What are the holding types?

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

For example, the Position holding type is determined by the StockMovement type.

Each holding type has a code (for example P) that can be returned in various reports by the Holding/HoldingType metric.

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). A pair of holdings is shown, one for each leg of the FX Forward. Can be generated either by 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, shown to balance the above.

OF

An open order in a FX Forward instrument, shown when a recipe has the produceSeparateResultForLinearOtcLegs=true option set. A pair of holdings is shown, one for each leg. Note a balancing OC holding is not shown.

If this option is not set, an open FX Forward order is shown as O.

Allocation

L

As per O, except an allocated order.

Allocation Cash

OL

As per OC, except an allocated order.

LF

As per OF, except 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.