---
id: "P:cAlgo.API.Internals.Symbol.FuturesSettings"
kind: "property"
type: "T:cAlgo.API.Internals.Symbol"
url: "https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/MarketData/Symbols/Symbol/FuturesSettings/"
---

> Documentation index for agents: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/llms.txt · machine index: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/api.json

# Symbol.FuturesSettings

Member of [Symbol](https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/MarketData/Symbols/Symbol/index.md).

## FuturesSettings

Gets the future contract settings if symbol represents a future contract otherwise null.

Environments: Desktop supported · CLI supported · Cloud supported.

C#:

```csharp
FuturesSettings FuturesSettings {get;}
```

Python:

```python
api.Symbol.FuturesSettings: FuturesSettings
```

### Returns

`FuturesSettings` — 

Available since cAlgo.API 5.3.

### Examples

C#:

```csharp
var futuresSettings = Symbol.FuturesSettings;
if (futuresSettings != null)
    Print("Last trade time: {0}, expiration time: {1}", futuresSettings.LastTradeTime, futuresSettings.ExpirationTime);
else
    Print("{0} is not a futures contract", SymbolName);
```

Python:

```python
futuresSettings = api.Symbol.FuturesSettings
if futuresSettings is not None:
    api.Print(f"Last trade time: {futuresSettings.LastTradeTime}, expiration time: {futuresSettings.ExpirationTime}")
else:
    api.Print(f"{api.SymbolName} is not a futures contract")
```