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Post From: Issues with Interactive Brokers stock CFDs and trade entry

[2014-07-24 14:42:43]
corbeste - Posts: 74
Hi,

I am unable to use SC to place orders on stock CFDs. Index CFDs work fine, as per your instructions on the webpage.

But stock CFDs do not. I saw similar posts in the past, but no obvious resolution. When I use the CFD symbol, IB returns a message to use the underlying stock for historical data. But if I use the underlying stock, then the trade will be executed against the stock, not the CFD.

I am attempting to use this on the Russell 2k ETF - IWM.

When executing via IB, the code in my SC trade log is IWM-CFD-SMART. This code returns the error when I try to load a chart:

HD Request # 33 - Requesting 1 Day of data at 30 secs with ending Date-Time at 2014-07-23 16:18:52 for IWM-CFD-SMART-USD | 2014-07-24 16:30:05
HD Request # 33 - Message from IB: CFD historical data is not provided; please submit a historical data request on the underlying stock: IWM@ARCA. IB Error Code: 2127. Request ID: 83. | 2014-07-24 16:30:05

When I try to use IWM-CFD-SMART-USD-BAAVG, the chart is empty.

Using just a DOM (which is fine, I really only want it for the automated OCO stops and target orders that SC provides), the DOM shows prices that start at 0 and increment by 0.1, with no live prices. Orders are not placed when I attempt a 1 lot to test it out, with an "improperly formatted price" error.

Do you have any advice?