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[amibroker] Re: IB Controller request: allow a simulation mode



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Couple of months?  Man, I'll tell ya.  Give me a non-disclosure 
agreement to sign for that IB Controller piece and I'll put my 
efforts into getting it out the door before that.  Labor of love.  
I'll do it for free.

Steve

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, <ninja500@xxxx> wrote:
>
> FYI, in the next couple of months, IB will be offering a LIVE demo 
mode for
> TWS where executions are based on live
> quotes and market size. This new funtionality is required for 
their API
> student trading competition, and I think they will make it 
available for
> all.
> 
> On 11/14/05, scourt2000 <stevehite@xxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi Tomasz,
> >
> > I'm posting this to the general Amibroker group because I think 
it
> > would be of interest to many here.
> >
> > Would you be willing to consider adding a simulation mode to the 
IB
> > Controller? This way, I can use my real account with IB while I'm
> > looking at what's going on in real-time with the eSignal real-
time
> > plugin (or any of the other real-time data plugins for that
> > matter). I was thinking you could have a separate function call 
to
> > turn simulation mode on/off and the IB controller can feedback 
the
> > trade information to Amibroker as though the trades were real.
> > Perhaps a basic assumption that you'll only get filled with a 
BUY on
> > the ASK and a SELL on the BID (a guaranteed slippage) would be
> > sufficient for basic testing.
> >
> > Hmm, maybe one other idea is that you could allow the client ID 
to
> > be something other than 0 when you're connecting in simulation
> > mode? Of course, the understanding is that certain account
> > information would not be available because of that. At least this
> > way, I could connect some other front-end to IB for real-time
> > trading while I'm testing something else with the IB Controller 
in
> > simulation mode on the side.
> >
> > Hope you like this idea,
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>






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