Order Types

The Order Types page has been updated to showcase all available Order Conditions with improved detail.

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IBKR API Changelog

Unique changelog pages have been created for each major section of the IBKR Campus API Documentation.

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Order Types

cashQty support has been added for Forex and Cryptocurrency contracts.

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Contracts

Please be aware that endDateTime must be left as an empty string when requesting continuous futures contracts when using the TWS API with Trader Workstation or IB Gateway releases of 10.30 and above.

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Contracts

Expired Futures contract example has been added to the Contracts page.
Please note, only the TWS API supports the use of expired Futures contracts for historical data.

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Contracts | Market Data | Order Types

The IBKRCampus API documentation is going through several quality of life updates to provide the best possible experience for our users.

  • “Fundamental” pages, including Order Types, Market Data, and Contracts have been rolled under “Overview” along with the Getting Started page.
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Order Types

Jefferies Algos are no longer supported through Interactive Brokers. As such, the JEFFALGO section of the Order Types page has been removed.

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Contracts

The [Smart Routing]/(tws-api/doc/tws-settings/smart-algorithm) section has been added to the Contracts page. This section documents available SMART routing options algorithms that may be implemented in TWS API similar to what is available in the Trader Workstation.

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IBKR APIs

We have introduced a new Getting Started page to The Campus site that can help direct new users decide which API is best for them and links out on where to begin with each of them.

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Order Types

CSFBALGO section has been removed from Order Types as they are no longer offered through Interactive Brokers.

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