Difference of Futures

oleksii.maievskyi

Hi Team,

We're trying to find a difference between next example: For future contract 'MAL' we have a lot of Rics returned and in particular what's the differences between Rics like MALD29U1 , MALD29V1 and Rics MALU24 , MALV25 ? Is capital D means something? Thanks

Jirapongse

@oleksii.maievskyi

I checked and found that the capital D letter should indicate a daily periodicity.

        {
            "IdentifierType": "ChainRIC",
            "Identifier": "0#MAL-FMOI",
            "RIC": "MALD29V1",
            "Periodicity": "D"
        },
        {
            "IdentifierType": "ChainRIC",
            "Identifier": "0#MAL-FMOI",
            "RIC": "MALD29U1",
            "Periodicity": "D"
        },

MALU24 and MALV25 are monthly periodicities.

        {
            "IdentifierType": "ChainRIC",
            "Identifier": "0#MAL-FMOI",
            "RIC": "MALU24",
            "Periodicity": "M"
        },
        {
            "IdentifierType": "Ric",
            "Identifier": "MALV25",
            "RIC": "MALV25",
            "Periodicity": "M"
        }

However, please contact the Refinitiv DataScope Select support team directly via MyRefinitiv to confirm it.

oleksii.maievskyi

https://community.developers.refinitiv.com/discussion/comment/84919#Comment_84919

Hi, Thanks for response and it looks reasonable. Can you please also advise how you checked this as Identifier you have is 0#MAL-FMOI . And I can't search it in DataScope Select site with such variation as there is not present ChainRic in dropdown? Thanks

1. "IdentifierType": "ChainRIC",
2. "Identifier": "0#MAL-FMOI",

Jirapongse

https://community.developers.refinitiv.com/discussion/comment/84898#Comment_84898

@oleksii.maievskyi

You can use this chain search to search for chain RICs.