Reading Quotes

Quote windows display several price attributes that provide important information on quotes. Price attributes are price colors and highlights. The following list summarizes these price attributes.

Attribute	Meaning
Yellow price	Indicates a new tick.
Red Last price	Indicates new daily low.
Green Last price	Indicates new daily high.
Red Net Change	Indicates down tick.
Green Net Change	Indicates up tick.
Highlighted quotes	Any value displayed on a black background, i.e., highlighted, is new.

Last prices are followed by symbols that provide additional information about the price. This table summarizes last price symbols.

Symbol	Definition
a	asking price
b	bid price
s	settlement
	up tick
	down tick