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Guide to System Colours
The application uses coloured text and backgrounds to convey information about market movement, order destination, and order status. Colours are used on all screens that send and receive data, including the Trading screen, the Market Depth window and the Arbitrage Meter. The meaning of the text colours is consistent throughout the screens. Information on system colours is sorted into the following sections:
Text Colours
Coloured text on the screen's black background is used to represent up and down movement of price and quantity, and order destination information.
YELLOW indicates no change in size or price.
GREEN indicates an upward movement in size or price.
ORANGE (or red) indicates a downward movement in size or price.
For options, the price displayed in PURPLE indicates that the best price is not executing automatically at one or more of the exchanges displayed.
LIGHT BLUE indicates that this was the last price at which the contract traded.
The page tab text changes colour from black to RED to indicate that the page displays an asset for which an order has been transmitted.
Background colours on a Market Data line
DARK GRAY across the entire Market Data line indicates that the line is selected.
The Change field line uses a background colour to represent up and down market movement.
The Change column identifies the degree and direction of change in the asset's current price from the prior day's closing price.
A RED background in the Change field indicates that the change for the day is negative.
A BLUE background in the Change field indicates that the change for the day is positive.
NOTE: Change for the day figures are based on 4 P.M. Eastern Time (US ET) prior day closing prices.
Background colours on an Order Management line
A BLUE background in the Action field indicates a BUY action.
A RED background in the Action field indicates a SELL action.
LIGHT BROWN across the entire Order Management line indicates that you have modified a working order but have not yet re-transmitted the order.
Order Status Colours
The colour in the Status field of an order management line indicates the status of your order.
LIGHT GRAY indicates that you are in the process of creating an order and you have not yet transmitted it.
LIGHT BLUE indicates that you have transmitted your order, but have not yet received confirmation that it has been accepted by the order destination.
PALE PURPLE indicates that an order has been accepted by the system (simulated orders) or an exchange (native orders) but that currently the order is not working, due to system, exchange or other issues. When the order becomes active, the order status colour will change appropriately.
DARK BLUE indicates that an order has been accepted by the system (simulated orders) or an exchange (native orders) and that this order has yet to be elected. The order status remains DARK BLUE until the election criteria are met. At that time the order is triggered, the order status colour will change appropriately.
GREEN indicates that your order has been accepted and is working at the order destination.
MAGENTA indicates that you have sent a request to cancel the order but have not yet received cancel confirmation from the order destination. At this point, your order is not confirmed cancelled. You may still receive an execution while your cancellation request is pending.
BURNT ORANGE indicates that a cancellation request has been accepted by the system but that currently the request is not being recognized, due to system, exchange or other issues. At this point, your order is not confirmed cancelled. You may still receive an execution while your cancellation request is pending.
RED indicates that the balance of your order has been confirmed cancelled by the system. This could occur unexpectedly when the destination has rejected your order.
Once the order is confirmed cancelled, the Order Management line will disappear from your trading screen after 30 seconds.
MAROON indicates that an attached simulated order type has been accepted by the system and has yet to be elected. The order is held in the IB system (and the status remains MAROON) until the election criteria are met. At that time the order is transmitted to the order destination specified and the order status color will change appropriately.
