TradeStation Help

Symbol Lookup - Index

The Index tab searches and finds the desired indexes 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 index symbols:

• All Index - Searches for all indexes within the selected country.
• Common Index - Searches by using all common indexes.
• TradeStation Native Index - Searches TradeStation's natively computed indexes that are calculated by the TradeStation Network.  
• Description - Searches by description for the desired index. The Description option searches for symbol descriptions that contain the letter(s) that you entered as search criteria.
• Symbol Root - Searches for the actual index symbol. This setting searches for symbols that begin with the letter(s) that you enter as search criteria. For example, if you enter C as your search criteria, the search will return all symbols that begin with C, such as Corn and Cotton but not Coffee (KC).

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

• Country - Searches for index 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.    

Lookup - Displays the results based on what you entered in the Description, Root, Currency, and Country settings. Results will be displayed in the index symbol box.

Symbol/Description/Exchange/Country

Contains 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.

For information about symbology and symbol formats, see TradeStation Symbology Types.

Lookup Options for [index symbol] - Launches the Options tab displaying a list of options symbols available for the index symbol you selected.

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