“股票代码”可译为“stock symbol 或 ticker symbol”，英文里“ticker symbol”原是指早期股票电报收发机打印在收发用纸带上的符号。

A ticker symbol or stock symbol is an abbreviation used to uniquely identify publicly traded shares of a particular stock on a particular stock market. A stock symbol may consist of letters, numbers or a combination of both. "Ticker symbol" refers to the symbols that were printed on the ticker tape of a ticker tape machine.

虽然有些人把“股票代码”译为“code”，但是，既然英文中有对应的“stock symbol 或 ticker symbol”，为什么不用呢？

① stock code：

例句：A stock code definitionis an item of stock on a stock quotation scheme. Each unique code is madeup of either numbers and letters or both.

股票代码是股票报价方案中的一项股票。每个股票代码都是独特的，由纯数字或纯字母组成，也可由数字和字母组成。

② stock ticker：

例句： Each tuple represents a pair of stock tickers and stock prices.

每个元组代表一对股票代码和股价。

③ stock symbol：

例句： AT&T's ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange will remain T.

美国电话电报公司的股票代码在纽约证券交易所仍将是T。