Order Status and Holdings - Field Definitions

Order Status Tab

Field

Definition

Account

The code of the account to which the order has been allocated.

Account Name

The name of the account to which the order has been allocated.

Attributes

The price type and order type assigned when the order was created.

BS

Buy or Sell.

CliOrder Type

The order type value assigned to the order. Order types are assigned as a way of linking or separating multiple client orders for the same security. The following values can be displayed in this column.

Value

Description

DEF

The default order type value.

[blank]

An order can have a blank Type when created via Order Pad or Order Book.

MM

The order was created in the Market Maker command as a price quote.

[user defined]

The order was created via the IOS Order Pad or IOS Order Book and was assigned a custom order type value.

DoneAvPrice

Average price of shares traded for the order.

DoneVol

Volume traded for the order.

Exchange

Exchange on which the instrument is traded.

Expiry Date

The date on which the order will expire and be removed from the market if it has not been fully traded.

Expiry Time

Time at which the order will be removed from the market if it hasn't fully traded. This value works in conjunction with the Expiry Date value.

External ID

Text box for a custom reference code.

Last Sent Price

The price of the last sent market action, e.g. the price of an order or of a failed amendment to a market order.

Last Sent Volume

The volume of the last sent market action, e.g. the volume of an order or of a failed amendment to a market order.

Market Status Description

Describes the value displayed in the MktStatus field. For example, if AUTHORISING is the MktStatus field value, the Market Status Description will display the reason the order has been diverted for authorisation.

MktPrice

Price at which the order is in the market.

MktStatus

Message relaying the status of the order, as follows:

Amending

Order is in the process of being amended.

Authorising

Order is waiting for authorisation by a designated supervisor.

Deleting

Order is in the process of being deleted.

Done

The order has either been deleted or transacted.

Failed

Confirmation from the market that the last action failed.

OK

Confirmation that the order has reached the market.

Ticking

Order is in the process of being ticked up or down a single price step.

MktVol

Volume which is in the market.

OrdNo

Unique number allocated to the order.

OrdNo High

Unique order number assigned to the order by the exchange it is sent to trade on. Not all exchanges assign an OrdNo High number to orders. When this value is present it can be used in conjunction with the OrdNo Low value to uniquely identify an order.

OrdNo Low

Unique order number assigned to the order by the exchange it is sent to trade on.

OrdPrice

Original price allocated to the order when it was created.

OrdVol

Original volume allocated to the order when it was created.

Realised Profit

Actual gain/loss after completion of transaction.

Security

Exchange code of the security.

SeqNo

Unique number specifying the market order.

UDate

Date the order was created or last updated.

UTime

Time the order was created or last updated.

 

Cash/Holdings Tab

Cash Position Section

Field

Definition

Cash Balance

Bank balance. The cash available to the portfolio for purchasing shares.

Closing Buys

Total value of orders buying back option written positions.

Collateral Cash

Total market value of lodged stock which can be used for option trading.

[Lodged Volume * smart last The median between the Bid, Ask and Last price. * percentage]

The default percentage is 70%, but may be changed by the site administrator.

In Market Buys

The total value of buy orders currently in the market. These are buy orders created under the accounts assigned to the portfolio.

Loan Limit

The total dollar value that can be borrowed against the portfolio. This option is only available for some users.

This field is only populated if the portfolio has a margin lender and the linked account checks holdings and cash balance.

Net Cash

The tradable equity available in the portfolio for placing buy orders in the market. This field automatically updates as the other Cash Position values change.

[Cash Balance + Unsettled Sales - Unsettled Purchases  - In Market Buys - SLB Margin - (option margin not covered by collateral cash)]

Option Margin Cash Avail

Option margining cash. The total cash that can be used to write options.

[Cash Balance + Option Unsettled Sales - Yesterday Sales - Unsettled Purchases - In Market Buys - SLB Margin - SLB Value - Option Margin Used + Collateral Cash]

Option Cash

Option net cash. The total cash that can be used to buy options.

[Cash Balance + Option Unsettled Sales - Yesterday Sales - Unsettled Purchases - In Market Buys - SLB Margin - (option margin not covered by collateral cash)]

Option Margin Used

The total cash that is tied up in the margin for options that have been written.

[premium margin + risk margin]

Premium margin is the value of the open position using smart last. Risk margin is the potential change in the price of the option contract using theoretical option pricing and the OCH margin interval.

Option Unsettled Sales

Options sales traded today.

SLB Margin %

The rate used to calculate the Stock Lending and Borrowing (SLB) margin value.

SLB Margin

The calculated margin value of trades transacted as SLB.

SLB Value

The value of all trades transacted as SLB.

Unsettled Purchases

The total value of unsettled buy orders.

Unsettled Sales

The total value of unsettled sell orders.

Yesterday Sales

Equity sales that traded on the previous business day.

 

Holdings Section

Field

Definition

Abs Limit

Maximum gross volume (volume bought plus volume sold) that can be traded before orders are diverted for authorisation.

Abs Vol. Today

Gross volume traded on the current day. This value is reset to zero at the end of each day.

Collateral Volume

Total number of shares used for specific stock cover. This is not used for general stock cover.

Cost Today (c)

The average price of the volume traded today.

Current Volume

Volume at the current time.

Exchange

Exchange on which the instrument is traded.

Lodged Volume

Total number of shares lodged in the Options Clearing House (OCH). This indicates how many shares are available for use as collateral cover.

Managed Available

Managed shares that are available for immediate sale.

[Sponsored + Nomineed - sell orders in the market]

Net Limit

Maximum net volume that can be traded before orders are diverted for authorisation.

Net Vol. Today

Net volume (volume bought minus volume sold) traded on the current day.

Nomineed

Shares held in the broker nominee company's name for a client.

Pledged Takeover

Shares that have been promised as part of a forthcoming takeover offer.

Security

Exchange code of the security.

SLB Volume

The volume attributed to SLB trades.

Sponsored

Shares held by the broker in a client's name.

Start Of Day Cost (c)

The cost of the volume at the start of the day.

Total Average (c)

The average cost of the volume bought for the total holding.

Total Managed

Shares managed by the broker.

Total Unmanaged

Shares not managed by the broker, e.g. managed by another broker.

Vol. Start of Day

Volume held in the portfolio at the start of the day.

 

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