Circa Pict. & Prod. Co. Intnl Inc. (fka CPPD)

[jacques0]

HighRad... Those numbers are from Level 2 (L2) displays. L2 shows the trading activity, broken down by individual market makers. In your example, 5x7 means that there are 5 market makers "on the bid", i.e., willing to buy stock from sellers at the current high bid price, whereas there are 7 market makers who would like to sell stock at the current high "ask" price.

Here is a link that explains it very well:

http://daytrading.about.com/cs/nasdaqlevelii/a/level_ii.htm