What are the Futures symbols?

I have never traded futures before but lately I have found myself interested in checking them out. What symbol do I need to type in order to look at S&P mini's and Nasdaq mini's charts? I have no clue.

Thanks

 

ES (S&P 500 e-mini) & NQ (NASDAQ 100 e-mini) ... plus U2 or 02U (depending on your quote service) for the september contracts ... provided you´re subscribed to the CME e-minis

regards

wild

 

i guess it depends on your charting package - try the following:

nasdaq: nq02u or nqu2

s&p: es02u / esu2



edit: these are for livecharts / qcharts

 

For Realtick users the symbols are

NAZ = NQP2
S&P = ESP2


Publias

 

for the record:

ES U2 & NQ U2 ... for eSignal users

 

For Nextrend customers the current symbols for the Sept contracts are:

NQP2'CM for the Naz emini.
ESP2'CM for the S&P emini.

 

What are some books I could read about trading futures?

 

www.cme.com

 

I recommend Direct Access Futures written by Silverman. Hes a bud of mine so I am bias but its a great book on futures imo

 

www.traderslibrary.com or www.traderspress.



Joe Barry