button from the main
window.
The Market Minder window can be used to display current market data on selected symbols and serve as a top ten list of stocks in a particular category. You can choose from over 30 columns and display only the information that is important to you. Minder views can also be linked to Charts and Level II views for fast and easy analysis of dynamic market data.
TIP: Click here to see how to move rows and insert blank rows on the Market Minder window.
Opening the Market Minder window
To view the Market
Minder window, click the button from the main
window.
The following table contains a description of each of the columns available on the Market Minder window:
|
Column Name |
Description |
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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 |
|
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 ( |
|
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.
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Last Price |
The price of the most recent trade in a security. |
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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. |
|
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 |
The time at which a trade occurs. |
) or decrease (downtick 
) from the previous
bid.