When you buy a call or put option you must pay a premium, which is calculated per share. Conversely, when you sell a call or put option, you collect the premium. Home Blog HelpHowTo Forum Learn IssueReporting. Getting started Trading IQ Web IQ Edge Portfolio IQ. Request a feature Share your ideas. Forums FAQs Live help Email Call 1.

Using Questrade IQ Edge. Downloading and installing IQ Edge. Resetting your user name and password. Customizing the account bar. Creating a new workspace or layout. Linking and unlinking windows. Customizing a window's displayed columns. Stock and option quotes. Market data entitlement indicators. Getting a stock quote.

Elements of an option quote. Getting an option quote. Modifying the general settings. Adjusting the colour settings. Customizing the level 1 or 2 columns. Level 2 market depth. Modifying the level 2 general settings. Editing the level 2 font settings. Adjusting the level 2 colour settings.

Creating a stock order. Creating an option order. Creating an option strategy order. Security and time conditions. Adding a condition to your order. Modifying or removing a condition. Creating a bracket order. Attaching a bracket to an active open order or existing position. Modifying a bracket order. Cancelling a bracket or all exit orders.

Reviewing your bracket orders history. Sorting your bracket orders. Looking up a chart for a symbol. Chart frequency and dynamic range. Changing the frequency and visible range manually. Comparing two or more symbols on the same chart. Adding or removing annotations. Adding or removing a technical study. Editing volume bar colouring. Displaying price lines on a chart. Customizing the colours of price lines. Modifying the chart's general settings.

Modifying the chart's overlay settings. Editing the chart's font settings. Adjusting the chart's colour settings. Public and personal watch lists. Opening a public watch list. Creating a new personal watch list. Adding a symbol to a watch list.

Sorting data in a watch list.

Creating a stock or options order from a watch list. Importing a watch list. Exporting a watch list. Deleting a symbol from a watch list.

Renaming or deleting a watch list. Editing the font settings. Customizing the watch list columns. Subscribing to a time and sales data streaming plan. Viewing time and sales information. Sorting time and sales data. Time and sales settings.

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Customizing the time and sales columns. Creating a custom alert. Custom alerts on charts. Modifying a custom alert's notification preferences.

Modifying or deleting an active custom alert. Enabling or disabling smart alerts. Selecting smart alert trigger criteria. Setting up your global alert preferences. Profit and loss calculator. Displaying the top active securities by market or exchange. Filtering data in market movers. Exporting market movers data. Selecting a pre-set screen. Selecting your screening universe. Adding or removing a filter.

Selecting a pre-set column view.

Sorting and filtering your results. Looking up a stock. Viewing level 1 data. Viewing a snapshot of market conditions.

Displaying the top gainers and losers. Setting up default market view filters. Set your home tab screener. Look up a symbol in the research tab.

Look up an income statement, balance sheet, or cash flow for a company. Look up insider activity for a symbol. Look up a symbol in the stock new tab. Look up articles in the markets and economy tab. Search for a stock or an exchange traded fund. Understand the snapshot search filter for stocks. Understand the growth search filter.

Understand the market search filter. Understand the valuation search filter. Understand the snapshot search filter for ETFs. Understand the performance search filter. Understand the portfolio search filter.

View an investment detail report. Generate a PDF report. Understand the release dates. Introduction to Intraday Trader.

Customize a pre-defined event setup. Monitor intraday events as they occur. Select a pre-defined event setup. Choose a pre-defined watch list or create a custom one.

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Create a custom watch list. Create a customized event setup. Detach a window in Intraday Trader. Viewing videos on market news and trends. Looking up a security's profile and rating. Getting reports for a security.

Getting news for a security. Sending or replying to a message. Filtering the data stream. Following a person or a stock. Attaching an image or chart to a message. Reviewing your account activity. Reviewing your order history. Modifying or cancelling open orders. Customizing the order columns. Closing or adding to a position. Customizing the position columns.

Customizing the execution columns. Checking your current balances. Viewing profit and loss figures. Activity and inbox messages. Modifying the general user preferences. Customizing the order entry preferences.

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