syminfo namespace

syminfo

Overview

syminfo provides read-only properties describing the symbol the script runs on: exchange, base currency, point value, tick size, session hours, and more. These fields help you adapt risk sizing, label content, or cross-market logic without hard-coding instrument details.

All `syminfo.*` values are simple, meaning they remain constant during the script run. You can safely assign them to var variables without worrying about bar-by-bar changes.

Common properties

Property	Description
syminfo.ticker / syminfo.tickerid	Symbol without / with exchange prefix (use tickerid for requests).
syminfo.prefix / syminfo.root	Exchange prefix and futures root symbol.
syminfo.currency / syminfo.basecurrency	Quote currency (e.g., "USD") and base currency for FX pairs.
syminfo.mintick / syminfo.minmove	Minimum price increment for the instrument.
syminfo.pointvalue	Monetary value of one whole price point.
syminfo.session / syminfo.timezone	Trading hours string and exchange timezone.
syminfo.type	Instrument type ("stock", "futures", "crypto", etc.).

Remarks

• Use syminfo.mintick when normalising stop distances or formatting price outputs to ensure compatibility across tick sizes.
• syminfo.pointvalue is especially helpful for futures: multiplying change (in points) by pointvalue yields currency profit/loss.
• When calling request.*() helpers, pass syminfo.tickerid to retrieve data for the active chart even if the user swaps symbols.

Example

//@version=5
indicator("syminfo summary", overlay=true, max_labels_count=1)

tickSize = syminfo.mintick
pointValue = syminfo.pointvalue

labelText = str.format(
    "{0}\nType: {1}\nTick: {2}\nPoint: {3}",
    syminfo.tickerid,
    syminfo.type,
    str.tostring(tickSize),
    str.tostring(pointValue))

if barstate.islast
    label.new(bar_index, high,
        text=labelText,
        style=label.style_label_left,
        textcolor=color.white,
        bgcolor=color.new(color.blue, 70))

See Also

• ticker
• timeframe
• request
• strategy()