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Futures:
Futures "contract months" are represented by the standard exchange symbols:
| Month |
Future |
Month |
Future |
January
February
March
April
May
June |
F
G
H
J
K
M |
July
August
September
October
November
December
Cash |
N
Q
U
V
X
Z
Y |
Futures "symbols" are represented by:
"Commodity_code + yyyy + Month_code" = SYMBOL Example: Live Cattle + 1993 + October = "LC1993V"
NOTE: The "year" for CASH markets is represented by"----". The Total Volume and Total Open Interest figures for each market are stored in a special "xxNFVOI" record which represents the Nearest Futures contract.
Option Strikes:
The Options Strike Price "symbols" are represented by:
"Commodity_code + Strike+ MonthCode_Put/Call + yy" = SYMBOL
Example: Live Cattle + 74 + December Call + 93 = "LC74L93"
The Options Strike Price "contract months" WITH put/call identification are represented by the following letter codes:
| Month |
Calls |
Puts |
Month |
Calls |
Puts |
January
February
March
April
May
June |
A
B
C
D
E
F |
M
N
O
P
Q
R |
July
August
September
October
November
December |
G
H
I
J
K
L |
S
T
U
V
W
X |
NOTE: The Options Strike Price "year" is represented by a 2-digit year, i.e., 93, EXCEPT when a 4-digit strike is used in the "Symbol." Then, due to the DOS filename limitation, only a single year is used. Example: SP450X93 or ED9255C4
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