IB Doesn't Provide S&P Sector Futures?

Discussion in 'Interactive Brokers' started by Cyrix, Mar 8, 2018.

  1. jharmon

    jharmon

    Sure, but there's plenty of other markets to choose from and some sort of "S&P Select" are pretty poor choices. Note that CME doesn't actually have a program - they have third parties that are in it for the buck as market makers.

    Agree on the points of trading futures over ETFs, but the granulinity of coverage isn't there.
     
    #11     Mar 10, 2018
  2. ids

    ids

    We will consider a possibility to add several most liquid products.
     
    #12     Mar 10, 2018
  3. i960

    i960

    @ids Would you be open to a general "please add this instrument" thread for IB? I've got quite a short list and it's tedious opening tickets for all of them. It also allows others to chime in.
     
    #13     Mar 10, 2018
  4. ids

    ids

    Send me the list.
     
    #14     Mar 11, 2018
  5. ids

    ids

    We do offer these futures. The IB underlying is different from the trading class. Use IB Underlying in TWS to find what you need.

    Trading Class, IB Underlying
    XAB,IXB
    XAE,IXE
    XAF,IXM
    XAI,IXI
    XAK,IXT
    XAP,IXR
    XAU,IXU
    XAV,IXV
    XAY,IXY
     
    #15     Mar 13, 2018
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  6. iprome

    iprome

    All IB symbols for GLOBEX exchange can be found here
    https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/index.php?f=2222&exch=globex&showcategories=FUTGRP

    I have been trading e-mini sector futures via IB for a while. I think their bid-ask spreads are pretty tight for swing trades. Day trading them would definitely incur noticeable slippage.
     
    #16     Mar 24, 2018