If you receive an error message when clicking on the LIVE button, then the IB API has not been installed correctly. If you have other applications connecting to TWS, please make sure you allocate a unique ‘ClientId’ to ONE and enter it in the Data Feed Configuration setting.įinally, click on the LIVE button in the ONE Home ribbon to start the data feed. The ‘Host Address’, ‘Port’ and ‘ClientId’ fields will be displayed and contain the following default values:Īgain, make sure the ‘Port’ is the same as that configured in the TWS API settings. To start using the Interactive Brokers live data feed, go to the Configuration ribbon in ONE and change the ‘Live Feed’ drop down control to ‘Interactive Brokers’.
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Please be aware that if this setting is added, ANY application that tries to connect from your PC will be able to do so without TWS prompting you for confirmation, although you may hear IB TWS beep each time a request is made. If you do not want TWS to keep prompting you each time ONE tries to connect, you can add the local host (127.0.0.1) to your Trusted IP Addresses.Make sure the host Port setting in ONE matches the Port setting in TWS API (both default to 7496).Make sure ‘Enable ActiveX and Socket Clients’ is checked.Click on API->Settings on the left hand menu and check the following: TWS version 952.3b or later will be required.įor ONE to access the Interactive Brokers data feed, the IB TWS desktop client must be running.įirst, in TWS go to Edit->Global Configuration, which will open the Trader Workstation Configuration window (as shown below). It is not required to download/install the IB API. You can download TWS from the following link: You must have the IB TWS (Trader WorkStation) desktop client installed on your machine. Prerequisites for using the Interactive Brokers (IB) data feed Posted by Nicholas Bender, Last modified by David Jones on 09 April 2020 13:06
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