List of Definitions: Product Data

List of Definitions: Product Data

This page provides a list of definitions, for any table items related to 'Product Data' (when viewing and/or creating Product Data) that you might encounter in MAF Cloud.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:


Create/View Product Data

Under 'Product Data' in the navigation sidebar on the left, click 'Create Product Data' or 'View Product Data'.

 

Type

Description

Example

Type

Description

Example

Exchange

Exchange of which the product is traded in

ICE

Product Name

Name of the product

Brent Crude Futures

Product Code

Product code of the data

B

Product Type

Type of product

Futures

Currency

Currency denomination of the product

USD

Trading Month

Month(s) of trading

FGHJKMNQUVXZ

Span

Number of months (or periods) for which maturity of a product spans over (applicable only to strategy products which involve trades over multiple product maturities). You may leave this section blank otherwise

12

Size

Trading size of the product

1000

Size.Unit

Size unit of the product

Barrels

Tick

Minimum movement of trade

0.01

Tick.Unit

Tick unit of the product

USD/Barrels

Created By

Source of product data. E.g. displays "MAF" if data is from MAF Cloud, otherwise it will show username of creator

MAF

Mapping Type

  • "MDM": Perfect mapping between product and market data

  • "Proxy": Proxy market data

MDM

Mapping Name

Appropriate market data linking to the product

MAF/ICE/CB

Create Strategy Product

 

Type

Description

Example

Type

Description

Example

Strategy Name

Name of strategy

Strategy A

Strategy Type

Type of strategy

Generic:

Q/H/F:

Group:

Generic

Product

Name of product, to be selected from drop down list

Lead

Coefficient

 

1

Span

Number of months (or periods) for which maturity of a product spans over (applicable only to strategy products which involve trades over multiple product maturities). You may leave this section blank otherwise

12

 

Proprietary Product Data

 

Type

Description

Example

Type

Description

Example

ID

Unique ID tagged to each trade, auto-generated by system

118

Product Code

Product code to select from drop down list. After selecting the code, 'Name' will be auto-filled

SHFE/PB

Category

Category of product

Copper

Created By

Source of product data. E.g. displays "MAF" if data is from MAF Cloud, otherwise it will show username of creator

Trader 1

Created On

Date/Time when data was created

01-Jun-2021 12:00

Last Updated By

User who last updated the data

Trader 2

Last Updated On

Date/Time when data was last updated

01-Jun-2021 12:00