Difference between QuoteManager and ChartTrader IB setting  [SOLVED]

Hi,

I noticed there is only one IB setting within QuoteManager, but I can have multiple settings in ChartTrader, when connecting to Interactive Brokers.

Is real time data sourced only from the QuoteManager IB setting? Or is it sourced from the IB connection connected within the chart?

Thanks for your advice.

Hello Ivanyu,

Yes, you are allowed to have multiple broker profiles connected to the same broker, but you can receive data only from 1 instance of IB TWS. it is not possible to clone data sources in QM and get data from sources of the same vendor (Univeral DDE is the only exception).

Thanks for the reply.

What is the client ID used by Quote Manager when connecting to IB TWS?

There is no option to set client ID inside Quote Manager.

In broker profile, I can select my client ID.

Thanks.

It is random number, Ivanyu. If you launch IB Gateway, you will the client ID that is generated and used by MC when it requests data.

So that is why it will not conflict with the order sending client ID connection of MultiCharts?

How random will the client ID be?

Reason I am asking is, I have other trading apps also connecting to IB TWS, and using other statically chosen client IDs (of course different from the order sending client ID of MultiCharts).

I am worried that the data sourcing MultiCharts client ID might be interfering in the future.

Thanks.

It should be a random number of the range: 0 - 65000.