This page provides a list of definitions, for any table items you might encounter in MAF Cloud related to Market Data.
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.
| Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Exchange | Exchange product is traded in (or source of market data) | FRED |
| Ex Description | ||
| Data Name | Full name of Product | All Employees: Total Nonfarm Payrolls Monthly (Seasonally Adjusted) |
| Contract Code | Contract code for product, as used by exchange | PAYEMS |
| Product Type | Type of product/data | Fundamental |
| Product Code | ||
| Span | ||
| Frequency | Frequency at which product/data is traded and/or updated | Monthly |
| Unit | Unit data is expressed in | Thousands of Persons |
| Updated At | Date/time of most recent update | 2020-02-08 06:01:29 |
| Data Source | Data Source | FRED |
| Created By | User from whom data is sourced. If data is in MAF Cloud, e.g. "Created By" = "MAF" | MAF |
Creating/Viewing Market Data Page
('Market Data' → 'Create Market Data' or 'View Market Data' → 'Actions' → 'View' icon → 'Historical Data')
The items in this table are for dedicated pages for individual products, which 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' (second half).
Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Date | Date of market data | 2020-02-13 |
| 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 |
| Close | Closing price of product | 120 |
| High | Highest price reached in that trading day | 123 |
| Low | Lowest price reached in that trading day | 110 |
| Last | Last known price for that day | 120 |
| Settlement | Settlement price for that day | 120 |
| Change | Change from previous day | 5 |
| Chg% | ||
| Vol | Trading volume on that day (in product's units) | 12 |
| OI | Open interest | 0 |
*Click here for more information on the Understanding Market Data Structure.
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