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On this page is information that will help you to find the data you are looking for. You
will see symbology information for futures, international futures, Forex and single stock
futures. We have also provided a
FutureSource-to-eSignal Symbol Map that will help you look up
all the new eSignal symbols.
Enter the contract symbol, a space, Month Code, then last digit of the year.

Front-Month Futures
Replace the month code and year with the appropriate front-month designation.
Example: SP 1! or SP 2!
Futures Session IDs
The ability to separate the day and night sessions on certain futures is available.
Example: SP H5=1 (Globex) or SP H5=2 (Day Session)
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Enter the Currency Code, a space,
the spot code "A0", a dash, then "FX" as the exchange.
Entering one standard Forex symbol using the A0 spot code is the cross rate
to the U.S. Dollar.
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Enter two Currency Codes, a space,
the spot code "A0", a dash, then "FX" as the exchange.
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Note: The cross rate to U.S. Dollar is available on all
currency codes (ie, JPY A0-FX). Other
cross rates are available between major currency codes only (ie, GBPJPY A0-FX).
Exceptions: Australian dollar (AUD), British pound (GBP), European
Currency Unit (ECU), Gibraltar pound (GIP), Irish pound (IEP), New Zealand dollar
(NZD), and St. Helena pound (SHP) are formatted using the
Currency Code, a space, a Month or Year Code
(A0=cash, M1=1 month, M5=5 months, Y1=1 year, Y2=2 years, etc.), a dash, then FX.
Examples: AUD A0-FX, AUD M5-FX, AUD Y2-FX
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Enter the root symbol passed by the exchange, product code,
month and year, a dash, and the
exchange symbol for OneChicago (1C).
For example, the symbol passed by OneChicago on day 1 for an MSFT Single Stock
Futures contract would be: MSFT1C
The product code is purely a method for tracking corporate actions. If the
MSFT stock were to split on day 2, the symbol passed by OneChicago would be MSFT2C,
then a space followed by:
M= Using the single character futures
style month code
Y= 1 digit year code
Then, a dash followed by: 1C for OneChicago
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