: to ease the life of options traders. Take a look at what we accomplished in November.

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## New features

- Adapters list now has an edit button in each row.

  ![Transport settings](settings.png){.thumb}

- When any position in a strategy is modified, the chart's zoom (if any) will be automatically reset to the default state.
- Complicated what-if scenarios, where user can set up IV for particular strikes are now back again.
- Context menu with a list of spreads templates have a new item that invokes the templates manager window.

  ![Templates manager](temp-manager.png){.thumb}

- Position row context menu now contains the Options desk item that invokes a desk of the corresponding series.
- Positions table has a new column with realized P&L.
- Status bar now contains more information about license.

  ![License link](license1.png){.thumb}

  ![License settings](license2.png){.thumb}

- TeamViewer launch button has a blue color.
- To delete a position, the user now has to confirm the operation.

## Bug fixes

- Fixed a set of problems with launching software under some versions of Windows, including Win7 and some server builds.
- Fixed an error that prevented users from opening the commissions setting window.
- Fixed an error that prevented users from opening the log file.
- Fixed an error that was breaking the strategy chart if some specific price range was selected.
- Fixed the logic of P&L (C) and P&L (S) calculation.
- Fixed several problems with manual changing of position price and quantity.
- Fixed several problems with the process of position deletion.



Online application release
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Introducing our new online application – [Online OptionWorkshop](https://optionworkshop.net/app). Please give it a try! 

What’s the big idea behind the app? To move into online application all functionality unrelated to:

* real-time market data
* actual positions
* order execution

It includes, but isn’t limited to: options positions modeling, historical data analysis, history of IV curves, ATM IV, spreads IVs, and various scanners.

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Right now, we’ve released the app with a straightforward, user-friendly widget. With this powerful tool, you can create charts that present historical data of underlying instrument price and ATM implied volatility.

Here’s what you’ll see when you first log in:

![](https://ow-blog-static.s3.amazonaws.com/2020/10/online-release/futures-dashboard.png) 

[Subscribe](http://eepurl.com/bYqKBz) to our newsletter to receive news about Online OptionWorkshop.


October OptionWorkshop updates 🎃
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## New features

* Revamped the OptionWorkshop licensing system. Now the license is linked to authorization by login and password. Users will be able to work under the same license on multiple computers without having to request a second license from support.
* Asset-specific what-if scenarios removed. You’ll get them back later, new and shiny.
* Improved the ergonomics of price range control on the chart. There are now buttons that set a range, of a certain width, around the current price of the underlying asset.
* Moved from SQLCE to SQLite database.
* Made it possible to drag and drop an instrument into an empty positions table, without having to create a strategy in advance. “Add New Fill” form dialog will be shown.
* Added current values of the corresponding Greeks to the graph’s activation buttons.

## Bug fixes

* Added an additional logging in critical code parts.
* Fixed a bug that made it impossible to draw strategy charts in certain scenarios.
* Fixed errors in incremental positions parameters evaluation algorithms.
* Fixed a bug that freezes IV charts.




Option Workshop, version 19.2.1808
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We have released a new version of Option Workshop. The main changes are focused around the FOS (Futures Orders Stairs) feature.

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## Redesigned FOS

We've rewritten it from scratch. Documentation hasn't been updated yet, thus, a brief description of what's been changed is laid out below.

In the previous implementation, FOS only allowed working with generated grid, which was symmetrical around the market price of an underlying instrument. It didn't allow users to change the grid manually.

In the new version:

1. Users can generate a grid using a flexible set of parameters
2. The generated grid can be moved up or down. Thus users are able to adjust it to market
3. Users can change the price value of any node
4. Users can add and remove grid nodes manually
5. For each node on the grid, users can specify an operation with futures, which must be performed when the node is crossed by price upside down or in the opposite direction.

## Performance

Fixed UI performance problem when using custom volatility models and opening volatility skew charts.

## Telegram Bot

Several improvements on stability and data formatting.

## CQG

Fixed a rare case when the software was unable to reconnect after connection loss with CQG backend.

## Teamviewer

Updated embedded Teamviewer to the latest version. This is used for remote support.


Option Workshop, version 18.8.1744
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## New features

* User parameters of volatility scew lines now can be marked as default to be used for all new charts
* Application initialization speed improved
* In the instrument tree it's now possible to see instruments, which doesn't have options
* Option desk now after some time will be automatically scrolled to an ATM strike
* Option desk now lets user to show 75 and 100 strikes
* In delta hedger it's now possible to manualy set a value inside a range to which adjust the delta
* Vertical line showing current price of an underlying asset added to the volatility scew chart
* Now it is possible to remove all contracts from market-maker with single click
* Now it is possible to scale number of contracts in positions, for all positions at once

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## Bug fixes

* Price range of a risk profile chart now always be saved when switching between strategies
* Delta hedger discrete mode stability improved


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.


Option Workshop, version 16.10.1227
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In the new version of Option Workshop we have improved the fill manager’s functionality:
improved working with several fills simultaneously, added new features and fixed some bugs.
Also there are minor changes in strategies charts and templates. The details are below.

## Fill manager

First of all we have improved its ability to work with several fills and added an ability to:

* drag several fills simultaneously to a target strategy,
* select a range of fills in the table by holding the **Shift** key.

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If you select multiple rows in the table, right-click on any of them and select a command in the context menu,
it will be applied to all selected fills.

We have added quick selection buttons into the Fill Manager’s instrument filter: **Select all** and **Deselect all**.

![](fillsfilter.png){.thumb}

Also we have added a filter that shows fills not linked to a strategy.

![](fills1.gif){.thumb}

## Strategies

The context menu displays commands for all selected strategies:

* Build strategy charts,
* Open the **Add positions** form,
* Open positions in a separate window,
* Delete strategies.

![](severalstrategies.png){.thumb}

Strategies that do not contain any real fills are now deleted without confirmation.

What-if scenario selection is saved when you switch between the strategies.

## Templates

In the new version when you create positions from a template, you can choose the opening price not only from the drop-down list,
but also set the price manually.

![](template.gif){.thumb}

## Strategy charts

We have made it possible to manually change the price range.

![](pricerange.png){.thumb}

Now Option Workshop remembers the last used chart settings (opened charts) and applies them to newly opened charts.

Also we have improved strategy chart calculation whilst using a narrow price range.

## Non-tradable instruments

For non-tradable instruments the following operations are now available:

* Add to the **Instrument table**;
* Open a historical chart.

Also, the price of non-tradable underlying assets are marked with a red point on the strategy charts.

## What we have fixed

* Filtering errors when you click on an element of ***** – to display all fills.
* Incorrect price formatting in the positions table.
* Errors when you switch between the positions table and the fills table.
* Errors while deleting a position when a what-if scenario is selected.
* A wrong selection of the base asset upon opening of the **Create Delta Hedger** form.
* Issue when you select two strategies – an ‘actual’ strategy and a virtual strategy.
* An issue with an order price rounding in FOS.
* An error when you drag a position onto strategy list.


# Option Workshop, version 16.10.1194

In our new version, we have added several improvements by request from our users, and fixed some interface bugs, the DDE export bugs etc.
The new version can already be downloaded [from our website](http://optionworkshop.net/download) or through the update system.

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## Strategy templates

In the strategy templates manager window we’ve added some standard options combinations:

- Straddle: +1p, +1c,
- Strangle: +1p-1, +1c+1,
- Strangle 2: +1p-2, +1c+2,
- Strangle 3: +1p-3, +1c+3,
- Vertical bull call spread: +1c, -1c+1,
- Vertical bear call spread: -1c, +1c+1,
- Vertical bull put spread:  +1p-1, -1p,
- Vertical bear put spread:  -1p-1, +1p,
- Calls butterfly: +1c-1, -2c, +1c+1,
- Puts butterfly: +1p-1, -2p, +1p+1,
- Condor: +1p-2, -1p-1, -1c+1, +1c+2.

If you select a template you’ll see in the right part of the window the template formula for creating
a spread and the ‘preview’ of the PnL chart which is built up according to the formula.

![](standarttemplates.png){.thumb}
Figure: Standard strategy templates

Now you can include the underlying asset in the strategy templates: ‘**u**’ means underlying asset.

## DDE export

We have added the option to change the update rate of the data exported via DDE –
The **Update period** parameter is now available in the export settings window.

![](ddeupdate.png){.thumb}
Figure: Update period

You can open the export settings window by using hotkeys **Ctrl+Shift+E**.

## Instrument tree

Weekly options in the instrument tree now display the number of the week.

![](weeks1.png){.thumb}
Figure: Number of the week

## Interface control

To quickly switch between windows in Option Workshop use the hotkeys **Ctrl+Tab**.

![](activewindows.png){.thumb}
Figure: Switching between forms

## Fixed issues

We have fixed an issue with:

- Interface tabs ordering not maintained after restarting the program,
- Main window’s incorrect minimization,
- Historical chart zoom settings when a candle is updated,
- Table columns’ autosizing,
- Fills deletion while deleting a position,
- Net strategy update when adding a position,
- DDE export errors.

Also Option Desk’s column preset list was not updated properly. We have fixed this issue.



# What`s New in Option Workshop version 16.9

September is here and we have a whole new major update to talk about.
There are several new features that have been added to Option Workshop to help our users trade as efficiently and effectively as possible.
Without further ado, I’m going to talk about each of these feature, and what they allow.

![](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGBEaXh2bNU)

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## Spread template manager

First and foremost is our new spread template manager, it allows our users to design custom spreads, and quickly apply them to any option series.
For example, you’ll now be able to design an iron condor and trade it on any series of your choosing at the click of a button.
You can make your iron condor as ‘wide’ or ‘narrow’ as you like, specifying how far apart each strike is
from every other one using a simple relative formula. Have a look at this screenshot for a preview:

![](strategy_template.png){.thumb}
Figure: Fig. 1 – How our new strategy template manager works

For a full explanation of how our formula works, how to design and apply custom spreads,
have a look at this [blog post](../15/strategy-templates-syntax.md).
Personally, it took me about five minutes before I was comfortable using it!
Once you’ve designed a custom spread, you can apply it to any market, and at any strike price.
This means you can compare the price and other parameters of your spread across any option series at any strike price!

## User Interface change:  Fills tab & positions tab

Next up is a cosmetic change to our UI. We’ve placed the fills tab inside the positions tab, so it’s easy to switch between the two,
enabling you guys to quickly see what the fills are on your positions, be they modelled positions or real ones.
The reason for doing this is we found that most of our users weren’t looking at their fills,
but because Option Workshop has powerful modelling features, it’s always worth knowing which fills your position consists of.

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![](fills-1024x180.png){.thumb}
Figure: Fig. 2 – Here is the new location of the fills tab, right next to the positions tab

## Shift function

Thirdly, we’ve now designed a new approach towards tweaking modelled positions.
Our new ‘shift’ feature allows you to change the strike prices of your whole strategy or a particular option within your strategy
in a couple of clicks.
Either click the shift icons to the right of the chart button in the positions tab while you have
a strategy selected to shift a whole strategy, or right click on an individual position within the positions tab [pictured below].
This will give you guys a quick way of looking at your strategies at different strike prices.
Couple this feature with a ‘what if’ scenarios and there are endless permutations for modelling potential strategies!

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Figure: Fig. 3 – How to access the new shift function

## The Option Desk now has new columns

Another change that we’ve added has been to add some columns to the option desk screen.
Now you can see an option’s intrinsic value as well as it’s time value.
This can help contextualise an options total value, and you’ll be able to see how it’s priced on the market relative to these values.

## Historical charts now update in real time

We’ve improved our historical charting feature. Now it updates in real time, allowing you to follow market moves as they develop.

## Changes in calendar spreads charts

If you have a calendar spread of futures on options, and options in this spread have
different underlying futures (different expiration dates, for example ESU6 and ESZ6),
then to build a chart of the risk profile we will:

1. Put an array of the nearest futures on the X axis
2. Use points from the X axis directly to calculate price of options at these points
3. For calculating prices of options on futures with a later expiry, we will shift X points on the rate, which can be set in settings.
   By doing this we consider to be in contango.

## Virtual total strategy

In the positions tab and on our charts, we’ve now added a virtual total strategy.
While before you could combine two strategies to be displayed on a chart at the same time,
the new virtual total strategy will allow you to see your two strategies combined into one.
This allows for a better overall picture of your positions. On top of this,
it means you can combine real positions that are already in your account with modelled positions,
enabling you to see what your trades would look like if you added or removed part of your spread.

For example, let’s say you’re trading a calendar spread and the market has moved.
VTS will show you how potential hedges can affect your risk profile and change your spread payoff.
You can roll the strike prices of your options and see how these will not only affect the individual options payout, but the whole strategy.

Before:

![](before_vts.png){.thumb}
Figure: Fig. 4 – How we displayed spreads in previous versions

And after:

![](after_vts.png){.thumb}
Figure: Fig. 5 - How we can now display the spreads with the Virtual total strategy function

## Quick spread order processing

We’ve also included a new way to quickly open or close already existing positions.
Simply right click on the strategy name in the strategies column, select ‘open’ or ‘close’ and you will be greeted with this screen:

![](quck_open_close.png){.thumb}
Figure: Fig. 6 – The new Open/close spread menu

Where you’ll be able to quickly place an identical order to an already opened/modelled position or you can close your current position.
If you look at the ‘operation’ column, you can see theres also the ability to make custom combinations
with the relevant options that make up the position.
This functionality is particularly useful for executing real trades on already modelled positions.
In effect, once you’ve found a spread model that is satisfactory,
simply right clicking on it’s name and selecting buy will execute it all at once.

## DDE Export and UI changes

With our new DDE export feature, you can export all of the data we receive into an excel file which updates in real time.
This adds even more options for looking at market data and appraising your strategies.

![](dde1.png){.thumb}
Figure: Fig. 7 – Where to click to access DDE functionality

Simply select the DDE server and the table you want to export, and you’ll be able to see the data in real time,
being updated on your Excel spreadsheet.

## Exclude feature

Another interesting feature is the ability to exclude or include certain positions in a strategy total parameters calculations and charts.
This will allow you to see how your strategy would perform if you sold off or hedged out part of your strategy.

![](de_selection.gif){.thumb}
Figure: Fig. 8 – Our simple de-selection process

## Font changes

How we display our positions has changed also. Our font’s are now specific to order type.
Positions containing real fills, are displayed in bold.
Positions containing adjusted fills, are displayed in italic.
The position type column still shows if that position contains real fills or not

## Exchange filter feature

Finally we’ve added a quick feature to filter out unwanted exchanges in the instrument tree.
Simply click the filter icon at the opt of the instruments tree and you’ll be able to limit the amount of exchanges displayed.

## And finally

With all of these new features, Option Workshop is offering a robust options trading package.
We offer some of the best options modelling services on the market,
coupled with all of these new features on top of our already capable software allowing you to:

- Model, evaluate and test different trading strategies using charting and analytical tools, create customizable ‘what-if’
  scenarios, and monitor the current state of the market.
- Quickly create a new custom strategy using easy relative syntax.
- Apply custom designed spreads to any option series
- View the price of any custom designed spread across all options strikes in a series
- Model or trade custom spreads, and then apply ‘What if’ scenarios
  to see how they will perform in different environments given a change in the underlying, or how their risk profile will look when changing their Theta.
- Combine modelled trades with actual positions to allow you to see whether hedging an existing position is a good idea or not.

So go ahead and give Option Workshop a try.
If you have any questions don’t hesitate to [email me](http://michael@optionworkshop.net), or send a help ticket in our software.

Good luck trading guys!

Michael



Option Workshop, version 16.6.935
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## Get started wizard

Until now, when users first launched the main window they were greeted with a platform that was almost empty – there were no tables,
no charts and so on.
Because of this, there wasn’t any beginning point where a user could catch on and start to explore the software’s functionality.

Now, upon first launch Option Workshop will show the Get started wizard, which helps user with their initial setup.

## Positions

We’ve added a pop-up tooltip for the position row in the positions table, which appears when the mouse pointer hovers over a row.
The tooltip contains all the information from the table columns and some additional parameters.

The P&L(M) column now works for any instrument that is sending marketdata from Interactive Brokers or IQ Feed.

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The mechanism of moving positions between strategies has been changed.
Now, if you move a position to another strategy, all fills under the position will move into the destination strategy,
and the source strategy will be emptied.

## What-if Scenarios

Now users can customize their what-if scenarios line’s width and style, as well as it’s color.

## Status bar

The program now shows the current time in the status bar at the bottom of the main window.

## Pricing

When calculating an option’s theoretical prices and greeks we now try to take time up until
the end of the trading session of the last trading day for the instrument.
This information about trading hours is not always provided by our datasources, in these cases we assume that the trading session ends at midnight.

## Default prices for new position

When adding a new modelling position by drugging an instrument from the options desk,
our software now takes a default price to prefill the form from a cell, where the user started drugging.
In our previous version, the default price was always the last traded price.

## Fills routing

We have added a button for calling the form of fills routing setting onto the toolbar above the strategies list.

## Charts rendering regimes

Some users launch our software on remote virtual machines.
In these scenarios the DirectX charts rendering mechanism was not always working correct.
We added a setting which allows us to make the software use software rendering instead of DirectX.

Additionally, we have fixed several bugs.


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:

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![](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.


Release fix, 17.4.1457
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We’ve released a small update, which includes only two bug-fixes:

* The program sometimes hangs when user try to change position price through the **Set price** button;
* The program ignores the first line of a CSV file with volatility curve.

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Option Workshop, version 16.11.1273
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Some users might encounter the following issues after installing Option Workshop update 16.11.1268:

* incorrect notification display: the expiration of the license or a notification about available updates;
* incorrect price range calculation for the Strategy charts;
* an error with incorrect position type when moving positions.

We apologize for the inconvenience and have fixed these issues.
You can download a new version 16.11.1273 on our [website](https://optionworkshop.net/download).

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Option Workshop, version 16.10.1227

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Release 16.4.812

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