Euro Pacific Bank

February 2017 New Products & Platform Updates

Product Updates

Margin rate changes for Turkish Lira (TRY) crosses

Please be advised margin requirements for TRY pairs has increased to 8% due to continued volatility.

GTS Browser Support

The list of browsers supported by GTS has been updated to:

  • Internet Explorer 10+
  • Microsoft Edge 12+
  • Google Chrome 30+
  • Mozilla Firefox 25+

We recommend that traders upgrade to a supported browser as soon as possible to get the best experience. It will not be possible to access the GTS-web platform through other browsers from March 2017.

Platform Enhancements

New Combination Order Ticket now available

A new multi-legged order is now available in GTS, allowing traders to define and place Contract Option strategies on listed stock, ETF and index Options.

Features of the new Combination Order Ticket include:

  • Multi-legged ticket allows for trading complex options strategies such as horizontal spreads, straddles, strangles, iron condors and many more
  • Multi-legged orders to simultaneously Buy/Sell different Options
  • Multiple legs are delivered and executed as a single order
  • Up to four legs
  • Margin reduction over trading options individually
  • Spread trading to limit market risk
  • Ratio of strategies is retained between different legs (1:1, 2:1 and 3:1)
  • Price defaults to reference price within the spread, i.e. close to the mid-price of the spread itself
  • Quick reversal of a strategy from Buy to Sell, and vice versa
  • Dynamic display of Greeks, Volatility and Margin allows users to quickly analyse any spread set up before execution
  • Access to the Combination Order Ticket

    Combination Orders are available under Option Trading as shown below:

    Please note that you will only be able to utilise this functionality if you have Contract Options enabled. If you don’t have this product suite and would like to have it enabled, please contact your Sales representative.

Change to the P/L in the Close Position dialogue in GTS

From early February 2017, the Close Position dialogue (when closing individual positions) will show the profit/loss in the account currency rather than the instrument currency:

The Square Net Position dialogue will also show the profit/loss in the account currency: