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Post From: IB order symbol is different than position symbol although both are the same instrument

[2018-11-04 05:05:40]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
all the symbols are commonly used without "STK-SMART"
The current specification is to use the security type and the exchange code. We no longer document using short symbols because they are insufficient and do not designate the exchange.

And also the trimming that happens in the case of positions is really something that eventually should go but it has not been very simple to remove because last time we looked, the position updates do not include SMART anywhere within the symbol details with the position. But maybe we should look into this further and see what we can do. Trimming is a mistake.
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