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Anyone trading IB gold

Postby HarryHindsight » 06 Sep 2011

Hi,
I have spent 1 hour with IB support , thought I would try here.
I can trade gold from TWS, trade goes through fine.
Trading from multicharts the trade appears on TWS but is immediately rejected.

PlaceOrder 20110906-10:17:24 2120917751.0 - Buy 1 GC - 201112 Limit 1860.00 GTC Account= xxxx; OptionAcct= c; OrderReference= MultiCharts: ID=[48], Symbol: GC (FUT, USD, 20111228), Exchange: MIBSX, Order: BUY-LMT, Lots: 1, StopPrice: 0, LimitPrice: 1860; CustomerOrderTime= 20110906-10:17:24; DdeId= 48; ServerId= 0; SecurityType= FUT; SecurityID= GCZ1; SecurityIDSource= 101; ContractMultiplier= 100.00; ExDestination= MIBSX; TWSTickerExchange= MIBSX; ContractID= 42795837; EOrder= Socket; Currency= USD; 6211 = ; 6238 = ;

OrdStatus= Rejected ---Text= No Trading Permission, Account Requirements;
IB confirm i have trading permissions for the symbol. The chart data comes into multicharts.
I have tried exchange set to NYMEX and GLOBEX.
Any help appreciated.

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Re: Anyone trading IB gold

Postby HarryHindsight » 06 Sep 2011

from an order in TWS that worked ;
ExDestination= NYMEX;

the orders from multicharts that don't work;
ExDestination= MIBSX;

How do I change exchange destination ?

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Re: Anyone trading IB gold

Postby TJ » 06 Sep 2011

from an order in TWS that worked ;
ExDestination= NYMEX;

the orders from multicharts that don't work;
ExDestination= MIBSX;

How do I change exchange destination ?
You should delete the symbol and add it again.

You can select the exchange when you add the new symbol.

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Re: Anyone trading IB gold

Postby HarryHindsight » 06 Sep 2011

Thanks for the reply TJ, tried that couldn't get it to work though....
I went into symbol mapping deleted MIBSX from the exchange and that allowed me to place orders.
Unusual but when i go back into symbol mapping MIBSX;NYMEX is still there. Over my head but it appears to be working all good now.Maybe there was an invalid character there or ....

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Re: Anyone trading IB gold

Postby TJ » 06 Sep 2011

Thanks for the reply TJ, tried that couldn't get it to work though....
I went into symbol mapping deleted MIBSX from the exchange and that allowed me to place orders.
Unusual but when i go back into symbol mapping MIBSX;NYMEX is still there. Over my head but it appears to be working all good now.Maybe there was an invalid character there or ....
Thanks for the update. Good to know it is working.


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