# Ticker Symbol Conventions

We use the following conventions with our ticker symbols, to indicate the exchanges that the symbols belong to, the asset types, and more.

## Stock Exchanges

* US stocks have symbols that consist of letters without any other symbols - such symbols indicate that that stock is listed on either the NYSE, Nasdaq, or Amex Exchanges
* TSX-listed stocks have symbols that end with “.TO”
* TSX Venture-listed stocks have symbols that end with “.V”
* CSE-listed stocks have symbols that end with “.CA”
* NEO-listed stocks have symbols that end with “.NE”
* London-listed stocks have symbols that end with “.L”
* Indian-listed stocks have symbols that end with “.IN”

## Other Financial Data

* Indexes and market indicators (i.e., non-trading datasets that do not contain price information) start with either a “$” or a “!” character
* Economic Indexes start with “$$”
* Symbols for individual futures contracts start with “^”

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**Note:** Indexes that start with "!" were initially created on the original DecisionPoint website, while “$” indexes have always belonged to StockCharts.com.
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## Compound Symbols

* If two ticker symbols are joined together with a colon character, it represents the ratio of those two datasets, e.g., IBM:$SPX
* If two ticker symbols are joined together with a hyphen, it represents the difference of those two datasets

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**Learn More:** [Ratio and Difference Symbols](https://help.stockcharts.com/data-and-ticker-symbols/ticker-symbols/ratio-and-difference-symbols)
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## User-Defined Indexes

* User-defined indexes that have not been shared with others start with an “@” symbol
* User-defined indexes that have been shared publicly currently start with “!”

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**Learn More:** [User-Defined Indexes](https://help.stockcharts.com/data-and-ticker-symbols/ticker-symbols/user-defined-indexes)
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## Miscellaneous Conventions

* Different stock classes are indicated with a forward slash (“/”) and one or more letters, e.g. BRK/A, RBN/UN.TO
* Unadjusted stock datasets (using historical price data that has not been adjusted for dividends or distributions) have symbols that start with an underscore (“\_”)
* Adding a hyphen before a single ticker symbol will show an inverse chart for that symbol (or use the $ONE pseudo-symbol)

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**Learn More:** [Price Data Adjustments](https://help.stockcharts.com/data-and-ticker-symbols/data-availability/price-data-adjustments) | [Pseudo-Symbols](https://help.stockcharts.com/data-and-ticker-symbols/ticker-symbols/pseudo-symbols)
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