Futures and library information

Energy :

• Light Sweet Crude Oil (CL)
• Brent Crude Oil (BZ)
• Heating Oil (HO)
• Natural Gas (NG)
• RBOB Gasoline (RB)
• Ethanol (QE)
• Gulf Coast Gasoline (LR)
  
• Gulf Coast ULSD (LU)
  
• New York Harbor ULSD (LH)
  
• Russian Export Blend Crude Oil (RE)
  
• PJM Electricity (JM)
  
• Singapore Fuel Oil 380 cst Swap (HZ)
  
• Propane (PN)
  
• Uranium (UX)
  

Metals - including COMEX:

• Gold (GC)
•  Silver (SI)
  
• Copper (HG)
•  Aluminium (AL)
•  Hot-Rolled Coil Steel (HR)
•  Platinum (PL)
•  Palladium (PA)
•  Asian Gold (QS)
•  Asian Platinum (QR)
•  Asian Palladium (QT) 

To list any of the above symbols in the tickers, you have to add the corresponding code for the commodity (e.g. GC for Gold)

The ticker can use any other futures symbol listed on Yahoo Finance, using one the following rules:

1. SYMBOL* (e.g. PB*)- in this case the configured DefaultMarker parameter's value will be added at the end of the symbol (default value is set to NYM)
   
2. SYMBOL*.MARKET (e.g. AL*.CMX)
3. direct symbol insertion (e.g. AWU09.CBT) - search Yahoo Finance site for symbol's code
   

Version details

Version 1.0:

• JavaScript ticker scrollers
• configurable usage of symbols' description from module's library (instead of the default naming from Yahoo), if the symbol's data is found there
• configurable dual load mechanism: in place/on load event
• multiple module instance handling
• automatically start/stop buttons on mouse hover/manual/dual mode control, offering the user control over each ticker
• configurable background color, border width and color
• AJAX configurable parameter for optimum refresh interval;
• dual AJAX/cache controlled refresh system
• configurable scrolling/static information display
• optional frontend user AJAX refresh button
• fully configurable display: show/hide futures' symbol/value/change/percent change;
• configurable time offset for future: display the trading data for specified time offset (+6 month, +1 year)
• optional mini-chart display on mouse over symbols 
• Yahoo regional data-source selection for traded symbols' chart display (for the traded symbols without chart on main Yahoo Finance data center)

Configuration options

Configuration:

• AJAX configurable parameter for optimum refresh interval;
  
• configurable cache system to optimize the information display time; the cache storage and AJAX refresh can be used together for optimum site performance
• static or scroller  information display
• horizontal or vertical ticker display;
• customize and display up to 3 tickers;
• individual ticker configuration:
• ticker name (visible/hidden);
• ticker content - symbol list, comma separated value;
• individual scroll delay configuration for each of the chosen tickers;
• select the scroll's behaviour:
  
• automatically = running scroller with mouse over pause;
  
• manual = running scroller with start/pause button;
  
• combined = dual start/stop control: both on mouse over and start/stop buttons.
• fast configuration for tickers' size: width and height;
• optional display of:
  • current date - Joomla Country Locale compatible;
  • ticker names;
  • customizable display options: future symbol/value/change/percent change display;
  • configurable time offset for future: display the trading data for specified time offset (+6 month, +1 year)
  • optional display of symbol's chart
    
  • optional frontend Refresh button 
    
  • configurable Yahoo Finance regional data-source (e.g. fr.ichart.yahoo.com for France)
  • configurable Yahoo server timeout access
    
  • module subtitle;
• quick configuration of the stock quotes layout:
• configurable background color, border width and color for the ticker
  
• data display interface by odd/even rows color selection;