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eSignal Symbol Search Window

There are two ways to access the Symbol Search window. The first one is by using the icon in the main toolbar.

Another way to access this window is by clicking File / New / Symbol Search.

The Symbol Search Window contains three fields. The first field on the left allows you to select the category for your search, which includes Symbol, Description or CUSIP (for institutional users).

Using "Symbol": Let's say that you have the symbol CSCO, but you don't know the company that ticker symbol belong to. Perhaps, you are looking for the CUSIP number (if you have a subscription for CUSIP). To find that information, you enter CSCO and then click the green arrow at the end of the row.

The results display a total of "10 symbols found" with the first line showing the NASDAQ exchange, which is the symbol in question.

The search can be further refined by selecting Stock under Search for all instrument types. Other Instrument types include futures, indices, options, and so forth.

Using "Description": If you don't know the symbol, you can also search by Description. In this case, we have entered the company name, which results in a variety of symbols for the same company traded on various exchanges.

The symbol search defaults to Search for all exchanges. If you know the exchange the symbol is traded on, you can further refine your search by selecting the exchange from the drop-down menu. In this case, we have selected "NASDAQ" to filter out results of the same company, which might be traded on other exchanges.

Using "CUSIP": For the institutional subscriber, the Symbol Search window offers the ability to look up symbols by CUSIP number, which requires an add-on service. CUSIP stands for Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures.  Select CUSIP from the drop-down menu, and enter the CUSIP number. CUSIP numbers are unique, and only a single result will display.

With the Symbol Search window, you can find the list of all the symbols traded on a particular exchange. In this case, we will run a search for all the symbols traded on the NASDAQ. Notice that we have set the Instrument type to Stock to filter out any stock options results.

In this example, we performed a search of all futures contracts traded on the CME Globex. Notice that the instrument type has been set to Futures with the exchange set to CME Globex.  

Symbol questions are one of our most popular inquiry types. Learning to use the Symbol Search window within eSignal will prove useful in finding the symbols you need. There's also a web version of our Symbol Lookup available here: http://www.quote.com/help/search.action/.