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This page provides a list of definitions, for any table items you might encounter in MAF Cloud related to Market Data.

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Creating/Viewing Market Data Main Page 
('Market Data' → 'Create Market Data' or 'View Market Data')

The items here are found in the main page for 'View Market Data', as well as the first half of the 'Create Market Data' page.

TypeDescriptionExample
ExchangeExchange product is traded in (or source of market data)FRED
Ex Description

Data NameFull name of ProductAll Employees: Total Nonfarm Payrolls Monthly (Seasonally Adjusted)
Contract CodeContract code for product, as used by exchangePAYEMS
Product TypeType of product/dataFundamental
Product Code

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FrequencyFrequency at which product/data is traded and/or updatedMonthly
UnitUnit data is expressed inThousands of Persons
Updated AtDate/time of most recent update2020-02-08 06:01:29
Data SourceData SourceFRED
Created ByUser from whom data is sourced. If data is in MAF Cloud, e.g. "Created By" = "MAF"MAF

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Creating/Viewing Market Data Page 
('Market Data' → 'Create Market Data' or 'View Market Data' → 'Actions' → 'View

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This is a dedicated page The items in this table are for dedicated pages for individual products, which is can be accessed by clicking on the 'View' (represented by an 'eye) icon for the selected product. It is also applicable for Creating New Market Data.

Type
Description
Example
DateDate of market data2020-02-13
Month*Contract month (for futures products; in code)U
Year*Contract year (for futures products; last 2 digits)20
Valuation Date*Date of delivery (for forward contracts)2020-12-31
Open

Opening price of product

("Open" = 0 if there was no trading that day)

111
CloseClosing price of product120
High Highest price reached in that trading day123
LowLowest price reached in that trading day110
LastLast known price for that day120
SettlementSettlement price for that day120
ChangeChange from previous day5
Chg%

VolTrading volume on that day (in product's units)12
OIOpen interest0

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