twsFuture {IBrokers}R Documentation

Create a twsFuture Contract

Description

Create a twsFuture contract for use in API calls.

Usage

twsFuture(symbol,
          exch,
          expiry,
          primary='',
          currency='USD',
          right='',
          local='',
          multiplier='',
          include_expired='0')

Arguments

symbol the IB symbol requested
exch the requested exchange
expiry the requested contract expiration
primary the primary exchange of the security
currency the requested currency
right the requested right
local the local security name
multiplier the contract multiplier
include_expired should expired contracts be included

Details

A wrapper to twsContract to make ‘futures’ contracts easier to specify.

Value

A twsContract object.

Author(s)

Jeffrey A. Ryan

References

Interactive Brokers: www.interactivebrokers.com

See Also

reqHistoricalData, twsContract

Examples

future <- twsFuture("NQ","GLOBEX","200803")

[Package IBrokers version 0.1-3 Index]