[R-SIG-Finance] IBrokers Problem

[Michael Smith]

Thanks for the quick reply, but R still hangs after running this command
with the new ticker.

Best,
Michael


On 12/09/2013 09:29 PM, G See wrote:
> 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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