Futures Symbols (2024)

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Do futures have ticker symbols? ›

For example, a gold future that expires in December 2017 would have the symbol: GCZ17 (GC December 2017). In the world of trading futures there are many different letters and symbols that correspond to different futures contracts, months of expiry, and exchanges which are denoted on the following graphics.

Delivery months are represented by a single, specific letter in the contract, and are depicted alphabetically starting with January ("F") and ending with December ("Z"). Since futures contracts are traded on exchanges, the exchange will display the delivery date.

U.S. Treasury Bond Futures,Dec- (ZB=F) Stock Price, News, Quote & History - Yahoo Finance.

Dow Jones EMini (YM:US) Latest Futures Prices, Charts & News | Nasdaq.

/VX is the ticker symbol for the CBOE VIX Index Futures. While the cash VIX index is derived from SPX option prices, VIX futures are priced by the marketplaces anticipation of the 30-day market volatility.

CME E-mini S&P 500 futures contract, ticker symbol ES, is one of the most liquid futures contracts in the world and one of the most efficient and cost-effective ways to gain market exposure to the S&P 500 index.

Dow Futures are financial futures which allow an investor to hedge with or speculate on the future value of various components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average market index. The futures instruments are derived from the Dow Jones Industrial Average as E-mini Dow Futures.

Some of the types of financial futures include stock, index, currency and interest futures. There are also futures for various commodities, like agricultural products, gold, oil, cotton, oilseed, and so on.

Gold futures, ticker symbol GC, are among the most widely traded futures products worldwide.

What is the contract symbol for the U.S. Dollar Index? The Exchange symbol for the futures contract is DX, followed by the month and year code.

What are the future symbols? ›

A futures symbol has three components: a root that identifies the asset, a month code, and a year code. Since futures are leveraged instruments, they have a unique quoting and pricing methodology, as each contract controls a unique set quantity of an underlying asset.

SPIKES Futures (Ticker symbol: SPK) is offered by MGEX™ via the CME Globex® platform, and are cleared by MGEX. See SPIKES Futures Fact Sheet for more details.

Coffee futures – ticker symbol: KC.

The contract prices physical delivery of exchange-grade green beans, from one of 20 countries of origin in a licensed warehouse to one of several ports in the U. S. and Europe, with stated premiums/discounts for ports and growths.

GC:CMX. Real time quote data is not available at this time.

An investor looking to purchase a commodity ETF only needs a brokerage to purchase the security. In much the same way as the investor would purchase a share of Apple, they only need to find the ticker symbol for the commodity ETF, place a purchase order, and receive the security once the purchase is complete.