March 25th, 2025

17.5 FTO Release of Symbols (25.03.2025)

We’re rolling out a focused update to expand the range of available trading instruments. This release brings a significant addition of popular ETFs, international indices, commodities, and bond-related instruments, enabling more diverse and flexible backtesting.


πŸ†• New Symbols Added

You can now backtest your strategies on the following newly added instruments:

US ETFs & Indices

  • SPY – S&P 500 ETF

  • QQQ – NASDAQ-100 ETF

  • TLT – 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

  • DIAUS – Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF

  • IWM – Russell 2000 ETF

  • IWD – Russell 1000 Value ETF

  • IWF – Russell 1000 Growth ETF

  • IJH – S&P MidCap 400 ETF

  • IJR – S&P SmallCap 600 ETF

  • IVE – S&P 500 Value ETF

  • IVW – S&P 500 Growth ETF

  • IBB – iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF

Sector ETFs

  • XLK – Technology

  • XLV – Healthcare

  • XLF – Financials

  • XLE – Energy

  • XLI – Industrials

  • XLY – Consumer Discretionary

  • XLP – Consumer Staples

  • XLU – Utilities

  • XOP – Oil & Gas Exploration

  • IYR – Real Estate

Volatility & Commodities

  • VXX – Short-Term Volatility

  • USO – United States Oil Fund

  • SLV – Silver Trust

  • GLD – SPDR Gold Trust

  • GDX – Gold Miners ETF

  • GDXJ – Junior Gold Miners ETF

  • BRENT – Brent Crude Oil

International Markets

  • EEM – Emerging Markets ETF

  • EFA – Developed Markets ETF

  • VEA – Europe, Asia & Far East ETF

  • FXI – China Large-Cap ETF

  • EWZ – Brazil ETF

  • EZU – Eurozone ETF

  • EWH – Hong Kong ETF

  • EWJ – Japan ETF

  • EWY – South Korea ETF

  • EWW – Mexico ETF

  • EWT – Taiwan ETF

  • EWA – Australia ETF

  • VGK – Europe ETF

  • VNQ – US Real Estate ETF

  • ILF – Latin America 40 ETF

Bonds & Yield Instruments

  • IEF – 7-10 Year Treasury ETF

  • BUND – German 10-Year Bond Future

  • DVY – Dividend ETF

  • JNK – High Yield Corporate Bond ETF


This expansion is designed to unlock more professional-grade testing scenarios and allow you to simulate strategies across stocks, bonds, volatility, commodities, and global markets.

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