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Re: [amibroker] Futures feed from Interactive Brokers



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Hello,

When everything fails .... READ THE DOCUMENTATION.

Did you read "SYMBOLOGY" guide at: http://www.amibroker.com/ib.html

If you did you would know that you are using wrong symbols and correct one for ES minis
is:

ESH5-GLOBEX-FUT


Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
amibroker.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Willem Fourie" <fourie_willem@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 1:46 AM
Subject: [amibroker] Futures feed from Interactive Brokers


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> Dear reader, 
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> I don't seem to be using the correct format to receive futures from 
> Interactive Brokers' API. Stocks work fine but with futures I receive 
> messages such as: "no security defined" or "enter a valid security". 
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> I've tried ES5H, ESH5, ES05H, ES-200503, ES-200503-GLOBEX, ES-MAR-
> 2005, ES_200503, etc., to no avail. The symbol displayed in TWS does 
> not work. Don't seem to be able to receive SSF's either.
> 
> Thanx in advance. 
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> Check AmiBroker web page at:
> http://www.amibroker.com/
> 
> Check group FAQ at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/files/groupfaq.html 
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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