OK, thank you very much!
--- In [email protected], "Barry Scarborough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To get index, futures, option and fored data you ahve to specify more > than just the signal. > > SPX in AB is SPX-CBOE-IND > RUT in AB is RUT-CBOE-IND > DJI is INDU-NYSE-IND, > COMP is COMP-NASDAQ-IND > VIX is VIX-CBOE-IND > TRINQ is TRIN-NASD-NASDAQ-IND > TRIN is TRIN-NYSE-NYSE-IND > > Options are similarly defined. Just use the same structure IB asks > when you add a symbol to their TWS list. > > You will see this defined in the Plug-in installation in the AB help. > > Barry > > --- In [email protected], "archstone2003" <archstone2003@> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > When using IB as realtime datafeed, I can't get the symbols for > Dow, > > Nasdaq and sp500. > > > > Inside TWS, they are INDU, COMP and SPX respectively. However, when > I > > tried to download the data from Amibroker, after I entered any of > the > > above symbols, it will tell me the symbol is not valid. > > > > I contacted IB, they just told me I should use INDU, COMP and SPX. > Not > > very help information. > > > > Anyone here is able to retrieve the indices using IB as the data > feed? > > > > Thanks. > > >
