The next section is your credit history. Sometimes, the individual accounts are referred to as trade lines. Each account will include the name of the creditor and the account number. For security purposes, usually only a portion of your account number is listed. The credit history section of your report will also show: when you opened the account; the kind of credit (installment, such as a mortgage or car loan, or revolving, such as a department store credit card), whether the account is in your name alone or with another person; total amount of the loan, high credit limit or highest balance on the card; how much you still owe; fixed monthly payments or minimum monthly amount; status of the account (open, inactive, closed, paid, etc.); how well you’ve paid the account.