Micro bitcoin futures

Discussion in 'Interactive Brokers' started by globalarbtrader, Jun 23, 2021.

  1. blink18

    blink18

    Sell manually and change the ticker in your code. I'm using MBT ticker since introduction, I don't trust IB and their naming convention + multiplier selection.

    I think similar situation was with FDXM (mini DAX) where you also had the same ticker + multiplier selection. I changed the ticker to FDXS (micro DAX) immediately.

    Large contract was never BRR, but BTC. BRR is index, but apparently they offer some secondary naming convention of index + multiplier selection. Weird.

    Underlying: BRR IND
    Multiplier: 5
    Exchange: CMECRYPTO
    Trading class: BTC
    Symbol: BTCN1 (Aug 2021)
     
    Last edited: Jun 23, 2021
    #11     Jun 23, 2021
  2. THIS PROBLEM IS NOW FIXED (HOPEFULLY!).

    I changed my configuration file as noted above, and then at some point this morning IB updated their contract configuration so that the ib.positions() call also returned the correct code. It looks like they didn't initially propogate the change properly into all the different parts of their database.

    If IB is reading this can you please:

    • advise us of any symbol changes in advance
    • do them over a weekend so they can fully propogate before the market opens
    Thanks to all who responded.
    GAT
     
    #12     Jun 24, 2021