Futures contract symbols are split into three parts:
- The commodity code
- The month code
- The year code (one digit)
Month codes: {F G H J K M N Q U V X Z} - Jan ... Dec
Year
codes: 2002 - 2, 2003 - 3, 2004 - 4, 2005 - 5, 2006 - 6
Cash Prices (when available) can be obtained by prefixing Y0 (zero) to the commodity code.
For example:
- USM3 - US(T-Bond) M(June) 3(2003)
- CZ4 - C(Corn) Z(December) 4(2004)
- ECY0 - EC(Euro FX) Y(Cash) 0(Cash)