Interactive Brokers Symbol list

Question

I want to use the IB Api, but cannot figure our how the request a complete symbol list and information.

In the Documentation i found: reqScannerParameters() - but it is not clear how to get a list for example of nasdaq stocks ?

Is there a better way ?

Yes, I know that, I was trying to save you a lot of grief, in response to your "is there a better way" question. — Brian Topping, Apr 26 '15 at 11:05
After having IB trade against me, I'm not so sure about that.. — Brian Topping, Apr 26 '15 at 11:07
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/76280/discussion-between-brian-topping-and-roby). — Brian Topping, Apr 26 '15 at 11:11

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered May 06 '15 at 02:49

As far as I am aware IB does not offer a symbol list. But the good news is it is easy and free to get elsewhere. Eoddata.com is a good source of it and you can download them, or automate it rather easily.

Go here and just click the download link at the top right of the table: EodData Symbol List

Not sure what language your using for the IB API but I have simple tutorial in C# that covers reading the tickers for stocks and options on my website: Get Real-Time Stock Data from the Interactive Brokers API

Great job, this really helps me! – user3322481 Oct 14 '19 at 03:24 — user3322481, Oct 14 '19 at 03:24

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 26 '15 at 12:31

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It is fairly easy to implement a piece of code scraping all stocks symbol from IB's website.

NYSE stocks are available from IB website

Just replace 'nyse' with another exchange's name like nasdaq or amex.

answered May 26 '15 at 12:31

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 03 '20 at 16:28

If you go to their products listing you can drill down to find lists of the entire universe of products (in case the link expires, I just googled "IB Product Listings")

https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/index.php?f=1563

For example, I went to their NYSE product and scrolled through a few pages to find everything I needed. Here's an example of what I found

https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/index.php?f=2222&exch=amex&showcategories=STK&p=&cc=&limit=100&page=3

Interactive Brokers Symbol list

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