ZBZ2 not valid symbol on IB

Just21

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Futures Symbols ZB, ZN, ZF, ZT, ZW not valid. Entering ZBZ2 not valid. Tried just the root. This is with IB data source. Maybe the whole electronic Chicago board of trade is not working?

Would like to use motivewave but need ecbot exchange part of CME.
 

ScottyA

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For the sake of thoroughness: have you been able to receive the ECBOT data within TWS first? I assume the answer is yes.

MW simply passes data through. There shouldn't be any "data-governors" so to speak.
 

ScottyA

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Thank you.

I did a brief search and found that other platforms have had issues with the nomenclature for ECBOT. Wondering if that's the same for MotiveWave, so here's the troubleshooting method I suggest (if you haven't done this already):

When you go to Configure > Instruments > Search, then select IB as your data provider and then choose "Type: Future," after you enter the "root," you should receive the list of available Instruments & Symbol names. What do you get?

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