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Troubleshooting Missing Futures Contracts in VNPY

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Summary

This brief forum exchange concerns a user who cannot find an IM-prefixed futures contract in VNPY’s contract lookup and market-data records. The reply suggests checking whether the contract query has completed successfully before searching, since attempting a lookup before the completion log appears may explain the missing result.

The exchange offers a narrow operational troubleshooting clue about query timing. It does not confirm that this was the user’s actual cause, identify the data source or gateway, or provide further diagnostic steps. There is no discussion of contract specifications or trading strategy, so the advice should be treated as an initial check rather than a definitive resolution.

Key ideas

  • A missing contract in VNPY may result from searching before the contract query finishes.
  • The reply recommends waiting for the successful-query log before looking up contracts.
  • The forum exchange does not confirm the cause or provide additional diagnostics.

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