Cryptocurrency

Important: Please be aware that a Contract ID (conid) will vary for Cryptocurrencies based on their Listing Exchange.

Bitcoin (BTC) held at PAXOS (479624278) will have a different conid than the listing at Zerohash (541686651). This behavior will apply to all other coins.

Symbol: String. Specify the symbol of the cryptocurrency.

SecType: String. Specify CRYPTO.

Exchange: String. Specify PAXOS or ZEROHASH (IB-IE clients must submit ZEROHASHE). Not all accounts are permitted for both routing destinations.

Currency: String. Only USD is available at this time.

symbol = "ETH"
secType = "CRYPTO"
currency = "USD"
exchange = "PAXOS"

WebAPI Orders for Crypto Currencies cannot use the “conid” field. Instead, orders must be submitted using “conidEx” and specifying both the contract identifier in addition to the exchange for trading.

// BTC ConId
"conidex": "557335679@ZEROHASH"
"conidex": "557335679@ZEROHASHE"
"conidex": "479624278@PAXOS"