Help with European ETFs

[sodaboy]

Hello,

I'm trying to set up the "L100" and/or "ISF" charts (these etfs track the performance of the ftse100.

Every time I try to set up either of these, I get the following error:
"Error in requesting historical data from IB: No security definition has been found for the request(200)"

I have no problems with any US based instruments - charts work fine - but this is the first time I've tried to set up European instruments and it's not working.

Can anyone outline the steps I need to take in Instrument Manager to set these up correctly?

I'm using a Live IB account connection with IB.
Thank you,
Soda.

[NinjaTrader_Jason]

Hello Soda,

NinjaTrader comes pre-loaded with the most commonly traded instruments however, you may find the need to add an additional instrument. Please follow the instructions below to add an instrument in the Instrument Manager.

• From the NinjaTrader Control Center window select the menu Tools > Instrument Manager
• Press the "New" button
• *Enter in instrument specific information and select the appropriate exchange (add Default exchange for equities in addition to the actual exchange)
• Fill in any relevant information under the "Misc" tab such as symbol mapping for your target connectivty provider
• Press the "OK" button

* If you wish to add an equity, this can be accomplished without following the steps above. Just open a chart (for example) and start typing in the symbol and a new instrument is automatically created.

The instrument is now added to the master instrument list. Please follow the instructions below if you want to add this instrument to an instrument list.

• Select the instrument list you wish to add the instrument to via the "Instrument lists" drop down list in the upper left hand corner
• Select the exchange (Default recommend for equities) as this will route orders to your broker smart routing system
• Select the appropriate expiration date if this is a futures instrument
• Press the "<" button to add the instrument to the list

You are now complete and can press the "OK" button.

[sodaboy]

Hi Jason,
Thanks for the reply - i'll give it a go.

What happens with instruments that have a common name, i.e.
ISF on the LSE is an etf that tracks the FTSE100
but when I try to create a chart for ISF in NT - i get a chart for ISF - ING Perpetual Hybrid Cap SEC on the NYSE... i can't get the chart for the etf instrument on the LSE

[NinjaTrader_Jason]

Please enable the Lse exchange besides the Default exchange when creating the instrument in the Instrument Manager.

[sodaboy]

Got it working...

I didn't adjust the currency - i.e. USD to GBP.

Everything fine now. Sorry again.
Soda