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Post From: Order for different symbol - supported for IB with Equity options?

[2019-05-14 19:06:28]
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User177773 - Posts: 4
I have not been successful in placing orders for different symbols in using IB with equity options. Is this supported by SC?
If I execute code with partial snippet below, it works for different symbols like ETFs: chart with SPY symbol and trade rules applied, executing trade on QQQ,
but if I instead use option symbol instead of QQQ (see below), it does not work. Is this a known limitation or am I doing something wrong?

Thanks!

if (TradingAllowed && sc.CrossOver(Subgraph1Reference, Subgraph2Reference) == CROSS_FROM_BOTTOM)
  {
    // mark the crossover on the chart
    Subgraph_BuyEntry[sc.Index] = sc.Low[sc.Index];

    // Create a market order and enter long.
    s_SCNewOrder NewOrder;
    NewOrder.OrderQuantity = 1;
    NewOrder.OrderType = SCT_ORDERTYPE_MARKET;
    NewOrder.TimeInForce = SCT_TIF_GOOD_TILL_CANCELED;
    NewOrder.Symbol = "SPY-OPT-20190515-285-C-SMART-100-USD";
    //NewOrder.Symbol = "SPY 190515C00285000";
    //NewOrder.Symbol = "QQQ";

    //sc.BuyEntry(NewOrder);
    sc.BuyOrder(NewOrder);