TradeStation Help

Symbol Lookup - Futures

The Futures tab finds and lists the desired futures contract symbol(s) based on the criteria you select.

 Access using the menu bar Insert > Symbol menu sequence and click Lookup. You can also use the Main toolbar and click the Symbol Lookup icon.

The following methods are available to search for futures symbols:

• Description - Searches based on symbol descriptions that contain the letter(s) you entered as search criteria. For example, if you enter AD as your search criteria, the search will return all symbols whose descriptions contain 'AD', such as Canadian Dollar but not Australian Dollar.  
• Root - Searches based on the root symbol you enter as the search criteria. For example, if you enter C as your search criteria, the search will return all futures symbols pertaining to Corn futures where KC will return futures symbols for Coffee.

The following filter settings are used to refine the search criteria:

• Currency - Filters the results to include symbol that trade in the desired currency.
• Country - Searches for stock symbols associated by country (United States, Germany, or All Countries). For example KO (Coca Cola) contains different list of symbols for United States vs. Germany. By default, United States is the selected Country.    
• Include Expired Contracts - Check this setting to include expired contracts in your search.
• Show Electronic Contracts only - Check this setting to show only electronic contracts in your search.

Lookup - Displays the results in the symbol list box based on what you entered for the search method and filter settings.

Symbol/Description/Currency/Exchange/Country  

Displays the results based on the criteria you selected. You can sort the list by clicking the desired a column name. An up/down arrow indicates if the column is sorted by ascending/descending (A-Z, Z-A) order.

• Optional. Select the desired column to sort by.
• Select the desired symbol from the list.

Lookup Options for [future symbol] - Launches the Options tab displaying a list of options symbols available for the futures symbol you selected. For example, Corn Dec 2011 (underlying symbol CZ11) contains calls and puts available to trade.

 Click OK to insert the symbol into your active window, or click Cancel to exit without changes.