Instruments are assigned a suffix to indicate which account type the trading instrument is traded with.
What is a suffix?
A suffix (for example, ‘m’ in EURUSDm) is a letter following an instrument name, which indicates which account the trading instrument is being traded on. Since trading conditions vary from account to account, being able to tell the account type at a glance can come in handy when trading.
Note: Suffixes are applied depending on trading servers and regions; refer to the table below for more.
Suffix and account types
Here is a list of the different suffixes and their account types:
| Account Type | Suffix | Trading Platform | Symbol Group in MT4/MT5 | Execution Type | Example |
| Standard Cent | -c | MT4 | Forex_Pairs | Market | EURGBPc, XAUUSDc |
| Standard | -m |
MT4 MT5 |
Forex_group | Market | EURUSDm, XAUUSDm |
| Crypto_group | BTCUSDm | ||||
| Indices_group* | US30m | ||||
| Stocks_group | AAPLm | ||||
| Energies_group | USOILm | ||||
| Pro | No suffix |
MT4 MT5 |
Forex | Instant | EURUSD, XAUUSD |
| Indices | US30 | ||||
| Stocks | AAPL | ||||
| Energies | USOIL | ||||
| Crypto | Market | ETHUSD | |||
| Raw Spread | No suffix |
MT4 MT5 |
Forex | Market | EURJPY, XAUUSD |
| Crypto | BTCUSD | ||||
| Indices | US30 | ||||
| Stocks | AAPL | ||||
| Energies | USOIL | ||||
| -r |
MT4 MT5 |
Forex | Market | EURJPYr, XAUUSDr | |
| Crypto | BTCUSDr | ||||
| Indices | US30r | ||||
| Stocks | AAPLr | ||||
| Energies | USOILr | ||||
| Zero | -z |
MT4 MT5 |
Forex | Market | GBPCHFz, XAUUSDz |
| Crypto | ETHUSDz | ||||
| Indices | US30z | ||||
| Stocks | AAPLz | ||||
| Energies | USOILz | ||||
| No suffix |
MT4 MT5 |
Forex | Market | EURJPY, XAUUSD | |
| Crypto | BTCUSD | ||||
| Indices | US30 | ||||
| Stocks | AAPL | ||||
| Energies | USOIL |
*Indices trading on Standard MT4 accounts is only available for select account currencies. For details on the exact account currencies, please refer to this article on contract specifications for indices.
Trading on metal can be found under the Forex symbol group.
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