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Market Depth Bid Detail Pane

The Bid Detail pane displays the market makers who want to buy shares of a particular stock. In simple terms, the Bid Detail pane shows the demand for a specific stock. You can choose which columns to display in the Quote Bar and the order in which they are displayed. For more information, see Formatting Market Depth Columns. By default, all of the columns are displayed.

Following are the Bid Detail columns and the information that they display:

• Bid - The price that the market maker is willing to pay.
• ID - The four-letter code that identifies the market maker.

The #, +, and ^ characters following an ID are Market Depth Source Identification suffixes.

Closed market makers are indicated by a lower case "c" at the end of their ID and shaded dark gray. Closed market makers are sorted separately from open market makers at the bottom of the window. 

• Size - The number of shares that the market maker wants to purchase.
• Time - The time at which the Bid was entered. The Time column may also contain a date, which indicates that the market maker has not updated for the current day. The date displayed is the day on which the information was last updated.

For general information about the Market Depth window, see About the Market Depth Window.