What are the holding types?

A holding has a type that is determined by a movement type.

For example, the Position (or P) holding type is determined by the StockMovement type.

Holding Type

Code

Description

Position

P

A holding in an instrument.

Cash Balance

B

A settled cash balance. For example, the cash from a SELL trade which settled last week is included in this balance.

Cash Commitment

C

Future cash payment in/out of the portfolio from trading activity, for example unsettled cash from yesterday's BUY trade. Each separate unsettled trade is represented as a unique line in the response.

Cash Receivable

R

Future cash flow into the portfolio from non-trading activity such as subscriptions, redemptions, fees, taxes etc. This label of "Receivable" is used to capture the class of holding types which represent both Receivables and Payables.

Cash Accrual

A

Future cash flow that has been classified as an accrual (e.g. accrued dividend from a corporate action)

Forward FX

F

Future cash flow from an FX forward implemented as a transaction (not mastered as an instrument). These will be represented in pairs, one for each leg of the FX Forward. Can be determined by either the CashForward or CashFxForward movement type.

Order

O

An open order, shown when holdings are requested with orders.

Order Cash

OC

Future cash payment in/out of the portfolio from an open order.

Allocation

L

An allocated order, shown when holdings are requested with orders.

Allocation Cash

OL

Future cash payment in/out of the portfolio from an allocated order.

 

W

A holding associated with a constituent in a reference portfolio, shown only when requesting the Holding/HoldingType metric while performing a valuation.