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copied!<p>You can avoid these types of problems by using the twsInstrument package <a href="https://r-forge.r-project.org/R/?group_id=1113" rel="noreferrer">on R-Forge</a></p> <pre><code>library(twsInstrument) </code></pre> <p>Any of these will get the twsContract</p> <pre><code>getContract("AAPL 111217P00390000") getContract("AAPL 111217P00390000") #number of spaces does not matter getContract("AAPL20111217P00390000") #year can be 4 digits or 2 getContract("AAPL_111217P00390000") getContract("AAPL111217P00390000") getContract("AAPL111217P390") getContract("AAPL_111217P390") getContract("AAPL_20111217P390") getContract("AAPL_111217P390.00") #by conId getContract("93189601") getContract(93189601) </code></pre> <p>All of those will give you the same thing:</p> <pre><code>> getContract(93189601) List of 16 $ conId : chr "93189601" $ symbol : chr "AAPL" $ sectype : chr "OPT" $ exch : chr "SMART" $ primary : chr "" $ expiry : chr "20111216" $ strike : chr "390" $ currency : chr "USD" $ right : chr "P" $ local : chr "AAPL 111217P00390000" $ multiplier : chr "100" $ combo_legs_desc: chr "" $ comboleg : chr "" $ include_expired: chr "" $ secIdType : chr "" $ secId : chr "" </code></pre> <p>Unfortunately, you cannot get contract details for options that have already expired. I don't know if this is a problem with IBrokers, or if Interactive Brokers doesn't support it, but getting contract details for already expired futures is no problem</p> <pre><code>> getContract("ESM1") Connected with clientId 100. Trying to resolve error in contract details. Using include_expired=1 Contract details request complete. Disconnected. List of 16 $ conId : chr "73462897" $ symbol : chr "ES" $ sectype : chr "FUT" $ exch : chr "GLOBEX" $ primary : chr "" $ expiry : chr "20110617" $ strike : chr "0" $ currency : chr "USD" $ right : chr "" $ local : chr "ESM1" $ multiplier : chr "50" $ combo_legs_desc: chr "" $ comboleg : chr "" $ include_expired: chr "1" $ secIdType : chr "" $ secId : chr "" </code></pre>

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