The contracts lookup screen allows searching for contracts using any or all of the following parameters:

• Symbol
• Security Type: Stock, Option, Futures Contract, Futures Option Contract, Cash (Forex), Index
• Exchange
• Expiry: (only used for options, futures options, and futures)
• Right: Call or Put (only used for options and futures options)
• Strike Price (only used for options and futures options)
• Local Symbol
• Currency

Once the desired parameters are entered, click the Search button to search for all contracts matching your search parameters.  All matching contracts will then be retrieved from TWS and will be displayed in the bottom grid.  The left column allows you to filter for specific attributes.

Choose the contracts you want to add by selecting them in the grid (to select multiple rows use the control and shift keys).

Then click either the "Add Selected and Create Data Series" button or the "Add Selected Contracts" button to add the new contracts.

Add Selected Contracts

Clicking the "Add Selected Contracts" button will save the selected contracts to the IBCollector contracts database.  They will now appear in the main "IB Contracts" tab.

Add Selected and Create Data Series

Clicking the "Add Selected and Create Data Series" button will save the selected contracts to the IBCollector contracts database.  Then it will launch the add data series form which will allow you to automatically add multiple data series for each new contract. 

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