IB.exerciseOptions

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exerciseOptions(self, contract: ib_async.contract.Contract, exerciseAction: int, exerciseQuantity: int, account: str, override: int)

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Related API navigation

• Calls: Client.exerciseOptions
• Calls: Client.getReqId
• Protocol mapping: EClient.exerciseOptions
• Error reference: TWS message codes (applicability is request-dependent).

Sources and provenance

• ib-async-repository-2-1-0 (library-source; retrieved 2026-07-15T03:42:42Z)

Exercise an options contract.

https://interactivebrokers.github.io/tws-api/options.html

Args: contract: The option contract to be exercised. exerciseAction:

• 1 = exercise the option
• 2 = let the option lapse exerciseQuantity: Number of contracts to be exercised. account: Destination account. override:
• 0 = no override
• 1 = override the system's natural action