IB: Symbol for VIX futures and indices

Q: I am having a hard time finding the symbol that will work in EW for the futures contracts on the VIX (IB is my data supplier).    I have no problem getting "VXQ7" to work just fine in TWS, but EW isn't going for it.

A: Using a current version of Ensign Windows, in my testing I have been able to get the following symbols to work by adding them to the Setup | Manager.

$VIX  for index

VIX U7   for futures
VIX Q7

Last modified 10/3/07 1:19 AM