IB limitation historical data

[frankduc]

Hello,

I am trying to get a chart with data for the emini pass 2020-12-10 but it wont display farther. I suppose there is a limitation from IB?
Anyone one know where i can get free data beyond that date?

TY

[QuantKey_Bruce]

That's an Interactive Brokers limitation for all API users. NinjaTrader connects with them (as do most external programs) through their API. See below (emphasis mine):

Unavailable Historical Data

• The other historical data limitations listed are general limitations for all trading platforms:

• Bars whose size is 30 seconds or less older than six months
• Expired futures data older than two years counting from the future's expiration date.
• Expired options, FOPs, warrants and structured products.
• End of Day (EOD) data for options, FOPs, warrants and structured products.
• Data for expired future spreads
• Data for securities which are no longer trading.
• Native historical data for combos. Historical data is not stored in the IB database separately for combos.; combo historical data in TWS or the API is the sum of data from the legs.
• Historical data for securities which move to a new exchange will often not be available prior to the time of the move.

Source: https://interactivebrokers.github.io...mitations.html