Sell in FA Group

[dshanabrook]

I am trying to sell in a financial advisor group. The Java example provided by IB looks like this:

Contract m_contract = new Contract();
Order m_order = new Order();
.
.
// allocate the order for this group
m_order.m_faGroup = "USGroup";
// using the percent change method
m_order.m_faMethod = "PctChange";
m_order.m_faPercentage = "100";

m_client.placeOrder(orderId++, m_contract, m_order);

However, when I try a similar bit of code, setting the FA attributes on the Order, the consul says:

You must specify an allocation (either a single account, group, or profile).

Any ideas?

[dsouzae]

I am not familiar with advisor accounts. You might want to start with this IB Java API for Advisors.

A few internet searches may solve your problem, I've found the same error message discussed over here: https://github.com/ib-ruby/ib-ruby/issues/60

[dshanabrook]

I thought I was setting things up right:
request.Order.FAMethod = "PctChange"
request.Order.FAPercentage = "-100"
request.Order.FAGroup = "everyone"
Not sure what I should do besides setting up the FAGroup.
Another approach would be to get the stock positions held in each account, yet I can't figure this out either.