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 “^”

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

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

Learn More: Ratio and Difference Symbols

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 “!”

Learn More: User-Defined Indexes

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)

Learn More: Price Data Adjustments | Pseudo-Symbols