Symbol Guide
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FUTURES
Each futures market has a ticker symbol that is followed by symbols for the contract month and the year. Symbol name consists of abbreviation, month code and single/2-digit year.
Examples: ESZ2, EPM12, NQH2
Month Codes
Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | April | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Code | F | G | H | J | K | M | N | Q | U | V | X | Z |
Futures Symbols
In the table below the correct abbreviations and formatting of the Futures Symbols can be found.
M stands for the MonthCode
Y or YY stand for the year.
Name | Interactive Brokers | Zen-Fire/ Rithmic |
DTN IQFeed | eSignal | CQG | Open E Cry | Barchart | MBTrading | Trading Technologies |
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Indices | |||||||||
S&P 500 E-mini | ESMY | ESMY | @ES# @ESMYY |
ES #F ES MY |
EPMYY | ESMY | ESMYY | /ESMY | ESMY |
S&P 500 | SPXMY | SPMY | SP# +SPMYY @SP# @SPMYY |
SP #F SP MY |
SPAMYY | SPMY | SPMYY | /SPMY | SPMY |
Russell 1000 E-mini | RGMY | RFMY | @RS1MYY | RN #F | RFEMYY | RF-MMY | /RFMY | RIMY | |
Russell 2000 E-mini | TFMY | TF FMM00YY! | @TFS# @TFSMYY |
TF #F TF MY |
TFEMYY | RLM-MMY | RJMYY | /TFMY | TFMY |
Nasdaq 100 E-mini | NQMY | NQMY | @NQ# @NQMYY |
NQ #F NQ MY |
ENQMYY | NQMY | NQMYY | /NQMY | NQMY |
DJIA E-mini | YMMY | YMMY | @YM# @YMMYY |
YM #F YM MY |
YMMYY | YMMY | YMMYY | /YMMY | YMMY |
Currencies | |||||||||
Euro FX | 6EMY | 6EMY | @EU# @EUMYY |
6E #F 6E MY |
EU6MYY | 6EMY | 6EMYY | /6EMY | 6EMY |
Japanese Yen | 6JMY | 6JMY | @JY# @JYMYY |
JY #F JY MY |
EJYMYY | 6JMY | JYMYY | /JYMY | JYMY |
British Pound | 6BMY | 6BMY | @BP# @BPMYY |
BP #F BP MY |
BP6MYY | 6BMY | B6MYY | /6BMY | 6BMY |
Australian Dollar | 6AMY | 6AMY | @ADMYY | 6A #F 6A MY |
DA6MYY | 6AMY | A6MYY | /6AMY | 6AMY |
New Zealand Dollar | 6NMY | 6NMY | NZD# | 6N #F 6N MY |
NE6MYY | 6NMY | N6MYY | /6NMY | 6NMY |
Canadian Dollar | 6CMY | 6CMY | @CD# | 6C #F 6C MY |
CA6MYY | 6CMY | D6MYY | /6CMY | 6CMY |
Swiss Franc | 6SMY | 6SMY | @SF# | SF #F SF MY |
SF6MYY | 6SMY | S6MYY | /6SMY | 6SMY |
U.S. Dollar Index | DX FMM00YY! | @DX# | DX #F DX MY |
DXEMYY | DX-MMY | DXMYY | /DXMY | ||
Energies | |||||||||
Crude Oil | CLMY | CLMY | QCL# QCLMYY |
CL #F CL MY |
CLMYY | GCLMY | CLMYY | /CLMY | CLMY |
Natural Gas | NGMY | NGMY | +NG# +NGMYY |
NG #F NG MY |
NGMYY | GNGMY | NGMYY | /NGMY | NGMY |
Heating Oil | HOMY | HOMY | +HO# HOMY |
HO #F HO MY |
HOEMYY | HOMY | HOMYY | /HOMY | HOMY |