Foreign currency Symbol Guide and Point Value

Six major foreign currency

	eSignal	RealTick	IQFeed	FXCM, IB, MBT	PointValue
Australian Dollar	AUD A0-FX	#AUD/USD	HAUDUSD	AUD/USD	100000
Canadian Dollar	CAD A0-FX	#USD/CAD	HUSDCAD	USD/CAD	100000
Swiss Franc	CHF A0-FX	#USD/CHF	HUSDCHF	USD/CHF	100000
Euro Dollar	EUR A0-FX	#EUR/USD	HEURUSD	EUR/USD	100000
British Pound	GBP A0-FX	#GBP/USD	HGBPUSD	GBP/USD	100000
Japanese Yen	JPY A0-FX	#USD/JPY	HUSDJPY	USD/JPY	1000

Note for eSignal: "A0-FX" is the letter "A" followed by the number zero and then "-FX".

Point value is based on the underlying currency. For example, EUR/USD is based on $100,000 USD. USD/CHF is based on 100,000 Swiss Franc etc.

When you use IB’s TWS platform, the symbols are in format of EUR CASH IDEALPRO USD etc.

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