[R-SIG-Finance] IBrokers Problem

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The ticker for that ETF changed to QQQ on March 23, 2011

Try reqContractDetails(tws, twsEquity("QQQ"))

Best,
Garrett

On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 7:27 AM, Michael Smith <my.r.help at gmail.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> I'm trying to better understand how to use the IBrokers package by going
> through the `IBrokers.pdf` vignette. I'm using the demo version of TWS
> (login `edemo`). TWS seems to be running fine. However, I get stuck at
> the following command from the vignette:
>
> reqContractDetails(tws, twsEquity("QQQQ"))
>
> R just seems to hang and I don't get any further response. My
> sessionInfo is below. I'm using the most current IBrokers from Google Code.
>
> Am I doing something wrong, or is this not supposed to work with the TWS
> demo version?
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
>
>
>> sessionInfo()
> R version 3.0.2 (2013-09-25)
> Platform: x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu (64-bit)
>
> locale:
>  [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8       LC_NUMERIC=C
> LC_TIME=en_US.utf8
>  [4] LC_COLLATE=en_US.utf8     LC_MONETARY=en_US.utf8
> LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
>  [7] LC_PAPER=en_US.utf8       LC_NAME=C                 LC_ADDRESS=C
>
> [10] LC_TELEPHONE=C            LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.utf8
> LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>
> other attached packages:
> [1] IBrokers_0.9-11 xts_0.9-7       zoo_1.7-10      colorout_1.0-1
>
> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> [1] grid_3.0.2      lattice_0.20-24 tools_3.0.2
>
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