MetroTrader Column Definitions

Alphabetized list of all the columns available in MetroTrader and what they mean.

Account Account name

Activation Rule Order activation rule (if specified)

Ask Ask price from the market data feed

Attributes Security attributes or characteristics

Avg Fill Price Average price at which orders in a position are filled, calculated as weighted average by trades contributing to the current open net position using FIFO methodology

Bid Bid price from the market data feed

Cash Effect The value of the cash transaction - negative value will be debited from the user account, positive value will be credited

Commission Commission fees paid for the trade

Days Till Last Trade Days left until the last trading day

Description Instrument description (issuer and instrument details)

Duration Order duration (ATC, DAY, DAY+, FOK, GTC, GTD, IOC)

Expiration Date Instrument expiration date

Fee Fee amount (can include ECN, SEC, TAF fees)

Fill/Cancel Time Time of order filling or cancelling

First Notice Date First notice date for futures contracts

High High price for the current trading day

HTB/ETB Hard To Borrow/Easy To Borrow indicator

Instrument Type Instrument type (ETF, Index, Option, Stock, Warrant)

Last Last traded price

Limit Down Lower price limit for trading

Limit Offset Distance value for limit offset

Limit Offset % Percentage value for limit offset

Limit Price Limit price for orders with a Limit condition

Limit Up Upper price limit for trading

Low Low price for the current trading day

Maintenance Margin Maintenance margin calculated as MAX(Rule1, Rule2... RuleN) based on the rules defined in settings

Mark Mark price

Net Chng Net change in price

Net Chng % Net change as a percentage

Order ID A unique order identifier for the order chain

Order Type Order type (LOC, Limit, MOC, Market, Stop Limit, Stop Market, Trailing Stop, Trailing Stop Limit)

Position Qty Position quantity, can be fractional

Prev Close Previous day's closing price

Side Order/trade side, can be:

  • Buy
  • Buy To Close
  • Buy To Cover
  • Buy To Open
  • Sell
  • Sell Short
  • Sell To Close
  • Sell To Open

Position side (Long or Short)

Status Order status (Cancelled, Cancelling, Expired, Filled, Inactive, Placed, Rejected, Replacing, Sending, Under Review, Waiting activation, Waiting limit, Waiting stop, Working)

Stop Offset Distance value for stop offset

Stop Offset % Percentage value for stop offset

Stop Price Stop price for orders with a Stop condition

Symbol Instrument symbol/name

Time Order issue time (in MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS format)

Trade Code A numerical code assigned to the trade execution

Trade Cost The trade cost against the account balance

Trade Price The price at which the trade was executed

Trade Quantity The quantity of the trade execution, which can be fractional

Transaction Code Unique transaction identifier code

Transaction Description Detailed transaction description

Transaction Type Type of transaction (e.g., Adjustment, Commission, Trade, Withdrawal, Deposit, Dividend, etc.)

Underlying The underlying instrument symbol (particularly relevant for derivatives)