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Market Depth
Market Depth
In this widget you can see the current value of the asset price, information about the amounts of Sell
(ask) and Buy
(bid).
Buy orders are highlighted in green. Bars highlighted in red show information about pending sell orders. The length of the bar also reflects the number of these orders and depends on the amount.
The spread value is displayed between the levels with buy and sell prices. If there is no data for one of the levels, a dash is displayed in the spread field.
The Price
parameter shows the price for the asset, which can change depending on the amount.
Widget functionality
You can select the instrument for which you want to see information in the table of contents if you have not selected an instrument in the Watchlist
or Ticket
wigdets.
The Pin button allows to pin the instrument. It is needed to avoid switching an instrument in a locked widget when selecting another instrument in the Watchlist
or Ticket
wigdets.
Hold on spread button is used to center the widget to spread value (especially useful if the Market Depth has a large number of lines with prices).
In the widget settings (the button with the gear image) functionality mentioned below can be used:
View
allows you to select the view mode of the widget:
In the Center
mode, the volumes of buy and sell orders are displayed in different parts of the widget:
- the upper right part displays buy orders, the lower left - sell orders;
- the middle column displays prices at each level;
- the spread value is located in the center.
In the Left
display mode:
- the prices for sale and purchase are displayed in the left column;
- the orders are displayed in the right column;
- the spread value is located in the center.
The Split
mode uses less vertical space and displays on one level:
- volume of sell orders;
- asset purchase and sale prices;
- volume of buy orders;
- the
Spread
indicator is located under the instrument icon.
Mapping
changes the widget display type between linear and logarithmic.Other Settings
:Use number abbreviations
allows you to use abbreviations for large numbers.- The
Number of rows
setting allows you to specify the number of price rows displayed in the widget. Price step
allows you to specify the price step for the widget rows.
Additional information
- When there is a trading session for a certain trading instrument and quotas are received, the user sees quotes in the order book.
- In the case when there is a trading session for an instrument and quotes are not received, the user sees information stating that there is no data on the instrument: “Information on this instrument is currently unavailable”.
- Since the trading session for most instruments is active only during a certain period of time, during the hours when the instrument is in an offline session, there is no data for the
Market Depth
, but instead information is displayed indicating the time until the start of the trading session.