Notes & Limitations

Cryptocurrency Trading

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Because Cryptocurrencies at Interactive Brokers are managed through external groups like ZEROHASH and PAXOS, the available order types and behaviors are slightly different from average. The lists below indicate what is available for BUY and SELL orders when using Cryptocurrencies.

Please be aware that no other order types are available for Crypto orders.

BUY

Order Types
  • LMT Order Using “quantity” or “totalQuantity” values.
  • MKT Orders using “cashQty” value.
Time in Force
  • LMT Orders support “DAY”, “GTC”, “IOC”
  • The TWS API Also Supports the “Minutes” time in force.
  • MKT Orders only support “IOC”.

SELL

Order Types
  • LMT Order Using “quantity” or “totalQuantity values.
  • MKT orders using “quantity” or “totalQuantity” values.
Time in Force
  • LMT Orders support “DAY”, “GTC”, “IOC”
  • The TWS API Also Supports the “Minutes” time in force.
  • MKT Orders only support “IOC”.