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Entering Fractional Box Sizes

Some instruments, like U. S. Treasury Bonds, trade in fractions. You can enter fractional box sizes 3 ways:

1. Enter a zero (0), a space, and the numerator of the fraction, i.e., 0 5, for 5/32nds.

2. Enter the decimal equivalent of the fraction.

For more information on entering fractional values, please read the discussions available in Bad Tick Correction. (While these discussions explain fraction entry in terms of bad tick correction, the principles also apply to entering fractional box sizes.)