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  DTN  IQFeed and DTN Market Access (DTNMA)
Symbol Guide  /  Symbol Lookup
 
eSignal Symbol Guide IB Symbol Guide
IB Symbol Setup Video
TransAct Sym Guide
TransAct Sym Setup Video
Yahoo! Indices
  Zen-Fire Sym Setup Video    

Instructional Videos are available to guide you through various methods of setting up new symbols:
  Setting Up Symbols (General) 
  Setting Up Symbols for Zen-Fire / Rithmic 
  Setting Up Symbols for TransAct / Infinity 
  Setting Up Symbols for Interactive Brokers Users 
  Creating and Assigning a Custom Session to a Symbol 

Futures  See Below for Index Symbols

Replace the blue M with month code, Y with the single digit year (0 for 2010, etc), YY with the 2-digit year (10 for 2010, etc)
Examples...   NQH0 (Mar 2010 E-mini Nasdaq 100)   ESU0 (Sept 2010 E-mini S&P 500), @ESZ10 (for DTN)

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 @ESH10. SP# is the pit session, @SP# is the electronic session, +SP# is the combined session.  Electronic contacts on NYMEX and COMEX (QCL#) begin with a Q (except for mini contracts).  DTN is also the only feed that requires 2 digit year code as in @ESZ
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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 Zen-Fire /
Rithmic Symbols
Zen-Fire /
Rithmic
Exchange
IB
Symbols
IB
*Exch
DTN IQFeed / DTNMA /
DTN.iq
eSignal TransAct/
Infinity
RTH (Pit)
All Times ET
24hr (Electronic)
All Times ET
S&P 500 E-mini ESMY CME ESMY GLOBEX @ES# or @ESMYY ES #F or ES MY ESMY 9:30a-4:15p (2) 4:30p-4:15p (31)
S&P 500 SPMY CME SPXMY GLOBEX +SP# or +SPMYY
@SP# or @SPMYY
SP #F or SP MY   9:30a-4:15p (2) 4:30p-4:15p (31)
Russell 1000 E-mini       GLOBEX @RS1MYY RN #F   9:30a-4:15p (2) 4:30p-4:15p (31)
Russell 2000 E-mini     ER2MY GLOBEX @ER# or @ERMYY AB #F or AB MY   9:30a-4:15p (2) 4:30p-4:15p (31)
Russell 2000 E-mini (ICE) TF  FMM00YY!
 2 spaces after TF
 
excl point at end
NYBOT TFMY NYBOT @TFS# / @TFSMYY TF #F or TF MY TFMY 9:30a-4:15p (2) 8:00p-6:00p
Russell 2000 (ICE) TO  FMM00YY! NYBOT TOMY NYBOT @TO# / @TOSMYY TO #F or TO MY   9:30a-4:15p (2) 4:30p-4:15p (31)
Brent Crude (ICE) BRN FMM00YY! ICE     EB#    
US Dollar Index (Pit) DX  FMM00YY! NYBOT     @DX#    
Nasdaq 100 E-mini NQMY CME NQMY GLOBEX @NQ# or @NQMYY NQ #F or NQ MY NQMY 9:30a-4:15p (2)

4:30p-4:15p (31)

DJIA E-mini YMMY CBOT YMMY ECBOT @YM# or @YMMYY YM #F or YM MY  
Forex Symbol Info     EUR.USD IDEALPRO EURUSD.FXCM     Forex Setup 7:00p-4:00p
Euro FX 6EMY CME EURMY GLOBEX @EU# or @EUMYY 6E #F or 6E MY 6EMY 6:00p-5:00p
Euro FX E-mini   CME     @ME# or @MEMY   7EMY
Name Zen-Fire   IB *Exch DTN IQFeed / DTNMA eSignal TransAct/
Infinity
   
Eurodollar E-mini GEMY CME YEMY ECBOT @YE# or @YEMYY YE #F or YE MY GEMY
Japanese Yen E-Mini J7MY CME J7MY ECBOT @JE# or @JEMYY ZJ #F or ZJ MY  
Japanese Yen 6JMY CME JPYMY CME @JY# or @JYMYY JY #F or JY MY 6JMY
British Pound 6BMY CME GBPMY GLOBEX @BP# or @BPMYY BP #F or BP MY 6BMY
Crude Oil E-mini QMMY NYMEX QMMY NYMEX @QM# or @QMMYY QM #F or QM MY QMMY 9:00a-2:30p (3) 6p-5:15p
Crude Oil CLMY NYMEX   NYMEX QCL# or QCLMYY CL #F or CL MY CLMY 9:00a-2:30p (3) 6p-5:15p
10 yr T Bond E-mini     ZHMY ECBOT @YH# or @YHMYY YH #F or YH MY   8:20a-3p (3) 7p-5p
10 yr T Note E-mini     YNMY ECBOT @YN# or @YNMYY     8:20a-3p (3) 7p-5p
Name Zen-Fire   IB *Exch DTN IQFeed / DTNMA eSignal TransAct/
Infinity
   
Hang Seng     HSIMY HKFE n/a    
Nasdaq 100 Index NDMY CME   CME   ND #F  
DJIA       CBOT   DJ #F  
30 yr T Bond ZBMY CBOT ZBMY ECBOT @US# or @USMYY ZB #F or ZB MY ZBMY 8:20a-3p (3) 7p-5p
10 yr T Note ZNMY CBOT ZNMY CBOT @TY# or @TYMYY ZN #F or ZN MY ZNMY 8:20a-3p (3) 7p-5p
Corn ZCMY CBOT ZCMY CBOT @C# or @CMYY C #F ZCMY
Soybean ZSMY CBOT ZSMY ECBOT @SMYY S #F ZSMY
Wheat ZWMY CBOT   CBOT   W #F  
Sugar     SBMY NYBOT @SB# or @SB#MYY SB #F  
Gold GCMY COMEX GCMY NYMEX QGC# or QGCMYY   GCMY 8:20a-1:30p 6p-5:15p
Silver SIMY COMEX SIMY NYMEX QSI# or QSIMYY   SIMY 8:20a-1:30p 6p-5:15p
Copper HGMY COMEX     QHG# or QHGMYY     7:10a-1p 6p-5:15p
NIkkei 225 NKDMY CME NKMY SGX NK# or @NK#    
DAX FDAXMMYY
ie. FDAX1210
EUREX DAXMY DTB XG# or XGMYY AX MY-DT FDAXY 3a-11:30a 2a-4p
Euro Stoxx FESXMMYY EUREX ESTX50MY DTB EXMYY ET MY-DT  
BUND FGBLMMYY EUREX GBLMY DTB BDMYY GB MY-DT  
Australian Dollar 6AMY CME     @ADMYY   6AMY
Name Zen-Fire Zen Exch IB IB Exch DTN IQFeed / DTNMA eSignal TransAct/
Infinity
   

*Exchange setup required only for IB and Zen-Fire/Rithmic. All others use "Auto".
Day Session (RTH) and 24hr trading session times are Eastern U.S. Time.
Click here for more on setting up IB futures.

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Indices/Statistics

Name IB
Symbol
IB
*Exch
DTN IQFeed / DTNMA eSignal Yahoo! Finance TransAct
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 ^GSPC  
NYSE Cumulative Tick TICK-NYSE NYSE TICK.Z $TICK $TICK
NYSE TRIN TRIN-NYSE NYSE TRIN.Z $TRIN   $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 Video   IINA.Z $ADV    
NYSE Declining Issues AD-NYSE Video   IIND.Z $DECL    
NYSE Adv minus Decl (Net Issues) Video   JINT.Z $ADD    
Name IB
Symbol
IB
*Exch
DTN IQFeed / DTNMA eSignal Yahoo! Finance TransAct
Nasdaq Advancing Iss.     IIQA.Z $ADVQ    
Nasdaq Declining Iss.     IIQD.Z $DECLQ    
Nasdaq Adv minus Decl (Net Issues)     JIQT.Z $ADDQ    
Nasdaq Cumulative Tick           $TQCX
Nasdaq TRIN           $TRIQ
Russell 2000 Stock Index RUT CBOE RUT.X $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 and Zen-Fire/Rithmic. All others use "Auto".

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