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Symbol Guide

Trevor Harnett
posted this on February 17, 2010 14:12

The best source for trading symbols is from your data vendor's website (linked below) or by contacting them directly. We have provided some common futures symbols below for your convenience and guidance.

Instructional Videos
video-20px.png How to Setup Symbols - A General Overview (5 mins)
video-20px.png How to Setup Alias Symbols When Using DTN Market Access Backfill Service (4 mins)
video-20px.png How to Setup DTNMA Symbols with Multipliers (3 mins)


Helpful FAQ
How Do I Add and Change Symbols?
How to Setup MarketDelta Charts for Dual Feed Support - Power charts with one data source and route trades to a separate brokerage destination. Most popular is IQFeed as the data source and MarketDelta Trader as the brokerage destination. 


Data Vendor Symbol Guides
* eSignal Symbol Guide
* DTN IQFeed and DTN Market Access Symbol Guide
* Transact Symbol Guide: click on TransAct Symbols.PDF at the bottom of this FAQ or call your broker.
* Interactive Brokers Symbol Guide

Things to know for Futures symbols
Replace the M with month code and the Y with the year (8 for 2008). For DTN you MUST specify a 2 digit year code YY (10 for 2010).
Examples:  NQH0 (Mar 2010 E-mini Nasdaq 100)   ESU0 (Sept 2010 E-mini S&P 500) or QCLU10 (Sept 2010 Crude Oil)

Click here for month codes and more information about different instruments.


Special Notes located under the matrix.

Name

 CQG OEC

Zenfire /
Rithmic

 Zen/Rith
 Exch*		 IB
 IB
Exch*		 DTN IQFeed / DTNMA eSignal TransAct/
Infinity

E-mini S&P 500

ESMY

ESMY

 ESMY

CME

ESMY

GLOBEX

@ES# or @ESMYY

ES #F or ES MY

 ESMY

S&P 500

    

 

CME

SPXMY

GLOBEX

+SP# or +SPMYY
@SP# or @SPMYY

SP #F or SP MY

 
E-mini Midcap EMDMY                

E-mini Russell 2000 (ICE)

  TFMY  RLM-MMY

 TF  FMM00YY!  (2 spaces after TF)

NYBOT

TFMY

NYBOT

@TFS# or @TFSMYY

TF #F or TF MY

TFMY

E-mini Nasdaq 100

NQMY

NQMY

 NQMY

CME 

NQMY

GLOBEX

@NQ# or @NQMYY

NQ #F or NQ MY

 NQMY

Mini - Sized DJIA

YMMY

YMMY

 YMMY

CBOT

YMMY

ECBOT

@YM# or @YMMYY

YM #F or YM MY

YMMY 

Euro FX

  6EMY

6EMY

 6EMY

CME 

EURMY

GLOBEX

@EU# or @EUMYY

(OEC: @EU# *100 OR @EUMYY * 100)

6E #F or 6E MY

6EMY

Eurodollar - i-rate derivative

    

 GEMY

CME 

GEMY

ECBOT

@ED# or @EDMYY

GE #F or GE MY

GEMY 

E-Mini Japanese Yen

    J7MY

 J7MY

CME 

J7MY

ECBOT

@JE# or @JEMYY

ZJ #F or ZJ MY

 

Japanese Yen

  6JMY  6JMY

 6JMY

CME 

JPYMY

CME

@JY# or @JYMYY

JY #F or JY MY

6JMY 

British Pound

  6BMY  6BMY

 6BMY

CME 

GBPMY

GLOBEX

@BP# or @BPMYY

BP #F or BP MY

6BMY 

Swiss Franc

  6SMY  6SMY

 6SMY

CME

  

GLOBEX

@SF# or @SFMYY

SF #F

  

U.S. Dollar Index

  DXMY  DX-MMY

DX  FMM00YY!  (2 spaces after DX)

NYBOT

    

@DX#

    DXMY

Crude Oil Emini

    

 QMMY

NYMEX

QMMY

NYMEX

@QM# or @QMMYY

QM #F or QM MY

 

Crude Oil

  CLMY  GCLMY

 CLMY

NYMEX 

 

NYMEX

QCLMYY, QCL#

CL #F or CL MY

CLMY 

Brent Crude

  BRNMY  NSEA-MMY        

EBMYY, EB#

    

E-Mini Natural Gas

 QGMY  QGMY    NYMEX          

E-mini 10 yr T Bond

    

 

 CBOT

ZHMY

ECBOT

@YH# or @YHMYY

YH #F or YH MY

 

10 yr T Note

  ZNMY  ZNMY

 ZNMY

 CBOT

ZNMY

CBOT

@TY# or @TYMYY

ZN #F or ZN MY

ZNMY

E-mini 10 yr T Note

    

 

 CBOT

YNMY

ECBOT

@YN# or @YNMYY

 

 

30 yr T Bond

  ZBMY  ZBMY

 ZBMY

 CBOT

ZBMY

ECBOT

@US# or @USMYY

ZB #F or ZB MY

ZBMY

Australian Dollar

 6AMY  6AMY              

Canadian Dollar

 6CMY  6CMY              

E-Micro AUD/USD

 M6AMY  M6AMY          @M6A#    

E-Micro GBP/USD

 M6BMY  M6BMY          @M6B#    

E-Micro USD/CAD

 M6CMY  M6CMY          @M6C#    

E-Micro EUR/USD

 M6EMY  M6EMY         @M6E#    

E-Micro USD/JPY

 M6JMY  M6JMY          @M6J#    

E-Micro USD/CHF

 M6SMY  M6SMY          @M6S#    

Name

    

Zenfire/Rithmic Symbol

Zen/Rith
Exchange

IB

*Exch

DTN IQFeed / DTNMA

eSignal

 Transact/
  Inifnity

Hang Seng

    HSIMY

 

 

HSIMY

HKFE

n/a

 

 

S&P 500

    

 

 

 

CME

 

SP #F

 

Nasdaq 100 Index

    

 NDMY

CME 

 

CME

 

ND #F

 

Corn

  

ZCMY

  ZCMY

 ZCMY

 CBOT

ZCMY

CBOT

@C# or @CMYY

C #F

ZCMY 

Soybean

  

ZSMY

  ZSMY

 ZSMY

 CBOT

ZSMY

ECBOT

@SKMYY

S #F

ZSMY 

Bean Oil

 ZLMY  ZLMY              
Wheat  ZWMY  ZWMY ZWMY CBOT ZWMY CBOT @W#    

Gold

  GCMY  GGCMY

 GCMY

COMEX

GCMY

NYMEX

QGCMYY, QGC#

GC MY

GCMY, GC #F

Silver

  SIMY  GSIMY

 SIMY

 COMEX

GCMY

NYMEX

+SIMYY, QSI#

SI MY

 
Copper      HGMY COMEX      QHGMYY, QHG#
    
Coffee      KCMY ICE      @KCMYY    
Cocoa      CCMY ICE     @CCMYY or @CC#    

Nikkei 225

    

 NKDMY

CME 

NKMY

SGX

@NKDMYY or @NKD#

  

 

DAX

   FDAXMY  FDAXMY

 FDAXMMYY
 month is numeric

EUREX

DAXMY

DTB

XGMYY or XG#

AX U6-DT

 FDAXMY

Euro Stoxx

   FESXMY  FESXMY

 FESXMMYY
 month is numeric

EUREX 

ESTX50MY

DTB

EXMYY or EX#

ET U6-DT

 

BUND

   FGBLMY  FGBLMY

FGBLMMYY
 month is numeric

EUREX

GBLMY

DTB

BDMYY or BD#

GB Z9-DT

 

*Exchange setup required for IB and Zenfire/Rithmic. All others use "Auto".
Day Session (RTH) and 24hr trading session times are Eastern U.S. Time.

Indices and Statistics
Note: Futures only brokers (eg. Transact or Zenfire based) do not provide non-futures data

Name

IB
Symbol

IB
*Exch

DTN IQFeed / DTNMA

eSignal

Yahoo! Finance

Dow Jones Industrial Avg

INDU

NYSE

INDU.X

$INDU

^DJI

Nasdaq Composite Index

COMP

NASDAQ

COMPX.X

$COMPQ

^IXIC

S&P 500 Stock Index

SPX

CBOE

SPX.XO

$SPX

^SPX

NYSE Cumulative Tick

TICK-NYSE

NYSE

TICK.Z

$TICK

  

NYSE TRIN

TRIN-NYSE

NYSE

TRIN.Z

$TRIN

 

NYSE Down Volume

VOL-NYSE

 

VIND.Z

$DVOL

 

NYSE Up Volume

VOL-NYSE

 

VINA.Z

$UVOL

 

NYSE Up - Down Volume

 

 

JVNT.Z

$VOLD

 

NYSE Total Volume

 

 

VINT.Z

$TVOL

 

Market Volatility (CBOE)

VIX

CBOE

VIX.XO

$VIX

^VIX

NYSE Advancing Issues

AD-NYSE

 

IINA.Z

$ADV

 

NYSE Declining Issues

AD-NYSE

 

IIDA.Z

$DECL

 

NYSE Adv minus Decl

  

 

JINT.Z

$ADD

 

Nasdaq Advancing Iss.

 

 

IIQA.Z

$ADVQ

 

Nasdaq Declining Iss.

 

 

IIQD.Z

$DECLQ

 

Nasdaq Adv minus Decl

 

 

IIQA.Z-IIQD.Z

$ADDQ

 

Russell 2000 Stock Index

RUT

CBOE

RUT.XO

$RUT

^RUT

Biotechnology Index

BTK

AMEX

BTK.X

$BTK

^BTK

CBOE Put/Call Ratio

 

 

PCRATIO.Z

 

 

Mini Dow Premium

 

 

PRYM.Z

 

 

Russell 2000 TRIN

 

 

RIRT.Z

 

 

SP Futures Premium

 

 

SP-PREM.Z

$PREM

 

*Exchange setup required only for IB. All others use "Auto" by default.

 

TF Example for ZenFire:

tf.jpg

 

DTN Market Access Symbols with Multipliers

For information on formatting the historical data to match the real time data, Click Here.

Special Notes

Any symbol which natively includes a colon (:) character can NOT be added directly to a chart or quote page. Instead, open the type of chart you desire for this symbol, using any other symbol. Then press Alt+A to open the instrument setup dialog. From this dialog, type in the new symbol with the colon. For example, in eSignal there are exchange traded spread symbols similar to CL U9:CLQ9. Note the space and the lack of a space in the second half of the syntax.

When displaying grains in a footprint chart using the Transact data feed, the symbol instrument display format needs to be set to 99.9999 and the Footprint Data tab of the chart setup needs to have the Price Range set to Custom Range 0.0025. For the Yen (again on Transact only), use the same display format as the grains, but set the Custom Range value to 0.00000025. See this video for using DTNMA with instruments that have different live versus historical decimal formatting.

     
 
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