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Hi,
I'm new to QC and had a basic question. As far as I understand, QC (in addition to backtesting capabilities of course) does support live futures trading via IB subscription, however this is limited to US only. Is that correct?
If yes, I wanted to run a stategy say with major equity indices listed outside the US, what are my options for backtesting and live-trading?
Thanks,
AV
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Alexandre Catarino
Hi AshkanV ,
This is correct.
Unfortunately, QuantConnect/Lean doesn't support Non-US Futures.
The only option is to implement this feature in Lean and run it locally. It is not a trivial task, especially if those assets' quote currency and the account is not in US dollar.
AshkanV
Thanks for th reply Alexandre. A couple of questions:
Alexandre Catarino
Hi AshkanV ,
Add 4 Micro E-Mini Futures for Indices #3818
After this part is done, we can look into how Non-US futures are represented in IB API.
AshkanV
Thanks for the tips, I'm working on another strategy to understand the Lean code base and will come back to this topic after.
AshkanV
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