Market Minder Editor - Columns tab

You can use the Market Minder Editor - Columns tab window to select the columns that are displayed in the Market Minder Editor - window.

 

 

 

The following table contains a description of each field on the Market Minder Editor window - Columns tab:

 

Field Name

Description

Column Groups field

 

Set the number of column groups that will appear in the Market Minder window. See the following table for information on each of the columns:

Horizontal and Vertical option buttons

Set whether to display the market minder information in a horizontal or vertical format.

Hidden

Columns listed in this section do not appear on the Market Maker window.

Move Right button. To display a column, click a column name in the Hidden section, and then click the Move Right button.

Move Left button. To hide a column, click a column name in the Displayed section,  and then click the Move Right button.

Displayed

Columns listed in this section appear on the Order Status window.

Move Up button. To move a column closer to the left on the Order Status window, click a column name in the Displayed section, and then click the Move Up button.

Move Down button. To move a column closer to the right on the Order Status window, click a column name in the Displayed section, and then click the Move Down button.

Preview section
(lower half of window)

Use this section to preview your changes.

OK button

Click to use the selected settings and close the Market Minder Editor window.

Cancel button

Closes this window without updating the search results.

 

 

The following table contains a description of each of the columns available on the Market Minder window:

 

Column Name

Description

Ask

The current ask price for a security.

Ask Date

The date when the ask was placed.

Ask Size

The number of shares offered by a broker or dealer at the ask price.

Ask Time

The time the ask was placed.

Bid

The current bid price for a security.

Bid Date

The date on which the bid was placed.

Bid Size

The number of shares offered at the bid price.

Bid Tick

Indicates whether the bid is an increase (uptick ) or decrease (downtick ) from the previous bid.

Bid Time

The time at which the bid was placed.

Bid/Ask

The bid and ask prices displayed in one column (bid x ask).

Bid/Ask Size

The bid and ask sizes displayed in one column (bid size x ask size).

Bid/Ask Spread

The difference between the bid and ask prices.

Chg. Last

Change from Last. The difference between the current price and the previous price.

Chg. Close

Change from Close. The difference between the current price and the closing price from the previous market day.

Chg. Close %

The percent change in price for a security from the closing price the previous market day.

Chg. Open

Change from Open. The difference between the current price and the opening price.

Chg. Open %

The percent change in price for a security from the opening price.

Chg. Over %

Percent of change when comparing the previous days close percentage to todays opening change percentage.

Company Name

Contains the name of the company associated with the symbol

Dir. Last

Indicates whether the current price is higher () or lower () than the price of the most recent trade of the security.

Expiration

The month and year an option expires.

High

The highest price at which a security has been traded during the current day.

High 52

The highest price at which a security has been traded during the past year (52 weeks).

Imbalance

This column indicates whether there is an imbalance of MOC (Market on Close) orders.

  • If the number is positive, this indicates there is an imbalance to the buy side. Under this condition, you can place a MOC sell order after the 3:40 (eastern) cutoff time.

  • If the number is negative, this indicates there is an imbalance to the sell side. Under this condition, you can place a MOC buy order after the 3:40 (eastern) cutoff time.

Last Price

The price of the most recent trade in a security.

Low

The lowest price at which a security has been traded during the current day.

Low 52

The lowest price at which a security has been traded during the past year (52 weeks).

No. Trades

Number of transactions involving buying a security from another entity.

Ordinal

A unique number assigned to each symbol and used to sort the list by the order the symbols were added.

Open

The price of a security when the current trading day opened.

Prev. Close

Last price of a security or commodity when the trading session ended.

Primary Exchange

Indicates the primary exchange where the symbol is traded.

Put/Call

Indicates whether an option is a put or a call.

Strike

The price at which an option holder can exercise the options.

Symbol

A series of letters that identifies a security.

Ticker

Indicates the current volume of the symbol

Tot. Volume

The total amount of shares exchanging hands.

Trade Date

The date on which a trade occurs.

Trade Size

Total number of shares traded.

Trade Time

he time at which a trade occurs.

VWAP

VWAP (Volume Weighted Average Price)  is calculated by adding the dollars traded for every transaction (price times shares traded) and then dividing by the total shares traded for the day.