Excuse me. I am looking at the contract info and also at the contract details received via API of a turbo option to find the barrier value. Can anyone please tell me what is the name of the field, or where I can find the barrier value. Below is a sample (just a random example) of the values from contract info and contract details I am looking at, but I seem to be missing the one I am looking for. Any idea where this guy is ? Code: conId: 151559229 localSymbol: 6310C symbol: ATC secType: IOPT multiplier: 0.25 exchange: SBF currency: EUR expiry: NOEXP primaryExchange: right: C secId: secIdType: strike: 6.2256 category: Commercial Services couponType: descAppend: industry: Consumer, Non-cyclical liquidHours: 20140720:0005-2358;20140721:0005-2358 longName: ALTRAN TECHNOLOGIES SA marketName: ATC minTick: 0.01 orderTypes: ACTIVETIM,ADJUST,ALERT,ALLOC,AVGCOST,BASKET,COND,CONDORDER,DAY,DEACT,DEACTDIS,DEACTEOD,GAT,GTC,GTD,GTT,HID,LIT,LMT,MIT,MKT,MTL,NONALGO,OCA,SCALE,SCALERST,STP,STPLMT,TRAIL,TRAILLIT,TRAILLMT,TRAILMIT,WHATIF, priceMagnifier: 1 subcategory: Consulting Services timeZoneId: EST tradingClass: ATC underConId: 917495 validExchanges: SBF
In this case, in the info dialog that you get when double clicking the instrument name ("6310C") on the TWS you can see ("Knock-out Price", what I am looking for, is 6.5, different from the strike): ALTRAN TECHNOLOGIES SA Product ATC Security Type IOPT Underlying ALT STK Marketing Name Turbo Call Infini Short Name ALTRA 6.5TCIOPENC Expiration  Perpetual Strike 6.2256 Issuer CITI First Trading Date MAY 16 '14 Right Call Knock-out Price 6.5 Rebate Present Yes Currency  EUR Multiplier 0.25 Exchange SBF Symbol 6310C [...] Total Available Hours 00:05 EST - 23:58 EST (06:05 CET - 05:58 CET) (In some cases they may coincide. Not in general.) Clearly I am using IB API and I am interested in fetching this value through the API. Where is it stored?
Sure NickNLD: if no one knows here on ET, I will open a ticket. I think it could be good information to be shared, as I am probably not the only one who will ever need it for algorithmic trading.
Update after inquiry: it looks like it is not (currently) included in the contract details retrieved via API. Obviously, it's information that should instead be included. PS In theme of API improvements, also another very crucial piece of missing information in the API are the events informing about liquidation orders details (at least: avgprice/fill/comms/time).