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Date/Time: Sun, 11 May 2025 04:14:15 +0000
Interactive Brokers - PAXOS Crypto
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| [2021-09-11 00:45:12] |
| User819680 - Posts: 7 |
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Interactive Brokers has launched Crypto trading. I cannot get the symbols to work correctly in Sierra Chart. Can you advise on proper symbol format to load/trade cryptocurrency via IB? Thanks, |
| [2021-09-13 16:20:11] |
| User819680 - Posts: 7 |
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Has anyone used Interactive Brokers crypto trading successfully through Sierra Chart yet?
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| [2021-09-14 12:15:34] |
| User819680 - Posts: 7 |
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Update: Confirmed IB does not yet support Crypto trading via TWS API. If something changes, I'll try and comment back here.
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| [2021-11-29 18:47:00] |
| Troy - Posts: 6 |
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The TWS API 10.10 now supports PAXOS trading. https://interactivebrokers.github.io/tws-api/cryptocurrency.html Does anyone know when Sierra Chart will support trading PAXOS Bitcoin through TWS? Thanks, Troy |
| [2021-11-29 19:41:39] |
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There is nothing that Sierra Chart needs to do. You just need to specify the right symbol. Documentation for that is here: Interactive Brokers Symbols Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, *change* to the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing Date Time Of Last Edit: 2021-11-29 19:41:49
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| [2021-11-30 00:54:35] |
| User819680 - Posts: 7 |
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Troy, have been able to make it work? I've updated the TWS API and TWS. Tried every combination of symbol and it doesn't go. BTC-CRYPTO-PAXOS-USD Date Time Of Last Edit: 2021-11-30 00:54:55
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| [2021-11-30 02:18:04] |
| Troy - Posts: 6 |
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Unfortunately no luck so far. I also have tried many different combinations. This link (Interactive Brokers Symbols) doesn't mention anything about trading Crypto (only Futures). There's no mention of the PAXOS exchange or the CRYPTO SecType, so I'm not certain what the format should be in the Find Symbol window. I've tried the other formats (for Stocks, Forex, Futures) but none of them seem to work. Can that page be updated with an example for CRYPTO SecTypes on the PAXOS exchange? This is how IB says the Contract struct needs to be filled out: Contract contract = new Contract(); contract.Symbol = "BTC"; contract.SecType = "CRYPTO"; contract.Exchange = "PAXOS"; contract.Currency = "USD"; This is the instrument description in TWS: Underlying: BTC Security Type: CRYPTO Exchange: PAXOS Symbol: BTC.USD |
| [2021-12-01 05:07:07] |
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We are checking on this.
Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, *change* to the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing |
| [2021-12-01 22:47:40] |
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We determined, that we did need to add support for the interactive brokers CRYPTO security type. This will be out in the next release which we should have out before morning.
Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, *change* to the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing |
| [2021-12-03 14:48:06] |
| Troy - Posts: 6 |
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Thank you for the quick support on this. It looks like Sierra Chart now gets further in the process, but now I see a message saying that the API version is too low. Do you know why I see this message? I am using Sierra Chart 2333 Revision 40167. Interactive Brokers | Starting real-time market data updates for: BTC-CRYPTO-PAXOS-USD. ID: 7 | 2021-12-03 09:38:49.831
Interactive Brokers | Subscribing to Symbol: BTC, SecurityType: CRYPTO, Expiration: , Exchange: PAXOS, Primary Exchange: , Currency: USD, Multiplier: , CallPut: , Strike: , LocalSymbol: , TradingClass: | 2021-12-03 09:38:49.831 Interactive Brokers | Requesting security definition data for: BTC-CRYPTO-PAXOS-USD. ID: 7 | 2021-12-03 09:38:49.831 HD Request # 8 | Downloading Historical Daily chart data for BTC-CRYPTO-PAXOS-USD. Starting date: 1971-12-04. Service: interactive_brokers.trading | 2021-12-03 09:38:49.831 HD Request # 8 | Requesting 365 days of historical Daily data for BTC-CRYPTO-PAXOS-USD with end date 2021-12-03 | 2021-12-03 09:38:49.831 Message from IB: Your API version does not support fractional size rules. Please upgrade to a minimum version 163. IB Error Code: 10285. Request ID: 7. Symbol: BTC-CRYPTO-PAXOS-USD | 2021-12-03 09:38:49.833 HD Request # 8 | Message from IB: Your API version does not support fractional size rules. Please upgrade to a minimum version 163. IB Error Code: 10285. Request ID: 200319. | 2021-12-03 09:38:49.870 |
| [2021-12-04 00:17:00] |
| Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 19539 |
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We are not sure if this is referring to the TWS client or server API. If it refers to the TWS client API version it would be a long time before we can update that. This is typically something we only do once every two or three years. We can get to it sooner but not likely for more than several months from now. Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, use the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing Date Time Of Last Edit: 2021-12-04 00:17:50
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| [2022-11-27 16:01:11] |
| User989530 - Posts: 34 |
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Hi there, so now it's working ib paxos btc on sierra?
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| [2022-11-28 13:59:08] |
| User989530 - Posts: 34 |
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Hi Support, can i trade paxos btc on IB with sierra?
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| [2022-11-28 15:11:52] |
| Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 19539 |
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Yes of course. Just use the correct symbol: Interactive Brokers Symbols Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, use the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing |
| [2024-09-06 18:07:35] |
| MStefan - Posts: 24 |
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Hi Support, I dont find it. Any Idea? Thanks |
| [2024-09-06 19:13:30] |
| UserOne - Posts: 41 |
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The Symbol is: BTC-CRYPTO-PAXOS
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