Quote Fields
- Chris Harrison
- Brendan Hebert (Unlicensed)
A quote window can contain any of the following data fields found by clicking on the Columns dropdown.
The fields are grouped into five different sections: General Symbol Info, Prices & Volume, Cash Specific, Historical Highs & Lows and Fundamental
General Symbol Info | Description |
|---|---|
Symbol | The ticker symbol |
Name | The full name of the symbol. For futures symbols, the month and year of the contract |
Contract | The full name of the symbol. For futures symbols, the month and year of the contract |
Underlying | For futures options, the underlying future the option type expires into |
Time | Time of the last trade or market update |
Expiration | For futures symbols, the date that the contract will expire |
First Notice | For futures symbols, the date at which the contract holder can take delivery of the underlying commodity |
Notes | User defined text can be inserted into the quoteboard using Notes |
Prices & Volume | Description |
|---|---|
Last | The last price paid during the current trading session. If market is closed the Last will display the most recent session’s settlement |
Change | The difference between the Last Price and the Close Price from the previous day or session |
% Change | The percent change from the current sessions last traded price and the prior days settlement or Close. |
Size x Bid | Contains both the highest Bid Price and the number of contracts offered at that price |
Size x Ask | Contains both the lowest Ask Price and the number of contracts offered at that price |
Open | The first price paid during the current trading session |
High | The highest price paid during the current trading session |
Low | The lowest price paid during the current trading session |
Previous | The previous trading session's Closing Price or settlement |
Volume | The total number of contracts traded during the current trading session |
Bid | The prevailing highest Bid Price for the instrument |
Bid Size | The prevailing total number of contracts at the bid |
Ask Size | The prevailing total number of contracts at the ask |
Ask | The prevailing highest ask Price for the instrument |
Open Interest | The total number of futures contracts traded that have not yet been liquidated either by an offsetting futures transaction or by delivery |
Settle | The current session's Settlement Price |
Prev Settle | The previous trading session's Settlement Price |
Mid Price | The midpoint between the bid and ask |
Daily Range | The difference between the current session’s high and low |
Previous Change | The prior sessions change in price |
Previous % Change | The prior sessions percent change |
Cash Specific | Description |
|---|---|
Basis | User defined value. When entered into the field, basis will be subtracted from the row’s Last price |
Cash Bids | User defined value (based on Basis field). With bais value entered, the cash bid will calculate the Last of the futures price subtracted from the basis |
Delivery | Delivery period for the contract (applicable to C3 data only) |
Currency | Underlying currency the contract is quoted in (applicable to C3 data only) |
Market | Type of deliverable commodity for the contract (applicable to C3 data only) |
Product | Type of commodity that the contract is derived from (applicable to C3 data only) |
Area | contract country or region for delivery (applicable to C3 data only) |
Terms | Contract price assessment (applicable to C3 data only) |
Lot Size | The contract’s deliverable currency and units (applicable to C3 data only) |
C3 Basis | Difference between the price of the contract in the local market subtracted from the price of the commodity in the futures market (applicable to C3 data only) |
Historical Highs & Lows | Description |
|---|---|
Contract High | The high for the futures contract expiration since the first first trade date |
Contract Low | The low for the futures contract expiration since the first trade trade date |
Fundamentals | Description |
|---|---|
Item | The primary subject of data series |
Metric | The measured aspect of a item |
Region | Geographic location that defines the data series |
Release | Organization, associated report, data table or sourcing figure provided by the Agency |
Agency | The originating report source of the data |
Unit | Plain text description of unit associated with data series |
Frequency | Periodicity with which the underlying data series is released, updated, or recorded |
Category | Type of asset class or market |
Last Date | The most recent value’s release date |
Previous Date | The prior value’s release date |