Sometimes it is not easy to find the right spelling to get the realtime quotes from IB to Amibroker. Therefore I created this page to help other AB user
This is for the IB plugin to Amibroker
Index Quotes:
in Amibroker from Interactive Brokers=> AB
Nasdaq:Yahoo ^IXIC
AB> NDX-NASDAQ-IND-USD
S&P500 Yahoo ^GSPC
AB> SPX-CBOE-IND-USD
DAX Yahoo ^GDAXI
AB> DAX-DTB-IND-EUR
German future : FDAX DEC 09-DTB-FUT-EUR
Yahoo: CAC 40 (^FCHI)
French Index : CAC-MONEP-IND- EUR
French future : FCEZ9-MONEP- FUT-EUR
NYSE Yahoo:
AB> AD-NYSE-NYSE-IND
AB>TICK-NYSE-NYSE-IND
MSCIA ETFs
India: INP-ARCA-STK-USD
China: FXI-ARCA-STK-USD
EWZ-ARCA-STK-USD
Base Metals: DBB-ARCA-STK-USD
Bric BIK-ARCA-STK-USD
Forex Quotes from IB
AUD.USD-IDEALPRO-CASH
EUR.USD-IDEALPRO-CASH
GBP.USD-IDEALPRO-CASH
USD.JPY-IDEALPRO-CASH
EUR.AUD-IDEALPRO-CASH
EUR.CHF-IDEALPRO-CASH
EUR.CAD-IDEALPRO-CASH
EUR.GBP-IDEALPRO-CASH
Forex uses always the same syntax
Commodities
Silver:
Yahoo: (NYSEArca: SLV)
AB>SLV-ARCA-STK-USD
Gold:
Yahoo: (NYSEArca: GLD)
AB> GLD-ARCA-STK-USD
e.g Mini Gold and Silver June 2011
YG JUN 11-NYSELIFFE-FUT
YG__JUN_11-NYSELIFFE-FUT
3 Spaces between YG and JUN and 1 Space between JUN and 11
Silver
YI JUN 11-NYSELIFFE-FUT
Mixed Stuff -Futures
December Crude Oil: CLZ9-NYMEX-FUT
December Nat Gas: NGZ9-NYMEX-FUT
December E-Mini: ESZ9-GLOBEX- FUT
December Ten-year T-Note: ZN DEC 09-ECBOT-FUT
The treasury note symbol has a fixed number of spaces so copy and paste as
it shows above. (Credits to AB Forum => Jerry Gress)