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== Futures Symbols ===== Interactive Brokers Futures Symbols === See the '''[[Interactive Brokers]]''' guide to set up the data connection.<br> Interactive Brokers provide native continuous contracts. The symbols start with '''@''', like '''@ES'''.<brdiv style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">'''Note''': Continuous contracts are not tradable. For trading they should be mapped to front-month contracts. See the '''[[How to Set Up Symbol Mapping]]''' guide.</div>Individual contract names consist of a '''symbol root''' (like ES), '''month code (M)''', and one-digit '''year code (Y)''': , e.g., '''ESM4'''<br>{See the '''[[Symbol_Guide#Month_Codes| class="wikitable" style =" text-align: center;" Month Codes]]''' section for reference.!Name!style="width: 50%; background-colorTo ensure correct symbol parameters, we recommend adding symbols from data source:#E3FBE5;"|[http://interactivebrokersQuoteManager → Instrument → Add Symbol → From Data Source.com/en/index.php?f=products&p=fut <br>Interactive Brokers]|-|colspan="10" style="background-color:#fad67d;" |Futures can be searched by root (e.g. '''Indices ES'''|-!S&P 500 E-mini|style="width: 10%; background-color:#E3FBE5;"|) or full symbol name (e.g. '''ESESM4'''MY ).<br> You can find symbol roots in the '''@ES'''|-!S&P 500|style="width: 10%; background-color:[[Symbol_Guide#E3FBE5;"Futures_Symbols|Futures Symbols]]'''SPX'''MY table above or in the IB Trader Workstation.<br> To see expired contracts in the search results, check the '''@SPInclude Expired Contracts'''box.|-!Russell 1000 E-mini=== IQFeed Futures Symbols === |style="width: 10%; background-color:#E3FBE5;"|See the '''RF[[IQFeed]]'''MY guide to set up the data connection.<br>  IQFeed provides native continuous contracts. The symbols start with '''@RF'''|-!Russell 2000 E-mini|style="width: 10%; background-color:and contain #E3FBE5;"|at the end, like '''TF@ES#'''MY <br> . There are also back adjusted instruments with C at the end: '''@TFES#C'''|-!Nasdaq 100 E-mini|.<div style="width: 10%; background-color:#E3FBE5;"|'''NQ'''MY <br> '''@NQNote'''|-!Nasdaq 100 Index|style="width: 10%; backgroundContinuous contracts are not tradable. For trading they should be mapped to front-color:#E3FBE5;"||-!DJIA E-mini|style="width: 10%; background-color:#E3FBE5;"|month contracts. See the '''YM[[How to Set Up Symbol Mapping]]''' MON YY guide.<br/div> Individual contract names consist of a '''@YMsymbol root'''|-!FTSE 100|style="width: 10%; background-color:#E3FBE5;"|(like '''FTSEES'''MY|-!CAC 40|style="width: 10%; background-color:#E3FBE5;"||-!Hang Seng|style="width: 10%; background-color:#E3FBE5;"|), '''HSImonth code (M)'''MY|, and two-!Nikkei 225|style="width: 10%; background-color:#E3FBE5;"|digit '''NKDyear code (YY)'''MY <br> . Some symbol names start with '''@NKD'''|-!DAX|style="width: 10%; background-color:#E3FBE5;"|e.g., '''FDAX@ESM24''' MON YY <br> See the '''@FDAX[[Symbol_Guide#Month_Codes|Month Codes]]'''section for reference.|-!Euro StoxxTo ensure correct symbol parameters, we recommend adding symbols from data source: QuoteManager → Instrument → Add Symbol → From Data Source.<br>|style="width: 10%; background-color:#E3FBE5;"|It’s possible to load the entire IQFeed symbol list by entering '''FESX*''' MON YY <br> into the search field and clicking '''@FESXLookup'''.|-!BUND|style="width: 10%; background-color:#E3FBE5;"|Individually IQFeed symbols can be searched by root (e.g. '''FGBLES''' MON YY <br> ), a part of or full symbol name (e.g. '''@FGBLESM'''|-!BOBL|style="width: 10%; background-color:#E3FBE5;"|), and description (e.g. '''FGBME-MINI''' MON YY ) .<br> You can find symbol roots in the '''@FGBM'''|-!Euro Schatz|style="width: 10%; background-color:[[Symbol_Guide#E3FBE5;"Futures_Symbols|Futures Symbols]]'''FGBS''' MON YY table above or in the IQFeed app.<br> '''@FGBS'''|-
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