IB Connection Problem...?

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IB Connection Problem...?

Postby veritasig » 20 Oct 2014

Installed a 30 day demo of MC
Broker is IB with desktop TWS

API settings were configured as per MC tutorial video.

Upon MC start and connection attempt to IB, connection cannot be made.

When IB prompt, "accept connection attempt yes or no" pops up, and yes is selected, connection cannot be made.

The IB prompt continually appears every 30 seconds or so. Each time yes is selected, but still no connection made.

Thanks.

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Re: IB Connection Problem...?

Postby TJ » 20 Oct 2014

Installed a 30 day demo of MC
Broker is IB with desktop TWS
API settings were configured as per MC tutorial video.
Upon MC start and connection attempt to IB, connection cannot be made.
When IB prompt, "accept connection attempt yes or no" pops up, and yes is selected, connection cannot be made.
The IB prompt continually appears every 30 seconds or so. Each time yes is selected, but still no connection made.
Thanks.
Open IB TWS configurations.
> API
> Settings
make sure 127.0.0.1 is in the list of Trusted IP Addresses

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Re: IB Connection Problem...?

Postby veritasig » 21 Oct 2014

Thank you. Fixed :)

How about this:

Running MC demo. Created a strategy and backtested it in Portfolio Trader. Under signals > strategy name > format signal > properties > "enable intra bar order generation is grayed out and can't be enabled. Along with all the options for under entries and exits.

How can I enable these?

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Re: IB Connection Problem...?

Postby Henry MultiСharts » 22 Oct 2014

Hello veritasig,

Portfolio trader does not support IOG and BarMagnifier for signals. IOG is supported for the money management signal only.

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Re: IB Connection Problem...?

Postby veritasig » 22 Oct 2014

Ok, thank you. Figured that out last night. Figuring things out as I go along here. Prefer to dive right in as opposed to reading manual first ;)


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