Prepended Character | Instrument Type |
"^" | Index |
"@" | Option |
"!" | Interest Rate |
"/" | Futures |
"$" | Foreign Exchange Rates |
Symbol Suffix | Exchange |
:CC or (none) | TSX and TSXV Canadian Consolidated Quotes (CCQ) |
:TSX | TSX Exchange |
:TSV | TSXV Exchange |
:APH | Alpha Exchange |
:ALX | Alpha-X and Alpha-DRK |
:ARC | ARCA |
:CC | Canadian Consolidated Quotes (CCQ) |
:CNX | Canadian Securities Exchange (CNSX) |
:PUR | Canadian Securities Exchange Pure ATS |
:BZX | CBOE BZX Exchange |
:EGX | CBOE EDGX Exchange |
:IEX | IEX Exchange |
:ICX | Instinet Canada (Dark Pools) |
:LQN | Liquidnet Canada (Dark Pools) |
:NSD | Nasdaq |
:CXB | Nasdaq Canada Basic |
:CX2 | Nasdaq CX2 ATS |
:CHI | Nasdaq CXC ATS |
:CXD | Nasdaq CXD (Dark Pools) |
:AQN | Cboe Canada ATS (NEO-N) |
:AQL | Cboe Canada (NEO-L) |
:AQD | Cboe Canada Dark (NEO-D) |
:NYE | New York Stock Exchange |
:AMX | NYSE American |
:LYX | TradeloqiQ: LYNX ATS |
:OMG | TradelogiQ: Omega ATS |
:TCM | TriAct Canada Marketplace (Dark Pools) |
:US | US Equities and Indices Exchanges |
Note that NYE, NSD, ARC, AMX, BZX and IEX show the regional quotes for that marketplace. If you want the full consolidated quote use the default US symbol without a suffix or with :US.
Options symbols are broken down as follows:
Example: 2011 Jan 22 36.00 Call for Bank of Nova Scotia.
Symbol : @BNS 110122C00036000
@ : All Options begin with the " @ " character.
BNS (and three spaces) : Six character option root symbol using any prefix/suffix as defined by the OSI definition; left-justified, space-padded.
11 : two least significant digits of the Contract Date year
01 : two-digit Contract Date month
22 : two-digit Contract Date day of month
C : "C" for CALL or "P" for PUT
00036 : five-digit whole portion of the strike price; right-justified and padded with zeros on the left; for instance, if the strike price is $26.50, then this field would contain 00026
000 : three-digit fractional portion of the strike price; left-justified and padded with zeros on the right; for instance, if the strike price is $26.50, then this field would contain 500
Possible Exchange suffixes are:
Symbol Suffix | Type |
:CA or (blank) | Montreal Options Exchange |
:AOE | American Options Exchange |
:BOX | Boston Options Exchange |
:BTO | Cboe BZX Options Exchange |
:BXO | NASDAQ OMX BX Options Exchange |
:C2O | C2(Chicago) Options Exchange |
:CBO | Chicago Board Options Exchange |
:EGO | EDGX Options |
:GMI | ISO Gemini Exchange |
:IOE | International Options Exchange |
:MCY | ISE Mercury Options |
:MIO | Miami International Securities Exchange (MIAX) Options |
:MPO | MIAX PEARL Exchange |
:NSO | NASDAQ Options |
:NYO | New York Options Exchange |
:PHO | Philadelphia Options Exchange |
:US | Composite US option quote |
= options that are "in the money"
Symbol Suffix | Type |
(none) | Common |
.A or .B or .C | Class |
.PR or .PS or .PF | Preferred |
.PR.CLASS or .PS.CLASS or .PF.CLASS |
Preferred Class |
.M | Booms |
.H | NEX (Junior Venture Market) |
.N | Subscription Receipts (second issue trading) |
.S | Special US Trading Terms |
.U | US Dollar |
.Y | Redeemable Common |
.NT or .NO or .NS | Notes |
.RT | Rights |
.DB | Debentures |
.E | Equity Dividend |
.W | When Issued |
.I | When Issued (second issue trading) |
.L | Legended Shares |
.P | Capital Pool (Venture) |
.R | Subscription Receipts |
.O | Subscription Receipts (third issue trading) |
.T | Special US Trading Terms (second issue trading) |
.V | US Dollar (second issue trading) |
.UN | Units |
.WT or .WS | Warrants |
.IR | Installment Receipts |
Symbol Suffix | Type |
(none) | Common |
.A or .B or .C | Class |
.P | Preferred |
.P.CLASS | Preferred Class |
.W | When Issued |
.WS | Warrants |
.WS.W | Warrants When Issued |
.WS.A | Warrants Class A |
.R | Rights |
.R.W | Rights When Issued |
(none) | Debentures and Notes |
.EC | Emerging Company Marketplace |
Symbol Suffix | Type |
.P.W | Preferred When Issued |
.P.A.W | Preferred "A" when issued |
.A.W | Class "A" when issued |
.WD | When Distributed |
.P.WD | Preferred When Distributed |
.CL | Called |
.A.CL | Class A Called |
.CV.CL | Convertible Called |
.P.CL | Preferred Called |
.P.A.CL | Preferred Class A Called |
.U | Unit |
.PP | Partial Paid |
Canadian Mutual Funds utilize the common fund family code with a numeric fund code. They have no suffix or can include the suffix :CA (for Canada). For example, the AIM American Growth fund is represented by AIM793 or AIM793:CA.
US Mutual funds and Money Market funds have a similar symbol format similar to common stocks. Mutual funds are represented by four characters followed by the letter X. For example, the Fidelity Blue Chip Value fund is represented by FBCVX:US.
US Money Market funds are represented by three characters followed by two XXs. Fidelity Cash Reserves fund is represented by FDRXX:US.
Symbol Suffix | Exchange |
:NGX | ICE NGX Futures |
:CA (or None) | Montreal Exchange (TSX) |
Futures always begin with the "/" character and have the form:
/(root)(month code)(year code)
root:
A root symbol assigned by the exchange, eg. "1"for the ICE NGX AECO Natural Gas Future.
month code:
F = Januaryyear code:
The year code is a one digit number representing the year. For example, year 2018 is represented by "8". For NGX Futures in Canada, use two digit number representing year, eg. "18" for 2018. To illustrate: /1J18:NGX for ICE NGX Phys FP (CA/GJ) AB-NIT Apr 2018.
Symbol Suffix | Exchange |
:NMX | Nymex Exchange |
:CMX | Comex Exchange |
:US | Other US Futures Exchanges |
Futures always begin with the "/" character and have the form:
/(root)(month code)(year code)
root:
The root symbol is assigned by the exchange. For example, Gold is represented by "GC".
month code:
F = January
G = February
H = March
J = April
K = May
M = June
N = July
Q = August
U = September
V = October
X = November
Z = December
year code:
The year code is a one digit number representing the year. For example, year 2010 is represented by "0" and year 2011 is represented by "1". To illustrate: /GCH0 for Gold March 2010 and /NGZ1 for Natural Gas December 2011
Front Month codes (spot price symbols):
For popular US Futures symbols, a spot price (constant) symbol may exist. Remove the month code and year. For example, /GC for Gold futures and /NG for Natural Gas.
Always begin with the "/" character and have the form:
/(metalroot)SP(currency)
metalroot:
/GC = Gold
/SI = Silver
/PL = Platinum
/PA = Palladium
currency:
USD = US Dollar
AUD = Australian Dollar
EUR = Euro
GBP = Great Britain Pounds
HKD = Hong Kong Dollar
CHF = Switzerland Francs
ZAR = South Africa Rand
As an example, the Spot Gold in US Dollars is represented by /GCSPUSD.
Foreign exchange rates always begin with the "$" character. For example, the foreign exchange rate symbol for US Dollar vs. Euro is represented by $USDEUR.
Symbol Suffix | Country |
:AE | Nasdaq Dubai Exchange |
:AR | Merval, Argentina |
:AS | Amsterdam |
:AT | Athens, Greece |
:AU | Sydney, Australia |
:BE | Berlin, Germany |
:BR | Brussels, Belgium |
:BV | Bovespa, Brazil |
:CL | Santiago, Chile |
:CO | Copenhagen, Denmark |
:CZ | Shenzhen, China |
:DB | Xetra, Deutsche Boerse |
:DU | Dusseldorf, Germany |
:FF | Frankfurt, Germany |
:HA | Hanover, Germany |
:HI | Helsinki, Finland |
:HK | Hong Kong |
:HM | Hamburg, Germany |
:IE | Irish Stock Exchange |
:LN | London Stock Exchange and FTSE UK Indices |
:LS | Lisbon, Portugal |
:MA | Madrid, Spain |
:MB | Bombay, India |
:MI | Milan, Italy |
:MU | Munich, Germany |
:MX | Mexico |
:NKK | Japan, Nikkei |
:OS | Oslo, Norway |
:PA | Paris, France |
:SG | Stuttgart, Germany |
:SH | Shanghai, China |
:SM | Swiss Market, Switzerland |
:ST | Stockholm, Sweden |
:STOX | STOXX, Dow Jones |
:VX | Virt-X, Switzerland |