Symbols

Your firm-wide instrument catalog - trading hours, costs, and contract details, plus the Exchanges sub-tab.

The Symbols tab is your firm-wide instrument catalog - every tradable instrument, its trading hours, costs, and contract details. It has two sub-tabs: Symbols (the catalog) and Exchanges (enable additional exchanges such as Nasdaq).

Where it lives: Sidebar → Proptech Configuration → Symbols.

All changes apply at end of day (5–6 PM EST) - never immediately. Midday changes would disrupt live accounts mid-trade. An urgent midday change requires reaching out to Tickblaze on Slack; it is handled case by case, with no guarantee.

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The Symbols catalog

The Symbols catalog - every firm-wide instrument with its trading week, off-times, multiplier, and commissions.

When a firm is first provisioned, the catalog is empty - you add symbols yourself. Tickblaze provides a recommended starter set to begin from. Each row holds:

Column	Meaning
Symbol / Name	The ticker and display name (for example ES, GC, 6A).
Asset class	FUTURES or STOCKS.
Venue	The exchange the symbol trades on (CBOT, CME, NYMEX, COMEX, Nasdaq).
Trading week	When the trading week opens and closes (for example Sun 18:00 → Fri 17:00). Edit with the pencil.
Off-times	A recurring daily window when the symbol is not tradable (for example 17:00–18:00). Edit with the pencil.
Multiplier	The contract multiplier per unit - generally 1.
Comm/Fill	Commission charged per fill.
Comm/Order	Commission charged per order (most firms leave this blank - see below).
Actions	Delete the symbol from your firm.

At the top of the grid: Search, Bulk edit, Delete symbols, Save (commits inline edits), and + Add symbol.

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Adding a symbol

Click + Add symbol and fill in its identifiers (Symbol, Name), Asset class, Venue, Trading week, Off-times, Multiplier, Comm/Fill, and Comm/Order. Once saved, the symbol is available firm-wide.

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Trading week

The Trading week is the overall window when trading opens and closes each week - the top-level schedule you give your traders. Click the pencil to set when the week opens and when it closes (for example, stocks might open Monday 9:30 AM EST and close Friday 4:00 PM EST; CME futures run Sun 18:00 → Fri 17:00).

Setting the firm-wide trading week - when the week opens and when it closes.

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Off-times

Off-times are recurring windows within the week when a symbol is not tradable (for example a daily 17:00–18:00 maintenance break). They are also your operational lever for holidays and early closes - adjust them ahead of the day and verify the next morning.

Off-times for an exchange - recurring daily windows when trading is paused.

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Field details

Multiplier

The contract multiplier per unit. For Nasdaq stocks this is generally 1 - whatever margin the account has is what the trader can purchase.

Commission per fill (Comm/Fill)

How much commission to charge per share or contract filled. For example, 0.05 charges the trader $0.05 each time a share is filled.

Commission per order (Comm/Order)

Commission charged per order. Most prop firms leave this blank and use Comm/Fill instead - it is available if you need it.

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Bulk editing

To change the same field across many symbols at once, select the rows, click Bulk edit, and choose the field (Trading week, Off-times, Multiplier, Comm/Fill, or Comm/Order). As across the platform, the left side shows the setting you are changing and the right side shows the pending changes - a running list of what will be applied. Review it, then click Apply changes.

Bulk edit - the change on the left, the pending changes to be applied on the right.

The same flow works for every editable field. A few more examples:

Bulk edit - Off-times

Applying an off-times change across many symbols at once.

Bulk edit - Multiplier

Applying a multiplier change across many symbols at once.

Bulk edit - Commission per fill

Applying a commission-per-fill change across many symbols at once.

Bulk edit - Commission per order

Applying a commission-per-order change across many symbols at once.

Bulk changes take a few minutes to push. Never refresh or cancel mid-apply - it can corrupt in-flight state.

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Exchanges sub-tab

Switch to the Exchanges sub-tab to enable additional exchanges. Today this is Nasdaq (XNAS) for stock trading - thousands of stocks sit under it.

The Exchanges sub-tab - enable Nasdaq and set its firm-wide trading settings.

• Enabled - a new exchange starts Disabled. Click the Disabled button to enable it.
• Trading week / Off-times - set the exchange’s weekly open/close and off-windows (pencil icons).
• Multiplier - generally 1 for Nasdaq.
• Comm/Fill - the per-share commission (for example 0.05 = $0.05 per share filled).
• Comm/Order - per-order commission (most firms leave blank).
• Actions - delete the exchange configuration.

Click Save to commit.

Currently supported exchanges: CME (futures - covers CBOT, COMEX, NYMEX) and Nasdaq (stocks). Need another exchange? Raise it with Tickblaze during onboarding.

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Firm-level vs challenge-level

A symbol must exist here, firm-wide, before any challenge can use it. On Challenges, the Individual tradable symbols section decides which symbols a specific challenge allows and holds the per-symbol, per-challenge overrides for max order size and max position size.