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# TD Ameritrade Search

TD Ameritrade's instrument search will not return your desired results when you search for the instrument symbol (e.g MSFT), instead you must use the first word in the company's name/description (e.g. Microsoft). If you're unsure of the company name/description you can use TDA's symbol lookup: <https://research.tdameritrade.com/grid/public/symbolLookup/symbolLookup.asp?frompage=>

![TDA Search](https://content.gitbook.com/content/TKkuQ4IBYTTbN0oyR7L0/blobs/Ou7A3vdoWhsLvTH0qU8n/tda-search.png)