NYMEX Gold and Oil quotes thru IB

I entered in the Gold and Oil symbols (CL,GC) in TWS and I am not getting any quotes. There was no message box stating that the quotes were not allowed or unavailable. Am I missing something.

Thanks
fan27

 

You cannot trade open outcry markets with IB. Maybe you want to
trade "Mini-Crude" QM (NYMEX) and "Mini-Gold" YG (CBOT) instead ?

 

My bad. I didn't notice that symbols CL and GC were under the heading Indices, not Futures.

Thanks

 

I just looked on the IB sight again and under products to trade for NYMEX I see CL and GC (Oil and Gold). Are they traded in the pit and electronically?

 

These products are floor traded during the day. If you want quotes you need to get them from a data provider.