FutureSource® Workstation
Popular Symbols:
Energy:
Crude
Nat. Gas
Heating Oil
RBOB
Brent Crude
CL
NG
HO
XRB
BRN-ICE
Note: ICE exchange month
and year codes are reversed
ICE:
Brent Crude
BRN 8N-ICE
Gas Oil
GAS 8M-ICE
WTI Crude
WBS 8M-ICE
ECX CFI Emissions
ECX 8Z-ICE
ECF 1!-ICE
Front Month Continuation
%BRN 1!-ICE
Quick Start Guide
Delivery Months
NYMEX:
Light Sweet
Crude Oil
CL M8
Heating Oil
HO M8
RBOB Gasoline
XRB M8
Natural Gas
NG M8
Front Month Continuation
%CL 1!
Foreign Exchange:
Sterling/Dollar GBP A0-FX
Euro/Dollar
EUR A0-FX
Sterling/Euro
GBPEUR A0-FX
January
February
F
G
March
April
H
J
May
June
K
M
• Email Windows – Right click on allowable windows and select
the email window image from the drop-down menu.
• DDE Links – Highlight the desired cells in a quote window,
right click, edit, copy as a DDE Link and paste into Excel.
• Right click on any symbol in a Quote Board to pull up a Chart,
Data Table, Time & Sales, Market Profile or Option Board, and
to set alerts.
September U
October
V
November
December
Popular Calculated Spreads:
Domestic Future:
symbol, space, month, year
Automated Spreads:
Energy:
Summer Strip
International Future:
=Summer(NG, 2010)
CL Z9
BRN 9Z-ICE
Winter Strip
symbol, space, year, month, exchange code
=Winter(NG, 2010)
Rolling Contracts:
Calculated Spreads:
Energy:
Crack 321 First
CL 1! symbol, space, 1!
CL 2! symbol, space, 2!
CL 3! symbol, space, 3!
=1.5*‘ZF 1!’-‘ZN 1!’
• Drag and drop – Click on a ticker from a quote window. Drag
and release the symbol to populate a Chart, Data Table and/or
Time and Sales.
N
Q
Entering a Symbol:
Calculated Spread:
General Tips:
July
August
Equals sign, multiplier, algebraic symbol, contract
symbol, algebraic symbol, contract symbol
Exchange-Traded Spread:
CL N9:CLM9
X
Z
=(‘XRB Z9’*28)+(‘HO Z9’*14)-‘CL Z9’
Heating Oil Crack
=(‘HO 1!’*42)-‘CL 1!’
Gas Oil Crack
=(‘GAS 1!-ICE’/7.45)-‘BRN 1!-ICE’
Gasoline Crack
=(‘XRB 1!’*42)-‘CL 1!’
symbol, space, month, year, colon, symbol,
month, year
Entering Multiple Rolling Contracts:
Continuation Chart:
*CL 1-12
%CL 1! %Sign, symbol, space, 1!
Note: Will fill in first 12 contracts and auto roll
Syntax:
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• Click here for the
• Overlay one contract
• Change the time frame
• Add tracking and cross
• Change the plot style
Cross Hair
symbol search
on another
of any chart
hairs to any chart
of any chart
Global Cross Hair
Trend Line
Ray
• Use the icons to quickly pull up a new chart, quote
Andrew’s Pitchfork
board/grid, option board, scrolling news, fixed pages, data
Level Line
table, time & sales, alerts, market profile and weather maps
Vertical Line
Fibonacci Retracement
• Use the chart header to view the Contract, Open, High, Low, Close and Change
Fibonacci Arc
Fibonacci Fan
Fibonacci Extension
• Right click on the chart to
Gann Fan
get a drop-down menu
Down Gann Fan
• Change plot style
Up Gann Fan
Speed Resistance
• Change time period
Speed Arc
• Create time
Cycle
templates to
Text Tool
view specific
Rectangle Tool
periods of time
• Choose from
Ellipse Tool
throughout the day
more than 50
Up Arrow Callout
technical studies
Down Arrow Callout
Zoom In
• Create a
Zoom Out
seasonal chart
Snap to Chart Values
• Apply a full set
of drawing tools
• Adjust price and
time scales
• Add tracking to any chart
• Use chart tabs to have multiple
charts in one space
• Create and maintain multiple chart templates
• Use workbook tabs to build
as many different workspaces
as you need; each tab has its
own characteristics
• Email any window image in Workstation
• Completely customize the display of your charts
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