What are ticker symbols?
A ticker symbol is a unique symbol that is given to a product when it’s traded on the exchange. Sometimes, the ticker symbol can also be called the future contract symbol, futures symbol, or trading symbol, but all terms refer to similar ideas.
Apart from the symbol, most ticker symbols are added with a symbol to represent the contract month or year. The letters representing the months are F=Jan, G=Feb, H-Mar, J=Apr, K=May, M=June, N=July, Q=Aug, U=Sep, V=Oct, X=Nov, Z=Dec. The last number at the end of the contract is the year.
To provide easier access to the symbols for the QFI-approved products, the following infographics will contain the ticker symbols for Shanghai Futures Exchange, Shanghai International Energy Exchange, Dalian Commodity Exchange, Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange, and China Financial Futures Exchange.
Shanghai Futures Exchange
Shanghai Futures Exchange offers 7 QFI-approved futures products which are, copper, aluminum, zinc, gold, silver, steel rebar, and hot-rolled coil, however, the exchange has a total of 16 products in total, mostly in the forms of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, except for fuel oil, Bitumen, Natural Rubber, and Wood pulp.
Shanghai International Energy Exchange
Shanghai International Energy Exchange offers 4 QFI-approved products which are crude oil, low sulfur fuel oil, TSR 20, and bonded copper.
Dalian Commodity Exchange
Dalian Commodity Exchange offers 7 QFI Approved products which are No.1 Soybean, No.2 Soybean, Soybean Meal, Soybean Oil, RBD Palm Olein, Iron Ore, and LLDPE. However, in total, DCE offers 21 products that vary from agricultural commodities to raw materials. On December 2022, soybean has also been launched as an internationalised product.
Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange
Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange offers 5 QFI-approved products which are rapeseed oil, white sugar, PTA, Methanol, and polyester staple fiber. Other products in the exchange are mostly agricultural commodities and some raw materials. On January 2023, Rapeseed products as well as Peanut Kernels were launched as internationlised products.
CFFEX Exchange
China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX) is the only exchange that offers a hedge-only index for QFI trading, CSI 300, SSE 50, CSI 500, and CSI 1000. The exchange also has other products such as 2-year treasury bonds, 5-year treasury bonds, and 10-year treasury bonds that are not released to international traders as of date.
东证期货国际（新加坡）简介
东证期货国际（新加坡）私人有限公司是上海东证期货有限公司的直属全资子公司，也是东方证券股份有限公司的间接控股子公司。
作为持有新加坡金融管理局（MAS）颁发的《资本市场服务许可证》的机构， Singapore Exchange (SGX), Asia Pacific Exchange (APEX), and ICE Futures Singapore (ICE SG). Starting August 2023, corporate clients can also gain access to the 进入巴西交易所， through us, opening additional trading avenues.
东证期货新加坡是亚太交易所、新加坡衍生品交易所以及洲际新加坡交易所的 交易和清算会员， 为客户提供覆盖国际市场的综合交易服务。
