Futures Contracts Codes

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When using MAF Cloud, you may come across some codes that you could be unfamiliar with. 

To access "Futures Contracts Codes", click 'Market Data', followed by 'View Market Data'  from the navigation sidebar on the left. 

Click on the  icon (represented by '3 horizontal bars') next to the 'Exchange' header, followed by the  icon (represented by a 'filter funnel' icon) to view all the exchange codes. 


Please refer to the following for various contract and month codes.

Definitions for Contract Codes:

Futures Exchange Information
AbbreviationExchange (or Data Source)
APEXAsia Pacific Exchange

CBOT

Chicago Board of Trade
CBOTMCBOT (mini-sized)
CFFEXChina Financial Futures Exchange
CMEChicago Mercantile Exchange
COMEXCommodities Exchange Inc.
CXMICOMEX (mini-sized)
CZCEZhengzhou Commodity Exchange
DCEDalian Commodities Exchange
DMEDubai Mercantile Exchange
EIAEnergy Information Administration
FFAForward Freight Agreements 
FREDFederal Reserve Economic Data
GLBXCME Globex
HKEXHong Kong Exchanges and Clearing
HKFE

Hong Kong Futures Exchange

ICEInter-Continental Exchange
ICEFIInter-Continental Exchange (Financial Indices) 
ICESIICE Singapore
ICEUSICE United States
IMMInternational Monetary Market Exchange
INEShanghai International Energy Exchange
IOMCME Index and Options Market
JPXJapan Exchange
LMELondon Metal Exchange
MYXMalaysia Stock Exchange
NYMEXNew York Mercantile Exchange
NYMINYMEX (mini-sized)
NYSENew York Stock Exchange
OTCOver-the-counter (ie. not traded in an exchange)
SGEShanghai Gold Exchange
SGXSingapore Exchange
SHFEShanghai Futures Exchange
SIMEXSingapore International Monetary Exchange
STStrategy Product  (created by user)
TOCOMTokyo Commodities Exchange
WXWuxi Stainless Steel Exchange
ZCEZhengzhou Commodity Exchange
Note: This list will be constantly updated.

Definitions for Contract Month Codes:

CodeMonth
FJanuary
GFebruary
HMarch
JApril
KMay
MJune
NJuly
QAugust
USeptember
VOctober
XNovember
ZDecember



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