VeighNa Interactive Brokers History Queries Require Contract Data

Summary

This community post reports a failure when requesting historical data through VeighNa’s Interactive Brokers gateway. The traceback shows a lookup for a contract keyed by the supplied symbol and exchange failing before the history request can proceed. The user asks whether holding the instrument is required and whether documentation exists for building a custom data feed.

The post includes a code example, the exception, and gateway connection messages, but no answer or confirmed fix. It therefore does not establish the precise correction or explain Interactive Brokers’ historical-data permissions. The contract lookup failure suggests that the gateway lacks a matching contract record, while the symbol shown in the example may also contain a spelling error. The connection status messages alone do not demonstrate that the requested contract was qualified or that historical data is available. The material is useful as a troubleshooting case, but conclusions about required holdings or custom-feed implementation need additional documentation.

Key ideas

• The reported history query fails when the gateway cannot find a contract under the requested symbol and exchange key.
• The example and exception identify contract resolution as the immediate point of failure.
• The user asks whether a position is needed to obtain historical data, but the post provides no answer.
• The gateway status messages do not confirm that the requested contract was successfully qualified.
• The post offers no documentation or verified steps for creating a custom data feed.

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