Summary of Changes

For the complete, updated list of new symbol formats, click here.

Index symbols:

• All index symbols now begin with a dollar sign ($). None of the index symbols any longer end in .X, as they did previously.
  
  

  Description Old Symbol New Symbol Dow Industrial $INDU $INDU Nasdaq Composite $COMPX $@CCO S&P 500 Index - OPRA SPX.X $SPX S&P 100 Index - OPRA OEX.X $OEX S&P 500 Index - CME $INX $SPY S&P 100 Index - CME $OEX $SXY Tick calculation of all NYSE stocks $TICK $@TSN Trin Indicator $TRIN $@SSN NYSE Up & Down Volume $UVOL $DVOL $@VSN NYSE Stock Count $ISSU $@ISN NASDAQ Up & Down Volume $QVOL $@VSZ NASDAQ Stock Count $ISSQ $@ISZ AMEX Up & Down Volume $AVOL $@VSA AMEX Stock Count $ISSA $@ISA

  There are now many more indices available. Click here.

Futures symbols:

• All future symbols are of the format: base symbol, year code, month code.
  
  

  Description Old Symbol New Symbol US Treasury bonds USH8 US8H S&P 500 SPH8 SP8H Japanese Yen JYH8 JY8H E-Mini S&P 500 ESC8 @ES8H

  For more examples of future symbols, click here.

  
  
• Please Note: The E-Mini S&P 500 trades on Globex (overnight session). To specify a Globex, simply put an @ sign in front of the future symbol, as shown above.

Futures Options symbols:

• All future option symbols are now in the following format: base future symbol, year code, month code, 'C' or 'P' for a call or put, strike price ranging from 3 to 6 digits.
  
  

  Description Old Symbol New Symbol US Treasury Bond Calls CGH22 US8HC12200 Corn Puts PYH30 C8HP3000 S&P 500 Call CSH900 SP8HC90000

  For more examples of future option symbols, click here.

Stock symbols:

• U.S. Stock Exchanges: These symbols will remain the same.
  • NYSE (New York Stock Exchange)
  • NASDAQ (National Association of Dealers Exchange)
  • AMEX (American Stock Exchange)
• Canadian Stock Exchanges: Changes are noted below.
  • TSE (Toronto Stock Exchange) No change.
  • MSE (Montreal Stock Exchange) No change.
  • VSE (Vancouver Stock Exchange) No change.
  • ASE (Alberta Stock Exchange) No change.
  • OTC (Canadian OTC) These stocks are now included on the Toronto Stock Exchange. To retreive quotes on these, append '=t' to the base symbol.
    
    

    Description	Old Symbol	New Symbol
    Ambrex Mining Corp	AMBX=o	AMBX=t
    Canuc Resources Corp	CANC=o	CANC=t
    CopperQuest Inc	COPQ=o	COPQ=t

  
  
  
• OTC Pink Sheet/Bulletin Board: These symbols no longer require the 'k' at the end.
• Mutual Funds: These symbols will remain the same.
• Money Market: These symbols will remain the same.
• Stock and Index Options: These symbols will remain the same.