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Bloomberg Market Data
Schema for Bloomberg market data representing real-time and reference data for financial securities as delivered through the BLPAPI //blp/mktdata (subscription) and //blp/refdata (request/response) services. Covers equities, fixed income, commodities, currencies, and indices.
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Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| security | object | |
| timestamp | string | ISO 8601 timestamp of the market data snapshot |
| pricing | object | |
| volume | object | |
| referenceData | object | |
| historicalData | array | Array of historical data points from the //blp/refdata HistoricalDataRequest service |
| intradayBar | array | Intraday bar data from the BLPAPI IntradayBarRequest service with OHLCV aggregation per interval |
| fieldExceptions | array | Field-level errors for unavailable or invalid requested fields as returned by the BLPAPI response |
| securityError | object |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://bloomberg.com/schemas/bloomberg-news/market-data.json",
"title": "Bloomberg Market Data",
"description": "Schema for Bloomberg market data representing real-time and reference data for financial securities as delivered through the BLPAPI //blp/mktdata (subscription) and //blp/refdata (request/response) services. Covers equities, fixed income, commodities, currencies, and indices.",
"type": "object",
"required": [
"security",
"timestamp"
],
"properties": {
"security": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/SecurityIdentifier"
},
"timestamp": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"description": "ISO 8601 timestamp of the market data snapshot"
},
"pricing": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/PricingData"
},
"volume": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/VolumeData"
},
"referenceData": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/ReferenceData"
},
"historicalData": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Array of historical data points from the //blp/refdata HistoricalDataRequest service",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/HistoricalDataPoint"
}
},
"intradayBar": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Intraday bar data from the BLPAPI IntradayBarRequest service with OHLCV aggregation per interval",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/IntradayBar"
}
},
"fieldExceptions": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Field-level errors for unavailable or invalid requested fields as returned by the BLPAPI response",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/FieldException"
}
},
"securityError": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/SecurityError"
}
},
"$defs": {
"SecurityIdentifier": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Bloomberg security identification using the TICKER MARKET_SECTOR format and supplementary identifiers",
"required": ["ticker"],
"properties": {
"ticker": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Bloomberg ticker in TICKER MARKET_SECTOR format as used in BLPAPI security subscriptions",
"examples": ["AAPL US Equity", "USDJPY Curncy", "CL1 Comdty", "SPX Index", "T 4.5 05/15/38 Govt"]
},
"figi": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"description": "Financial Instrument Global Identifier (FIGI) assigned by Bloomberg"
},
"isin": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"description": "International Securities Identification Number",
"pattern": "^[A-Z]{2}[A-Z0-9]{9}[0-9]$"
},
"cusip": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"description": "Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number",
"pattern": "^[A-Z0-9]{9}$"
},
"sedol": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"description": "Stock Exchange Daily Official List identifier",
"pattern": "^[A-Z0-9]{7}$"
},
"bloombergId": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"description": "Bloomberg unique security identifier (ID_BB_UNIQUE)"
},
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Security display name from the NAME reference data field"
},
"assetClass": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Bloomberg asset class or market sector",
"enum": [
"Equity",
"Fixed Income",
"Commodity",
"Currency",
"Index",
"Fund",
"Mortgage",
"Municipal",
"Preferred",
"Money Market",
"Government"
]
},
"exchange": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"description": "Primary exchange where the security trades (EXCH_CODE field)"
},
"country": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"description": "Country of domicile ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (COUNTRY_ISO field)"
},
"currency": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"description": "Trading currency ISO 4217 code (CRNCY field)",
"pattern": "^[A-Z]{3}$"
}
}
},
"PricingData": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Real-time and delayed pricing fields from the BLPAPI //blp/mktdata subscription service",
"properties": {
"lastPrice": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "Last traded price (PX_LAST / LAST_PRICE field)"
},
"bid": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "Current best bid price (BID field)"
},
"ask": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "Current best ask price (ASK field)"
},
"mid": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "Mid price calculated as (BID + ASK) / 2 (MID field)"
},
"open": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "Opening price for the current trading session (PX_OPEN / OPEN field)"
},
"high": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "Highest price for the current trading session (PX_HIGH / HIGH field)"
},
"low": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "Lowest price for the current trading session (PX_LOW / LOW field)"
},
"close": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "Previous close price (PX_LAST for prior session / PREV_CLOSE_VALUE_DT)"
},
"previousClose": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "Previous trading session close price (PREV_CLOSE_VALUE_DT field)"
},
"vwap": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "Volume-weighted average price (EQY_WEIGHTED_AVG_PX field)"
},
"change": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "Net change from previous close (CHG_NET_1D field)"
},
"changePercent": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "Percentage change from previous close (CHG_PCT_1D field)"
},
"bidSize": {
"type": ["integer", "null"],
"description": "Number of shares/contracts at the best bid (BID_SIZE field)",
"minimum": 0
},
"askSize": {
"type": ["integer", "null"],
"description": "Number of shares/contracts at the best ask (ASK_SIZE field)",
"minimum": 0
},
"lastTradeTime": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"format": "date-time",
"description": "Timestamp of the last trade (TRADE_UPDATE_STAMP_RT field)"
}
}
},
"VolumeData": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Volume and turnover fields from the BLPAPI market data service",
"properties": {
"volume": {
"type": ["integer", "null"],
"description": "Total shares/contracts traded in the current session (VOLUME / PX_VOLUME field)",
"minimum": 0
},
"averageVolume30D": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "30-day average daily trading volume (VOLUME_AVG_30D field)",
"minimum": 0
},
"turnover": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "Total monetary value of shares traded (TURNOVER field)",
"minimum": 0
},
"numTrades": {
"type": ["integer", "null"],
"description": "Number of trades in the current session (NUM_TRADES field)",
"minimum": 0
}
}
},
"ReferenceData": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Static and calculated reference data fields from the BLPAPI //blp/refdata ReferenceDataRequest service",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Full security name (NAME field)"
},
"shortName": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"description": "Abbreviated security name (SHORT_NAME field)"
},
"marketCap": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "Market capitalization in local currency (CUR_MKT_CAP field)",
"minimum": 0
},
"sharesOutstanding": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "Total shares outstanding (EQY_SH_OUT field)",
"minimum": 0
},
"peRatio": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "Price-to-earnings ratio (PE_RATIO field)"
},
"dividendYield": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "Indicated dividend yield percentage (EQY_DVD_YLD_IND field)"
},
"earningsPerShare": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "Earnings per share (IS_EPS field)"
},
"bookValuePerShare": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "Book value per share (BOOK_VAL_PER_SH field)"
},
"priceToBookRatio": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "Price-to-book ratio (PX_TO_BOOK_RATIO field)"
},
"sector": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"description": "Bloomberg Industry Classification System (BICS) sector (INDUSTRY_SECTOR field)"
},
"industryGroup": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"description": "BICS industry group (INDUSTRY_GROUP field)"
},
"industrySubGroup": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"description": "BICS industry sub-group (INDUSTRY_SUBGROUP field)"
},
"beta": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "Adjusted beta relative to the local market index (BETA_ADJ_OVERRIDABLE field)"
},
"week52High": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "52-week high price (HIGH_52WEEK field)"
},
"week52Low": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "52-week low price (LOW_52WEEK field)"
},
"movingAverage200D": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "200-day simple moving average (MOV_AVG_200D field)"
},
"movingAverage50D": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "50-day simple moving average (MOV_AVG_50D field)"
},
"dayCountConvention": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"description": "Day count convention for fixed income securities (DAY_CNT_DES field)"
},
"couponRate": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "Coupon rate for fixed income securities (CPN field)"
},
"maturityDate": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"format": "date",
"description": "Maturity date for fixed income securities (MATURITY field)"
},
"yieldToMaturity": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "Yield to maturity for fixed income securities (YLD_YTM_MID field)"
},
"creditRating": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"description": "Composite credit rating (RTG_COMPOSITE field)"
}
}
},
"HistoricalDataPoint": {
"type": "object",
"description": "A single historical data point from the BLPAPI HistoricalDataRequest service",
"required": ["date"],
"properties": {
"date": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date",
"description": "Date of the historical data point"
},
"open": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "Opening price (PX_OPEN field)"
},
"high": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "Highest price (PX_HIGH field)"
},
"low": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "Lowest price (PX_LOW field)"
},
"close": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "Closing price (PX_LAST field)"
},
"volume": {
"type": ["integer", "null"],
"description": "Total volume (PX_VOLUME field)",
"minimum": 0
},
"value": {
"type": ["number", "null"],
"description": "Generic field value when requesting a single non-OHLCV field"
}
}
},
"IntradayBar": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Aggregated intraday OHLCV bar from the BLPAPI IntradayBarRequest service",
"required": ["time"],
"properties": {
"time": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"description": "Start time of the intraday bar interval"
},
"open": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Opening price of the interval"
},
"high": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Highest price during the interval"
},
"low": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Lowest price during the interval"
},
"close": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Closing price of the interval"
},
"volume": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Total volume during the interval",
"minimum": 0
},
"numEvents": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Number of trade events during the interval",
"minimum": 0
}
}
},
"FieldException": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Error information for a field that could not be returned, as provided in BLPAPI fieldExceptions",
"properties": {
"fieldId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The requested field identifier that caused the exception"
},
"errorInfo": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Nested error details",
"properties": {
"source": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Source of the error"
},
"code": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Numeric error code"
},
"category": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Error category classification"
},
"message": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Human-readable error message"
},
"subCategory": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"description": "Error sub-category for more specific classification"
}
}
}
}
},
"SecurityError": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Error returned when the requested security identifier is invalid or not found in the BLPAPI service",
"properties": {
"source": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Source of the error"
},
"code": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Numeric error code"
},
"category": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Error category classification"
},
"message": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Human-readable error message describing the security error"
},
"subCategory": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"description": "Error sub-category for more specific classification"
}
}
}
}
}