Organize your futures symbols in Microsoft XL files the following way:

• Each tab / sheet should be a major category which will ultimately become a folder list in the Instrument Panel. This can be an asset class, a geographical zone or an exchange;
• On columns A to L, validate the checks for the contract months, based on the contract specifications;
• On column M place the futures contract symbol;
• On column N place the futures contract name;
• On column O place the exchange suffix;
• Column P will self populate based on a formula;
• On column Q place the mark of the continuation contract;
• Column R is by default the "{SYM}{CONT}" string;
• On column S chose Yes or No to build single year digit contracts or not;
• Column T self populates based on a formula;
• On column U chose Yes or No to build digit year digit contracts or not;
• Column V self populates based on a formula;
• On columns W, X, Y and Z place the decimals, the pip, the pip fraction and the minimum price increment (tick size), respectively.

You can download a sample XL file with futures symbols below.