Snap Quote Overview
DTN.IQ Snap Quote is a detailed quote window with all pertinent trading information. You can access Snap Quote from DTN.IQ, from a Watch List, or from any application with the Snap Quote icon on its toolbar.
You can open multiple Snap Quote windows and view data for a different symbol in each window.
The Snap Quote window consists of the following:
- Toolbar with icons and a drop-down menu from which to access Snap Quote functions.
- Indicators showing if the price of the selected symbol is up or down .
- Symbol box with a company’s ticker symbol.
- Exchange, such as NYSE.
- Data columns.
- Current data, which are automatically updated by Snap Quote.
You can use the icons and menu on the toolbar to create a Snap Quote and open related DTN.IQ applications. The following table presents the functions you can perform with the Snap Quote toolbar icons and menu.
To perform this function: | Click on: |
View a Snap Quote for a selected symbol | |
Search for a symbol | |
Toggle Show Fundamental Data. | |
Create a DTN_IQ Chart for the selected symbol | |
Access news articles for the selected symbol | |
Show Time & Sales data for the selected symbol |
When you right click on a Snap Quote, a menu of available options appears. The following table presents the right mouse menu options you use to perform Snap Quote functions.
To perform this function: | Click the right mouse button and select |
Trade Online from Snap Quote | The Online Trade Service
Note: Only available if you have an online trade account. |
Print Snap Quote Data | |
Select Snap Quote window colors | Colors |
To Display All Prices in Decimal | Display All Prices in Decimal |
The Snap Quote window contains the company’s ticker symbol at the top and columns with data. Here are descriptions for the data in a Snap Quote window.
Data Column | Description |
Name | Ticker Name |
Change | Change in price from the prior close. |
Last | Last trade price. |
Tick Trend | Reflects the most recent 10 Last-Qualified Trades. No Pre / Post market or Other trades.
Three symbols are used: Example: Trades of 12,12,14,11,11 appear as 00+-0 |
Bid | Price at which people are willing to buy a stock. |
Ask | Price the seller is asking for the stock. |
Open | Opening price for today. |
High | Highest price the stock reached for the day. |
Time | Time of the last trade. |
Bid Tick | Up to the last five bids involved.
Three symbols are used: Example: Trades of 12,12,14,11,11 appear as 00+-0 |
Spread | The difference between the bid and the ask price. |
ET Last | Extended Trading Last. |
Strike Price | An option’s strike price. |
Open Interest | The total number of futures or future options contracts that have not been executed, closed out, or allowed to expire. |
% Change | Ratio of change divided by close. |
Trade Volume | Volume of an actual sale.
Example: 1000 shares at 12 1/2 |
Volume | Number of shares traded for the day. |
Bid Volume | Number of shares people are willing to buy at the bid price. |
Ask Volume | Number of shares sellers are willing to sell at the ask price. |
Close | Closing price for yesterday.
Note: Yesterday’s close is not necessarily today’s open since trading is done overnight on Instinet. |
Low | Lowest price the stock reached for the day. |
Delay | Number of minutes delayed. |
UPC11830 IND | |
Range | Volatility (High – Low) |
ET Change | Extended Trading Change (ET Last – Yesterday’s close. |
Expiration Date | Expiration Date of Options |
MKT Center | Market Identifiers for NASDAQ, NYSE, and AMEX. |