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Offers (table)

Overview

This section describes the Offers table that contains information about trading instruments, current prices, and high/low trading day prices.

Name Type Description
OfferID String The unique identification number of the instrument.
Instrument String The symbol of the instrument. For example, EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP/USD.
QuoteID String The unique identification number of the pair of prices (bid and ask) the instrument can be traded at.
Bid Double The current market price the instrument can be sold at. In the case of FX instruments, it is expressed in the instrument
counter currency per one unit of base currency. In the case of CFD instruments, it is expressed in the instrument native currency per one contract.
Ask Double The current market price the instrument can be bought at. In the case of FX instruments, it is expressed in the instrument
counter currency per one unit of base currency. In the case of CFD instruments, it is expressed in the instrument native currency per one contract.
BidTradable String The usage of the bid price. It defines whether the bid price of the instrument is available for trading or not.
The possible values are:

TThe bid price is available for trading.

IThe bid price is view only.

NThe bid price is not available for trading.
AskTradable String The usage of the ask price. It defines whether the ask price of the instrument is available for trading or not.
The possible values are:

TThe ask price is available for trading.

IThe ask price is view only.

NThe ask price is not available for trading.
High Double The highest ask price (buy price) of the instrument for the current trading day. In the case of FX instruments,
it is expressed in the instrument counter currency per one unit of base currency. In the case of CFD instruments,
it is expressed in the instrument native currency per one contract. A trading day is from
17:00 until 17:00 the next day Eastern Time (UTC-5).
Low Double The lowest bid price (sell price) of the instrument for the current trading day. In the case of FX instruments,
it is expressed in the instrument counter currency per one unit of base currency. In the case of CFD instruments,
it is expressed in the instrument native currency per one contract. A trading day is from
17:00 until 17:00 the next day Eastern Time (UTC-5).
BuyInterest Double The interest amount added to the account balance for holding a one lot long (buy) position
overnight. In the case of FX instruments, lot size is determined by the system base unit size.
In the case of CFD instruments, lot size equals to one contract. The interest
amount is expressed in the account currency and can be positive or negative.


Note: If the account base unit size differs from the system base unit size, to get the proper interest
amount for the account, use the following formula:

Offer.BuyInterest/SystemProperties.Base_Unit_Size* Account.Base_Unit_Size

This formula is applicable for FX instruments only.
SellInterest Double The interest amount added to the account balance for holding a one lot short (sell) position
overnight. In the case of FX instruments, lot size is determined by the system base unit size.
In the case of CFD instruments, lot size equals to one contract. The interest
amount is expressed in the account currency and can be positive or negative.


Note: If the account base unit size differs from the system base unit size, to get the proper interest
amount for the account, use the following formula:

Offer.SellInterest/SystemProperties.Base_Unit_Size* Account.Base_Unit_Size

This formula is applicable for FX instruments only.
Volume Integer The tick volume of the current minute. The value of this field represents the number of ticks happened during the current minute.
ContractCurrency String The base currency of the instrument (for example, EUR - in EUR/USD, USD - in USD/JPY, GBP - in GBP/USD, and so on).
Digits Integer The price precision of the instrument. It defines number of digits after the decimal point in the instrument price quote.
For example, it is 5 for EUR/USD and 3 for USD/JPY. Therefore, price for EUR/USD instrument may look like 1.33187,
for USD/JPY instrument like 77.953.
PointSize Double The size of one pip. It used to define the smallest move the instrument can make. In the case of FX instruments,
it is expressed in the instrument counter currency. In the case of CFD instruments, it is expressed in
the instrument native currency. The possible values are:
- 1.0;
- 0.1;
- 0.01;
- 0.001;
- 0.0001;
- 0.00001.
Different instruments have different pip values. For example, it is 0.0001 for EUR/USD and 0.01 for USD/JPY.


Note: For different instruments, the minimum possible change of the price could be 1 pip or a fraction of 1 pip.
In the case of FX instruments, the pip is the minimal possible change of the second-to-last digit in a price quote.
In the case of CFD instruments, the pip is the minimal possible change of the last digit in a price quote.
SubscriptionStatus String The subscription status.


The possible values are:

TAvailable for trading.

DDisabled (applicable for the the application only; orders can still be created, and Dchanges to T).

VView only.
TradingStatus String The trading status.


The possible values are:

OOpen, in other words, the instrument is tradable.

CClosed, in other words, the instrument is not tradable.
InstrumentType Integer The type of the instrument. The possible values are:

1Forex.

2Indices.

3Commodity.

4Treasury.

5Bullion.

6Shares.

7FXIndex.
ContractMultiplier Integer The contract multiplier for some CFD instruments only. It is used for simulation of the real-life trading conditions.
For example, it is impossible to buy less than 25,000 lbs of copper on the market.
Hence, the value of this field for Copper is 25000. In the case of FX instruments, the value of this field is 1.
ValueDate String The simulated delivery date. The date and time when the position opened in the instrument could be automatically closed.
The value of this field is provided in the yyyyMMdd format.
It is applicable only when instrument trades on account with the day netting trading mode (see MaintenanceType field in
the Accounts table). Otherwise, the value of this field is blank.
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