FAQ

Institutional Accounts

What is an institutional account?

An institutional account allows users to share a common username and password, but requires individual institutional emails to access the account. It allows multiple users (max 20) to share an account. All users within the account can edit and remove approved emails.

How do I share my account with colleagues?

To add/remove users to an institutional account, please use the following steps:

If you haven't already created an account, do so here.
Log in to your account.
Click on the 'Account' dropdown.
Choose 'Manage Profile'.
Click on 'Manage Emails'.
Add up to 20 individual emails to the account.
Use the 'remove' option to delete an email from the account.

* All users will share the same username and password.

How do I reset my password?

If you've forgotten your password, click Forgot password on the login page, and follow instructions to reset it.

FIGI Mapping and Market Sector Allocation

Where can I see how the FIGI is assigned across each market sector?

Please refer to the FIGI allocation rules for assignment by market sector or find the link in the About/Overview section of the site.

Are bulk instrument files available on the site?

Bulk flat files are not available on the site. However, the OpenFIGI Search page supports exporting up to 5000 results to a .CSV formatted Excel file. Bulk mapping can also be done via the free web-based mapping API at a rate limit of 25,000 jobs per minute.

How can I map to futures and options?

We offer multiple Derivative specific symbology options in the OpenFIGI API. For example:

Full Exchange Symbol
OPRA Symbol
Unique Identifier for Future Option
OCC Symbol
Local Exchange Security Symbol

See ID Type Values for all valid ID types through the OpenFIGI API.

Can 3rd party identifiers be returned through the OpenFIGI API?

Unfortunately, licensing and redistribution restrictions prevents the API from returning 3rd party proprietary identifiers. However, the API does return results in the exact order they were requested.

Usage and Fees

Do I need to pay for the service if I want to store them in my database or share it with my counterparty?

The FIGI symbology, under the auspice of the Object Management Group, is provided free of charge to all, and for the public trust and benefit. There is no cost recovery, licensing or re-use restrictions or hidden fees for access, use, or redistribution of the FIGI symbology.

FIGI remains the only globally used standard for identifying financial instruments that incorporates the MIT open source license within the standard itself - ensuring the identifier and associated metadata remains open source. It is a US National Standard (X9), as well as a global standard through the Object Management Group, and adopted as a national standard in Brazil

Browser support

Which browsers are supported?

All popular browsers including:

Google Chrome
Microsoft Edge
Mozilla Firefox
Safari

Enabling Javascript is required for the site to work.

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