Nasdaq 100 Futures

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MGB

When using Nasdaq 100 Futures to follow the direction of the market, how do I know what symbol to use?

ND something???

Does the symbol change every 3 months? If so, how do I know what the new symbol is? When does it change over?

Thanks,
MGB
 
it depends on your data provider..

the symbol is the symbol for the e-mini : NQ
with the month symbol and year [all these have different representation depending on your data vendor].
 
on quote.com livecharts the naz 100 e-mini is NQ01U.. 01 is the year, H = march, M = june, U = september, and Z = december.
also, SP01U for S&P 500 futures,
ND01U for nasdaq 100 futures,
ES01U for S&P 500 e-mini. other vendors may use a format like SP01U\ or SPU01..
 
Michael,

Ok, then... ND01U

The current symbol in CyberTrader is /NDU1 which will be switching to /NDZ1 sometime around September. Don't know the exact date, but it's obvious in my fut charts because they suddenly look like crap, missing data, etc. Then I know it's time to switch ;)
 
This might help:

Futures symbols:

ES - E-Mini S&P
SP - Big (full contract) S&P
NQ - E-Mini Nasdaq 100
ND - Big (full contract) NASDAQ 100

quarterly symbols are:

H ---- March expiration
M ---- June expiration
U -----September expiration
Z ---- December expiration

this is for Qcharts and maybe others...
 
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