Is there a symbol to add crypto prices (BTC, ETH) in TWS?

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d0rian

I want to see at a glance (and possibly chart) the price of major cryptos (esp Bitcoin + Ether) in USD in TWS. Not necessarily trade them, just track them for now. E.g. as of this post, BTC = $49,754K USD, ETH = $2,326 USD...how can I display that price in TWS??

There are exchange-traded instruments that track / mirror the price of BTC + ETH -- like the Grayscale trust, or a few newly-authorized ETFs like BTCC in Canada, but the problem is those units are priced completely separately from the underlying crypto; e.g. 1 share of BTCC is $10.35...and on a percentage basis, it will closely track the actual $49,754 BTC price, but I want to display in TWS that larger "real" BTC-USD figure. The closest I've found is "BRR", a futures product(?), but when I add it to a row in TWS it doesn't seem to update in real-time (it's still showing $54,662) so not sure it does what I want.

TLDR: how do I display real-time BTC-USD and ETH-USD prices in TWS?
 
You can try the futures BRR and BAKKT for the nearest expiration, there is still likely to be a small premium to the spot market though. For ETH I dont know.

ps: you got to pay for real-time futures data
 
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Daal said:
You can try the futures BRR and BAKKT for the nearest expiration, there is still likely to be a small premium to the spot market though. For ETH I dont know. IB is yet to list ETH futures.

ps: you got to pay for real-time futures data
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That's not true. ICE Bitcoin futures market data is free.

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Thank you -- added BAKKT Futures May21 (Continuous), and it seems to display what I want / let me chart it. Appreciate it. No luck on Ether yet tho. Doge...um...not holding breath.
 
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