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Symbol search

search_symbols

Find the ticker for a company, ETF, index, crypto asset, commodity or currency pair, on US and international exchanges (European and Asian listings come back with their exchange suffix, e.g. NESN.SW, SAP.DE). Returns symbol, name, asset class and exchange. Use when you are unsure of the exact symbol; otherwise call get_quotes directly.

Questions it answers

  • What is the ticker for Novo Nordisk's US listing?
  • Find the futures symbol for natural gas.

Parameters

ParameterDescription
queryrequired
string
Name or partial ticker, e.g. 'apple', 'gold', 'solana', 'euro dollar'
limit
integer = 8

Use it from your agent

Add the TradingData MCP URL to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client, then ask in plain words. The model sees this tool's description and calls it with the right parameters.

MCP server URL
https://mcp.tradingdata.io

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