To get stock quotes in StockMarketEye, you need to know the ticker symbol of the stock, ETF, mutual fund or other security type you are interested in.
StockMarketEye provides built-in symbol search technology that can help you get started quickly. You'll find the "Symbol Search" field in the upper right side of the StockMarketEye window.
Just start typing the name of a company or ticker symbol in this field and StockMarketEye will display a list of the 10 most likely, existing ticker symbols. The search results are displayed just below the symbol search field.
If the search results show the ticker symbol you're looking for, simply double-click it to add it to your Watchlist or Portfolio. You can also drag-and-drop from the search results list onto any Portfolio or Watchlist.
Sometimes Symbol Search does not offer any ticker symbols that match what you are really looking for. There are 2 typical reasons for this. The first is that this can happen when the symbol or company you are looking for no longer exists. StockMarketEye's symbol search only returns currently active ticker symbols. If shares of the company you are looking for no longer trade on any exchange (due to a buy-out, de-listing or any other reason), StockMarketEye will not be able to find a corresponding symbol.
The second reason is that StockMarketEye's symbol search gives priority to US-exchange listed symbols. If you are looking for ticker symbols of stocks that trade on non-US exchanges, they are also available in StockMarketEye, but you should read more about the exchange suffix rules below.
NOTE: Not finding the ticker symbol you are looking for is not necessarily a problem. StockMarketEye can only retrieve current price data for existing ticker symbols. However, if you don't want or need current price data (say, because you are entering old, closed-out positions; or because you are adding a non-quoted item to your portfolio such as a CD or bond), you do not need an existing ticker symbol. In this case, you can ignore StockMarketEye's warning about an invalid symbol.
There are 2 important things to know about the ticker symbols used by StockMarketEye.
Here are some of the most common exchanges, their suffix and a couple of example ticker symbols.
You can find a complete list of the exchange suffixes supported by StockMarketEye on this page.
Most symbols you find on one of the Yahoo! Finance country specific websites can be used directly in StockMarketEye. Here are links to the most commonly used, country specific Yahoo! Finance websites.
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