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Entering futures
The format for futures is: F.<symbol><month code><year>
Month codes:
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F |
January |
N |
July |
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G |
February |
Q |
August |
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H |
March |
U |
September |
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J |
April |
V |
October |
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K |
May |
X |
November |
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M |
June |
Z |
December |
For currently traded (non-expired) contracts, the lead digit of the year can be omitted, e.g. USAZ11.
Example: SPU11 = September 2011 S&P 500 futures contract
For the most active futures contract, type the symbol and ?.
For the first non-expired futures contract, type the symbol and ?1. For the second non-expired futures contract, type the symbol followed by ?2. For the seventh non-expired futures contract, type the symbol followed by ?7. Follow this pattern for all numbers.
Symbol entry connects with commodity symbols before contracts. Therefore, entering SF displays the lead month for Swiss Francs, rather than January soybeans. To get the soybean chart, you would need to type in the year (SF11, for example).
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