For example a share certificate could give the holder right to x-units of shares in a certain company. For this example we are going to use Apple.
Property
Description
Available from version
Type
The instrument type, select Certificates
Name
The name of the instrument, in this case we have written the name of a certificate that gives the holder the right to 100 shares of Apple.
ISIN
The ISIN-code of the instrument
Status
The status determines what user type the instrument should be available to
Visible Status
The status determines what user type the instrument should be visible to
Currency
The currency that the instrument is based in
Tax Country
The country where the instrument is based according to tax reasons
Default Marketplace
The default marketplace where the instrument is traded
Issuer
The legal entity that has issued the instrument, for example a bank.
Dividend Type
If dividends are issued or re-invested in the instrument
Strike price
If the certificate gives the right to the shares in this example at a certain price the value can be defined here
2.04
Underlying units
The number of underlying units that the certificate covers, in this example we should enter 100.
2.04
Underlying instrument
Here we can search for another registered instrument and link to this certificate, for example the stock Apple if we have registered it.
2.04
Property
Description
Price Decimals
The number of decimals to use when showing the price of the instrument
Display Percentage Price
If checked the price will be displayed as a percentage value, in the database the value of 98% will be stored as 0.98 but shown as 98%. In this example we are using currency values as the price.
Price
The price of the instrument
Price Date
The date when the price was set
Multiplier
The value multiplier of the instrument. Since the underlying number of units for this instrument is 100 shares we are going to set the multiplier to 100. This means that if 1 certificate is traded at a price of 100 the cost of that trade will be 10,000 USD (1 certificate x 100 price x 100 shares).
Decimals
This is a legacy property that should be left blank
Quantity Decimals
This is the number of decimals that should be used for the units. The certificate is traded in whole units and thus we write 0 for this value.
Property
Description
First Trade
The first date on which the instrument should be available for trading
Last Trade
The last date on which the instrument should be available for trading