Interactive Brokers Symbol Guide: How to Use and Understand IB Symbols

Interactive Brokers Symbol Guide: How to Use and Understand IB Symbols

Interactive Brokers Symbols

IB requires that the exchange, currency, underlying and expiration date for futures be specified precisely. For other symbols not listed here, use the Symbol Lookup feature within Trader Workstation.
In the table below, the letters M and Y following the base symbol represent the Month Code and Year (1 digit). For example, ES for March 2022 would be ESH2. Months January...December have month codes FGHJKMNQUVXZ respectively.


NameIB
Symbols
IB
*Exch
DTN IQFeed / DTNMA /
DTN.iq
RTH (Pit)
All Times ET
24hr (Electronic)
All Times ET
S&P 500 E-miniESMYGLOBEX@ES# or @ESMYY9:30a-4:15p (2)4:30p-4:15p (31)
S&P 500SPXMYGLOBEX+SP# or +SPMYY
@SP# or @SPMYY
9:30a-4:15p (2)4:30p-4:15p (31)
Russell 1000 E-mini GLOBEX@RS1MYY9:30a-4:15p (2)4:30p-4:15p (31)
Russell 2000 E-miniER2MYGLOBEX@ER# or @ERMYY9:30a-4:15p (2)4:30p-4:15p (31)
Russell 2000 E-mini (ICE)TFMYNYBOT@TFS# / @TFSMYY9:30a-4:15p (2)8:00p-6:00p
Russell 2000 (ICE)TOMYNYBOT@TO# / @TOSMYY9:30a-4:15p (2)4:30p-4:15p (31)
Russell 2000 E-mini (CME)RTYMYCME@RTY# / @RTYMYY9:30a-4:15p (2)4:30p-4:15p (31)
Brent Crude (ICE)  EB#  
US Dollar Index (Pit)  @DX#  
Nasdaq 100 E-miniNQMYGLOBEX@NQ# or @NQMYY9:30a-4:15p (2)

4:30p-4:15p (31)

DJIAE-miniYMMYECBOT@YM# or @YMMYY  
ForexEUR.USDIDEALPROEURUSD.FXCM
7:00p-4:00p
Euro FXEURMYGLOBEX@EU# or @EUMYY 6:00p-5:00p
Euro FX E-mini  @ME# or @MEMY  
EurodollarE-miniYEMYECBOT@YE# or @YEMYY  
Japanese Yen E-MiniJ7MYECBOT@JE# or @JEMYY  
Japanese YenJPYMYCME@JY# or @JYMYY  
British PoundGBPMYGLOBEX@BP# or @BPMYY  
Crude Oil E-miniQMMYNYMEX@QM# or @QMMYY9:00a-2:30p (3)6p-5:15p
Crude OilCLMYNYMEXQCL#orQCLMYY9:00a-2:30p (3)6p-5:15p
10 yr T Bond E-miniZHMYECBOT@YH# or @YHMYY8:20a-3p (3)7p-5p
10 yr T Note E-miniYNMYECBOT@YN# or @YNMYY8:20a-3p (3)7p-5p
Hang SengHSIMYHKFEHSI#  
Nasdaq 100 Index CME   
DJIA CBOT   
30 yr T BondZBMYECBOT@US# or @USMYY8:20a-3p (3)7p-5p
10 yr T NoteZNMYCBOT@TY# or @TYMYY8:20a-3p (3)7p-5p
CornZCMYCBOT@C#or @CMYY  
SoybeanZSMYECBOT@SMYY  
Wheat CBOT   
SugarSBMYNYBOT@SB#or @SB#MYY  
GoldGCMYNYMEXQGC#orQGCMYY8:20a-1:30p6p-5:15p
SilverSIMYNYMEXQSI#orQSIMYY8:20a-1:30p6p-5:15p
Copper  QHG#orQHGMYY7:10a-1p6p-5:15p
NIkkei 225NKMYSGXNK# or @NK#  
DAXDAXMYDTBXG#or XGMYY3a-11:30a2a-4p
Euro StoxxESTX50MYDTBEXMYY  
BUNDGBLMYDTBBDMYY  
Australian Dollar  @ADMYY  

Indices/Statistics

NameIB
Symbol
IB
*Exch
DTN IQFeed / DTNMA
Dow Jones Industrial AvgINDUNYSEINDU.X
Nasdaq Composite IndexCOMPNASDAQCOMPX.X
S&P 500 Stock IndexSPXCBOESPX.XO
NYSE Cumulative TickTICK-NYSENYSETICK.Z
NYSE TRINTRIN-NYSENYSETRIN.Z
NYSE Down VolumeVOL-NYSE VIND.Z
NYSE Up VolumeVOL-NYSE VINA.Z
NYSE Up - Down Volume  JVNT.Z
NYSE Total Volume  VINT.Z
Market Volatility (CBOE)VIXCBOEVIX.XO
NYSE Advancing IssuesN/A IINA.Z
NYSE Declining IssuesN/A IIND.Z
NYSE Adv minus Decl (Net Issues)AD-NYSE JINT.Z
Nasdaq Advancing Iss.  IIQA.Z
Nasdaq Declining Iss.  IIQD.Z
Nasdaq Adv minus Decl (Net Issues)  JIQT.Z
NasdaqCumulative Tick   
Nasdaq TRIN   
Russell 2000 Stock IndexRUTCBOERUT.X
Biotechnology IndexBTKAMEXBTK.X
CBOE Put/Call Ratio  PCRATIO.Z
Mini Dow Premium  PRYM.Z
Russell 2000 TRIN  RIRT.Z
SP Futures Premium  SP-PREM.Z