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Futures  See Below for Index Symbols Replace the blue M with month code and the red Y with the year (8 for 2008) Examples...   NQH9 (Mar 2009 E-mini Nasdaq 100)   ESU8 (Sept 2008 E-mini S&P 500) eSignal Users: For continuous contracts, use ES #F instead of ESM8. For RTH symbols, append "=2" to the symbol: ES #F=2 or ES MY=2. DTN IQFeed, DTN.iq, and DTNMA Users: For continuous contracts, use @ES# instead of @ESM8. SP# is the pit session, @SP# is the electronic session, +SP# is the combined session.

Month Code Month Code Month Code Jan F May K Sept U Feb G June M Oct V Mar H July N Nov X April J Aug Q Dec Z

Name	IB symbol	IB *Exch	opentick symbol	opentick *Exch	DTN IQFeed / DTNMA	eSignal	myTrack	RTH	24hr
E-mini S&P 500	ESMY	GLOBEX	/ESMY	CME-EM (EM)	@ES# or @ESMY	ES #F or ES MY	ES`M	9:30a-4:15p (2)	4:30p-4:15p (31)
S&P 500	SPXMY	GLOBEX	/SPMY	CME	+SP# or +SPMY @SP# or @SPMY	SP #F or SP MY		9:30a-4:15p (2)	4:30p-4:15p (31)
E-mini Russell 1000		GLOBEX	/RS1MY	CME-EM (EM)	@RS1MY	RN #F		9:30a-4:15p (2)	4:30p-4:15p (31)
E-mini Russell 2000	ER2MY	GLOBEX	/ERMY	CBOT-UT (UT)	@ER# or @ERMY	AB #F or AB MY	NO`M	9:30a-4:15p (2)	4:30p-4:15p (31)
E-mini Russell 2000 (ICE)					@TFS# / @TFSMY			9:30a-4:15p (2)	4:30p-4:15p (31)
E-mini Nasdaq 100	NQMY	GLOBEX	/NQMY	CME-EM (EM)	@NQ# or @NQMY	NQ #F or NQ MY	NQ`M	9:30a-4:15p (2)	4:30p-4:15p (31)
E-mini DJIA	YMMY	ECBOT	/YMMY	ECBOT (EC)	@YM# or @YMMY	YM #F or YM MY	Q`M
Euro FX	EURMY	GLOBEX	/6EMY	GLOBEX (HT)	@EU# or @EUMY	6E #F or 6E MY	AQ`MY
E-mini Eurodollar	YEMY	ECBOT	/YEMY	ECBOT (EC)	@YE# or @YEMY	YE #F or YE MY
E-Mini Japanese Yen	J7MY	ECBOT	/J7MY	CME-EM (EM)	@JE# or @JEMY	ZJ #F or ZJ MY
Japanese Yen	JPYMY	CME	/JYMY	CME	@JY# or @JYMY	JY #F or JY MY
British Pound	GBPMY	GLOBEX	/BPMY	CME	@BP# or @BPMY	BP #F or BP MY
Crude Oil Emini	QMMY	NYMEX	/QMMY	NYMEX (NX)	@QM# or @QMMY	QM #F or QM MY	QM`M	9:00a-2:30p (3)	4:30p-4:15p (31)
Crude Oil		NYMEX		NYMEX (NX)	@CLMY	QM #F or QM MY	QM`M	9:00a-2:30p (3)	4:30p-4:15p (31)
E-mini 10 yr T Bond	ZHMY	ECBOT	/YHMY	GLOBEX (HT)	@YH# or @YHMY	YH #F or YH MY		8:20a-3p (3)	7p-5p
10 yr T Note	ZNMY	CBOT	/ZNMY	CBOT-UT (UT)	@TY# or @TYMY	ZN #F or ZN MY		8:20a-3p (3)	7p-5p
E-mini 10 yr T Note	YNMY	ECBOT	/YNMY	CBOT-UT (UT)	@YN# or @YNMY			8:20a-3p (3)	7p-5p
30 yr T Bond	ZBMY	ECBOT	/USMY	CBOT (BT)	@US# or @USMY	ZB #F or ZB MY		8:20a-3p (3)	7p-5p
Name	IB	*Exch			DTN IQFeed / DTNMA	eSignal	myTrack
Hang Seng	HSIMY	HKFE			n/a		n/a
S&P 500		CME				SP #F
Nasdaq 100 Index		CME				ND #F
DJIA		CBOT				DJ #F
Corn	ZCMY	CBOT			@C# or @CMY	C #F
Soybean	ZSMY	ECBOT			@SKY	S #F
Gold	GCMY	NYMEX			@ZGMY
Wheat		CBOT				W #F
NIkkei 225	NKMY	SGX
DAX	DAXMY	DTB			XGMY	AX U6-DT		3a-11:30a	2a-4p
Euro Stoxx	EXW1MY	ITSPLUG			EXMY	ET U6-DT
BUND	GBLMY	DTB			BDMY	GB Z6-DT

*Exchange setup required only for IB and opentick. All others use "Auto".
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