twsOption {IBrokers}R Documentation

Create a twsContract for Options

Description

Create a twsContract for use in API calls.

Usage

twsOption(local,
          expiry="",
          strike="",
          right="",
          exch="SMART",
          primary="",
          currency='USD',
          symbol='',
          include_expired='0')

Arguments

local the IB symbol requested
expiry option expiration CCYYMM [optional]
strike the strike price [optional]
right the requested right - ‘C’,‘CALL’, ‘P’, or ‘PUT’ [optional]
exch the requested exchange [optional, defaults to SMART]
primary the primary exchange of the security [optional]
currency the requested currency [defaults to USD]
symbol the security name [optional]
include_expired should expired contracts be included [defaults to “0” (false)]

Details

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

Value

A twsContract object.

Note

Option contracts on the TWS have certain rules which are different than standard data requests.

The local symbol is required. This can be found on the main TWS screen under contract details, or via the web at www.interactivebrokers.com

Since the local symbol is required, all other values are redundant. It is best to simply specify the local name and let the TWS manage the lookup.

The expiry needs to be either of class Date to be coerced to a string of format ‘CCYYMM’, or provided in that format.

Historical requests cannot be for a barSize=‘1 D’ or less frequent.

barSize must be one of 30 secs, 1 min, 5 mins, 15 mins, 30 mins, or 1 hour.

Author(s)

Jeffrey A. Ryan

References

Interactive Brokers: www.interactivebrokers.com

See Also

reqMktData, twsContract

Examples

opt <- twsOption("QQQAS",expiry="200901", strike="45.0", right="C")

[Package IBrokers version 0.1-3 Index]