TBXDS/3 - Supported Ticker Codes

Supported Ticker Codes

The TBXDS supports several ticker codes, such as ISIN codes and OPC codes. Next to these standardized codes, the TBXDS also supports several Infront specific codes such as TES codes and TBMALFA codes. Finally, the TBXDS also supports standardized codes for instruments such as options and futures, based on the ticker codes for the underlying issue.

Note For querying, all tickers require an accompanying exchange code. See <Quote> (ticker).

Primary ticker codes

INSTRUMENTCODE: Local Infront Netherlands numeric code (used in legacy systems).
Available for all issues.
ISSUEID: Local Infront Netherlands numeric code. This code is unique even without an exchange code. Corresponds to the id attribute of <Issue> nodes.
Available for all issues.
TBMALFA: Local Infront Netherlands alfanumeric code. For shares on the Euronext Amsterdam this is the share symbol such as AABA.
Available for all issues.
TBMCODE: Local Infront Belgium alfanumeric code. This code is unique even without an exchange code. This code is the same as TESCODE, except that it includes a market-division.
Available for all issues.
TESCODE: Local Infront Belgium alfanumeric code. This code is unique even without an exchange code. This code is the same as TBMCODE, except that it does not include a market-division.
Available for all issues.

Standard ticker codes

ISINCODE: Standard ISIN codes; not available for derived issues such as options and futures (see DERISIN).
MNEMONIC: The ticker codes as supplied by the exchange, when available.
OPCCODE: Standard OPC codes. Only available for Euronext Amsterdam.
SOURCECODE: The ticker codes as supplied by the exchange, when available.

Derived ticker codes

The TBXDS also supports normalized symbols for derived issues such as options and futures. These all consist of the following structure:

symbol "/" { "C" | "P" | "F" } "/" year "/" month [ "/" price ]

symbol: the ticker code of the underlying issue,
C, P, F: indicates call, put or future,
year: the year of the exercise date,
month: the month of the exercise date, consisting of two numbers,
price: the exercise price (if applicable) with a decimal point (never ",") and exactly two decimal positions.

e.g., NL0123456789/P/2003/03/13.50

The available ticker codes of this type are:

DERISIN: Uses the ISIN code of the underlying issue as "symbol".
DERISSUE: Uses the ISSUEID code of underlying issue as "symbol".
DEROPC: Uses the OPC code of the underlying issue as "symbol".
DERSYMBOL: Uses the exchange symbol of the option or future class, such as 'PHI' or 'AAB', as "symbol".
DERTBMALFA: Uses the TBMALFA code of underlying issue as "symbol".

Naming tickers

The TBXDS supports some tickers which cannot be used to query issues, but can be used to supply additional names for issues, such as commercialized names.

COMMNAMEBE: Commercialized name for the Belgian market. Often needed for investment funds that are sold under differing names from country to country. When the commercialized name is not known, the long <Name> is returned.
Available for all issues. If you only require the COMMNAMEBE, you can set the merge-organisations and omit-names parameters to reduce the size of the data; see <Parameter>.
COMMNAMENL: Commercialized name for the Dutch market. Often needed for investment funds that are sold under differing names from country to country. When the commercialized name is not known, the long <Name> is returned.
Available for all issues. If you only require the COMMNAMENL, you can set the merge-organisations and omit-names parameters to reduce the size of the data; see <Parameter>.
DISPLAYNAME: Commercialized name. Often equal to the short <Name>. Example: 'ING' for 'ING Group'.
Available for all issues. If you only require the DISPLAYNAME, you can set the merge-organisations and omit-names parameters to reduce the size of the data; see <Parameter>.
TELETEXT: Shortened name, of at most 15 characters. However, if a shortened name is not available, the short <Name> is used as a fall-back, which could be longer than 15 characters.
Available for all issues. If you only require the TELETEXT name, you can set the merge-organisations and omit-names parameters to reduce the size of the data; see <Parameter>.

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