Main Features

Traders are different and so are their needs. Some traders like to customize the look and feel of their Forex trading station to suit their trading style. With FXCM, they can do because FXCM’s Trading Station is fully customizable: You can change the size, shape, location and color of practically all features. To explore these features, you simply click the “options” menu selection in the “System” menu (upper left-hand corner).

The “Options” menu lets you change all aspects, including: Text size, background, line and tab colors & alert sounds.

Click system menu and select Options

Skins

Customizing the look and feel of your Forex trading station is as easy as choosing from a variety of pre-formatted skins. These skins enable a total makeover for the look and feel of the FXCM Trading Station. Simply open the “Options” menu and choose your skin,

Select from Mac Style, XP Style, and Vista Style

You may also change individual settings in the “Options” menu.

Changing individual settings through Trading Settings within the Options menu

Charts

Sounds can be turned on or off and can be changed altogether via the “Options” menu.

Sounds Menu

Dealing Rates

You can exchange between the “Simple” and “Advanced Dealing Rates” views by simply clicking on the “Simple Dealing Rages” tab at the top of the dealing rates pane.

Dealing Rates Mode

The simple view shows additional information about currency pairs, such as rollover rates and margin requirements.

Simple Dealing Rates View Mode

The “Advanced Dealing Rates” pane includes a detachability feature: You can click on the name of the currency pair, drag the rates box for this pair out of the window and put it anywhere on your screen.

Advanced Dealing Rates View Mode

Adjustable Windows

Just like with Microsoft Windows, windows in the FXCM Trading Station may be moved and resized by simply clicking and dragging. Once finalize your layout of preference, the FXCM Trading Station will save the layout when it closes. If you want to have many layouts, you can save them manually by clicking “Save Profile” in the “View” menu.

Click View and select Svae Profile