Global FX (Spots, Forwards, NDFs) Schemas#
Global Forex markets offer trading in spot, forward, and non-deliverable forward (NDF) contracts on various currency pairs.
GLOBAL_FX#
Database includes the following Tables:
DAY - Daily price and statistical data, e.g. closing price, settlement price, open interest
IDX - Index values
INTRADAY - Intraday Bid / Offer Quotes
QTE - Best bid / offer quotes
STAT - Static data, e.g. ISIN, description, security type
GLOBAL_FX - DAY#
Daily price and statistical data, e.g. closing price, settlement price, open interest
Field |
Data Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
SYMBOL_NAME |
string |
Symbol Name (Exchange Symbol for Equities & ETFs, and Starting with Exchange Product Code for Derivative Markets followed by expiry and strike as appropriate) |
TIMESTAMP |
nsectime |
Event Timestamp (typically at a nano-second resolution) |
BID_CLOSE |
double |
Closing bid price |
ASK_CLOSE |
double |
Closing ask price |
UPDATE_TYPE |
string[20] |
Type of update |
OMDSEQ |
uint |
Sequence number allowing ticks of different types at the same timestamp to be sorted into the correct chronological order. e.g. if a trade and a quote have the same timestamp, the one with the lower value of OMDSEQ arrived first. |
GLOBAL_FX - IDX#
Index values
Field |
Data Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
SYMBOL_NAME |
string |
Symbol Name (Exchange Symbol for Equities & ETFs, and Starting with Exchange Product Code for Derivative Markets followed by expiry and strike as appropriate) |
TIMESTAMP |
nsectime |
Event Timestamp (typically at a nano-second resolution) |
PRICE |
double |
TRD: Trade price, IDX: Index value, IND: Indicative price, PRL: Price point to which the depth entry relates, PRL_FULL: Order price, FIXING: Fixing price, RFC: Price associated with a Request for Cross |
CONTRIBUTOR_ID |
string[4] |
Identifies the party that provided a contributed rate (e.g. FX rates) |
REGION_ID |
string[4] |
Geographical region where a participant is located |
CITY_ID |
string[4] |
City where a participant is located |
OMDSEQ |
uint |
Sequence number allowing ticks of different types at the same timestamp to be sorted into the correct chronological order. e.g. if a trade and a quote have the same timestamp, the one with the lower value of OMDSEQ arrived first. |
GLOBAL_FX - INTRADAY#
Intraday Bid / Offer Quotes
Field |
Data Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
SYMBOL_NAME |
string |
Symbol Name (Exchange Symbol for Equities & ETFs, and Starting with Exchange Product Code for Derivative Markets followed by expiry and strike as appropriate) |
TIMESTAMP |
nsectime |
Event Timestamp (typically at a nano-second resolution) |
BID_PRICE |
double |
Best bid price. A null value is used if the bid side is empty, or if the best bid is set by unpriced orders (e.g. market orders) |
ASK_PRICE |
double |
Best ask price. A null value is used if the ask side is empty, or if the best ask is set by unpriced orders (e.g. market orders) |
OMDSEQ |
uint |
Sequence number allowing ticks of different types at the same timestamp to be sorted into the correct chronological order. e.g. if a trade and a quote have the same timestamp, the one with the lower value of OMDSEQ arrived first. |
GLOBAL_FX - QTE#
Best bid / offer quotes
Field |
Data Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
SYMBOL_NAME |
string |
Symbol Name (Exchange Symbol for Equities & ETFs, and Starting with Exchange Product Code for Derivative Markets followed by expiry and strike as appropriate) |
TIMESTAMP |
nsectime |
Event Timestamp (typically at a nano-second resolution) |
BID_PRICE |
double |
Best bid price. A null value is used if the bid side is empty, or if the best bid is set by unpriced orders (e.g. market orders) |
ASK_PRICE |
double |
Best ask price. A null value is used if the ask side is empty, or if the best ask is set by unpriced orders (e.g. market orders) |
CONTRIBUTOR_ID |
string[4] |
Identifies the party that provided a contributed rate (e.g. FX rates) |
REGION_ID |
string[4] |
Geographical region where a participant is located |
CITY_ID |
string[4] |
City where a participant is located |
OMDSEQ |
uint |
Sequence number allowing ticks of different types at the same timestamp to be sorted into the correct chronological order. e.g. if a trade and a quote have the same timestamp, the one with the lower value of OMDSEQ arrived first. |
GLOBAL_FX - STAT#
Static data, e.g. ISIN, description, security type
Field |
Data Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
SYMBOL_NAME |
string |
Symbol Name (Exchange Symbol for Equities & ETFs, and Starting with Exchange Product Code for Derivative Markets followed by expiry and strike as appropriate) |
TIMESTAMP |
nsectime |
Event Timestamp (typically at a nano-second resolution) |
NAME |
string[150] |
Description of the instrument |
PROVIDER_SYMBOL |
string[32] |
Symbol used by the data source, where the data source is a third party other than the exchange |
SEC_TYPE |
string[20] |
Security type, e.g. Equity, ETF, Future |
FORWARD_POINT_VALUE |
double |
(For FX forwards) Indicates the value of 1 forward point - e.g. if set to 0.0001, a forward price of 1 represents a premium of 0.0001 relative to the spot rate |
QUOTATION_UNIT |
double |
Number of units of the instrument to which the price refers; or for FX, the number of units of the base currency |
OMDSEQ |
uint |
Sequence number allowing ticks of different types at the same timestamp to be sorted into the correct chronological order. e.g. if a trade and a quote have the same timestamp, the one with the lower value of OMDSEQ arrived first. |
GLOBAL_FX_BARS#
Database includes the following Tables:
DAY - Daily price and statistical data, e.g. closing price, settlement price, open interest
QTE_1M - 1-minute quote bars
GLOBAL_FX_BARS - DAY#
Daily price and statistical data, e.g. closing price, settlement price, open interest
Field |
Data Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
SYMBOL_NAME |
string |
Symbol Name (Exchange Symbol for Equities & ETFs, and Starting with Exchange Product Code for Derivative Markets followed by expiry and strike as appropriate) |
TIMESTAMP |
nsectime |
Event Timestamp (typically at a nano-second resolution) |
BID_CLOSE |
double |
Closing bid price |
ASK_CLOSE |
double |
Closing ask price |
UPDATE_TYPE |
string[20] |
Type of update |
OMDSEQ |
uint |
Sequence number allowing ticks of different types at the same timestamp to be sorted into the correct chronological order. e.g. if a trade and a quote have the same timestamp, the one with the lower value of OMDSEQ arrived first. |
GLOBAL_FX_BARS - QTE_1M#
1-minute quote bars
Field |
Data Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
SYMBOL_NAME |
string |
Symbol Name (Exchange Symbol for Equities & ETFs, and Starting with Exchange Product Code for Derivative Markets followed by expiry and strike as appropriate) |
TIMESTAMP |
nsectime |
Event Timestamp (typically at a nano-second resolution) |
FIRST_BID_TIME |
nsectime |
Time of the first best bid update in the current bar interval |
FIRST_BID_PRICE |
double |
Price of the first best bid update in the current bar interval |
FIRST_BID_SIZE |
long |
Size of the first best bid update in the current bar interval |
FIRST_ASK_TIME |
nsectime |
Time of the first best ask update in the current bar interval |
FIRST_ASK_PRICE |
double |
Price of the first best ask update in the current bar interval |
FIRST_ASK_SIZE |
long |
Size of the first best ask update in the current bar interval |
HIGH_BID_TIME |
nsectime |
Time of the bid quote that set HIGH_BID. If there are multiple quotes at that price, the first one is used. |
HIGH_BID |
double |
Highest bid price in the current bar interval |
HIGH_BID_SIZE |
long |
Size of the bid quote that set HIGH_BID. If there are multiple quotes at that price, the first one is used. |
ASK_PRICE_AT_HIGH_BID |
double |
Ask price of the quote that set HIGH_BID. If there are multiple bid quotes at HIGH_BID, the first one is used. |
ASK_SIZE_AT_HIGH_BID |
long |
Ask size of the quote that set HIGH_BID. If there are multiple bid quotes at HIGH_BID, the first one is used. |
LOW_ASK_TIME |
nsectime |
Time of the bid quote that set LOW_ASK. If there are multiple quotes at that price, the first one is used. |
LOW_ASK |
double |
Lowest ask price in the current bar interval |
LOW_ASK_SIZE |
long |
Size of the ask quote that set LOW_ASK. If there are multiple quotes at that price, the first one is used. |
BID_PRICE_AT_LOW_ASK |
double |
Bid price of the quote that set LOW_ASK. If there are multiple ask quotes at LOW_ASK, the first one is used. |
BID_SIZE_LOW_ASK |
long |
Bid size of the quote that set LOW_ASK. If there are multiple ask quotes at LOW_ASK, the first one is used. |
LAST_BID_TIME |
nsectime |
Time of the last best bid update in the current bar interval |
LAST_BID_PRICE |
double |
Price of the last best bid update in the current bar interval |
LAST_BID_SIZE |
long |
Size of the last best bid update in the current bar interval |
LAST_ASK_TIME |
nsectime |
Time of the last best ask update in the current bar interval |
LAST_ASK_PRICE |
double |
Price of the last best ask update in the current bar interval |
LAST_ASK_SIZE |
long |
Size of the last best ask update in the current bar interval |
MID_TWAP |
double |
Time-weighted average of the midpoint of the best bid/ask over the current bar interval. [Note: One-sided or empty quotes are excluded from the calculation] |
MID_MEDIAN |
double |
Median of the midpoint of the best bid/ask quotes over the current bar interval. [Note: One-sided or empty quotes are excluded from the calculation] |
MID_LAST |
double |
Midpoint of the last best bid/ask in the current bar interval. [Note: One-sided or empty quotes are excluded from the calculation] |
SPREAD_MIN |
double |
Narrowest bid/ask spread, i.e. the lowest value of (best ask price - best bid price) over the current bar interval. [Note: May be zero or negative if the book was locked/crossed. One-sided or empty quotes are excluded from the calculation] |
SPREAD_MAX |
double |
Widest bid/ask spread, i.e. the highest value of (best ask price - best bid price) over the current bar interval. [Note: May be zero or negative if the book was locked/crossed. One-sided or empty quotes are excluded from the calculation] |
SPREAD_TWAP |
double |
Time-weighted average of (best ask price - best bid price) over the current bar interval. [Note: May be zero or negative if the book was locked/crossed. One-sided or empty quotes are excluded from the calculation] |
SPREAD_MEDIAN |
double |
Median value of (best ask price - best bid price) over the current bar interval. [Note: May be zero or negative if the book was locked/crossed. One-sided or empty quotes are excluded from the calculation] |
SPREAD_LAST |
double |
Last value of (best ask price - best bid price) over the current bar interval. [Note: May be zero or negative if the book was locked/crossed. One-sided or empty quotes are excluded from the calculation] |
QUOTE_CURRENCY |
string[3] |
Currency in which a quote price is expressed. |
QUOTE_TICK_COUNT |
long |
Number of BBO quotes in the current bar interval |
CLOUD_DB |
string[32] |
In composite DBs: Identifies the source database for each tick. In bars DBs: Identifies the database containing the tick data used to calculate the bars. |
OMDSEQ |
uint |
Sequence number allowing ticks of different types at the same timestamp to be sorted into the correct chronological order. e.g. if a trade and a quote have the same timestamp, the one with the lower value of OMDSEQ arrived first. |
GLOBAL_FX_DAILY#
Database includes the following Tables:
DAY - Daily price and statistical data, e.g. closing price, settlement price, open interest
STAT - Static data, e.g. ISIN, description, security type
GLOBAL_FX_DAILY - DAY#
Daily price and statistical data, e.g. closing price, settlement price, open interest
Field |
Data Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
SYMBOL_NAME |
string |
Symbol Name (Exchange Symbol for Equities & ETFs, and Starting with Exchange Product Code for Derivative Markets followed by expiry and strike as appropriate) |
TIMESTAMP |
nsectime |
Event Timestamp (typically at a nano-second resolution) |
BID_CLOSE |
double |
Closing bid price |
ASK_CLOSE |
double |
Closing ask price |
UPDATE_TYPE |
string[20] |
Type of update |
OMDSEQ |
uint |
Sequence number allowing ticks of different types at the same timestamp to be sorted into the correct chronological order. e.g. if a trade and a quote have the same timestamp, the one with the lower value of OMDSEQ arrived first. |
GLOBAL_FX_DAILY - STAT#
Static data, e.g. ISIN, description, security type
Field |
Data Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
SYMBOL_NAME |
string |
Symbol Name (Exchange Symbol for Equities & ETFs, and Starting with Exchange Product Code for Derivative Markets followed by expiry and strike as appropriate) |
TIMESTAMP |
nsectime |
Event Timestamp (typically at a nano-second resolution) |
NAME |
string[150] |
Description of the instrument |
PROVIDER_SYMBOL |
string[32] |
Symbol used by the data source, where the data source is a third party other than the exchange |
SEC_TYPE |
string[20] |
Security type, e.g. Equity, ETF, Future |
FORWARD_POINT_VALUE |
double |
(For FX forwards) Indicates the value of 1 forward point - e.g. if set to 0.0001, a forward price of 1 represents a premium of 0.0001 relative to the spot rate |
QUOTATION_UNIT |
double |
Number of units of the instrument to which the price refers; or for FX, the number of units of the base currency |
OMDSEQ |
uint |
Sequence number allowing ticks of different types at the same timestamp to be sorted into the correct chronological order. e.g. if a trade and a quote have the same timestamp, the one with the lower value of OMDSEQ arrived first. |