At times, you may want to submit an order independent of the AutoTrade agent that, when executed, will still be applied to a Pair. There are several reasons why you would want to do this:
Override Pair parameters such as Hedge Ratio, spread Limit, Position Objective, etc.
Capture substantial size displayed in Level 2.
To balance a Pair.
There are two ways to accomplish the manual submission of an order:
Simply enter the order you want applied to a Pair in the Order Entry dialog box, Montage Monitor, or Quote Monitor, and specify the Pair ID and Account corresponding to the Pair.
If you are submitting the order through the Order Entry dialog box, the Pair ID field is found on the Advanced tab; for more information, see the Order Entry Dialog Box's Advanced Tab topic.
If submitting the order through the Montage Monitor or Quote Monitor, the Pair ID field must be added to the Smart Action bar through the Smart Action Bar Settings dialog box; see the Montage Monitor or Quote Monitor topic for more information about the adding fields to the Smart Action bar.
Initiate an order from the Pair view of Spread Trader; processing and submission of the order are completed through the Order Entry dialog box or the Montage Monitor, and the resulting data (open shares, executed shares, values, position, etc.) is displayed in Spread Trader.
Select the Spread Trader 
icon
from the REDIPlus Application bar,
and Spread Trader appears.
Select the Pair view from the Toolbar’s View drop-down list box.
Right-click the data row against which you want to submit an order in the Summary pane, select Open Order Entry or Open Montage, and then one of the following options from the corresponding submenus:
Balance Leg 1
Balance Leg 2
Initiate Leg 1
Initiate Leg 2
An Order Entry dialog box or a Montage Monitor appears and is populated based on the data row and menu items you selected (e.g., the Pair ID, Account, Symbol, Side, and the Quantity). The Quantity populated for a Balance Leg X order is the number shares that must be executed for the selected Pair to be balanced; an Initiate Leg X order’s’ Quantity field is populated based on the default value corresponding to the Leg’s Symbol.
Initiate Leg orders will always result in the submission of a Balance Leg order through the AutoTrade agent.
Manual submission of an Initiate Leg order may result in the surpassing of the corresponding Pair’s Position Objective.
Edit your order as necessary; see the Montage Monitor and the Order Entry Dialog Box topics for more information. When finished, submit your order, and the transaction will be reflected in the Spread Trader Summary pane.
Edits are restricted; if you change the Side, Pair ID, or Account that is populated, the resulting order may not apply to the Pair corresponding to your selection, or any Pair.