Symbol Mapping Manager

Learn how to configure Symbol Mapping in Quantower, use market data from another provider, and analyze ES futures while trading MES.

The Symbol Mapping Manager allows you to use market data from one symbol while executing trades on another. This is useful when your trading connection does not provide the data required for your analysis or when you want to analyze a larger futures contract while trading its micro equivalent.

For example, you can use ES market data to analyze Volume Profile and Cluster Charts while placing orders on MES. You can also receive market data from a separate provider while keeping order execution connected to your broker.

How Symbol Mapping Works

Symbol Mapping connects two instruments, each with a different purpose.

Symbol	Purpose
Trading Symbol	The instrument used for order execution and position management.
Data Symbol	The instrument and connection that provide market data for analysis.

Once the mapping is configured, open the Trading Symbol in a Quantower chart or trading panel. The panel will use market data from the selected Data Symbol, while orders and positions remain associated with the Trading Symbol.

Symbol Mapping changes the source of market data, not the contract specifications of the instrument you trade.

General view of Symbol Mapping panel

How to create a mapping between two symbols?

• Launch the Symbol Mapping panel from the Control Center. The panel is located in the Misc category.

• Add a symbol where all trade operations (orders, positions) will be sent.

• Select the symbol for getting historical and real-time data (Level1 and Level2)

Mapping Type has two modes:

Simple mode where you can select 1 symbol for all real-time quotes (Level1 and Leve2 data) + Historical data (bars and volume)

Custom mode where you can select different symbols for different quotes and historical data. For example, you can set the real-time data from one data provider, but historical data from another source.

• After the mapping of symbols is set up, you need to open the trading panel with the desired symbol to start trading

Select the symbol on the chart where you want to make trading operations

How to create a mapping between Mini and Micro symbols (ES and MES) on the same connection (Rithmic or CQG only)?

• Launch the Symbol Mapping panel from the Control Center. The panel is located in the Misc category.

• Click the "Add Symbol" button to select the instrument for trading operations. In this example, for trading, we'll choose MESU3 (Micro E-mini S&P 500 futures).

• Choose ESU3 (E-mini S&P 500 futures) as the source for historical and real-time data displayed on the chart. Ensure that the selected symbol belongs to the same trading connection (in our example, it's Rithmic).

  Click the "Apply" button, and you'll see the main mapping parameters listed in the panel.

• Open the chart of the symbol on which you intend to perform trading operations. In this example, you need to open MESU3. Historical and real-time data will be transmitted from the main ESU3 futures (as configured in the mapping panel). This setup enables you to analyze volume-related data (profiles, clusters, power trades) from the ES futures while executing trading operations on the MES micro contract.