SPXW not available in API or dashboard

[developerzava]

Hello, does anyone know the fix for finding SPXW in alpaca dashoard or via API, i try looking up contracts for SPXW but i get a - 404: no trade found for SPXW

Do i need any additional setting on my account to enable SPXW?

[Dan_Whitnable_Alpaca]

@developerzava the underlying index for SPXWxxxxxxxxxxx option contracts is SPX. So search for SPX and you will get those contracts. You can see those below

Similarly, depending upon which end point you are using in the API, use SPX as the underlying symbol. Something like this:

'https://paper-api.alpaca.markets/v2/options/contracts?underlying_symbols=SPX' 

Does that help?

[developerzava]

thank you so much. I forgot to click the actual contracts ; I will fix my code.

Not sure if your reply is intentionally arrays of objects, but your response is helpful.