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S&P500 sid?

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Hello,

What is the S&P500 sid?
Is it SNP 22169 or SNPS 6994?

Thanks,

JM

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Actually neither of those are S&P 500.

You probably want sid(8554) which is SPY (SPDR S&P 500 ETF).

You can hover your mouse over the sid() function in the editor to see the name.

https://www.quantopian.com/help#ide-sid-lookup

There is, strictly speaking, no sid for the S&P 500. That's an index, not a security. 8554 is SPY. SPY is an ETF, and it tries to emulate the S&P 500. It's good enough for most purposes.

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Dennis, you beat me ;)

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Hello,

Yes, that was it. Thanks.

I tried the hovering, but it doesn't show the names only the stock symbols and sids. Bug?

Can I trouble you with the Dow Jones and NASDAQ ETF SIDs?

Is there a complete listing with SID, Symbol, Name available in your site (or anywhere else if the sid is standard)?

Thanks,

JM

To get started you can get ticker symbols from other sources (http://etfdb.com/, http://finance.yahoo.com/, etc).

DIA is the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF
QQQ is the PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 ETF (which tracks NASDAQ 100).

Here is a list of some index ETFs that might interest you:

    context.stocks = [  
                    sid(8554),  # SPY: S&P 500  
                    sid(2174),  # DIA: Dow Jones  
                    sid(19920), # QQQ: NASDAQ 100  
                    sid(21507), # IJH: S&P MidCap 400  
                    sid(33486), # VEU: Ex-US  
                    sid(27102), # VWO: FTSE Emerging  
                    sid(33748), # RSX: Russia  
                    sid(14523), # EWM: Malaysia  
                    sid(35793), # EPI: India  
                    sid(35975), # TUR: Turkey  
                    sid(35084), # BKF: BRIC  
                    ]

Within the symbol function, is the ticker the Bloomberg Ticker or the Reuters ticker?

Also, the sid is a quantopian metadata right? or do we have an external market id linked to it

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