1. Click here to download Esunny, then double-click on the BANDS_ECContest.exe file to install it.

   Note: The installer needs administration privileges to run. Please check with your company's IT department before installing Esunny on a company PC. If the BANDS_ECContest.exe file does not appear in your download folder, your PC's antivirus software may have quarantined or blocked the file. In this case you will need to manually permit the program to run.

2. Upon launching Esunny for the first time, the installer will run and download the latest updates automatically. Click on 安装 ("install") to start the installation.

   Note: Esunny was initially developed for the Chinese futures market and will initially start in Chinese. After launching it for the first time, the language can be changed to English. This guide will cover all steps to help users through the initial Chinese-language installation process.

3. Once the installation is complete, click on 打开 ("start") to launch Esunny.

   Esunny will open after loading.

   The initial home screen will be in Chinese, with a sub-window listing the latest updates.

4. In the upper-right corner of the screen, click on the settings icon. A new window will open with a drop down menu called 语言 ("language") at the top. Click on the drop-down menu and select English.

   After selecting English, the drop-down menu will close and the message 重启生效 ("restart to activate") will appear in red to the right of the drop-down menu. This means the new language was selected successfully. Close Esunny and start it again to activate the new language setting. This is now the default language and Esunny will start in this language from now on.

5. When closing Esunny, a confirmation window will appear, asking you to confirm that you wish to close the program. Click on 是 ("yes") to confirm and Esunny will close.

6. By default, Esunny will be installed in the following directory: C:\Users\User_Name\AppData\Local\EPolestar220395v9.5

   To launch Esunny after the initial installation and launch, go to this folder after replacing User_Name with your PC user name and double-click on the epolestar v9.5.exe file in the directory.

   Note: If Esunny is not installed in the above directory, it may be installed here: C:\Users\User_Name\AppData\Roaming

   For convenience, you can also create a shortcut by right-clicking on the file and clicking on Create shortcut.

   This creates a short cut, epolestar v9.5.exe - Shortcut, which you can rename and place in your desktop folder for example.
   
   

   You can also pin Esunny to your taskbar when it is open by right-clicking on the Esunny logo at the bottom of your taskbar and selecting Pin to taskbar.

7. Once you have a created your shortcut or pinned Esunny you can launch it more conveniently from there. Now Esunny will start up in English and you will see the default English language home screen.

1. Every competition participant will receive a trading account for the duration of the competition. The login information will be sent to the participant's correspondence email address. To log in with this account, click on Trade Login in the upper-left corner of the screen. The Trade Login window will open. By default, the trading environment and server settings are set to BANDS and IP_UAT. These settings do not need to be changed. Enter your trading account name and password, provided to you by email, and click on Login.

   Note: The Trade Login is separate from the optional Market Data login. This version of Esunny already comes with the INE EC futures market data by default and additional market data is not required. Participants do not have a market data account.

2. Once logged in, participants can see their account information. In the upper-left corner the account name is displayed. Just below the account name is the market data window (marked in green). The trading window (marked in blue) occupies the bottom half of the screen. Here, participants can once again see their account name, along with their total account equity, available funds (i.e. funds that can be used for trading) and fund utilisation rate.

3. At the top of the screen is the Help menu. In this menu, users can click on About to see their detailed Esunny version number in case this information is necessary to resolve any technical issues.

4. To change the password, click on the Trade button at the top of the screen. In the dropdown menu, click on Password to open the password screen and change it.
   
   

   Note: In case you forgot your password, please contact us to reset your trading account password.

1. The Esunny home screen consists of several sections. From top to bottom, these sections are:
     1. Settings bar (red): Account and program settings
     2. Market data bar (yellow): Market data and technical analysis settings and tools
     3. Market data window (blue): Available contracts & contract market data
     4. Trading window (green): Execute trades and view positions, funds and orders; hide/display by pressing the space bar

2. The settings bar contains three icons in the upper-right corner:

   The layout button opens a new menu with options to modify, save or reset the current Esunny layout. Clicking on New window opens additional Esunny windows that allow the user to further customise the layout.
   
   Right-click to split the new window vertically or horizontally and click on Quote to add configurable market data.

   The settings button opens a new window for adjusting the appearance, sound and trade options. Western users may wish to swtich the Style option from Red up / green down to the opposite setting so that rising prices are marked in green and falling prices in red. Due to differing cultural connotations the default setting is inverted in Esunny.

   The theme button switches the Esunny colour scheme between the dark and light options.

3. The market data bar contains market data analysis options on the left and a list of different tabs on the right. The market data analysis options are discussed in more detail in the Market Data and Technical Analysis sections below. The tabs include Quote, Spread, Option and several Self windows that can be customised by the user.

   Quote is the default window and includes primarily market data.

   The Spread window is used for trading spreads or simple strategy orders and allows the user to buy or sell multiple contracts simultaneously based on certain specified conditions. The Trading section below will introduce this window in more detail.

   The Option window contains market data and trading tools for buying and selling options. There are currently no available container freight option contracts, so this window can be disregarded.

   The Self windows are customisable by the user.

4. The trading window can be hidden/displayed by pressing the space bar. It contains tabs to display the user's current positions, orders, filled (matched) trades and fund balance on the right side and the order section on the left. The Three Button order is the default option and allows users to buy or sell contracts. The Trading section below covers these features in more detail.

1. By default, the market data window is set to display the available INE EC futures contracts, including bi-monthly contracts (EC_JUN24, EC_AUG24, etc.), EC MAIN, EC INDEX and EC SPOT. EC MAIN, EC INDEX and EC SPOT are not actual contracts but instead refer to certain contracts and are useful for anlysing the market over a longer period of time or as a whole instead of a specific contract.

   EC MAIN refers to the main contract, i.e. the EC contract with the highest trading volume - in this case, EC_JUN24.

   ECINDEX refers to the EC market as a whole, i.e. the trading volume & open interest, for example, are the sum of all individual contracts' values.

   ECSPOT refers to the front (spot) month contract - in this case, EC_APR24.

2. On the left of the market data window is a vertical sidebar with three tabs: news, CHN Futures and Custom.

   CHN Futures is selected by default. This section shows Chinese market contracts; in this version, the tradeable contracts are limited to INE EC futures, so no other contracts or exchanges are shown.

   news is an inbuilt market news aggregator, however at this point it is limited to Chinese-language news articles.

   Custom is a customisable version of the CHN Futures window. Users can add or remove specific contracts here by right-clicking and then clicking on Select Contract in the menu that appears.

   This opens a new window; to add or remove specific contracts, choose a contract category in the left column, then select one or more contracts in the centre column (hold the "Ctrl" key to select several contracts at once) and click on the upper yellow arrow to add them to the right column. This column is where all the contracts that will be displayed in the Custom window are listed. To remove contracts, select them in the right column and click on the lower yellow arrow. Click OK to confirm.

   In this example, we have added to calendar spread contracts, EC_JUN24-EC_DEC24 and EC_JUN24-EC_FEB25, to the Custom screen. EC_DEC24 was added earlier and is thus listed in the right column already.

3. Right-click anywhere in the market data window to bring up a menu with further options to change the appearance, content and view. Click on Config Column to hide/display certain columns or drag and drop them to re-arrange the column order.

More information coming soon...

More information coming soon...

If you encounter any technical issues or have further questions about Esunny, please don't hesitate to contact us at bands-cup-2024@bandsfinancial.com.