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[User Discussion] - trading future options S&P500

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[2020-04-15 16:23:41]
User691398 - Posts: 27
Any one know how to trade Future Options with Sierra Charts?
I a trading account with Interactive Brokers and Denali data feed.
I tried getting option chain using File, new symbol, ES then Get Options but it will not populate.
I would like to trade ES futures using Sierra Charts
[2020-04-15 19:34:58]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
If you want to chart futures options, then refer to the documentation here:
Real-Time Exchange Data Feeds Available From Sierra Chart: Futures Options

We cannot help with trading options through Interactive Brokers.
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
[2020-04-16 21:26:53]
User691398 - Posts: 27
I am trying to get options chain but is not working
attached is the message log

Software version: 2083 64-bit | 2020-04-16 17:14:17.008
Primary Thread ID: 1060 | 2020-04-16 17:14:17.008
Usage end date: 2020-06-08 | 2020-04-16 17:14:17.008
Enabled for: Advanced Features 2. | 2020-04-16 17:14:17.008
Enabled for: Sierra Chart Historical Data Service. | 2020-04-16 17:14:17.008
Enabled for: Denali Real-Time Exchange Data Feed. | 2020-04-16 17:14:17.008
Enabled for: Delayed Denali Real-Time Exchange Data Feed. | 2020-04-16 17:14:17.008
Enabled for exchange2: CME | 2020-04-16 17:14:17.008
Allow Support for Sierra Chart Data Feeds is enabled. | 2020-04-16 17:14:17.008
Current selected Data/Trading service: Interactive Brokers | 2020-04-16 17:14:17.008
Custom symbol settings values: disabled | 2020-04-16 17:14:17.008
Chart Update Interval: 40 | 2020-04-16 17:14:17.008
Intraday Data Storage Time Unit: 0 | 2020-04-16 17:14:17.008
Time Zone: -04:00:00 (EST-05EDT+01,M3.2.0/02:00,M11.1.0/02:00) | 2020-04-16 17:14:17.008
2020-04-16 17:14:17 Local computer time | 2020-04-16 17:14:17.008
2020-04-16 21:14:17 Local computer time in UTC | 2020-04-16 17:14:17.008
2020-04-16 17:14:17 Local computer time in SC Time Zone | 2020-04-16 17:14:17.008
2020-04-16 12:14:52 Server time in UTC | 2020-04-16 17:14:17.008
Local computer UTC time and Server UTC time difference: 1 seconds. | 2020-04-16 17:14:17.008
Program path: C:\SierraChart\SierraChartIB\ | 2020-04-16 17:14:17.008
Data Files path: C:\SierraChart\SierraChartIB\Data\ | 2020-04-16 17:14:17.008
OS Version Number: 10.0 | 2020-04-16 17:14:17.009
Locale Setting: C | 2020-04-16 17:14:17.009
DLLs: UserContributedStudies.dll, UserContributedStudies_64.dll, VCValueLevels.dll | 2020-04-16 17:14:17.009

Using SC exchange feed2. Symbol: ~.FUT_OPT.CME | 2020-04-16 17:14:48.561
E4CJ20 C3050.FUT_OPT.CME 1 Min #7 | Reloading chart. | 2020-04-16 17:14:48.561
E4CJ20 C3050.FUT_OPT.CME 1 Min #7 | Currently no data in file to display. Will start historical data download and real-time updates. File: C:\SierraChart\SierraChartIB\Data\E4CJ20 C3050.FUT_OPT.CME.scid | 2020-04-16 17:14:48.569
Using -BID_ASK_TRADE_SYNC recording mode for E4CJ20 C3050.FUT_OPT.CME | 2020-04-16 17:14:48.603
Using SC exchange feed2. Symbol: ~.FUT_OPT.CME | 2020-04-16 17:14:48.603
Mapping E4CJ20 C3050.FUT_OPT.CME to E4CJ20 C3050.FUT_OPT.CME. Service code: cme | 2020-04-16 17:14:48.603
SC Data - All Services | Starting real-time market data updates for: E4CJ20 C3050.FUT_OPT.CME (E4CJ20 C3050.FUT_OPT.CME). ID: 30 Service code: cme | 2020-04-16 17:14:48.603
SC Data - All Services | Requesting security definition data for: E4CJ20 C3050.FUT_OPT.CME (E4CJ20 C3050.FUT_OPT.CME). ID: 30 | 2020-04-16 17:14:48.603
Using SC exchange feed2. Symbol: ~.FUT_OPT.CME | 2020-04-16 17:14:48.603
Added historical Intraday data request for E4CJ20 C3050.FUT_OPT.CME to the queue. | 2020-04-16 17:14:48.603
Intraday data recording state for symbol E4CJ20 C3050.FUT_OPT.CME is set to download 'Pending'. | 2020-04-16 17:14:48.603
Triggering next historical data download in queue. | 2020-04-16 17:14:48.603
Delaying start of download for E4CJ20 C3050.FUT_OPT.CME | 2020-04-16 17:14:48.604
Symbol Error - E4CJ20 C3050.FUT_OPT.CME is unknown, unavailable, or improperly formatted. No security definition has been found for the request | 2020-04-16 17:14:48.692
SC Data - All Services | Received security definition for symbol E4CJ20 C3050.FUT_OPT.CME | 2020-04-16 17:14:48.693
Using SC exchange feed2. Symbol: ~.FUT_OPT.CME | 2020-04-16 17:14:48.744
E4CJ20 C3050.FUT_OPT.CME[M] 1 Min #7 | Reloading chart. | 2020-04-16 17:14:48.746
E4CJ20 C3050.FUT_OPT.CME[M] 1 Min #7 | Currently no data in file to display. Will start historical data download and real-time updates. File: C:\SierraChart\SierraChartIB\Data\E4CJ20 C3050.FUT_OPT.CME.scid | 2020-04-16 17:14:48.761
HD Request # 178 | Downloading Intraday chart data for E4CJ20 C3050.FUT_OPT.CME to the file E4CJ20 C3050.FUT_OPT.CME.scid. Service: cme | 2020-04-16 17:14:53.054
Compressing file: C:\SierraChart\SierraChartIB\Data\E4CJ20 C3050.FUT_OPT.CME.scid. This may take a while. | 2020-04-16 17:14:53.055
HD Request # 178 | Download start date-time: 2019-10-13 17:14:53.000 | 2020-04-16 17:14:53.055
HD Request # 178 | Using server: ds22.sierracharts.com port 10150 | 2020-04-16 17:14:53.055
Socket (7) | Creating socket. | 2020-04-16 17:14:53.055
Socket (7) | Connecting to IP: 208.185.224.129. | 2020-04-16 17:14:53.056
HD Request # 178 | Setting DTC encoding to Binary VLS | 2020-04-16 17:14:53.181
HD Request # 178 | Sending historical data logon request message. | 2020-04-16 17:14:53.181
HD Request # 178 | Requesting Intraday data. Start date-time: 2019-10-13 17:14:53. Record interval: 0. Symbol: E4CJ20 C3050.FUT_OPT.CME | 2020-04-16 17:14:53.663
HD Request # 178 | Decompressing data. | 2020-04-16 17:14:53.723
HD Request # 178 | Receiving Intraday data for E4CJ20 C3050.FUT_OPT.CME starting at 2020-03-30 11:02:34 | 2020-04-16 17:14:53.723
Socket (7) | CloseSocket call. | 2020-04-16 17:14:53.725
Socket (7) | Shutdown started. Waiting for graceful close. | 2020-04-16 17:14:53.725
Historical data download thread signaled to stop. | 2020-04-16 17:14:53.726
HD Request # 178 | Timestamp of first Intraday data file record written: 2020-03-30 11:02:34 | 2020-04-16 17:14:53.726
HD Request # 178 | Received 13 records from 2020-03-30 11:02:34.000 to 2020-04-15 11:00:32.000 (16.0 days) and wrote 13 records for E4CJ20 C3050.FUT_OPT.CME | 2020-04-16 17:14:53.727
HD Request # 178 | Completion time: 0s | 2020-04-16 17:14:53.752
HD Request # 178 | Intraday data download complete for E4CJ20 C3050.FUT_OPT.CME. Unique request ID: 181 | 2020-04-16 17:14:53.752
Removing historical data download ID 181. | 2020-04-16 17:14:53.752
Real-time Intraday chart data file updates started for E4CJ20 C3050.FUT_OPT.CME | 2020-04-16 17:14:53.752
Intraday chart data file opened for E4CJ20 C3050.FUT_OPT.CME | 2020-04-16 17:14:53.752
HD Request # 178 | Enabling Intraday chart updating for symbol. | 2020-04-16 17:14:53.752

Triggering next historical data download in queue. | 2020-04-16 17:14:53.752
Socket (7) | Socket gracefully closed by remote side. | 2020-04-16 17:14:53.786
Socket (7) | Closed. | 2020-04-16 17:14:53.786

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