We call a ticker the alphanumeric symbol used to uniquely identify a company listed on a stock exchange and its shares traded on that exchange. It is an abbreviation or code that helps simplify and speed up the process of referring to a company during market operations and on trading platforms.
For example, on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Apple Inc. is identified by the ticker AAPL, Microsoft Corporation is identified by the ticker MSFT, and so on. Similarly, other stock exchanges around the world have their own ticker coding systems to identify the companies listed on their platforms.
Tickers are used in stock quotations, financial news, trading platforms, and many other contexts related to the capital markets. They provide a quick and standardized way to refer to specific companies without needing to use their full names.
To locate an asset on BlackArrow, use the Asset Search and its Description column for easy identification of a code listed on your broker's exchange.
To view the asset search window, simply click on the top tab of the chart, on the ticker already selected, click on the chart to search, or hit the spacebar.
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