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HOW TO FIND DATA ON
THOMSON REUTERS
QUICKLY AND EASILY
THIRD EDITION
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
OW TO FIND DATA ON THOMSON
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REUTERS QUICKLY AND EASILY: THIRD EDITION
I NTRODUCTION TO THE THIRD EDITION
OF HOW TO FIND DATA ON THOMSON
REUTERS QUICKLY AND EASILY
HOW THIS GUIDE IS ORGANIZED
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IN BRIEF
HAPTER 1 – GETTING STARTED WITH
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THOMSON REUTERS DATA
WHAT DO WE MEAN BY REAL-TIME DATA?
EXCHANGE-TRADED REAL-TIME DATA
WHERE CAN YOU FIND HISTORICAL
REFERENCE FUNDAMENTAL DATA?
SPECIALIST DATA
HAPTER 2 – SIMPLE WAYS OF FINDING
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DATA ON REUTERS 3000 XTRA VERSION 5.1
EUTERS 3000 XTRA – SEARCH FACILITIES
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FOR VERSION 5.1
XTRA MENU
INSERT INSTRUMENTS EASILY
REAL-TIME STATUS
ONE UNIQUE HELP SYSTEM
FINDING EQUITIES
TO FIND AN INSTRUMENT WHEN
YOU KNOW ITS CLEARING CODE
(FOR EXAMPLE, ISIN)
FINDING DEBT INSTRUMENTS
TO FIND A BOND WHERE YOU KNOW THE
IDENTIFIER (SUCH AS ISIN, CUSIP OR SEDOL)
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EARCH BY THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS S
OF A BOND, SUCH AS RANGES OF COUPONS/
MATURITY DATES AND CREDIT RATINGS, AS WELL AS PARTICULAR FEATURES OF THE BOND
REUTERS 3000 XTRA – SEARCH FACILITIES
FOR VERSION 5.1
THOMSON REUTERS SEARCH
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DISPLAYING THE RESULTS OF A THOMSON
REUTERS LOOKUP OR CRITERIA SEARCH
HOW TO KEEP TRACK OF DATA
THAT HAS CHANGED THE ALERTS SERVICE
NEW DATA
HAPTER 3 – THE STRUCTURE OF
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THOMSON REUTERS DATA
WHAT ARE RIC SYMBOLS AND PAGES?
WHEN TO USE UPPER OR LOWER CASE
REUTERS INSTRUMENT CODES
(RIC) SYMBOLS
ADVANTAGES OF RIC SYMBOLS
FULL QUOTES
CHAINS AND TILES
SO WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CHAIN AND A TILE?
HOW TO DISPLAY A CHAIN
HOW TO DISPLAY A TILE
PAGE FORMATS
SPEED-GUIDES
FIELD IDENTIFIERS (FIDS)
WHY DO YOU NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT FIDS?
FIELD NUMBERS
IN BRIEF: RIC SYMBOLS AND PAGES
THE GENERAL RIC SYMBOL STRUCTURE
THE RIC SYMBOLS ROOT
WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE OF KNOWING
ABOUT RIC SYMBOLS ROOTS?
PERIOD OR TIME INTERVALS
DELIMITERS
SEPARATOR INSTRUMENT
EXAMPLE CODES
SOURCE CODES
EXCHANGE IDENTIFIER
IN BRIEF: GENERAL RIC
SYMBOL STRUCTURE
CHAPTER 4 – EQUITY MARKETS
PEED-GUIDES, RIC SYMBOLS
S
AND PAGES FULL QUOTES FOR EQUITIES
AMERICAN CONSOLIDATED QUOTES EQUITY RIC SYMBOLS INCORPORATING
BROKERAGE CHARACTERS
EQUITY INDICES
COMPANY NEWS
TOP NEWS
FACTIVA NEWS WATCH
SECOND-LEVEL (ORDER BOOK
OR MARKET MAKER) CHAINS
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TIME AND SALES
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EQUITY VIEWS
BACKGROUND PAGES
DELAYED EQUITIES AND INDICES
HOW TO CONFIGURE REUTERS 3000 XTRA
TO HAVE DELAYED DATA AUTOMATICALLY
SWITCHED ON
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FIELD NAMES FOR QUOTE LISTS
IN BRIEF: EQUITY MARKETS
CHAPTER 5 – BOND MARKETS.
OOLS FOR FINDING FIXED
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INCOME DATA
BOND VIEWS SEARCH
SPEED-GUIDES, RIC
SYMBOLS AND PAGES
NAVIGATING BY CHAINS
THE GENERAL STRUCTURE OF BOND
RIC SYMBOLS
COUNTRY CODE
SUPER RIC SYMBOLS
FIELD NAMES FOR QUOTE LIST
BENCHMARKS
CHAPTER 6 – FOREIGN EXCHANGE
AND MONEY MARKETS
S
AND PAGES
SPOT RATES
CROSS-RATES
CONTRIBUTED CROSS-RATES
CALCULATED CROSS-RATES
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CHAPTER 7 – FUTURES
S
AND PAGES FUTURES CONTRACTS
DELIVERY YEARS FOR FUTURES
CONTINUATION RIC SYMBOLS
SERIAL FUTURES CONTRACTS
FUTURES CHAINS
KEY DATES INFORMATION
FUTURES CHAINS SHOWING
MARKET DEPTH EXPIRED FUTURES
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DEPOSITS AND FORWARDS
FORWARDS
OUTRIGHT FORWARDS
CONTRIBUTED EURO CROSS FORWARDS
DEPOSITS
FORWARD RATE AGREEMENTS (FRAs)
SWAPS
ZERO CURVES
HOW THE ZERO CURVE IS CONSTRUCTED
VOLATILITIES
FOREIGN EXCHANGE VOLATILITIES
INTEREST RATE VOLATILITIES
FIXINGS
EURO INTERBANK OFFERED RATES
OTHER FIXINGS
FIELD NAMES FOR QUOTE LISTS AND POWER PLUS PRO
IN BRIEF: FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND MONEY MARKETS
IN BRIEF: FUTURES
DELAYED FUTURES
CHAPTER 8 – OPTIONS
EQUITY OPTIONS
CHAINS OF OPTIONS ON
CASH EQUITIES
US OPTIONS TRADED ON OPRA
OPRA STANDARD SERVICE
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MONTHLY OPTION CHAINS
AT-THE-MONEY CHAINS
THE STRUCTURE OF SINGLE-OPTION
CONTRACTS
EUREX CONTRACTS
OPTIONS ON FUTURES
THE ‘ALL OPTIONS’ CHAINS
THE AT-THE-MONEY (ATM)
OPTIONS CHAIN
VOLATILITY SURFACE CONTENT
ATM VOLATILITY INDICES
OPTIONS ON FUTURES RIC SYMBOLOGY
OTC FOREIGN EXCHANGE OPTIONS
ATM FX OPTIONS
RIC SYMBOL CONSTRUCTION
CONTRIBUTED SURFACES
RISK REVERSALS
BUTTERFLIES
SURFACE DISPLAY
CALCULATED FX SURFACES
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CHAPTER 9 – COMMODITIES
NAVIGATION BY CHAINS
CHAIN DESCRIPTION
NAVIGATION BY SPEED-GUIDES
CASH INSTRUMENTS
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CASH COMMODITIES CHAINS
RIC SYMBOLS FOR COMMODITY CHAINS
ENERGY CASH PRICE CHAINS
RIC SYMBOLS FOR ENERGY
CASH CHAINS
TYPE CODE STRUCTURE
COMMODITES FUNDAMENTAL
DATABASE (MPD)
IN BRIEF: COMMODITIES AND
ENERGY MARKETS
CHAPTER 10 – DELAYED DATA
DELAYED EQUITY AND INDICES
FULL QUOTES
CLOSING RUNS
DELAYED CHAINS
DELAYED FOREIGN EXCHANGE QUOTES
CROSS-MARKET PACKAGE
STREAMING DELAYED DATA
RIC SYMBOLS
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CHAPTER 11 – CONTRIBUTED DATA
CONTRIBUTED DATA
RIC SYMBOLS AND FIDS
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THE ADVANTAGES OF CONTRIBUTING RIC SYMBOLS
RESTRICTED DATA SETS (RDS)
WHAT DO I DO WHEN I CAN’T SEE A RIC OR PAGE THAT I THINK I SHOULD BE ABLE TO VIEW?
SUPER RIC SYMBOLS
LOGICISATION
CONTRIBUTED PAGES
UPDATING YOUR PAGES
RIC SYMBOLS
INSERTLINK
REUTERS SPREADSHEET
PUBLISHER (RSP)
MARKETLINK-IP (MLIP)
CONTEX MCS
IN BRIEF: CONTRIBUTED DATA
CHAPTER 12 – NEWS
HOW TO SEARCH FOR NEWS
NEWS SPEED-GUIDES
CODES
KEYWORDS
RIC SYMBOLS
HOW TO CUSTOMIZE YOUR
NEWS SEARCH
NEWS TOPIC CODES OTHER USEFUL PAGES
LANGUAGE CODES
THIRD-PARTY NEWS SOURCES
HAPTER 13 – ERROR MESSAGES/
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PERMISSIONING
SELECTIVE ACCESS
DATA NOT AVAILABLE
EXCHANGE AND THIRD PARTY
SERVICE MANAGEMENT
DATAFEED ACCESS DECLARATIONS
ELECTRONIC SELF-ADMINISTRATION
HOURS OF OPERATION
HAPTER 14 – CONTACTING THOMSON
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REUTERS CUSTOMER SUPPORT
CONTACT US
ACCESSING THE “CONTACT US” FORM
HELP DESK NUMBERS
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HOW TO FIND DATA ON THOMSON REUTERS QUICKLY AND EASILY: THIRD EDITION
INTRODUCTION TO THE THIRD EDITION OF HOW TO FIND
DATA ON THOMSON REUTERS QUICKLY AND EASILY
The previous editions of this guide were clear, concise and
well received. They provided a general explanation of code
structures and specific guides for each asset class. This
edition simply brings the guide up to date. The underlying
code structures for our data remain very much as they were,
but the markets, technical innovations and our depth of
coverage increase continually to serve you better. We have
added details that direct you to this information and have
removed some things that are no longer valid.
Since the previous edition, Reuters 3000 Xtra
displays have developed significantly.
So, what’s new on Reuters 3000 Xtra v5.1?
Some exciting new features of Reuters 3000 Xtra v5.1 include:
• Improved usability: Auto-suggestion,
Quote list enhancements.
• Better workflow: Integrated calculators linkable
within flex.
• Enhanced analytics: New Adfin calculation functions
for credit derivatives.
• Enhanced Charts: Automatic chart alerting,
New Dynamic Scrollbar.
Auto-suggestion is an auto-search feature which suggests
top ten automatic search results when you enter a text
which is not a RIC symbol. Quote list (previously called
Matrix object) now has features that enable you to group
instruments by sector, maturity date etc. Thomson Reuters
Integrated Calculators have been made more compact,
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easier to use, easier to view and faster. There are sixteen
new style calculators covering the most important analytics
requirements for currency options, forward rate agreements,
interest rate and currency swaps, swaptions, FX swaps and
deposits. State-of-the-art pricing models are now available
for credit correlation products. Pricing and valuation
functions are provided for collateralized debt obligations.
In the Reuters 3000 Xtra Charts, you can now define an
alert for analyses crossing each other or crossing trend lines.
A new scrollbar has been introduced for more flexibility to
expand or contract the x-axis by dragging the sides of the
scrollbar thumb.
There have also been significant increases in the depth and
breadth of our market coverage.
We have coverage on Daily Australia Securities Exchange
broker trading summaries, Hanoi Stock Exchange foreign
trading data, Japanese consolidated tape, new Rabobank
trading prices, Australian semi-government credit curves,
new Brazilian ratings information.
There are several more features and added market coverage
that will be discussed in length in the relevant chapters. We
hope you enjoy reading and learning more about Reuters
3000 Xtra v5.1.
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There’s a lot of information waiting for you…
But how do you know that you are making the most of everything you have subscribed to? If you find it difficult to get hold of the information you need, read on.
The information that Thomson Reuters provides is
constantly growing and continually changing. It’s not
always easy to keep up with the latest developments.
This guide changes that. Whether you’re a new user or have
been working with data from Thomson Reuters for years,
this provides a comprehensive reference point for all the
codes that are used to find information. It also directs you
to useful pages that help you find your way around, and
tools that can find information for you.
The guide explains the structures behind codes in simple
steps, and has separate sections on those codes for each of
the major asset classes. So it’s not a directory – it’s better
than that. Once you’re familiar with the data structures
for different asset classes, many of the codes for data will
become instinctively familiar to you.
Real-time and historical data can be viewed on several
different Thomson Reuters platforms and applications,
such as Reuters 3000 Xtra, Thomson Reuters Kobra and
Reuters Trader, as well as through Thomson Reuters
datafeeds, the Thomson Reuters Terminal and a number
of third-party applications. In this guide, we show you the
best way to access that information.
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HOW THIS GUIDE IS ORGANIZED
The world of Thomson Reuters data and news is, like the
world it covers, vast, complex and potentially overwhelming.
But our data is all built logically, and if you break it down into
smaller pieces, there’s nothing too difficult to understand.
In Getting Started, we look at the different types of data
available. From there, we look at the structure of Thomson
Reuters data. There’s also a section on different tools for
finding all the data you need. Once you’re familiar with the
high-level information, you can use the individual sections
to look in detail at each asset class, such as equities, bonds,
foreign exchange and commodities and energy.
Finally, there are sections at the back that cover contributed
data (pages and records of information provided by active
market players), news codes, delayed data (usually available
free of charge), error messages and phone numbers for help
desks. For convenience, there’s an In Brief section at the end
of most sections, which summarizes the key points.
We’ve used icons throughout the
book to highlight different types
of information.
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This indicates useful or important
information that makes finding
data even less complicated.
IN BRIEF
There is an IN BRIEF section that
summarizes the key concepts at the
end of each section.
Markets and financial instruments
do change constantly: companies
merge and countries change their
currencies. So, Thomson Reuters
codes change too. The codes given
in this book are correct at the time
of going to press, but are liable to
change at any time.
The point of this book is to give
you intelligent ways of finding data
without memorizing codes – this is
the best way to handle the constant
change that is natural in the
financial markets.
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CHAPTER 1
GETTING STARTED WITH THOMSON REUTERS DATA
To begin understanding data from Thomson Reuters, it’s
helpful to break it up into different groups. The easiest way
is to start with these four:
1. Country-level: data that belongs to different countries.
2. Asset classes: equities, fixed income, etc.
3. Market-level: data that belongs to different exchanges
or other recognized markets.
4. Real-time and historical data.
The first three types are self-explanatory, but it’s worth
looking at the fourth to understand the difference between
real-time and historical data. Why? Because, before you start
using Thomson Reuters data, you must tell Thomson Reuters
which real-time exchange data you need.
WHAT DO WE MEAN BY REAL-TIME DATA?
Real time means almost immediately. When a trade is made
at an exchange or a new rate is set, then you see it almost
as soon as it happens – sometimes within a fraction of a
second – regardless of your location. This real-time data can
come from exchanges, from registered contributors on the
Thomson Reuters network or from third-party data providers.
EXCHANGE-TRADED REAL-TIME DATA
All Thomson Reuters services supply the general financial
information and news you have subscribed to. However,
exchanges reserve the right to charge a small additional fee
for the delivery of real-time data to your terminal. If you wish
to know more about charges for particular exchanges, your
local Thomson Reuters representative will be able to tell you
the exact fees for the data you require.
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If you normally need only indicative prices, most exchanges
also provide delayed data, which is free of charge. For more
information on this, please refer to the Delayed Data chapter
in this guide.
WHERE CAN YOU FIND HISTORICAL REFERENCE
FUNDAMENTAL DATA?
Historical reference fundamental data is an integral part of
Reuters 3000 Xtra. It includes company reports, bond terms
and conditions, ratings histories and historical price charts.
In addition, Thomson Reuters offers a range of enterprisewide financial information products, such as Thomson Reuters
DataScope, offering open access to substantial amounts of
historical data for department or enterprise-wide use.
SPECIALIST DATA
Thomson Reuters also gives access to specialist data
services that provide extra depth of information, market
commentary and analysis by acknowledged experts. The
services cover all asset classes and all market segments,
from treasury, asset management, investment banking and
brokerage, through to corporate and media.
Types of coverage include:
• Economic indicators and macroeconomic commentary.
• Specialist analysis and commentary.
• Specialist forecasting and technical analysis.
• Specialist news services.
• Specialist prices (including broker data).
For a full list of specialist services, go to page <SPECIAL>.
Each service is chargeable, but you can find offers and free
trials on page <FREETRIALS>.
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CHAPTER 2
SIMPLE WAYS OF FINDING DATA ON REUTERS 3000 XTRA version 5.1
REUTERS 3000 XTRA – SEARCH FACILITIES FOR
VERSION 5.1
Reuters 3000 Xtra v5.1 provides a single search mechanism
that enables you to perform anything from the simplest
search for a company name to precise searches for data
such as P/E ratios within a certain range or bonds by an
issuer in a particular coupon range.
XTRA MENU
The Xtra Menu provides a simple way of finding every
available display, relevant to a given instrument, from
standalone charts through to complete pre-built models in
Thomson Reuters Kobra or Thomson Reuters PowerPlus Pro
(Microsoft Excel). You can click to view any display listed for
instruments in any asset class.
The screenshot below provides various options available in
Reuters 3000 Xtra Menu.
To view pricing information on a known RIC symbol, select
Quote screen or press F4, type company name. The Auto
suggest option will propose appropriate symbols or will
prompt you back to Search. If the code proposed by the Auto suggest option is what you are looking for, input the RIC symbol code and then press enter. For example:
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You can search in several different ways, and then click
directly to a display on one of the instruments returned.
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EASILY INSERT INSTRUMENTS
You can very easily insert an instrument anywhere in the
Quote List: click the row above that you want to insert,
press the Insert key and an Insert Item box will pop-up. The box also offers auto-search and auto-completion.
REAL-TIME STATUS
A new ‘traffic-light’ on the right of the menu bar gives you an
immediate overview of the Thomson Reuters Market Data
System sources health so you can quickly see if there are any
problems with the data:
- Green if all sources are available.
- Orange if any but the main Thomson Reuters source
is down.
- Red if the main Thomson Reuters source is down.
ONE UNIQUE HELP SYSTEM
All help now uses the same online system that is common
to all Thomson Reuters Products.
Choose one entry in the Help menu or press F1 to get to the
unified help system.
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FINDING EQUITIES
For the simplest search for a company:
1. Press Control + F and set the Look For field to Equities.
2. Enter the name or part name and click on the
Search button.
3. W
here more than one company is found that matches
your search, these are listed for your convenience – click on one to display its instruments.
TO FIND AN INSTRUMENT WHEN YOU KNOW ITS
CLEARING CODE (FOR EXAMPLE, ISIN):
1. Press Control + F and set the Look For field to ‘Search
All’ (also called FRD search).
2. Set the Where field to ‘Code’.
3. Enter the code or part code and click on the
Search button.
4. W
here more than one company is found that matches
your search, these are listed.
For your convenience, click one by one of the company’s
instruments to drill down to find your instrument.
You can also set the Look For field so that you can easily
find either Funds or Indices.
For complex equities, you can search at company level, such
as profit/loss, income statements, balance sheet information
or market ratios. Or you can search on issue-level information
such as consensus estimates or growth rates.
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4. The results will be displayed on the bottom of the page.
Click on the Issuer to retrieve summary details and the
instruments available.
GENERAL SEARCH
FINDING DEBT INSTRUMENTS
1. Set the Look For field to Debt.
2. The Search functionality has the provision to customize
the search based on the requirements of the clients.
There are add and remove buttons to help you search
on exact requirements.
The Analyze Results button is very useful complement to
search workflows. It allows filtering of the results through
a set of pre-defined clusters.
3. Once the criteria are selected, click on Search button to
retrieve the results.
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TO FIND A BOND WHERE YOU KNOW THE IDENTIFIER
(SUCH AS ISIN, CUSIP OR SEDOL):
You can also search by the main characteristics of a bond, such as ranges of coupons/maturity dates and credit ratings, as well as particular features of the bond.
1. Set the Look For field to Debt.
Once you have selected your criteria, the search will return
a result list of all matching bonds, which you can then sort
or select.
2. Against the Market Code button, enter the code.
3. Click on the Search button.
3. W
here more than one instrument is found that matches
your search, these are listed: click on one to display
its instruments.
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REUTERS 3000 XTRA – SEARCH FACILITIES FOR
VERSION 5.1
Reuters 3000 Xtra v5.1 search include cross-asset, name
and code look-up facility, as well as a criteria search that
provides sophisticated criteria results for each asset class,
covering equities, debt, forex & money, commodities and
energy, funds and economic indicators.
THOMSON REUTERS SEARCH
The Thomson Reuters Search facility is a quick search
function for finding companies, stocks, indices, bonds or
economic data via a single name or code lookup. Given the
full or partial name or any clearing code such as SEDOL, ISIN
or CUSIP, you can browse through all information and quotes
associated with it.
There are two ways of getting into the Thomson Reuters
Search tool:
There are three types of search, depending on how you set
the topmost field in the Search dialog box:
• N
ame search searches by company or issuer name to
retrieve securities and their live quotes.
• A
sset class search uses basic criteria, such as name,
ticker, quote price etc.
• C
ode search searches by any full or partial security
ID or any clearing code.
With Bond search, you can add a more specific search in
the line where you enter the name, such as maturity date
or coupon rate. For example: input <BMW> in Name field,
select a maturity date criteria to drill down on the issue you
are interested in.
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For convenience, you can set
default values in the search to avoid
having to select them individually
each time. Use the command
Tools/Options/Services/Reuters
Database Search.
CRITERIA SEARCH
This enables you to perform
a criteria search through your
database, including indices,
options, futures, funds and
economic indicators. There are two
ways of starting a criteria search:
button on
• Click on the
your toolbar.
• Press CTRL + F.
1. B
y clicking on the Thomson Reuters Search button on
your toolbar
, located on the right-hand side of the
command line.
2. Press CTRL + F.
Always start by defining what type of search you are making:
a name search, asset class search or code search.
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Once you have your search results you may view the results by right-clicking on the RIC
symbol in the Results screen, which will put the RIC symbol into the active frame in your Reuters 3000 Xtra Quote screen.
a) A flex sheet is the technical term for a display screen in
Reuters 3000 Xtra container. This can display real-time
prices, graphs and news, or historical, fundamental and
analytical information. There are hundreds of
pre-built displays in Reuters 3000 Xtra, covering
all asset classes. Some of these are based on Kobra
flex sheets; others are based on Microsoft Excel
spreadsheets. You can also build custom screens
to suit your exact information needs.
b) S
electing the item and right-clicking will give you a
selection of different information types for which you
can use the RIC symbol.
c) W
hen using the search facility in Microsoft Excel,
the search result will be loaded directly into a cell.
HOW TO KEEP TRACK OF DATA THAT HAS CHANGED
Thomson Reuters provides enhanced change notifications
that help you navigate the steady flow of detailed data
changes that sweep across the world’s markets. This service
provides easy, timely and comprehensive access to details
of the changes that affect Thomson Reuters data, including
new, changed and deleted data.
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The change notifications are driven by Thomson Reuters,
exchanges, contributors and other institutional market data
providers. These notifications are worth checking regularly,
as they could affect your operations.
Each notification includes a brief summary, a detailed
description of the underlying changes and appropriate
details for technical users.
You can find this information at the following locations:
Thomson Reuters page <WORLD/CHANGES1> lists daily
RIC symbol additions/drops or changes sorted by country.
Alternatively, you may view and subscribe to emails from
the below link on Customer Zone:
http://customers.reuters.com/a/symbolchanges/search.aspx
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a) A flex sheet is the technical term
for a display screen in Reuters
3000 Xtra container. This can
display real-time prices, graphs and
news, or historical, fundamental
and analytical information. There
are hundreds of pre-built displays
in Reuters 3000 Xtra, covering
all asset classes. Some of these
are based on Kobra flex sheets;
others are based on Microsoft Excel
spreadsheets. You can also build
custom screens to suit your exact
information needs.
b) Selecting the item and rightclicking will give you a selection
of different information types for
which you can use the RIC symbol.
c) When using the search facility in
Microsoft Excel, the search result
will be loaded directly into a cell.
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THE ALERTS SERVICE
Alerts provide details of unforeseen service interruptions
affecting data, plus indications of problem resolution times.
This now includes coverage of historical data.
You can find the Alerts service on the page <ALERT>.
Alternatively, you may register at our Customer Zone link
given below to receive notifications.
https://customers.reuters.com/Home/alerts.aspx
For more information on changes to data and Alerts, please
contact your local Thomson Reuters sales office.
A full list of offices can be found on our web site.
https://customers.reuters.com/kccontactus/telephone.aspx
NEW DATA
To ensure that you are aware of all the latest key datasets
that have become available, please check the following
pages regularly:
<SPECIAL>, <FREETRIALS>.
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THE STRUCTURE OF THOMSON REUTERS DATA
To handle the complexity and diversity of the financial markets and their instrument types,
Thomson Reuters has designed a flexible data structure that supports all asset classes.
All data is identified by codes. To find a particular piece of information, you need to know the correct code.
All codes in this guide appear in a box like this: REUTERS. In this guide, (the Return key on your
keyboard) is the default. If no other key is mentioned, just press after you have typed the code in
your command line.
WHAT ARE RIC SYMBOLS AND PAGES?
Thomson Reuters provides enhanced change notifications
that help you navigate the steady flow of detailed data
changes that sweep across the world’s markets. This service
provides easy, timely and comprehensive access to details
of the changes that affect Thomson Reuters data, including
new, changed and deleted data.
There are two main types of code you need to know about to
start with:
IC symbols – these are Reuters Instrument Code
• R
symbols that define individual financial instruments.
The code for the spot rate of the Swiss Franc is <CHF=>,
and the code for Microsoft stock on NASDAQ is <MSFT.O>.
RIC symbols are mapped to display templates, according to
various rules based on the instrument asset class, location,
and exchange, which enables Thomson Reuters to tailor the
display according the set of data that needs to be displayed
to the end user.
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• P
ages – these are whole pages of information provided
either by Thomson Reuters or by other contributors to
the Thomson Reuters network. They can include text
information or sets of different prices.
For example, <CHFX> is the code for JP Morgan Chase
London spot and forward rates.
WHEN TO USE UPPER OR LOWER CASE
Reuters 3000 Xtra allows you to enter pages or RIC symbols
in either upper or lower case.
There are exceptions: if a code consists of upper and lowercase letters, such as this continuation future <FLGc1> or RIC
symbols that contain brokerage characters, such as
<DTEGn.DE>, you need to type that syntax exactly.
There is more information about brokerage characters and continuation futures in the relevant market sections
of this guide.
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REUTERS INSTRUMENT CODES (RIC) SYMBOLS
IMPORTANT NOTE: Remember that RIC symbols are protected by copyright, database rights and
trademarks owned by Thomson Reuters. You are only allowed to use RIC symbols in the manner and
for the purposes specified in your agreement with us. If you have any questions about your rights to
use RIC symbols, please contact your Thomson Reuters sales representative.
The technical term RIC symbol is used to describe the set of proprietary alphanumeric codes that are
the retrieval mechanism provided by Thomson Reuters to its customers as an integral part of their
Thomson Reuters financial information services to identify, navigate and retrieve a structured set of
related data items (known as a “logical record”) from the Thomson Reuters network. The acronym
“RIC” originally stood for “Record Identification Code”. It later became known as either “Reuters
Instrument Code” or “Reuters Identification Code”. The information that is displayed when you enter a RIC symbol depends on the type of instrument
it defines. The display you get for a RIC symbol on a stock traded on the London Stock Exchange is
different from the display you get when you enter the RIC symbol, for example, for a bond. The bond
display will show maturity date, coupon, price or yield, whereas the stock display will show bid, ask
and last-traded price.
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ADVANTAGES OF RIC SYMBOLS
• They have structured coding (which simplifies
data manipulation).
• They are clearly identifiable.
hey can easily be transferred into spreadsheets,
• T
Thomson Reuters Graphics or the Graphics Object
(RGO) in Reuters 3000 Xtra, or into Thomson Reuters
Kobra for further processing.
• T
hey usually have a market-consistent data location
and format.
• R
IC symbols exist in two forms, as a full quote and as
a chain or tile. However, this rule does not apply to our
entire RIC symbol universe.
SO, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CHAIN AND A TILE?
The main difference between them is their retrieval method.
Chains require the chain key or F3 key, whereas tiles require
the
key. We will cover this in more detail later.
All market sectors make use of either chains or tiles, but not
both. The FX and money market sectors use tiles, whereas
most of the other market sectors use chains. Both chains
and tiles can show all constituents of an index, all delivery
months of a future, European spot rates, all at-the-money
strikes of an option, all world indices and so on.
A chain is defined either by Thomson Reuters or by the
organization that contributes the data.
FULL QUOTES
A full quote provides full information on the requested
financial instrument, for example:
A chain’s content and format and the fields displayed
can only be changed by the owners of the chain within
certain limitations.
<EUR=> for the euro spot rate.
When you have a chain or tile on display, you can doubleclick on the code for any individual instrument to view a
full quote on that instrument. Equally, you can copy one or
more instrument codes and paste these into a spreadsheet
for further manipulation.
CHAINS AND TILES
A chain or tile is a code that displays a set of related
instruments, such as options on a specific stock or an Index
chain. With a chain or tile, you can display a whole set of
instruments using a single code, for example: <0#.DJI>.
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HOW TO DISPLAY A CHAIN
There are three ways of displaying a chain:
• D
ouble-click on any of the chain codes displayed
in brackets, such as <0#.INDEX>. (All chain codes,
when displayed, can be recognized by the 0# at
the beginning).
• S
imply type the RIC symbol code, then press the
function key F3. This is your chain key.
It executes chain requests and automatically inserts the
prefix 0# in front of the RIC symbol. For example, enter the
RIC symbol without the 0# e.g. INDEX and press the F3 key
to request the code.
ou can enter the full command including the 0#
• Y
and press, e.g. <0#.INDEX>.
If you have any problems when calling up chains, make
sure you have used the correct syntax. See the chapter
Error messages/permissioning for further information.
Here is an example display of the Italian FTSE MIB index chain:
<.FTMIB> F3.
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HOW TO DISPLAY A TILE
A tile can be called up in the display application just like
any ordinary page or RIC symbol, simply by typing in the tile
name e.g. <EFX=>.
For markets such as foreign exchange and money markets,
which use a lot of tiles to show market information, it’s more
intuitive than calling up a chain.
For example, this is the display for European spot rates.
By double-clicking on any field in the display, you will
retrieve a full quote with more information.
For more information on tiles, look at the MONEY
speed-guide.
Pages can contain text or numbers, and are mainly used
for speed-guides, over-the-counter traded instruments and
emerging markets.
Not all pages are owned by Thomson Reuters; contributors
to the Thomson Reuters network own some. Many of these
are market players who want to offer their current rates or
comment on the state of the market. There are also
specialist data providers who offer expert analysis
and market commentary.
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In some cases, access to these pages is restricted.
Brokers, for example, will not be able to see the pages of their
competitors. In such cases, it is up to the owner of the page to
grant access to the user. To gain access rights to one of these
pages, please contact your Thomson Reuters representative.
PAGE FORMATS
Some pages are larger than others:
• 64 x 14 (64 characters across x 14 rows down).
• 80 x 25 (80 characters across x 25 rows down).
All pages are accessible the same way – just type the
code and press.
If you are interested in displaying your data on the
Thomson Reuters network, you’ll find more information
about customer-owned pages in the Contributed Data
chapter of this guide. Alternatively, contact your local
Thomson Reuters representative to discuss which
contribution methods suit you best.
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SPEED-GUIDES
Use speed-guides to find any data item worldwide on any
Thomson Reuters datafeed.
These pages are provided by Thomson Reuters to give easy
access to codes for different markets.
You can find anything you want if you start by displaying the
page <REUTERS>.
This is the main speed-guide. Simply type <REUTERS> in
the command line of your display application.
The speed-guides are organized in a tree structure, so you
can move down the hierarchy to find anything you want.
The page <REUTERS> contains all top-level market pages.
The next level down is either broken down into country
names, which is a very popular option, or into two parts
separated by /. One part is a reference to the marketplace
or instrument involved and the second is a reference to the
overall market sector, for example:
is then displayed, and you can keep double-clicking on the
codes you see displayed until you reach what you need.
Alternatively, you can display a speed-guide by typing the
code and pressing.
FIELD IDENTIFIERS (FIDS)
Field identifiers, as the name indicates, are part of the RIC
symbol and enable the specific identification of a particular
item of data within a particular logical data record created by
Thomson Reuters. Using a RIC symbol you can retrieve the
LAST or NET CHANGE for any given RIC that has this data
item within its logical record.
Each RIC symbol has a given set of FIDs, which reflect the
fields that Thomson Reuters has for that given instrument
or asset type. On a display, you will see the most relevant
information about a RIC symbol. However, there are usually
more FIDs available for a RIC symbol than you see on
a display.
<FR/DEBT>.
To know more about Field Identifiers (FIDs) kindly refer to
the Customer Zone link given below.
To display the next level of information, just double-click on
the appropriate code in the display. The page for that code
https://customers.reuters.com/a/support/data/fids/
default.aspx
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WHY DO YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FIDS?
You will need FIDs when using RICs in spreadsheets, and
when creating your own lists of RICs and you want to look at
your own set of fields.
In Reuters 3000 Xtra, there is a button on the toolbar called
Display All Fields , which allows you to toggle between the
full quote and all available FIDs.
FIELD NUMBERS
Every FID has a unique field number, which you can use as an
alternative to the FID.
For example, the field number for “closing price” is “21”.
Field numbers are the same for Reuters 3000 Xtra and the
Thomson Reuters Terminal, whereas the FIDs are not.
Using numbers instead of FIDs can fractionally improve
the update rate of your spreadsheet. To help you with the
most frequently used FIDs and field numbers per market,
we have included a table at the end of most of the chapters
in this book.
IN BRIEF: RIC SYMBOLS AND PAGES
Thomson Reuters uses RIC symbols and pages to display data.
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RIC symbols (Thomson Reuters Instrument Codes) are codes
that provide a unique structured means of retrieving data.
They can be displayed as:
a) Full quotes (showing all information about one financial
instrument) or
b) Chains and Tiles (showing key information on several
financial instruments).
To call up full quotes and tiles, simply press the key.
To call up chains, which can be identified by 0#, type the
code without the 0# and press F3 to retrieve the chain key.
Pages are used by Thomson Reuters for speed-guides, such
as <REUTERS>, and by financial institutions, such as banks
and brokers, to display prices or market commentary.
See <CONTRIBUTIONS> and <BROKER> .
Third-party data providers, who use the Thomson Reuters
network to distribute specialist data or commentary,
also use the pages. See <SPECIAL> for a list of all
specialist data providers.
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THE GENERAL RIC SYMBOL STRUCTURE
RIC symbols are built from different elements that are
used to identify different aspects of the information you
want to view. RIC symbols generally include some, but not
necessarily all, of the following elements:
• A RIC symbol root.
• Period or time intervals.
• The instrument identifier.
• One or more delimiters.
• A source code.
These elements are necessary because of the diversity of
markets that Thomson Reuters covers, and to avoid possible
duplication of codes.
THE RIC ROOT SYMBOLS
As there are often several different issues or financial
instruments based around a single entity, the RIC root
identifies the most basic aspect of the instrument.
Examples:
Equity RIC roots: The RIC root for FIAT traded in Milan
(FIA.MI) is FIA.
WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE OF KNOWING ABOUT
RIC ROOTS? SYMBOLS
If you know the RIC root and the other elements that make
up specific instrument or code types, then you can just add
these together to obtain the code you need. For example, if
you know that the RIC root for a future is FES (for the euro
Swiss franc future traded at LIFFE) and you know that a
future chain is indicated by a colon, then you automatically
know that the chain RIC symbol for that future is FES: F3.
They also make your life very easy when you use data in other
applications, for example spreadsheets. You can split RIC
symbols into their components and therefore make efficient
use of your live links in Excel.
In the example below, we have split up the cross-rate
GBPMYR=R into its components. So, if we wanted to change
the cross-rate from Malaysian Ringgit to another currency,
e.g. HKD for Hong Kong dollar, all we need to do is replace
the contents of the cell D5 with HKD, and Microsoft Excel
will immediately update the information. This also works
well for looking at benchmarks in different countries or
any other instrument.
Money RIC roots: The RIC root for the euro one-month
deposit (EUR1MD=) is EUR.
Futures RIC roots: The RIC root for the short sterling future
traded at LIFFE (FSSZ0 ) is FSS.
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PERIOD OR TIME INTERVALS
The delivery period is a characteristic of the transaction, as
opposed to maturity or expiration, which are characteristics
of the instrument.
Examples of period or time intervals can be found in foreign
exchange and money RIC symbols:
ON (overnight), SW (Spot week), 3X6 (3 months over
6 months), 1Y (one year).
Here are those periods within some RIC symbols:
SEPARATOR
INSTRUMENT
!
Bond Issuer (chain) (Sometimes used within a dummy code for Reuters internal RICs)
US=AA! F3
=
Foreign exchange, money and capital markets
JPY1MD=
/ (used as a prefix)
/ (used within a speed-guide
name)
Closing or delayed data speed-guides
/.FTSE
=X
=S
Delayed data for currencies
WORLD/INDICES1
DELIMITERS
Delimiters are used to separate different components of a
RIC symbol. The following separators are currently used in
RIC symbols:
SOURCE CODES
The source code is used to indicate the source of the data.
It is usually the last component of a RIC symbol.
The most common source codes are:
EUR=X (10 min delay)
EUR=S (2 min snapshot)
<EURON=> <EURSW=> <JPY3X6F=> <USD1YD=>
These are primarily used in foreign exchange or money
market RIC symbols. For more information on period or
time intervals, please see the Foreign exchange and money
markets chapter of this guide.
EXAMPLE CODES
.
Equities and equity options
BP.L or BP*.L F3
* (plus market separator)
Equity options (chain)
BAYG*.EX F3
:
Futures chains
FEI: F3
^
Expired futures (only available in Graphics or spreadsheets)
YANF8^9
.
Indices and statistics
.GDAXI
+
Options on futures (chain)
FSSZO+ F3
++
At-the-money options
BP*.L++ F3 or FSS++ F3
-
Physical commodities
SUG-RCANE-EU
• Contributor code or Market Maker identifier.
• Exchange identifier.
CONTRIBUTOR CODE OR MARKET MAKER IDENTIFIER
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A contributor code is used to identify any organization that
contributes information to the Thomson Reuters network.
The Market Maker identifier is used to identify a market
maker who contributes quotes to a particular instrument.
The code is unique and consists of four upper-case letters:
e.g. NL009260749=DBBL
This code identifies a Dutch Government bond, with the rate
supplied by Deutsche Bank in London (DBBL).
EXCHANGE IDENTIFIER
The exchange identifier identifies the exchange where an
instrument is traded. It consists of up to three upper- or
lower-case letters.
Exchange identifiers for cash prices can be found on page
STOCL and beyond.
IN BRIEF: GENERAL RIC SYMBOL STRUCTURE
A RIC symbol can be constructed by simply knowing its
components, which is a very effective way of working in
data display applications or spreadsheet applications.
Diverse market conventions and instrument types make
it necessary to have different RIC symbol structures for each market.
The main elements of a RIC symbol are:
1. RIC ROOT
Codes like SUG, EUR, and CHF.
2. PERIOD AND TIME INTERVALS
Codes like ON, SN, SW, 1M, 2M, 3M, 6M, 9M, 1Y, 2Y, 1X4, 2X5,
1X6, etc.
Characters such as + =. / : ! * ^
Example: The RIC symbol <FIA.MI>, which we used earlier,
consists of <FIA.MI>. The Exchange Identifier for Milan RIC
Root Delimiter.
4. SOURCE CODES
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To view news stories of all
companies in an index chain,
just activate the window with the
chained information and then press
the News key (F9).
3. DELIMITERS
Identifiers for derivatives exchanges are on page RULES3.
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To see a full quote from chain of
data, just double-click on the item.
• Contributor/Market Maker identifier.
• Exchange identifier.
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SPEED-GUIDES, RIC SYMBOLS AND PAGES
<EQUITY> The equity speed-guide provides all codes for
real-time data, news and economic data.
<WORLD/INDICES1> All equity indices.
<WORLD/CHAR1> All brokerage characters.
<WORLD/TAS1> Index to all countries with time and sales
information with explanations of the meaning of the fields
in the display.
<WORLD/DELAY1> List of exchanges offering delayed
information, including the length of the delay.
<DATA> Information on new data and codes.
<BACKGROUND> A good place to find other useful
speed-guides.
For speed-guides that begin with <WORLD>, you can usually
go straight to a specific country by using the two-character
country code at the beginning. For example, <DE/INDICES1>
shows all indices in Germany; <IT/CHAR1> gives you
brokerage characters for Italy.
FULL QUOTES FOR EQUITIES
Most equity RIC symbols are based on short alphabetic
codes that reflect the company name. This is followed by
an identifier that indicates where the instrument is traded.
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For example:
<MSFT.O> Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ).
<ULVR.L> Unilever plc (LSE).
<ADSG.DE> Adidas AG (Xetra).
In all these cases, the characters before the dot are
the RIC root and the characters after the dot are the
exchange identifier.
You can find a list of all exchange identifiers on pages
<EXCHID01> to <EXCHID17>.
In most cases, the RIC root is the same as the code used by
the exchange. For this reason, some equity RIC symbols are
numeric. Most in this category are Asian, for example:
<7267.T> HONDA motor Co. (Tokyo Stock Exchange).
<0941.HK> China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd.
(Hong Kong Stock Exchange).
AMERICAN CONSOLIDATED QUOTES
In North America, there are consolidated quotes, where
the best available rates can be taken from one of several
exchanges (rather than a single exchange).
For these, all you need to use is the RIC root.
For example: <GM>.
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EQUITY RIC SYMBOLS INCORPORATING
BROKERAGE CHARACTERS
Brokerage characters can be incorporated into the RIC
symbols of many equity instruments.
These characters usually appear as an extension to the
RIC root, and are used to distinguish different types of
share from ordinary shares of a security issue. They can
be a combination of special characters and/or lower-case
letters, and differ from country to country.
You will find reference information on all brokerage
characters in the speed-guide, <EQUITY> under <WORLD/
CHAR1> and <WORLD/CHAR2>. You can go directly to a
specific country by using the two-character country code at
the beginning, instead of <WORLD>. For Chile, for example,
go to <CL/CHAR1>.
BROKERAGE
CHARACTER
KEYBOARD
FUNCTION KEY
SPREADSHEET
SYMBOL
Units
Shift F4
_u
Preferred
Shift F5
_p
Rights
Shift F6
_r
Warrants
Shift F7
_t
When issued
Shift F8
_w
For example, when entering a warrant, type <AMMB_t.KL>
or type <AMMB> press shift F7 then type <.KL>.
Please note that brokerage characters are one of the few
cases when you need to be exact in your use of upper- and
lower-case characters in a RIC symbol. RIC roots must
appear in capital letters, brokerage characters in lower-case
letters, and the exchange identifier again in capital letters.
For example: <CONG_r.SG> for rights issue of Continental
BZR Warrants.
There are some special function keys on the keyboard that allow you to enter the most common brokerage characters easily:
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EQUITY INDICES
All major equity indices always begin with a dot in front of
the code. The best example is the chain that retrieves all
equity indices globally: <INDEX> F3.
By contrast, a chain will show the constituents of the index.
For example, <.SSMI> F3 shows the constituents of the
Swiss market index:
There are two ways of viewing an equity index:
• Y
ou can view the index value itself as a full quote.
This shows information such as current value, the
previous day’s close and today’s open, and the day
high and low. Exchanges provide most equity indices
free of charge.
• Y
ou can view the constituents of the index as a chain –
showing the instruments that make up the index
This type of display also shows the key values of
the index itself.
Reuters 3000 Xtra users can use the Equity Views to check for
index constituents, leavers and joiners, and more. Right-click
on the index RIC symbol and select Related Company Data.
So, to view the Swiss market index, type <.SSMI>. This is a
full quote that displays all information about the index itself:
If you are building your own screens, use the Index Movers
object in Reuters 3000 Xtra to see which stocks are exerting
the greatest influence (both up and down) on an index.
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COMPANY NEWS
Many displays give an indicator if there is a recent news item
related to the instrument. This could be:
• A time displayed in the News field. Double-click
on the time to display all the recent news headlines.
If you’re building your own screen, insert a News object,
then enter the company RIC symbol on the command line.
Wherever a RIC symbol is displayed in Reuters 3000 Xtra,
you can right-click and select Related News.
TOP NEWS
This provides Reuters 3000 Xtra users with newspaper-like
pages in a convenient browser format.
Go to: http://topnews.session.rservices.com
From here, the menu on the left will take you to
specific sectors.
• An asterisk symbol (*) near to a RIC symbol.
Double-click on the asterisk to view the news item.
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FACTIVA NEWS WATCH Factiva News Search is a research tool, which is available
to all Reuters 3000 Xtra users. Use this to access news
from more than 550 different publications, including The
Economist, The Washington Post and The Financial Times.
When building your own screens, insert the Factiva News
Search object. Most news codes are the same as those for
Reuters news, for example, Equity for equity news. So,
<DRU AND BE> finds headlines of articles relating
to pharmaceuticals in Belgium.
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SECOND-LEVEL (ORDER BOOK OR MARKET
MAKER) CHAINS
Some order-driven exchanges offer market-maker or
depth-of-market information.
The depth of the market can be viewed by simply typing the
RIC symbol and confirming with the Chain key F3. For the
order book on Vodafone, you would type <VOD.L> F3.
TIP
Use CTRL+L to link your NASDAQ
Level 2 Summary to the Chart or
Market Maker display. Then you
need to double-click on a specific
stock in the summary to change the
other two displays.
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TIME AND SALES
A Time and Sales display logs all trading activity for a given
exchange-traded company over the last 13 calendar days.
The Time and Sales log is a snapshot, and is up-to-date
at the moment it is requested. The display is not updated
automatically. To update a log that is already on display,
press F8.
The trade details in the log are displayed in reverse
chronological order: the most recent trades are listed first.
The fields of information displayed for each trade
are determined by the relevant stock exchange, so they
differ from country to country.
Begin with a specific country code to go directly to that
country; for example:
<CA/TAS1> for Canadian exchanges.
EQUITY VIEWS
Reuters 3000 Xtra users have access to Equity Views.
These are web-based displays that give you easy access
to a whole range of information on a company.
To view these details on a company, right-click on the
RIC symbol and select Related Company Data.
TIP
For more details about Time and
Sales, see page <TAS/HELP>
If you are building your own screens
in Reuters 3000 Xtra, use the
Intraday Viewer object to view
filtered Time and Sales for a stock
over a selected period. This also
displays VWAP for the selected
period. Right-click on empty flex
screen navigate to Intraday
Viewer object.
For Fiat Milan, for example, type <FIA.MI> F8.
Alternatively, just put a lower-case t in front of the RIC
symbol and press
. For example:
<tFIA.MI>
.
See <WORLD/TAS1> for an explanation of the fields
displayed for each country.
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The overview provides summary details of key ratios,
performance, details from the company report, share details
and consensus estimates. Tabs give access to detailed
information on ownership, comparisons, share data and all
the other topics covered by the summary. There is also a
full search feature built in: this includes web links to other
services, such as online company reports, corporate websites
and Google search.
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BACKGROUND PAGES
B2 – AVAILABLE FOR ALL COMPANIES GLOBALLY WITH
COMPANY ACCOUNTS COVERAGE
B2 shows summary-level annual profit and loss account
(income statement), and balance sheet information for
the last five years, where available. It also provides a
brief description of a company’s activities and offers the
company’s registered address and telephone numbers,
as well as its principal directors’ names.
To display this page for a stock, add B2 to the end of the
RIC symbol. For example: instead of typing <VOD.L> for
a full quote on Vodafone, just type <VOD.LB2>.
• An asterisk symbol (*) near to a RIC symbol.
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DELAYED EQUITIES AND INDICES
If you need the price level of a share or index but don’t
have access to the relevant exchange, try a delayed quote.
Most exchanges offer delayed data free of charge, and
delay times depend on what the exchange is prepared
to make available. Check the page <WORLD/DELAY1>
for delay times by exchange.
TIP
Reuters 3000 Xtra users can find all
this background information – and
more – in a more convenient format
using the Equity Views. Right-click
on a company’s RIC symbol and
select Related Company Data.
For a delayed full quote on equity data and equity indices,
put a forward slash (/) in front of the RIC symbol. For
example, for Peugeot traded in Paris, type </PEUP.PA>.
Delayed data on index constituents works the same way:
put a forward slash (/) between the chain command <0#)>
and the RIC symbol (.DJI), e.g.<0#/.DJI> or type </.DJI> F3.
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How to configure Reuters 3000 Xtra to have delayed data automatically switched on
Within RDMC, select Custom Configuration ->
Miscellaneous -> Delayed Data. Choose the Use Delayed
Data checkbox to enable delayed data on your PC.
Now click Execute Actions -> Configure Xtra. You may be
asked to save the file. Click Yes.
TIP
Right-click in the displays and
select Refresh to ensure that you
have the most recent data from
the database.
Close Kobra and re-open. You will now be able to view
delayed data. For further assistance please click on the
link below:
http://customers.session.rservices.com/a/
knowledgecentre/Resolution.aspx?id=56486
To enable automatic delayed data in Reuters 3000 Xtra
v5.1, use the Reuters Desktop Management Console
(RDMC) tool available under Reuters Administrative Tools.
This tool should be available in your Start -> Programs ->
Reuters Administrative Tools menu.
It is recommended to ask your system administrator for
assistance because you need to have admin rights to
perform the changes.
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If you want to set up a quote list in an Excel spreadsheet,
then these are the most commonly used fields. For each
field of information, you can use either the PowerPlus Pro
identifier, the FID (field number) or the field identifier used
by Reuters 3000 Xtra.
FIELD
POWERPLUS PRO IDENTIFIER
FID NUMBER
REUTERS 3000 XTRA IDENTIFIER
RIC CODE
RIC NAME
-1
X_RIC_NAME
Name of equity
DISPLAY NAME
3
DSPLY_NAME
Up/down arrow
TICK: UP/DOWN
14
PRCTCK_1
News indicator
NEWS
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NEWS
Last
LAST
6
TRDPRC_1
Net change
NET CHANGE
11
NETCHNG_1
Bid
BID
22
BID
Offer
ASK
25
ASK
Opening price
OPENING PRICE
19
OPEN_PRC
Official closing price
HISTORIC CLOSE
21
HST_CLOSE
VOLUME
VOL ACCUMULATED
32
ACVOL_1
Day’s high
TODAY’S HIGH
12
HIGH_1
Day’s low
TODAY’S LOW
13
LOW_1
VWAP
VOLUME1xPRICE1
1379
VOL_X_PRC1
Ex dividend date
EX DIV DATE
39
EXDIVDATE
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IN BRIEF: EQUITY MARKETS
OTHER NEWS
FULL QUOTES
Full quotes are Reuters Instrument Codes (RIC) symbols
that give you the full breadth of real-time price information,
e.g. <TRI.N>. For equities, they include fields such as
the last traded price, bid and offer, accumulated volume,
today’s and this year’s highest and lowest prices, closing
price, references to news, sectors and much more.
Reuters 3000 Xtra users can view Top News in a web
browser at:
http://topnews.session.rservices.com
For research taking in articles from more than 550
respected publications, use Global Press Watch.
Codes are similar to those used in Reuters News.
Most real-time exchange data and services from third-party
data providers are charged separately. You should check
your requirements with Thomson Reuters before you start
using the system.
EQUITY INDICES
Index RIC symbols always begin with a dot. A full quote on
an index displays all information about the index itself e.g.
<.DJI>. Look up all equity indices on page:
BACKGROUND DATA
<WORLD/INDICES1>
To view the last five years’ profit and loss figures, type B2
after the RIC symbol, e.g. <FIA.MIB2>.
For the United Kingdom, Ireland, Egypt, Ghana and Turkey
you also have B1 background pages, showing summarylevel interim and preliminary profit & loss figures, e.g.
<VOD.LB1>.
COMPANY NEWS
An asterisk symbol (*) beside a RIC symbol on a display
indicates that there is a recent news story on the company.
Alternatively, you can type the RIC symbol and press the News
function key F9 instead of . For example, <FIA.MI> F9.
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Index constituents are available by typing the same code,
but using the chain key, for example, <.DJI> F3. Note that
this code shows real-time information, so you must have
access to the underlying exchange.
SECOND-LEVEL (ORDER BOOK OR MARKET MAKER) CHAINS
Some equity exchanges offer market maker information,
for which separate permission is needed. You can view this
by typing the RIC symbol and pressing the chain key F3.
For example, <VOD.L> F3.
Reuters 3000 Xtra users have purpose-built objects
for viewing NASDAQ order books in depth.
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TIME AND SALES INFORMATION
Time and Sales information provides a 13-day history of
trades of a company.
To view this information, type the RIC symbol then press
F8, e.g. <VOD.L> F8. For a description of the exact details
displayed for each exchange, look at page:
<WORLD/TAS1>.
Reuters 3000 Xtra users can use the Intraday Viewer object
for these details, including VWAP.
DELAYED DATA
For a delayed full quote on equity data and equity indices, put a forward slash (/) in front of the RIC symbol,
e.g. </PEUP.PA>.
Delayed data on index constituents can also be viewed:
put a forward slash (/) between the chain command (0#)
and the RIC symbol (.DJI), e.g. <0#/.DJI> or </.DJI> F3.
Delayed data is offered by the exchanges on a discretionary
basis. Delay times vary from exchange to exchange.
Check the page <WORLD/DELAY1> for details.
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TOOLS FOR FINDING FIXED INCOME DATA
1. Reuters 3000 Xtra Search Version 5.1
How to find:
The Search button of the 3000 Xtra
Browser, choose DEBT.
Bond Views Search: This is the main page that appears when you open Reuters
3000 Xtra. Select the file tab and click on new page.
This opens a Flex Sheet. Every flex sheet opened will have
2 sheets under it – you can right-click on the flex sheet and
select Quote Page.
This facility enables you to search for Fixed Income
instruments using different criteria.
Click on icon in the Quote screen. Input the name of the
bond you are looking for, then click Search.
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This Search facility enables to search using even more
detailed selection criteria and also access bonds from
all our fixed income databases. From here you can also
run reports for new issues, rating changes, upcoming
redemptions, recent defaults, distressed debt and
league table.
New issue terms and conditions and links to the RIC
symbols for pricing are accessible in this search first.
Click on Bonds on the right hand side to drill down further.
You may also right click on any Quote screen and then go to
Related Bond Data.
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1. Reuters 3000 Xtra lookup. Command line of Reuters
3000 Xtra. Please see chapter 2.
2. Xtra Menu. Can be found using
button.
Shows different analytic displays for the given bond.
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By typing Bonds or DEBT in a quote browser you will find
the guide to fixed income.
Market guides for any market can be found using the
two-character country code for the relevant country, for
example, RU/DEBT for Russia, DE/DEBT for Germany.
NAVIGATING BY CHAINS
You can use the following chains to navigate to the details
you need. As with all chains, type either the code and press
F3 (for example, CDS F3), or put 0# at the beginning of the
code and press enter (for example, 0#CDS).
THE GENERAL STRUCTURE OF BOND RIC SYMBOLS
Fixed income RIC symbols comprise several parts.
There are 3 types of fixed income RIC symbols: Super RIC
symbol, Contributor RIC symbol and Exchange RIC symbol.
The RIC symbol has the following components:
<BONDS> F3.
Country Code
<TREASURY> F3.
<EUROBONDS> F3.
Example:
<BENCHMARKS> F3.
Country Code
(Local code)
Delimiter (=)
Source Code
(where applicable)
DE 113536=RPRS
<CONVERTIBLES> F3.
<CDS> F3.
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COUNTRY CODE
The country code is the ISO 3166 two-letter code specifying
the country of issue. To find out more, look at the Foreign
exchange & money markets section of this guide, and
simply use the first two letters of the currency code, which
represents the country code, for example AT for Austria or
FR for France.
You can find a list of contributor codes on page TREASURYID.
• E
xchange codes are typically one or two characters
long, F is Frankfurt, L is London etc. Example:
DE113531=F.
OFFICIAL CODE (LOCAL CODE)
The Official code used varies from market to market and
Thomson Reuters supports the full range of IDs from all the
numbering agencies. Some countries do not have an official
code so they have adopted a local market convention.
DELIMITER
The delimiter is ‘=’.
SOURCE CODE
The source code tells you where the price comes from;
typically, this is either a contributor or an exchange.
• C
ontributor codes are used for OTC-traded instruments:
they are usually mnemonics of the contributing
organization, for example, ABNL is for ABN in London,
BNP is for BNP in Paris, etc. Example: DE113536=BAYM
(Bund 67/8 contributed by Bayerische Landesbank
in Munich).
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In Reuters 3000 Xtra, you can right-click on a bond RIC
symbol and select Related Bond Data to view reference
data of the bond.
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Super RIC symbols
Super RIC symbols have the same structure as any bonds
(see above), except that there is no source code at the end,
for example, DE113536=.
FIELD NAMES FOR QUOTE LIST
If you click Display all fields icon on the RIC symbol ,
it will allow you to see the information for each field on
the RIC symbol.
By typing the RIC symbol of the bond and pressing F3, you
can display the All Quotes chain of all price sources for the
given bond.
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BENCHMARKS
Benchmarks have the following structure:
Two-letter country code + BMK+ delimiter (=) press F3.
For example, benchmark for Germany has the following
code: 0#DEBMK=.
USEFUL INFORMATION:
http://paz.ime.reuters.com/portalfiles/1979/
KeynewsanddatacodesFixedIncome.pdf
http://paz.ime.reuters.com/portalfiles/1979/
FixedIncomeQuickStartGuide2002.pdf
You can find codes for specific benchmarks in the
<Benchmarks> speed-guide. Each benchmark RIC symbol
has the following structure:
Country Code
Term to Treasury Delimiter (=)
maturity
Example:
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calculated value
DE 10Y T = RR
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<MONEY> The money speed-guide provides all codes
related to the FX and money markets for real-time data,
news and economic data.
SPOT RATES
If you know the ISO code for the currency, then you know
the currency’s RIC symbol – just add the = sign at the end.
<0#MONEY> Money chain provides other FX/MM
instrument chains.
In most cases, the spot rate for a currency is shown against
the US dollar, e.g.<GBP=> shows the spot rate dollar
against the British pound sterling.
<FX/HELP> FAQ on enhanced spot displays.
<CHF=> shows the spot rate Swiss franc against US dollar.
<FXINFO> FAQ on high/low values on indicative
composites and enhanced guides.
The currency codes as per ISO 4217 (International
Organization for Standardization) are available on the
below link which is used globally and on Reuters 3000 Xtra.
<DEAL/1> Reuters Dealing Dealt Rate data – <DFX=>.
<DEALT1> Reuters Dealing 2000-2 – <D2FX=>.
<EBS/1 EBS> Dealt Rate data – <EBSFX=>.
<FUT/FX1> Foreign Exchange Futures. <FUT/IR1> Interest Rate Futures – <0#FUTURES>.
<PRIME/1> Global prime and discount rates by country –
<0#PRIME=>.
<PEGGEDINFO> Pegged currency information –
<PEGGED=>.
<RTAHELP> Real-Time Analytics data speed-guides.
The below link provides the calculation methodology
on selected Real-Time Analytics services.
https://customers.reuters.com/a/datasupport/realtime/
default.aspx
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* http://www.iso.org/iso/support/currency_codes_list-1.htm
* Although these currencies are no longer traded especially
in the case of redenomination, the RIC symbology can
still be used to display historical data in Reuters Graphics
or Excel.
<0#EUR=> shows enhanced currency guide for the euro.
Pre-defined lists of spot rates can be found on page
<SPOT/1>. This also provides a list of all spot RIC symbols
in alphabetic order by country. The list continues on page
<SPOT/2> and beyond.
Most, but not all, currencies are quoted with the US
dollar as the base currency. You can see which are quoted
inversely to the USD by viewing the currency background
pages on <MONEY/BKGDINFO1> or tile <INVERSE=>.
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CROSS-RATES
For cross-rates, simply use the ISO code for each currency,
then add the = sign at the end. The currency you specify
first is always the base currency, and the second is the
counter-currency.
The RIC symbol <GBPCHF=> will therefore represent
to you how many Swiss francs can be obtained for one
pound sterling.
There are two types of cross-rate:
CALCULATED CROSS-RATES
For currency pairs that are not generally quoted by
contributors, Thomson Reuters provides calculated rates.
These are calculated from the two contributed spot rates
involved. The RIC Symbol for these calculated rates have
=R or =REU (crosses calculated with euro as base currency
in both cross currencies in the RIC symbol) at the end.
For example:
CONTRIBUTED CROSS-RATES
Liquid cross-rates are usually contributed by financial
institutions as indicative prices.
<GBPCHF=R> which is calculated from the prices on
<GBP=> and <CHF=> or as a tile <GBPX=> to display
a list of all pound sterling calculated rates from
Thomson Reuters.
You can find rates for specific instruments either in pages
or in RIC symbols. However, they are also available in lists
by currency. For example, you can find liquid cross-rates
on the British pound on the display GBPX1=.
You will find that there are many more calculated rates
available than contributed rates. So, if you need to find a
cross-rate but you don’t know whether it is contributed or
calculated, there are two ways of finding out:
A list of all cross-rates can be found on page SPOT/2 and
beyond, or from each currency’s individual speed-guide
XXX/1 (where XXX is the ISO code for the currency).
1. G
o though the speed-guide <SPOT/2> and click
through until you find the base currency for the crossrate. Also refer <CROSS/1> for calculated & contributed
cross rates.
<CCY/1> page provides various currency displays and
<CCY/2> provides different currency guides as per region
of the country.
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2. Or, the faster option, make an intelligent guess. Type
the currency code of the base currency (you can find a
list of ISO codes for currencies on the link mentioned
in SPOT RATES section) and add the counter-currency,
followed by =R. If that doesn’t work, try the other way
round. For example, <GBPMYR=R> or <MYRGBP=R>.
The base currency is the currency you pay one unit for and
receive the equivalent amount in the counter-currency. In
the <GBPMYR=R> example, the base currencyis GBP.
<0#EURGBP=> shows enhanced currency guide for the
EURGBP.
<0#EURGBP=R> shows enhanced currency guide for
the calculated EURGBP. These display prices on the cross,
daily open, high, low, previous close and weekly, monthly
and yearly high and low values.
DEPOSITS AND FORWARDS
The codes for retrieving deposits and forwards are based
on the spot codes.
Insert DEPO or FWD into the RIC symbol before the =,
for example:
<0#FWD-ENHANCED> Forward enhanced guides for
single and cross currencies.
<XFXFORWARD> Calculated cross forwards.
To view both forwards and deposits for a currency,
insert F into the RIC symbol before the =, for example:
<GBPF=> displays all deposits and forwards for the
British pound.
TIP
Some Thomson Reuters services,
especially domestic services, only
allow you to see delayed spot and
cross rates. The ending =X means
the rate is delayed 10 minutes, =S is
a 2-minute snapshot, for example
<EUR=X> or <EUR=S>. There are
more details in the Delayed data
chapter of this guide.
There are also chains that follow a similar format:
<0#EURF=> (or EURF= F3) enhanced forwards guide
for the euro.
<0#EURD=> (or EURD= F3) enhanced deposits guide
for the euro.
The enhanced guides display the start and maturity dates,
which are calculated from the current day till the maturity
i.e. tenor on the RIC symbol. It also displays the day count
which is the number of days from the current day.
The outright prices on the forward enhanced guides are the
outright prices calculated from the swap points (premium/
discount) on the RIC symbol.
<GBPDEPO=> can also be used to view deposits on the
British pound.
<GBPFWD=> can also be used to view just the forwards.
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FORWARDS
To construct a forward RIC symbol, you need the following components:
calculated equivalent RIC symbol would be <RUB1MV=>
which is available on the forward enhanced guide
<0#RUBF=>.
<EUR1M=>
CONTRIBUTED EURO CROSS-FORWARDS
<FWD/4> provides all the contributed prices available
for the euro currency pairs.
Delivery period code.
Enhanced guides are also available for the euro currency
pairs e.g. <0#EURAUDF=>.
Currency code Delimiter.
Typical delivery period codes are:
DEPOSITS
To construct a deposit RIC symbol, you need the following
components:
ON Overnight 3M Three month.
TN Tomorrow next 6M Six month.
The same delivery periods apply as to forwards. Deposit RIC
symbols can be found on the <DEPO/1> speed-guide.
SN Spot next 9M Nine month.
SW Spot week 1Y One year.
<0#DEPO-IMPLIED> and <DEPO/4>-5 provides all the
implied deposits for various currencies available on Reuters
3000 Xtra.
1M One month 2Y Two year.
2M Two month.
OUTRIGHT FORWARDS
Forwards are usually quoted as forward points (incremental
values that need to be added to the spot price in order to
achieve the outright forward price). If you want a forward
quote as an ‘outright’ price, insert OR into the RIC symbol
in front of the =; for example, <RUB1MOR=>. This will be
available if there are more than 3 contributors quoting
prices for the currency and tenor. The Thomson Reuters
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If you can’t find any forwards for
a particular currency then it may
be because the market you are
looking at tends to deal more in
non-deliverable forwards.
Try looking on the speed guide
<NDF/1> instead of <FWD/1>.
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FORWARD RATE AGREEMENTS (FRAs)
Forward rate agreements are built in the following way:
* The first period refers to the starting month from today,
the second period refers to the expiry from today, e.g. 3x6
(meaning the contract starts in three months and runs for
three months).
FRA/1 lists the full range of available FRAs.
<EUR1MD=>
HOW THE ZERO CURVE IS CONSTRUCTED
The below link provides the calculation methodology
for swap derived zero curves:
https://customers.reuters.com/a/datasupport/Realtime/
swapderived.aspx
VOLATILITIES
<VOLSURF> FX Cross ATM Volatilities and for logical
records refer <VOLSURF=>.
Delivery period code Deposit.
<XVOLSURF> FX Cross ATM Volatilities calculated using
base currency ATM Volatilities available on <VOLSURF>
and calculated correlation coefficient.
<EUR3x6F=>
Calculation methodology for volatility surfaces can
be found on the following link:
Period code* FRA.
https://customers.reuters.com/a/datasupport/realtime/
VolatilitySurfaces.aspx
SWAPS
<SWAP/1> is the index page for interest rate swaps.
Different types of swaps are listed on the index page
along with the exact page where data available.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE VOLATILITIES
Contributed OTC FX option volatilities OPS/FX1 to OPS/FX3.
Risk reversal OPS/FX3.
Implied volatility of currency options traded on <PHVM>.
ZERO CURVES
<SWAPSZERO> provides all the details about
swap-derived zero curves.
INTEREST RATE VOLATILITIES
Caps and floors IRGS/1.
To see all zero coupon yield curves: <ZERO/1>.
Swaptions SWAPTION/1.
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FIXINGS
<FIXINGS> main speed-guide with all fixings related
to inter bank and currency.
EURO INTERBANK OFFERED RATES
<EURIBOR=> Euribor Act/360.
Thomson Reuters / EBS Spot Fixings.
<FXFIX=> 11am London.
<FXCLOSE=> 4pm London.
ISDA Interest Rate Swap fixing ISDAFIX1 to ISDAFIX5.
<EURIBOR365=> Euribor Act/365.
LONDON INTERBANK OFFERED RATES.
<BBALIBORS> BBA LIBOR source banks.
OTHER FIXINGS
Other interbank offered rates FIXINGS.
Overnight fixings:
<EONIA> European overnight fixing.
<EONIA=> European overnight fixing.
<EONIARECAP> European overnight fixing.
<SONIAOSR=> W.M.B.A. GBP O/N fixing rate.
<SONIA> W.M.B.A. GBP O/N fixing rate.
<SONIARECAP> W.M.B.A. GBP O/N fixing rate.
<USONFFE=> U.S. O/N Fed Funds Effective Rate.
<WMRFWDC> WM company London closing spot rates.
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FIELD NAMES FOR QUOTE LISTS AND POWER PLUS Pro
If you want to set up a quote list in an Excel spreadsheet, then these are the most commonly used fields. For each field of
information, you can use either the FID (Field Identification Number) or the field used in Reuters 3000 Xtra.
Basic Fields for RIC symbol with Generic Template e.g.<EUR=>
FID
FIELD NAME
Ripples to
type
length
Description
22
BID
BID_1
PRICE
17
Latest bid price. For US Composite stock and equity market maker super
records the best bid price. For OM type option markets the block bid price.
25
ASK
ASK_1
PRICE
17
Latest ask price. For US Composite stock and equity market maker super
records the best ask price. For OM type option markets the block ask price.
26
ASK_1
ASK_2
PRICE
17
Previous latest ask prices the first being most recent.
23
BID_1
BID_2
PRICE
17
Previous latest bid prices the first being most recent.
17
ACTIVE_DATE
DATE
11
The date when the time in TIMACT was updated.
5
TIMACT
TIME
5
Time when the head-end updated a certain field or fields in the record.
Which field depends on the instrument.
3
DSPLY_NAME
ALPHANUMERIC
16
Expanded name for the instrument.
105
BCKGRNDPAG
ALPHANUMERIC
4
Page on the international monitor system containing information relevant
to the instrument. The code for an individual company is displayed for all
exchanges on which the company trades.
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OFFCL_CODE
ALPHANUMERIC
12
Unique numeric code assigned to the instrument.
115
BID_TICK_1
ENUMERATED
2
The direction of bidding from the previous bid. Can be calculated from either
the bid price or for forward rates the offset from the bid price.
203
BID_HIGH_1
PRICE
17
Today's highest and lowest bid prices.
204
BID_LOW_1
PRICE
17
Today's highest and lowest bid prices.
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Basic Fields for RIC symbol with Non Generic Template e.g.<EUR1MO=>
FID
FIELD NAME
Ripples to
type
length
Description
393
PRIMACT_1
PRIMACT_2
PRICE
17
Primary last activity fields the most recent held in PRIMACT_1.
275
SEC_ACT_1
SEC_ACT_2
PRICE
17
The activity type may involve one or two fields. In the latter case these field
holds the second half of the most recent activity. SEC_ACT_n is associated
with PRIMACT_n.
394
PRIMACT_2
PRIMACT_3
PRICE
17
Primary last activity fields the most recent held in PRIMACT_1.
276
SEC_ACT_2
SEC_ACT_3
PRICE
17
The activity type may involve one or two fields. In the latter case these field
holds the second half of the most recent activity. SEC_ACT_n is associated
with PRIMACT_n.
875
VALUE_DT1
VALUE_DT2
DATE
11
Five latest date fields that refer to the date of latest activity for some arbitrary
field or fields.
1010
VALUE_TS1
VALUE_TS2
TIME_SECONDS
8
Five latest activity times in seconds corresponding to the times in minutes
FIDs 880 – 884. The corresponding dates are held in FIDs 875 – 879
VALUE_DT1 – 5.
831
CTBTR_1
CTBTR_2
ALPHANUMERIC
12
The five latest contributor short names CTBTR_1 being the most recent.
841
CTB_PAGE1
CTB_PAGE2
ALPHANUMERIC
4
The five latest contributor page codes CTB_PAGE1 being the latest.
826
DLG_CODE1
DLG_CODE2
ALPHANUMERIC
6
The five latest dealing codes DLG_CODE1 being the most recent.
115
BID_TICK_1
ENUMERATED
2
The direction of bidding from the previous bid. Can be calculated from either
the bid price or for forward rates the offset from the bid price.
12
HIGH_1
HIGH_2
PRICE
17
Today's highest transaction value.
13
LOW_1
LOW_2
PRICE
17
Today's lowest transaction value.
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IN BRIEF: FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND MONEY MARKETS
The codes for FX and money instruments are made up of
very simple elements.
They all begin with the internationally known SWIFT codes
(such as JPY for the Japanese Yen). The other elements are
equally straightforward.
For instruments based on currency pairs, you simply need
to begin with the SWIFT codes for each currency.
For example, consider the RIC symbol:
<EURJPY6M=ABNL>.
First currency/SWIFT code EUR
Second currency code needed for cross rates JPY
Speed-guide: <MONEY>
MARKET
MARKET TILES
SUPER RIC
CONTRIBUTOR RIC
SPEED GUIDE
Spot rates
<EFX=>
<EUR=>
<EUR=BARL>
<SPOT/1>
Asian Spots
<AFX=>
European Spots
<EFX=>
North American Spots
<NFX=>
Cross rates
<EUR=>
<EURCHF=>
<EURCHF=BARL>
<CROSS/1>
Calculated Crosses
<EURX=>
Contributed Crosses
<EURX1=>
Forward rates
<EURF=>
<EUR1M=>
<EUR1M=TTKL>
<EURF=>,
<FWD/1>
Deposit rates
<DM=>
<EUR1MD=>
<EUR1MD=TTKL>
<EURDEPO=>,
<DEPO/1>
FRAs
<TOPFRA>
<EUR1X4F=>
<EUR1X4F=TTKL>
<FRA/1>
Period 6
Delivery period indicator M
Delimiter =
Broker/Market Maker code ABNL
So this RIC symbol gives you the six-month forward rate
for the euro against the Japanese yen, contributed by
ABN AMRO (ABNL).
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FUTURES
Futures contracts exist for stock indices, commodities and for the interest rate and bond markets.
These contracts are traded on their respective futures exchange in real time. If you want to see this
information, make sure you have subscribed to the relevant futures exchange.
You can find codes for futures data on the following pages:
<FUTURES> The main speed-guide for futures.
<FUTURES> F3 futures chain, easier to drill down.
Alternatively, all futures are available listed by country and
exchange. For example, if you’re looking for the S&P 500
future traded on Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME):
1. From the <FUTURES> speed-guide page go to the US
futures and options speed-guide page <US/FUTEX1>.
2. F
rom there, go to the CME page <CME/FUTEX1> or
straight to the relevant exchange if you know the threeletter exchange code, e.g. <LIF/FUTEX1> for the London
International Financials Futures Exchange.
FUTURES CONTRACTS
RIC symbol codes for individual futures contracts incorporate
indicators that tell you what the delivery month and year are.
Once you know the root code, you can easily construct your
own futures RIC symbols.
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Month (Z = December)
FEIZ4
Root code (for the
three-month Euribor)
Year (4 = 2014)
DELIVERY MONTH CODES FOR FUTURES
January
F
February
G
March
H
April
J
May
K
June
M
July
N
August
Q
September
U
October
V
November
X
December
Z
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0 for the year 2010, 4 for the year 2014 and so on.
c This stands for continuation (lower case)
1 For the first front contract
Individual futures contracts will always be available on
a real-time display until they officially expire.
Please note that continuations RIC symbols are another
instance where the code must use upper- and
lower-case exactly.
CONTINUATION RIC SYMBOLS
The most convenient way to display futures contracts is by
using continuation RIC symbols. These always display the
details of the present contract, so there is no need to change
the month and year code in a display every time the contract
expires. The continuation RIC symbol will automatically roll
over to the next one.
SERIAL FUTURES CONTRACTS
Some short interest rate futures settle not only in March, June,
September and December, but also in odd months. For these
serial futures contracts, you need to add the extra lower-case
letter m after the c, for example,<FEIcm1>,<FEIcm2>.
The structure for continuation RIC symbol is:
This will always display the main months, even when the
contracts roll over to the next one.
1. RIC symbol root code,
Basis-Gap Adjusted Continuations rolling on Volume.
2. Followed by the lower-case letter “c” and
Some high-liquidity futures contracts are also delivered with
continuations with special features:
3. The front contract number, e.g. 1 for the first front
contract, 2 for the second front contract, 3 for the third
front contract and so on.
To stay with our three-month Euribor example:
FEI Is still the RIC symbol root for the three-month Euribor
traded on LIFFE
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- t he continuation rolls when end of day accumulated
volume on the second month contract is larger than
the first, e.g. <CLcv1> through <CLcv3>.
- the continuation rolls when end of day open interest
on the second month contract is larger than the first,
e.g. <CLcoi1> through <CLcoi3>.
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- the continuation rolls when end of day open interest
or end of day accumulated volume is larger
on the second month contract than on the first,
e.g. <CLcvoi1>.
KEY DATES INFORMATION
Detailed data of the key dates for settlement of futures
contracts is provided for commodities contracts under
<EXCHANGE/DATES>.
- in all three instances, the history stored for these
“cv”, “coi” or “cvoi” contracts is basis-gap adjusted
on each roll.
FUTURES CHAINS SHOWING MARKET DEPTH
Some exchanges offer the market depth for their derivatives
as an additional service.
FUTURES CHAINS
Futures chains allow you to see all available contracts for a
future in one display. Here are three simple ways of retrieving
a futures chain:
The way to retrieve these is by typing the current full
individual contract RIC symbol then pressing the chain key.
• D
isplay the relevant speed-guide (for example
<EUR/FUT1>), then double-click on one of the futures
RIC symbols displayed in angle brackets. For example:
<0#FEI:>.
(Remember that anything beginning with 0# will display
a chain).
For long gilt futures: <FLGU0> F3 for Sep 2010.
A chain displays the individual futures contract with all
contract months – in this case, the three-month Euribor
futures, traded on LIFFE.
• T
ype the chain RIC symbol of a futures contract and
press the chain key F3. In this case, you do not include
the standard chain indicator 0# at the beginning.
For example : <FEI:>F3 .
• Type the RIC symbol for the contract including the
standard chain indicator 0# at the beginning, then
press .
For example:
Or for the FTSE 100 Index <FFIZ0> F3 for Dec 2010.
DELAYED FUTURES DATA
You can view delayed full quotes on futures by typing a
forward slash (/) in front of the RIC symbol, for example:
</FEIZ4>.
This is only available for contracts for specific months and
expiry dates -continuation RIC symbol will not provide
delayed data.
You can display delayed futures in Thomson Reuters
Graphics even if you have not subscribed to the relevant
real-time exchange.
For example, <0#FEI:>.
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EXPIRED FUTURES
Expired futures cannot be viewed in any real-time
application, but can be viewed in applications that allow you
to see historical data:
FIELD
FID NUMBER
RIC CODE
RIC NAME
-1
X_RIC_NAME
Name of future
DISPLAY NAME
3
DSPLY_NAME
Reuters 3000 Xtra users can use the Graphics object or the
spreadsheet to view expired futures.
Contract month
CONTRACT MONTH
41
CONTR_MNTH
Bid
BID
22
BID
The RIC symbol structure for this data is a small variation on
the standard format. The key point is that you need to specify
the decade of the expiry year (the standard format only
specifies the last digit). For example:
Offer
ASK
25
ASK
Net change
NET CHANGE
11
NETCHNG_1
Today’s high
TODAY’S HIGH
12
HIGH_1
Today’s low
TODAY’S LOW
13
LOW_1
Opening interest
OPEN INTEREST
64
OPINT_1
VOLUME
VOL ACCUMULATED
32
ACVOL_1
<YANF8^9> where YAN is the root RIC symbol for the ANZ
(stock) future traded at the Sydney Futures and Options
Exchange (SFE).
F8 indicates that it is a January contract, traded in a year with
a so far unknown decade (19?8). In order to specify the exact
decade, simply add a hat symbol (^) and the desired decade
(9 in this case for 1998).
field of information, you can use either the Power Plus Pro
IN BRIEF: FUTURES
The main speed-guide for futures is <FUTURES>.
DISPLAYING ALL CONTRACTS FOR ONE FUTURE
Most chains are based on a two- or three-character RIC root
code followed by a colon. They can be entered as follows:
<US:> F3 for the 30-year US treasury bond future, or
<0#US:>.
DISPLAYING SINGLE CONTRACTS
Continuation RIC symbols automatically retrieve the present
contract for a future, so you don’t need to re-enter the
present month and year every time a future expires.
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For example:
<USc1>The structure is RIC symbol root followed by c1.
For a quote on a contract on a specific month and year, add
the alphabetic month code then the last digit of the expiry
year to the end of the RIC symbol root.
0 for the year 2010, 4 for the year 2014 and so on.
For example:
<USU0> for the September 2010 contract of the 30-year US
Treasury bond.
DELAYED FUTURES
Delayed full quote futures can be retrieved by typing a
forward slash (/) in front of the RIC symbol. Please note that
only month and year contracts, but not continuation RIC
symbols, allow you to retrieve delayed data. For example
</FEIZ4>.
Have a look at what futures are available on page
<WORLD/DELAY1>.
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OPTIONS
Options can be traded on a broad variety of financial instruments: equities, currencies, commodities,
interest rate and bond futures, or equity indices, to name just a few. There are also options on futures.
TOOLS FOR FINDING DATA
<OPTIONS>
The main speed-guide for options.
<OPT/IR1>
Interest rate and bond options.
<OPT/FX1>
xchange-traded foreign exchange
E
options.
<OPS/FX1>
ver the counter foreign exchange
O
options.
<EQUITY/OPT1> Equity options.
<OPTIONS>
EQUITY OPTIONS
EQUITY CASH OPTIONS
CHAINS OF OPTIONS ON CASH EQUITIES
Chain RIC symbols for cash equity options are made from the
following components:
1. Root RIC symbol.
2. * (an asterisk).
3. . (A dot).
F3 Options chain, easier to
drill down.
4. Exchange identifier of the exchange where the option
is traded.
5. In some cases, there can be an option chain extension
(for example, ++ for at-the-money options).
For example, <TRIL*.L> F3 for all Reuters options traded on
LIFFE, or
<GDAX*.EX++> F3 for-at-the-money DAX options traded
on Eurex.
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80 OPTION EXCHANGE IDENTIFIERS
These can also be found on page
American Stock Exchange Options
<RULES3>
.A
Australian Stock Exchange
.AX
Austrian Stock and Options Exchange
.v
Belgian FOX
.b
Boston Options Exchange (BOX)
.B
Chicago Board Options Exchange
.W
Copenhagen Stock Exchange
.CO
Deutsche Terminboerse
.d
European Options Exchange
.E
EUREX
.EX or .d or .Z
Finnish Options Exchange
.h
Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
.HK
Hong Kong Futures Exchange
.HF
International Securities Exchange
.Y
London Traded Options Market (LSE)
.L
MEFF Renta Variable
.i
Nagoya
.NG
Norwegian Options Exchange
.n
MATIF Traded Options
.m
Milan ISO
.MI
Montreal Stock & Options
.M
NASDAQ Options
.O
OPRA
.U
Osaka Stock Exchange
.OS
Pacific Stock & Options Exchange
.P
Paris Traded Options
.p
Philadelphia Options Exchange
.X
Sao Paolo, Bolsa de Valores
.SA
Stockholm Options Market
.ST
Swiss Options & Financial Futures Exchange
.Z
Tokyo Stock Exchange
.T
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US OPTIONS TRADED ON OPRA
OPRA, the Options Price Reporting Authority, reports prices
on US equity, index, currency and interest rate options from
the following exchanges:
AMEX
.A
Boston
.B
Chicago
.W
ISE
.Y
Pacific
.P
Philadelphia
.X
NASDAQ
.O
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OPRA STANDARD SERVICE
The OPRA Standard Service is available via Thomson
Reuters real-time Integrated Data Network (IDN).
This gives you:
The easiest way to find NBBO debt, equity and equity index
options is to use the Z# codes, which are based on RIC
symbol roots. These display the chains available for that
series of options, and you can then double-click on the call
or put for the relevant strike to view a quote.
• All currency and interest rate options.
• National best bid/offer (NBBO) quotes on debt,
equity and equity index options.
The quote shows the last trade and the best bid and offer
available across all the options exchanges, along with an
identifier showing which exchanges those rates are offered
on. (Note: when the market opens each day, quotes on
contracts that have no open interest are embargoed for
1.5 hours to ensure that the network remains reliable at
peak times).
The structure of Z# codes is:
Z#
Asterisk
Z#IBM*.U
exchange identifier –
use .U to cover all the
OPRA exchanges
RIC root
The easiest way to find currency options traded on the
Philadelphia Options Exchange is to start at page OPT/
FX1. From here, you can drill down via currency. The easiest
way to find interest-rate options on OPRA is to start at page
OPT/IR1. Again, you can drill down from here.
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You can find out which exchanges
a series of options is traded on
by displaying a full quote on the
underlying instrument.
The letters underneath Options
tell you which exchanges the option
is traded on. In this example,
the option is traded on ISE,
AMEX, Pacific, Chicago
and Philadelphia.
A useful way of finding options
on an underlying instrument is
to use Z# codes to display
chains of chains.
The structure of Z# codes is:
Z#
Asterisk
Z#IBM*.U
exchange identifier –
use .U to cover all the
OPRA exchanges
RIC root
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For a general search, use the .U suffix. Otherwise, you can
use the identifier of the primary exchange where options on
that underlying instrument are traded.
You can double-click on any of the codes displayed on
the left-hand side to see a list of current prices for its
puts or calls.
MONTHLY OPTION CHAINS
Thomson Reuters provides monthly option chains for
Euronext-LIFFE equity and FTSE index options.
For interest rate, FX and money market options, you add a +
after the month and year code. For Euribor traded on LIFFE,
the DEC11 futures contract is <FEIZ1>, so the monthly
options chain is <FEIZ1>+F3.
AT-THE-MONEY CHAINS
At-the-money (ATM) chains currently exist for LIFFE equity
options and FTSE index options. Information on any new
markets that the at-the-money chains are created for will
be announced on the NEWDATA news codes, listed on
page <DATA>.
For a standard equity option the ATM chains consist of:
• The at-the-money strike contracts (or closest value).
• 3 strikes below the at-the-money strike.
The current syntax of the monthly option chains for LIFFE is:
• 3 strikes above the at-the-money strike.
RIC symbol root <VOD>.
They track price movements of the underlying equities
throughout the day.
Future month expiry code (June) <Z>.
Year digit (2012) <2>.
All contract expiries for the relevant strike prices are also
included in the chain.
Asterisk *.
Exchange identifier <.L>.
For example:
<VODZ2*.L> F3 (December 2012 contracts)
Alternatively, to see a list of all months on an equity option
contract <VOD*.L> + F3.
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The RIC symbol structure for an at-the-money chain is:
The RIC symbol structure is:
RIC symbol root TRIL.
This example shows the December 100 call option for the
British pound on LIFFE.
Asterisk (*) *.
To construct a single contract, here are the delivery month
codes for options:
Dot and exchange identifier .L
Two plus signs ++
CALL OPTIONS:
Confirm with the F3 key F3
For example: <TRIL*.L++> F3.
THE STRUCTURE OF SINGLE-OPTION CONTRACTS
As we have seen, the best way of finding a specific contract
is nearly always to drill down from the speed-guide or to
display a chain based on the underlying instrument.
Nevertheless, it is useful to be able to interpret the codes
that are displayed for 86 single contracts.
Underlying
RIC root
Month-letter for put or call
Strike price
VOD100L0.L
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PUT OPTIONS:
January
A
July
G
January
M
July
S
February
B
August
H
February
N
August
T
March
C
September
I
March
O
September
U
April
D
October
J
April
P
October
V
May
E
November
K
May
O
November
W
June
F
December
L
June
R
December
X
EUREX CONTRACTS
An example RIC symbol would be <BMWG330dB0.EX>
for the BMW Feb 2010.
Strike 33 call option. Refer to <RULES5>for specific RIC
symbol construction rules on Eurex.
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FINDING OPTIONS ON FUTURES
There are three primary means to find relevant options on
futures content:
1) The ‘all options’ chains, e.g. <0#ROOT+>: If you know
the RIC symbol root of the underlying futures contract,
the options on that contract can be found by:
a. Adding a + to the end of the RIC root code and
pressing F3. This results in a list of all the delivery
months of that contract. Double-clicking on a
delivery month will give a chain of all strikes for both
puts and calls for that delivery month.
FIELD
FID NUMBER
RIC CODE
RIC NAME
-1
X_RIC_NAME
Name of future
DISPLAY NAME
3
DSPLY_NAME
Contract month
CONTRACT MONTH
41
CONTR_MNTH
Bid
BID
22
BID
Offer
ASK
25
ASK
Net change
NET CHANGE
11
NETCHNG_1
Today’s high
TODAY’S HIGH
12
HIGH_1
Today’s low
TODAY’S LOW
13
LOW_1
Opening interest
OPEN INTEREST
64
OPINT_1
Volume
VOL ACCUMULATED
32
ACVOL_1
b. By adding + to the end of a specific futures contract
RIC symbol code and pressing F3 to reach the same
end point, i.e. all strikes for both puts and calls for
that delivery month.
c. By drilling down via the contract details page
for a given futures contract to find all related
options chains.
The contract details page is typically <XXX/RR>,
where XXX is the three letter exchange code and RR
is the RIC symbol root.
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The At-The-Money (ATM) Options Chain:
d. Adding “++” to the end of the futures root code and
pressing F3 results in a list of all delivery months
and a drill down into their ATM options, with 15
positions either side of the ATM position captured
on the chain.
e. Adding “++” to the end of a futures RIC symbol code
and pressing F3 to reach the same end point, i.e. 15
contracts either side of the ATM position.
2) The At-The-Money (ATM) Continuation Chains: Specific
subsets of the options on commodity futures have been
created so as to have continuation instruments for ATM
options instruments. All roots shown on <CEVOLSURF>
are included within this content set.
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Volatility Surface Content
Volatility surfaces for key commodities contracts are listed
on <CEVOLSURF>. These include:
OPTIONS ON FUTURES RIC SYMBOLOGY
The construction of options on futures RIC symbols is
based on
- Non-interpolated IV surfaces under the symbol
<RVOLSURF>, where R is the futures root code.
<RPDY>
Where:
R is the root code.
P is the price, without decimal point, scaled according to
standards which vary by contract and by exchange.
D is the options delivery month, based on the month codes
shown in the table below.
Y is the last digit of the delivery year.
The table of month code.
- Interpolated IV surfaces under the symbol
<RVOLSURF1>, where R is the futures root code.
- Constant maturity/constant delta surfaces under the
symbol <0#RVOLSURF>, where R is the futures root code.
ATM Volatility Indices
ATM volatility indices for most options on futures are
available, with histories, on Thomson Reuters products.
The symbol structure for these instruments is <RATMIV>,
where R is the futures root code.
CALL OPTIONS:
PUT OPTIONS:
January
A
July
G
January
M
July
S
February
B
August
H
February
N
August
T
March
C
September
I
March
O
September
U
April
D
October
J
April
P
October
V
May
E
November
K
May
O
November
W
June
F
December
L
June
R
December
X
An example RIC symbol is: <CL700C0>, which is the
USD70 strike price call option for NYMEX light sweet
crude oil for the March 2010 delivery month.
Another example is: <C100X1>, which is the USc100
strike price put option for CBOT corn for the
December 2012 delivery month.
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OTC FOREIGN EXCHANGE OPTIONS
Thomson Reuters carries contributions for FX options from
leading market makers and brokers. Thomson Reuters also
supplies in-depth calculated data providing more detail
and information. The main methods of quoting are bid/
offer for at-the-money rates and as a volatility surface.
ATM FX Options
We receive pricing for at-the-money FX option rates from
several market maker banks. Quotes are received as a bid/
offer implied volatility. We currently get contributions from
banks for around 50 currency pairs. These can be found
from the speed-guide <OPS/FX1>.
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RIC Symbol Construction
Composite displays are accessed by typing currency ISO +
“VOL”. Where one currency is “USD”, this ISO is ignored to
make the codes simple. For example:
<EURVOL> – ATM Options run for EUR/USD.
<EURJPYVOL> – ATM Options run for EUR/JPY.
Individual period composite RIC symbols are found by
typing currency ISO + period code + “O” + =, again the USD
component is ignored. For example:
<EUR1MO=> – EUR/USD 1 month ATM implied
option volatility.
<EURJPY1Y=> – EUR/JPY 1 year ATM implied
option volatility.
CONTRIBUTED SURFACES
Not all trading takes place “at the money” so some of our
contributors, mostly brokers, contribute the surface to show
options away from 50 delta. For contributed surfaces this
takes the format of ATM volatilities as before, risk reversals
and butterflies.
RISK REVERSALS
A Risk reversal is an option strategy involving the purchase
of a call and a put option. These are quoted for both
25 delta and 10 delta to show information about the
volatility smile.
25 Delta: Currency code + period + “RR” +”=” for example
<EUR1MRR=ICAP>.
10 Delta: Currency Code + period + “R10” + “=” for
example <EUR1MR10=GFI>.
BUTTERFLIES
A butterfly is a combination options trade consisting of four
options with three legs, this can be used to limit risk with
limited potential profit. These are quoted for both 25 and
10 delta.
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SURFACE DISPLAY
Contributed surfaces are shown on the tile of the
contributor who prices them, for example <EURVOL=GFI>. The main contributors for this data are the brokers GFI and
ICAP, their index pages can be found on <OPS/FX1>.
CALCULATED FX SURFACES
To provide more in-depth information, Thomson Reuters
provides calculated surfaces derived from brokers. We take
the contributed surfaces, e.g. GBPVOL=ICAP, and use that
information to derive the full smile per expiry from 10 delta
put to 10 delta call. We show implied volatility, premium
and strike for each data point.
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COMMODITIES
NAVIGATION BY RIC SYMBOL CHAINS
CHAIN DESCRIPTION
0#COMMOD (or COMMOD F3): The main RIC symbol
chain for non-energy commodities. From this RIC symbol
chain you can double-click on any of the eleven types of
commodity data from futures or cash to indices or
stock levels.
This enables you to drill down through these chains to
reach the required sector and product without needing to
know a code.
0#ENERGY (or ENERGY F3): The main RIC symbol chain
for energy. From this RIC symbol chain you can double-click
on any of ten types of energy data from futures or cash to
weather or spreads. This enables you to drill down through
chains to reach the required sector and product without
needing to know a code.
NAVIGATION BY SPEED-GUIDES
SPEED-GUIDE DESCRIPTION
COMMOD The main speed-guide for commodities,
containing information on base and precious metals,
grains, oilseeds and livestock. While the chain navigates to
logical RIC symbols (standard templates), the speed-guide
also points to page displays where less standard formats
are used.
XXX/1 Non-energy commodity futures and options
menu by market sector. Available for <GRAINS/1>,
<OILSEEDS/1>, <LIVESTOCK/1>, <SOFTS/1>,
<FIBRES/1>, <METALS/1>, <PRECIOUS/1>,
<SHIPPING/1>, <WEATHER/1>.
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XXx/2 Non-energy commodity cash market prices menu
by product/ alphabetical order. Identical market sector
identifiers as above, e.g. <GRAINS/2>.
XXX/3 Non-energy commodity specialist datasets (feeliable add-ons) by source/alphabetical order. Identical
market sector identifiers to above, e.g. <GRAINS/3>.
XXX/4 Non-energy commodity fundamental (supply/
demand) data by product/alphabetical order. Identical
market sector identifiers to above, .e.g. <GRAINS/4>.
ENERGY The main speed-guide for energy, with all codes
for power, gas and oil cash prices, futures and news. While
the chain navigates to logical RIC symbols (standard
templates), the speed-guide also points to page displays
where less-standard formats are used.
XXX/1 Energy futures and options menu by market
sector. Available for <CRUDES/1>, <PRODUCTS/1>,
<POWER/1>, <NATGAS/1>, <COAL/1>.
XXx/2 Energy cash market prices menu by product/
alphabetical order. Identical market sector identifiers as
above, e.g. <CRUDES/2>.
XXX/3 Energy specialist datasets (fee-liable add-ons)
by source/alphabetical order. Identical market sector
identifiers to above, e.g. <CRUDES/3>.
XXX/4 Energy fundamental (supply/demand) data
by product/alphabetical order. Identical market sector
identifiers to above, .e.g. <CRUDES/4>.
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CASH INSTRUMENTS
Commodities and energy RIC symbols cover a wide variety
of markets, so the best way to find data on instruments is to use the RIC symbol chains and speed-guides (see previous page).
The RIC symbols for cash instruments can be up to 15
alphanumeric characters long.
Typically, they consist of up to three main components,
separated by a delimiter:
RIC root
Type/Specification/Delivery
Location
1
2
3
1. T
he RIC symbol root is a mnemonic indicating the
physical instrument. This RIC symbol root is from one
to four alphanumeric characters long and will normally
be the futures market commodity root, e.g. “LH” for
live hogs.
In some cases, energy instruments have specification
details as the RIC symbol root for energy product RIC
symbols. This is to avoid unnecessarily long codes.
For example:
<BK180-ANT> for 180 centistoke bunker fuel.
2. T
ype/specification/delivery is up to eight alphanumeric
characters long. The individual elements are optional,
but at least one must be present. The order of
precedence is:
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• Type.
• Specification.
• Delivery.
ocation. This code specifies the location or the source
3. L
of the physical commodity.
Two-character ISO codes are used for countries, threecharacter ISO codes for cities, where applicable. All other
abbreviations are standard for all RIC symbols, e.g. W for
White, DLY for daily, but D for day (as in 15-day average).
TIP
Specification pages are available
for many of the more specialist
or complex cash prices. From the
<COMMOD> speed-guide select
<COMMSPECSA> or for energy,
go to <ENERGY> speed-guide and
select <ENGSPECA>.
As well as the ISO regional/city codes, the following codes
are also used:
CODE
REGION/CITY
CODE
REGION/CITY
CAR
Caribbean
AMER
North, South &
Central America
EURO
European
AFR
Africa
BE
Bremen, Germany
INDO
Indonesia
SAN
Santos, Brazil
PO
Pontianak, Indonesia
PA
Palembang, Sumatra
NIN
North India
LA
Lampung, Sumatra
SIN
South India
TP
T Priok, Indonesia
NE
Nuwa Eliva, Sri Lanka
SU
Surubaya, Indonesia
SUM
Sumatra
UP
U Pandang, Indonesia
JAV
Java
LATAM
Latin America
GUW
Guwahati, India
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All commodity abbreviations are standard for full quotes:
CODE
COMMODITY
PEP
Pepper
SUG
Sugar
CC
Cocoa
COF
Coffee
RUB
Rubber
TEA
Tea
2. In the 0#COMMOD/CASH display, double-click on any
of the RIC symbol chains displayed to drill down further
until you reach the required individual instrument.
A typical navigation could be:
1.0#COMMOD – Main commodities chain.
2.0#COMMOD/CASH – Commod physicals.
3.0#SOFTS/CASH– Softs physicals.
4.0#EUCOFFEE/CASH – European coffee.
5.0#EUCOFFEE-LDN – Coffee London.
So, for example, PEP is the RIC symbol root for pepper.
These RIC symbol structures are used for heavily-traded
cash instruments. Lightly traded instruments may not have
RIC symbols in this format. If in doubt, use the speedguides, such as <COMMODITY> or <ENERGY>, to drill
down to the instrument you need.
CASH COMMODITIES CHAINS
Chains provide a way of navigating directly from a high
level down to specific detail. You don’t need to know a
RIC symbol or any other code because there is a simple
description of the content at every stage. In the example
below, you just need to know that you want a London cash
price for coffee.
1. Type COMMOD and press F3 for the main commodities
RIC symbol chain. This offers a range of choices: doubleclick on 0#COMMOD/CASH (this is the same as COMMOD/
CASH followed by F3).
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This then presents you with a list of quotes – just doubleclick on the desired description to see the quote displayed
in standard format.
A typical navigation could be:
1.0#COMMOD – Main commodities chain.
2.0#COMMOD/CASH – Commod physicals.
3.0#SOFTS/CASH– Softs physicals.
4.0#EUCOFFEE/CASH – European coffee.
5.0#EUCOFFEE-LDN – Coffee London.
This then presents you with a list of quotes – just doubleclick on the desired description to see the quote displayed
in standard format.
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RIC SYMBOLS FOR COMMODITY CHAINS
RIC Symbol Chains usually have two parts: the commodity
code and a source or type indicator. Unfortunately, the
commodity RIC symbol for cash commodities chains is not
always the same as the RIC symbol root code for the full
quote. For example, the root code for sugar is SUG, but for
a cash commodity chain, the RIC symbol code is <SUGAR>
F3 or 0#SUGAR. The best way to find out is using the
speed-guide COMMOD/2.
The structure for the RIC symbol chain code is:
Delimiter
Commodity code
Market or
origin code
SUGAR-EU F3
Further examples: <PEPPER> F3 for global pepper,
<COFFEE-ARA> F3 for global Arabica coffee
1. 0#ENERGY
– Main energy chain
2. 0#ENERGY/CASH
– Energy physicals
3. 0#PRODUCTS/CASH
– Products cash
4. 0#P-NYH
– US Products New York
Harbor
This displays a list of quotes. Double-click on the
description JET NYH Prompt.
RIC SYMBOLS FOR ENERGY CASH CHAINS
An example of the regional code structure is <P-HKG> F3
for cash oil products in Hong Kong.
You can view lists of the available RIC symbol root codes by
displaying the following chains:
C-A
C-E
C-N
P-A
P-E
P-N
F3 Crudes,
F3 Crudes,
F3 Crudes,
F3Products,
F3 Products,
F3 Products,
Asia
Europe
North America
Asia
Europe
North America
ENERGY CASH PRICE CHAINS
Energy cash RIC symbol chains work in the same way as
commodities (see above).
Start your navigation at <0#ENERGY>
For example, this search drills down to find a spot price
for jet fuel at New York Harbor.
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TYPE CODE STRUCTURE
An example of the type code structure is <BRT-> F3 for cash
Brent oil.
The location codes used for energy contracts are:
CODE
LOCATION
CODE
LOCATION
A
Asia
MED
Mediterranean
AFR
Africa
N
US
AG
Arabian Gulf
NVA
Norfolk Virginia
ARA
AmsterdamRotterdam-Antwerp
NWE
North West Europe
BKK
Bangkok
NYH
New York Harbour
CA
Canada
PNW
Pacific Northwest
E
Europe
SF
San Francisco
G3
Group 3
SIN
Singapore
HKG
Hong Kong
TWN
Taiwan Kachsuing
IN
Inland Rhine Market
TYO
Tokyo (TokyoYokohama-Osaka)
KOR
South Korea
USG
US Gulf
LA
Los Angeles
WC
US West Coast
MC
US Mid-continent
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These RIC symbol structures are used for heavily-traded
cash instruments. Lightly-traded instruments may not have
RIC symbols in this format. If in doubt, use the speedguides (Such as <COMMODITY> F3 or <ENERGY> F3)
to drill down to the instrument you need.
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MORE EXAMPLES
To give you an idea about the structure and diversity of
markets, we have grouped the commodities and energy
markets into sub-sections. There are example codes for each:
Metals
METAL
Main Metals speed-guide covering Base,
Precious and Minor
Base metals
LME/INDEX
Index page for the London Metal Exchange
Base metals chain
BASE
Minor metals
MINOR
Minor metals chain
Precious metals
PREC
Precious metals chain
Grains
GRAIN1
Grain speed-guide
US hard wheat chain
WHEAT-HARD-US
Oilseeds
CNUT-AFR
CRUSHPL1
Livestock
MEAT-UK
HOGS
Softs
EUCOCOA-ICCO
ASTEA-DHA
Energy
ENERGY
ELECTRICITY
Power
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African coconut
Reuters crush profit-margin calculator
London Central Markets – Smithfield
Hogs Main Menu
International Cocoa Org daily prices
Dhaka weekly tea auction prices
Energy overview
General electricity overview
NORDPOOL or EL/NORDIC
Nordpool information and index pages
NAPOWER
North American power index page
EUROPOWER
European power index page
Gas
NG-GB F3
United Kingdom natural gas
Oil
OILOIL
IPE – NYMEX futures composite display
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COMMODITES FUNDAMENTAL DATABASE (MPD)
The Commodities Fundamental Database gives you
historical and projected figures for key global
commodities across metals, energy, emissions
and (during 2010) agriculture.
To view the home page for the database, go to:
http://bond.views.session.rservices.com/CE/
IN BRIEF: COMMODITIES AND ENERGY MARKETS
There are many different types of code for these markets –
one way of checking how RIC symbols are constructed for a
particular sector is to check the examples section (above).
For cash instruments, the structure is normally:
RIC symbol root | Type/Specification/Delivery | Location
For example:
<WHEAT-HARD-US>+F3 US hard wheat chain.
The best way of finding the RIC symbol is through the
speed-guides or chains.
For speed-guides, start at either <COMMOD> or <ENERGY>.
For chains, start at either <COMMOD> F3 or <ENERGY> F3.
FIELD
POWERPLUS PRO
INDENTIFIER
FID
NUMBER
LOCATION
Product
Name
DISPLAY NAME
3
DSPLY_NAME
Bid
BID
22
BID
Offer
ASK
25
ASK
Today’s
High
TODAY’S HIGH
12
HIGH_1
Today’s
Low
TODAY’S LOW
13
LOW_1
Volume
VOL ACCUMULATED
21
ACVOL_1
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The commodities and energy futures and options follow
the generic futures and options structure in the futures
and options chapters.
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DELAYED DATA
If you want market prices in real time, then in most cases, you’ll have to pay access fees to the
exchange. However, nearly all exchanges allow you to retrieve recent prices – delayed prices – free
of charge. The length of the delay depends on the individual exchange. In some cases, it will be just
a few minutes; in others, it might be the closing price at the last trading session. For a guide to all
delayed data, check the page: <WORLD/DELAY1>. This gives details of the delays for all exchanges.
DELAYED EQUITY AND INDICES FULL QUOTES
If you have access to the equity service, but have not
subscribed to a particular exchange, you can still view
a delayed full quote on an instrument on that exchange.
All you need to do is to put a forward slash (/) in front
of the RIC symbol.
For example, type </VOD.L> instead of <VOD.L>.
CLOSING RUNS
The closing run is a housekeeping exercise performed by
Thomson Reuters that prepares the display template for
the next trading session. To see when the closing runs are
performed, see page <CLOSE/RUN1>.
DELAYED CHAINS
Chains work the same way. Just put a forward slash in front
of the code:
</.GDAXI> F3 for the German DAX index or <0#/.GDAXI>.
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Note that if you use the 0# format, the forward slash goes
after the 0#.
Please remember that delayed chains are available for most
futures and equity indices, but not for all.
DELAYED FOREIGN EXCHANGE QUOTES
There is also delayed data for the foreign exchange
markets. In FX, there are two different types of delay:
Two minutes, which is called a snapshot and is expressed
by the letter S, and ten minutes, which is expressed by
using the letter X.
Example RIC symbols for these delays are:
<EUR=X> (ten-minute delay)
<EUR=S> (two-minute delay)
You can find a complete list of delayed FX quotes in the
cross-market package as described below.
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CROSS-MARKET PACKAGE
The cross-market package from Thomson Reuters gives
you a limited amount of real-time and delayed data free
of charge. If you have subscribed to only one asset class
service, this gives you useful indicators of the state of
other markets. You can find out more details on the page:
TIP
Delayed quotes can also be
displayed in a graph. Just treat the
delayed RIC symbol as if it were a
normal RIC symbol.
<CROSS/MKT1>.
STREAMING DELAYED DATA RIC Symbols
SDD (Streaming Delayed Data) RIC symbols have no further
arbitrary delay imposed by Thomson Reuters. Please refer
to data notification DN040482 on how to access streaming
delayed data trades published by MiFID trade
publishing venues.
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CONTRIBUTED DATA
Many leading market participants, such as investment banks, dealers and brokers, publish financial
information on the Thomson Reuters network. This can include price, analysis and market commentary.
These contributors provide insight and market rates across all asset classes, from vanilla equities to
exotic energy derivatives.
The contributed data is available in pages and in RIC symbols. Index page <CONTRIBUTIONS> is the
logical starting point. From here you can search for data by country, then specific market and finally
contributor name. Main index pages are also available for each contributor and, with just a few mouse
clicks, you can locate contributed data for all your business and trading needs.
Expert information is also available from specialist data providers who publish analytics and market
commentary. This can be ordered in addition to the Thomson Reuters service you have subscribed to.
For an overview of all specialist data on the Thomson Reuters network, type <SPECIAL>.
Thomson Reuters ensures that the quality of data published is always high. All contributors have
contractually agreed:
• To provide data that reflects their position or trading in the marketplace.
• To update in a timely manner, reflecting the level of activity in a particular market.
• Not to copy data from another source and republish onto their pages/RIC symbols.
• Not to publish defamatory or obscene material, or include advertising statements on behalf of third parties.
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RIC SYMBOLS AND FIDS
RIC symbols (also known as logical records) are now the
preferred format for publishing information on Thomson
Reuters. Each RIC symbol has a set of fields that hold
specific items of information about a single financial
instrument (bid/ask/high/low etc.).
These are also referred to as FIDs (field identifiers) because
each field has a unique numeric identifier.
Example full quote contributed RIC symbol: <EUR=BARL>.
When you request a full quote on a RIC symbol, the key
information for the instrument is displayed, for example:
bid, ask, contributor, location, time, date etc. Thomson
Reuters uses a display template to control this display.
It is important to realize that a RIC symbol contains many
more FIDs than are shown in the full quote. These are
defined by the record template.
Reuters 3000 Xtra users can use the display all fields
button to toggle between the display template and the
record template, to find out what fields are contained in a
record template and available for a specific RIC symbol.
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In summary, Thomson Reuters has thousands of different
fields (FIDs) to cover the whole breadth of every market
requirement. For a specific RIC symbol, only some of those
fields are relevant. It is the record template that dictates
which ones are relevant. The fields for a cash instrument,
for example, will be different from those required for a
future. Therefore, the cash and futures RIC symbols have
different record templates. In turn, the display template
defines the fields that are displayed when you view a full
quote. These are always the most important fields from the
record template. Chains and tiles are available to retrieve
multiple instruments in a single display, e.g. SPOT=BARL is
a tile where EUR=BARL and other FX spots from the same
contributor are displayed in one screen.
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THE ADVANTAGES OF CONTRIBUTING TO RIC SYMBOLS
If you wish to be a contributor, RIC symbols have significant advantages over page-based items.
The following table summarizes the relative merits:
LOGICAL CONTRIBUTION (RIC SYMBOLS)
PAGE CONTRIBUTION
Real-time intraday prices
Free format – contributor determines the content and display format
Record/display templates determine content and format of the display
Potentially more than one instrument per page
Discrete FID (field identifier) list per instrument type
Can be a combination of price, commentary, menus, disclaimers etc.
Predictable format (bid/ask etc.)
Content limited by size of page
Consistent logical structure
No automatic inclusion in aggregated displays but data can be parsed into
other applications such as Microsoft Excel
Ripple fields to show price history
Page should be relevant to content and contributor
Automatic sourcing to value added displays (Super RIC symbols)
e.g. EUR=
Page content is not archived
Use of color improves readability
Monochrome only
Chains and tiles available to retrieve multiple instruments in a single
display e.g. 0#GBTSY=
The five latest dealing codes DLG_CODE1 being the most recent.
Historical data available
The direction of bidding from the previous bid. Can be calculated from
either the bid price or for forward rates the offset from the bid price.
Easy to export/control e.g. to Microsoft Excel or in-house applications
Today's highest transaction value.
Tick Indicators
Today's lowest transaction value.
RIC symbol name specifies instrument
Single instrument per record
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RESTRICTED DATA SETS (RDS)
The vast majority of contributed data is made available to
all Thomson Reuters clients subscribing to the relevant
Thomson Reuters service. For example, a contributor page
that is classified to hold foreign exchange (FX) information
will be available to all Thomson Reuters clients subscribing
to a Thomson Reuters service containing FX information.
This is known as unrestricted or public data.
Some contributed pages may have restricted access to
protect the publishers of the data from their competitors.
Brokers, for example, will restrict competing brokers from
viewing their contributed pages on Reuters 3000 Xtra.
Restricted Data Sets (RDS) control who can and who
cannot view their contributed data. Contributors use
the data sets to restrict access. The options are
described below.
• P
ublic Restricted. Public restricted data is released to
all subscribers to the relevant service, except those
specified by the contributor. A public RDS is typically
used in cases where a contributor requires a wide
audience for the data, with certain key exclusions.
• P
rivate Restricted. Private data is released only to
those Thomson Reuters subscribers specified by the
contributor. A private RDS is typically used as a means
of communication between different sites of the
contributor, or to send information to a limited number
of subscribers. These subscribers can view the RDS data
regardless of the products to which they subscribe.
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WHAT DO I DO WHEN I CAN’T SEE A RIC SYMBOL OR
PAGE THAT I THINK I SHOULD BE ABLE TO VIEW?
Access is usually granted per billing address. If you’ve
changed your office location or billing address, it can affect
your access to some restricted data sets.
Contact the Thomson Reuters Help Desk or your Thomson
Reuters account administrator. We can tell you whether
you are still entitled to see that information or not.
You may need to contact the owner of the restricted
data set to obtain permission to see that data again.
SUPER RIC SYMBOLS
Some contributed prices on pages or RIC symbols can
also appear on Super RIC symbols. A Super RIC symbol
displays a single issue with the three latest contributed
prices available. These prices may be sourced from a single
contributor or from three different ones.
The example below shows two Super RIC symbols.
On top is <EUR=>. The last three rates are shown, plus
the identifier of the most recent contributor (Barclays).
The lower part of the display shows a German Bund
<DE113514=>. In this case, much greater depth of data is
shown, but note the three latest prices and contributors
near the top of the display.
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The recommended method is to contribute price
information directly to logical records. The Super RIC
symbol updates are triggered automatically by updates
from the contributed RIC symbol, as long as the updates
meet the relevant tolerance requirements. (This ensures
that clearly incorrect updates are not passed through
automatically and also maintains the integrity of the
composite display).
inserts the information into a RIC symbol or Super
RIC symbol. Because logicisation depends on knowing
the precise location and format of each piece of data on
the contributed page, you have to notify Thomson Reuters
in advance if you want to make any changes to the format
of that page.
CONTRIBUTED PAGES
Pages are the alternative medium for contributing. They
are most obviously useful if you want to publish text of any
kind, such as commentary. Given the significant advantages
of RIC symbol contributions over page-based contributions,
we encourage RIC symbol contribution. An IDN large page
is a single instrument made up of 25 rows, each with 80
characters e.g.< CITICOMMDTYTOT>.
LOGICISATION
If you contribute to pages rather than the RIC symbol
(see below), it may be possible for your page-based
contributions to be passed automatically to the Super RIC
symbol. The process for doing this is called logicisation.
With logicisation, Thomson Reuters picks up the
co-ordinates of an instrument in your page and
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The top row of each page is owned by Thomson Reuters.
It usually contains a date and time stamp (reflecting the
time of the most recent insert), together with the name and
subscriber number of the page owner. The rest belongs
entirely to the contributor.
UPDATING YOUR PAGES AND RIC SYMBOLS
As a contributor, you’ll find that the RIC symbol and pages
can be updated with minimal effort, either manually
(simply by typing the updated quote), or automatically
using spreadsheets. Your Thomson Reuters account
manager or contributions relationship manager will be able
to advise you on the most appropriate contribution method
for your requirements.
There are several different applications that enable you
to control your contributions and make your updates.
The main ones are introduced below.
INSERTLINK
Insertlink enables users to contribute prices and text
data to pages and RIC symbols to the Thomson Reuters
IDN network and to third parties. Tailored displays and
automated manual contributions can be set up to suit
your convenience, allowing you to contribute with just
a few mouse clicks. It can be installed on a range of
platforms and your Thomson Reuters representative
will advise you on the details for specific versions.
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REUTERS SPREADSHEET PUBLISHER (RSP)
This is an add-in to Microsoft Excel, enabling you to
contribute directly to Thomson Reuters and to third parties.
It is ideally suited to RIC symbol-based contribution.
By using simple Microsoft Excel wizards, Thomson Reuters
contribution functions can be created, enabling you to send
updates on a manual, automatic or timed basis, providing
you with feedback and error messages for all the inserts
that you have sent.
MARKETLINK-IP (MLIP)
This is for server-based contributions. It is a datafeed that
provides a gateway into Thomson Reuters, enabling client
systems to insert real-time updates from multiple desktops
or pricing engines. It can support both page-based and RIC
symbol contributions.
ConteX MCS
This is for server-based contributions. ConteX MCS
is a high-performance, low-latency, fault-tolerant
multi-contribution system, which takes data from a
range of sources (including pricing engines and market
data platforms), transforms it into appropriate formats
and protocols, and publishes it to multiple external
destinations. ConteX is also used for distributing and sharing market data between systems and desktops internally.
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IN BRIEF: CONTRIBUTED DATA
Thomson Reuters customers can publish their own rates
using RIC symbols (otherwise known as logical records)
or pages. Contributors are contractually obliged to ensure
the quality and accuracy of the information they publish.
Data can be contributed in public, public-restricted or
private-restricted format:
• P
ublic (Unrestricted) – any customer with access to
the service can see it.
• Public Restricted – everyone except a particular user
group defined by the owner of the contributions can
see that page.
• Private Restricted – only a group of pre-defined
customers can see the information.
Logicisation is the process of transforming page-based
information into record-based information.
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NEWS
Finding the news you need is easy. You can retrieve specific
stories using:
• Keywords.
• Codes.
• RIC symbol.
• Quote chains.
• Speed-guides.
Reuters 3000 Xtra users can also view Top News in an
internet browser.
Press F7 to display a browser window, then enter the URL:
http://topnews.session.rservices.com
From the front page of Top News, you can easily move to
specific news items or topics using the links or the menu
on the left-hand side.
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HOW TO SEARCH FOR NEWS
In Reuters 3000 Xtra, there are three ways of
retrieving news:
• Press F9 to open a news browser, enter news code(s),
keyword(s) or RIC symbol(s) and press
If you are building your own screen, double-click in an
empty frame and select News. Then type the code(s),
keyword(s) or RIC symbol(s) and press
In a pre-built screen, either select from the menu or
enter your own news code(s), keyword(s) or RIC symbol(s),
when the headline snap appears right click and drill down
to segments available.
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NEWS SPEED-GUIDES
On Reuters 3000 Xtra, click in a quote frame or press F4
for a quote browser. Then type the code for the speed-guide
and press
CODE
CONTENT
NEWS
Reuters news speed-guide
Guide to all equities news
DEBT/NEWS1
Guide to all fixed-income news
MONEY/NEWS1
Guide to all money news
COMMOD/NEWS1
Guide to all commodities news
ENERGY/NEWS1
Guide to all energy news
IND/DIARY (this is a news code
not a speed-guide reference)
Guide to all Reuters diaries
IND/NEWS1
Guide to all sector news codes
IPO/NEWS1
Guide to all news on IPOs
G7DIARY1
G7 economic indicator data diary
EUROLAND01
Guide to euroland economic data
EMRGDIARY01
Emerging markets economic data diary
POLL1
Guide to Reuters polling information,
including asset allocation surveys and
forex and interest-rate forecasts
PMI/1
Reuters purchasing managers indices
THIRDPARTY/NEWS1
Guide to all third-party news
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ECI
EQUITY/NEWS1
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finding news: they are designed to be logical and easy
to remember.
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for news about economic indicators.
EMRG
for news about emerging markets.
PL
for news relating to Poland.
You can find the codes you need using Thomson Reuters
speed-guides:
• In Reuters 3000 Xtra, type NEWS in a Quote object
and press
Alternatively, you can view a list of all news codes:
• In Reuters 3000 Xtra, use the News Expression Builder
(click on
icon on the New Browser tool bar or
available from the toolbar and right-click menu).
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KEYWORDS
Simply type AUCTION to retrieve headlines containing
this word. Or type “US CREDIT OUTLOOK” (including the
quotation marks) to find headlines containing this phrase.
Alternatively, to search both the headline text and story
text for a specific keyword, just type the keyword within
quotation marks and press the SHIFT and F9 keys
simultaneously. With this method, the headlines are not
updated automatically, so you’ll need to refresh the window
each time you want to check for the latest news.
RIC SYMBOLS
Simply input TRI.N to retrieve headlines about
Thomson Reuters. Or type FTSE to retrieve headlines
about the FTSE index. Alternatively, if you are already
looking at the Thomson Reuters share price, simply press
F9 and this will retrieve the same headlines. This will
also work for quote chains.
In the News Expression Builder, codes are divided in to
three: product codes, topic codes (combined in the Subject
tab) and Named Item codes (listed in the Report tab).
Product codes like UKI define the markets at which the
story is aimed, Topic codes like GB define what the story is
about and Named item codes, like .L, are for stories which
are basically always about the same thing but change
over time.
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HOW TO CUSTOMIZE YOUR NEWS SEARCH
You can combine codes, RIC symbols and keywords to
make your search as specific as required.
To narrow your search, type more than one code or
keyword and join them together with either a hyphen
or the word AND:
The Washington Post and The Economist. When building
your own screens, insert the Global Press Watch object.
Most news codes are the same as those for Reuters news,
for example, E for Equity news. So, CEN AND EMRG finds
headlines of articles relating to central banks in
emerging countries.
Example: ECI-EMRG or ECI AND EMRG gives news on
economic indicators in emerging markets.
To broaden your search, type more than one code or
keyword and either leave a space between them or join
them together with the word OR:
Example: ECI EMRG or ECI OR EMRG gives all news on
economic indicators anywhere in the world and all types
of emerging markets news.
To exclude specific codes, RIC symbols and keywords,
you should precede them by the word NOT:
Example: (ECI-EMRG) NOT PL gives news on economic
indicators in all emerging markets except Poland.
FACTIVA NEWS SEARCH (previously known as Global
Press Watch).
Factiva News Search, which is available to all Reuters
3000 Xtra users, is an excellent research tool, providing
access to a database of articles from hundreds of
respected publications, including The Financial Times,
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REUTERS NEWS ALERTS
AA
EQUITY NEWS
Top company news in Europe
REUTERS TOP NEWS STORIES
TOP/EQE
Top company news in the US
TOP/EQU
Reuters top news
TOP
Top company news in Asia
TOP/EQA
Top world and political news
TOP/G
Company results
RES
Top forex news
TOP/FRX
Results forecasts
RESF
Top equity news (Europe)
TOP/EQE
Mergers and acquisitions
MRG
Top equity news (Asia)
TOP/EQA
Active shares
HOT
Top equity news (USA)
TOP/EQU
New equity issues
ISU-E
Top emerging markets
TOP/EMRG
Initial public offering
IPO
Top fixed income
TOP/DBT
Corporate interviews
INTERVIEW
Guide to all Reuters top news
TOP/
Investment/mutual funds
FUND
Dividends
DIV
Broker research alerts
RCH
NEWS BY KEYWORD
Reuters diaries
DIARY
Credit ratings
AAA
News in detail
UPDATE
Derivatives
DRV
Instant market reaction and analysis
INSTANT
Stock market reports
STX
What the papers say
PRESS
Emerging markets equity news
EMRG-E
Who is Reuters talking to
INTERVIEW
Top banking and financial news
TOP/FIN
Reuters news advisories
ADVISORY
Top technology, media and
telecommunications news
TOP/TMT
Top healthcare news
TOP/HEALTH
Top consumer and retailing news
TOP/RETAIL
Top capital goods, transportation
and manufacturing news
Top capital goods,
transportation
Top mutual fund industry news
TOP/BASIC
Or use any four-letter (or longer) word
of your choice
Top political news
TOP/G
Top corporate finance news
TOP/DEALS
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MONEY NEWS
NEWS BY REGION
All money news
M
European news
EUROPE
Top foreign exchange news
TOP/FRX
Western Europe
WEU
FX news page
FXNEWS
European Union
EU
Foreign exchange news
FRX
Asian news
ASIA
Economic indicators
ECI
United States
US
Market reaction and analysis
INSTANT
Nordic Countries
NORD
Interest rates
INT
Eastern Europe
EEU
Central banks
CEN
Emerging Markets
EMRG
European Central Bank
ECB
Latin America
LATAM
Federal Reserve
FED
US stocks
.N
International Monetary Fund
IMF
London stocks
.L
Money market
MMT
Tokyo stocks
.T
Technical analysis
INSI-FRX
Pan-European stocks
.EU
Derivatives
DRV
Weekly Wall St. outlook
.N/O
Gold and precious metals
GOL
Euro currency
EUR
European Union
EU
Monetary union news
EMU
Reuters trade strategy reports
IDEA/
Latest major currency update
USD/
Major currency full report
FRX/
Emerging market FX report
EMRG/FRX
FX options report
FX/OPT
FX technicals
TECH/FRX
Today in FX and Debt markets
MI/DIARY
Economic events diary
M/DIARY
Key economic events
KEY/DIARY
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FIXED INCOME NEWS
FIXED INCOME NEWS
All news for debt markets
D
Debt Diary
D/DIARY
All Treasury news
T
Today in FX and Debt markets
MI/DIARY
Top Debt news
TOP/DBT
Today in US treasuries
T/DIARY
All news about debt markets
DBT
Key world finance events
KEY/DIARY
Government debt news
GVD
Eurobond news
EUB
COMMODITIES NEWS
Ratings news
AAA
Commodities news
C
Derivatives
DRV-DBT
Top Commodities news
TOP/C
Mortgage-backed debt
MTG
Metals and related news
MTL
Eurobonds
EUB
Top news – metals
TOP/MTL
LOA
Base metals
MET
US Corporates
USC
Gold/precious metals
GOL
Equity-linked bonds
EQB
Metals diary
MTL/DIARY
New issues
ISU-DBT
Softs and related news
SOF
Terms & Conditions
TNC
Top news – softs
TOP/SOF
Municipals news
MUNI
Coffee
COF
Emerging Markets debt news
EMRG-DBT
Cocoa
COC
Technical Analysis
INSI-DBT
Rubber
RUB
Reuters trade strategy reports
IDEA/
Sugar
SUG
World Bond analysis report
G7/
Tea
TEA
Emerging Markets debt report
EMRG/DBT
Fruit juices
ORJ
Euro debt report
GVD/EUR
Softs Diary
SOF/DIARY
US treasury report
US/
US/O
Grains/oilseeds/livestock and related
news
GRO
US credit outlook
Japan debt report
JP/
Top news – grains/oilseeds/livestock
TOP/GRO
Grains/oilseeds/livestock summary
SUM/COM
Oilseeds and edible oils
OILS
Grains
GVD/EUR
Loans
Eurobonds report
EUB/
Mortgage debt report
MTG/
Swaps report (daily)
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COMMODITIES NEWS
ENERGY NEWS
Grains
GRA
Energy Analysis
ANALYSIS-O
Meals and feeds
MEAL
Energy diary
O/DIARY
Cotton and fibres
COT
World weather report
WSC
Timber, Pulp and Paper
TIM
Wool
WOO
GENERAL NEWS
LIV
All general news
G
WSC
Domestic politics
POL
Diplomatic relations
DIP
Natural/man-made disasters
DIS
Livestock
World weather report
ENERGY NEWS
All energy news
O
Elections
VOTE
Top energy news
TOP/O
Sports
SPO
North American power
ELN
Human interest
ODD
European power
ELE
Weather
WEA
OPEC news
OPEC
North Sea
NSEA
REUTERS POLLS AND FORECASTS
Iraq news
IQ-O
Top polls and surveys
POLL
Saudi news
SA-O
Diary of forthcoming polls
POLL/DIARY
Iran news
IR-O
All crude oil
CRU
All petroleum products
PROD
All natural gas
NGS
All shipping
SHP
Global oil price market comment
O/R
US NYMEX oil futures report
O/N
London IPE oil futures report
O/L
Energy equities news
ENR or ELG
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OTHER USEFUL PAGES
The following pages are also useful (view these in a Quote
object in Reuters 3000Xtra):
G7 economic data diary
G7TODAY
Euroland economic data diary
EUROLAND01
Emerging market economic data diary
EMRGDIARY01
Reuters Purchasing Managers Indices
PMI/INDEX1
Guide to Reuters polling information, including asset allocation surveys and forex and interest rate forecasts
POLL1
THIRD-PARTY NEWS SOURCES
Use the following news codes for third-party-news:
London stock exchange announcements
RNS
PR Newswire
PRN
Business wire
BSW
Euro top 300 press releases
CNR
For access to stories from Dow Jones Newswires, view the page
DJN/NEWS1
For a guide to all third-party news services, view the page
THIRDPARTY/NEWS1
Index of all change notifications affecting data CHANGES
LANGUAGE CODES
You can filter news so that you only see a specific language.
For example, ECI-LEN displays economic indicator news in
English. To see a full list of all available language codes,
look at page <LANGUAGE/NEWS1>.
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ERROR MESSAGES/ PERMISSIONING
Nobody has access to all the data supplied by Thomson Reuters. Sooner or later, you’ll see one of these error messages when you try to find something.
b) You are not permissioned to see the data (for datafeed
customers, selective access and data not available
are synonymous).
Selective Access
This means the code you have entered exists, but that you
are not permissioned to view or retrieve it.
Action
Phone your local customer support or Thomson Reuters
representative, who will be happy to give you the correct
code or will find out why you cannot retrieve the data
you requested.
Action
If you have requested exchange information, data from a
specialist data provider source, or a Restricted Data Set,
you need to notify Thomson Reuters that you want to see
this data. There may be an additional charge payable if you
have to subscribe to an exchange. The data may be part
of a Restricted Data Set, in which case either you are no
longer part of the user group and need to re-apply, or you
may not be permitted to view it.
Alternatively, you might not have subscribed to the correct
Thomson Reuters or specialist data service.
If you are trying to view a page belonging to a broker, it is
most likely that the broker has set up a Restricted Data Set.
Your Thomson Reuters representative will check if you are
able to view the information, and will contact the broker on
your behalf.
Data Not Available
This can have two meanings:
There are many support services provided by
Thomson Reuters Customer Administration.
Some of the more common services include:
ADDITIONS, DELETIONS AND CHANGES TO
EXISTING SERVICE
You can request additions, deletions and general changes
to services through the Thomson Reuters Customer
Administration Department. In some cases, your account
team involvement may be required if the requests require
additional pricing quotations or contractual terms.
Thomson Reuters Customer Administration can then
determine the need for additional information and handle
the request through to completion.
Additions to services that do not require additional
contracts or pricing will generally be permissioned
within 24 to 72 hours.
a) The code you entered does not exist
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EXCHANGE AND THIRD-PARTY SERVICE MANAGEMENT
In addition to the standard Thomson Reuters data packages,
you can add a variety of global exchange data (e.g. NYSE,
CBOT) and third-party data (e.g. First Call, S&P) to your
service. Customer Administration will act as the liaison
for you and the providers. Thomson Reuters Customer
Administration is responsible for helping you understand
and manage any contractual agreements with these service
providers as well as assist with any reporting requirements.
DATAFEED ACCESS DECLARATIONS
If you are using an open datafeed delivery mechanism
that requires you to submit Access Declarations, order
management specialists are the main contact point for the
monthly or quarterly reporting requirements. You will be
sent a Datafeed Access Declaration (DAD) on a quarterly
basis that will request you to enter the number of users of
each Thomson Reuters service and each exchange or thirdparty service. Our customer administration representatives
collect this information and process orders to update
your account and billing information. For directly billed
exchanges, you still have the obligation to report your
number of users to their own website.
ELECTRONIC SELF-ADMINISTRATION
Thomson Reuters offers a variety of customer
self-administration tools.
Please see the Administration Support Section on the
Customer Zone for more details on the self-administration
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tools: http://customers.reuters.com/Home/administration_
support.aspx
Specialized Support Services
There are areas of specialization within Customer
Administration to deal with the specific needs of our varied
customers. These special services include:
• Re-vendor support – for customers that resell exchange
or Thomson Reuters data and the unique contractual
rules associated with this type of model.
• Datafeed and exchange order management specialists
– assist customers with exchange and third-party service
management, including DAD submission and processing.
HOURS OF OPERATION
Our normal business hours of operation are:
Americas: 8:00am – 6:00pm EST, Monday – Friday.
Asia: 4:00am Monday to 6:00am Saturday, Bangalore Time.
Europe: 8:00am – 6:00pm CEST/CET, Monday – Friday.
For requests, queries and issues during normal business
hours, contact our Customer Care department. For out-ofhours permissioning services, you can contact the Thomson
Reuters Customer Support center to determine if the issue
can be addressed immediately. If not, the Thomson Reuters
Customer Support center will ensure that the issue is
actioned by Customer Administration for first contact the
following business day.
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CONTACTING THOMSON REUTERS CUSTOMER SUPPORT
CONTACT US
“Contact Us” is an electronic communication channel,
designed to make it simpler for a customer to get in touch
with Thomson Reuters Customer Support. It is available as
an electronic form within our products, on the Customer
Zone and as a standalone form online.
HELP DESK NUMBERS
For immediate assistance with technical or data and
functionality queries, please contact the Thomson Reuters
Customer Support via telephone. For a full listing of
product support phone numbers, please visit the Customer Zone:
ACCESSING THE “CONTACT US” FORM
There are three ways of accessing the “Contact Us” form:
https://customers.reuters.com/kccontactus/telephone.aspx
Check the page <PHONE/HELP> for latest details.
• From the Product: Under the Product Support section
there is a link for Online Support. When you click on that link, the “Contact Us” form will appear on top of your product
• From the Customer Zone
• From the “Contact Us” standalone form using the
following URL:
https://customers.reuters.com/sc/ContactUs/Simple/
trDefault.aspx
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