Guide to System Colors

The application uses colored text and backgrounds to convey information about market movement, order destination, and order status. Colors 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 colors is consistent throughout the screens. Information on system colors is sorted into the following sections:

Text Colors

Colored 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.
	For inter-market spread orders, this indicates the implied price of the order.
	LIGHT BLUE indicates that this was the last price at which the contract traded.

The page tab text changes color from black to RED to indicate that the page displays an asset for which an order has been transmitted.

Background colors 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 color 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 (ET) prior day closing prices.

Background colors 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 Colors

The color 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 color 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 color will change appropriately.
	GREEN indicates that your order has been accepted and is working at the order destination. When you display the Shortable market data column, this color indicates that at least 1000 shares are available to sell short.
	DARK GREEN is used in the Shortable column and indicates that this contract can be sold short but that at the moment there are no shares available for short sale, and that the system is searching for shares.
	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 canceled. 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 canceled. You may still receive an execution while your cancellation request is pending.
	RED indicates that the balance of your order has been confirmed canceled by the system. This could occur unexpectedly when the destination has rejected your order. In the Shortable column, RED indicates that no shares are available for short sale. Once the order is confirmed canceled, the Order Management line will disappear from your trading screen after 30 seconds. Please see the Customer Agreement for further information on order confirmation and order cancellation.
	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.