TWS Interactive Brokers API - How to fix "No security definition has been found for the request"?

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Using the Java API (and I guess this goes for any other TWS Interactive Brokers client API) I get an error "No security definition has been found for the request" The FAQ and other resources were resoundingly unhelpful. 

    Contract contract = new Contract();

    int id = incId;           

    System.out.println("Oder Id " + id );

    // use UTC seconds as transaction id

    // This is the problem you need to have a blank contractId
    contract.m_conId = 12345;
    contract.m_symbol = signal.symbol;
    contract.m_secType = "STK";
    contract.m_expiry = "";
    contract.m_strike = 0;
    contract.m_exchange = "SMART";
    contract.m_primaryExch = "ISLAND";
    contract.m_currency = "USD";

    //etc

    Order order = new Order();

    // set order fields
    order.m_account = "XXXXXX";
    order.m_orderId = id;
    //etc

    GetInstance().wrapper.m_client.placeOrder(id, contract, order);
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6 Answers

It was solved for me by setting the exchange to "SMART".

My use case was getting all the contracts I am currently holding and sending a MOC order. I got the contract using the reqPositions method, but the Contracts in those return values still gave this error.

Setting exchange to SMART on these contracts solved the issue for me.

user_29391750

I have had the same issue, but it was because I was not filling the values of SecIdType and SecId.

Here is an example of the order and request that worked:

IBApi.Order order = new IBApi.Order()
{
    Account = OrderCreationConfig.IndividualAccount
    , ClientId = OrderCreationConfig.OrderSlaveClientId //1
    , Action = orderNodeEntity.OrderAction //"BUY"
    , TotalQuantity = orderNodeEntity.NrOfStocks
    , OrderType = OrderCreationConfig.OrderTypeLMT //"LMT"
    , Tif = OrderCreationConfig.OrderTifGTC //"GTC"
    , OcaType = OrderCreationConfig.OcaTypeId //3
    , LmtPrice = price
    , AuxPrice = 0
    , TrailStopPrice = double.MaxValue
    , VolatilityType = 0
    , DeltaNeutralOrderType = "None"
};

IBApi.Contract contract = new IBApi.Contract()
{
      Symbol = orderNodeEntity.Symbol
     , SecType = OrderCreationConfig.ContractSecTypeSTK //"STK"
     , Strike = 0
     , Right = OrderCreationConfig.ContractRightQuestionMark //"?"
     , Exchange = OrderCreationConfig.ContractExchangeIsland //"ISLAND"
     , Currency = OrderCreationConfig.ContractCurrencyUSD //"USD"
     , LocalSymbol = orderNodeEntity.Symbol
     , TradingClass = null        
     , SecIdType = OrderCreationConfig.ContractSecIdTypeISIN //"ISIN"
     , SecId = this.GetISINCode(orderNodeEntity.Symbol) //"US0378331005" 
};
user_2498950

Also make sure to pick the correct lastTradeDateOrContractMonth for your contract. I got the same error when trying to sell an option at a maturity date that was not legit...

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