Dutch Warrants and Structured Products

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LocalSymbol: String. Specify the exact symbol of the derivative.

SecType: String. Specify IOPT.

Exchange: String. Specify the holding exchange for the warrant. SWB, FWB, and GETTEX are common holding exchanges.

Currency: String. Specify the base currency of the warrant.

localSymbol = "B881G"
secType = "IOPT"
exchange = "SBF"
currency = "EUR"

To unambiguously define a Dutch Warrant or Structured Product (IOPTs) the conId or localSymbol field must be used.

  • It is important to note that if reqContractDetails is used with an incompletely-defined IOPT contract definition, that thousands of results can be returned and the API connection broken.
  • IOPT contract definitions will often change and it will be necessary to restart TWS or IB Gateway to download the new contract definition.