Indices in BFS are mostly used for performance benchmarks and cannot be traded.
Property
Description
Type
The instrument type
Name
The name 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
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 multiplier is not used for indices and can be set to 1.
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. For indices this is not used.