Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 303

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Quote from Kirkx:

As far as I remember, if you login to the Gateway instead of TWS, there is no logoff timer. The gateway is leaner than TWS and has lower memory leaks, logging off and rebooting PC once a week is usually sufficient to restore the memory.

But you would obviously need to use a third party front end for order entry. And it might be a good idea to keep IB Web Trader open in the browser to double check if orders are executed properly.

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Registered: Jan 2009
Posts: 922

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Quote from fishing:

how do i login to the Gateway and trade via Ninja Trader? i login to TWS but dont use TWS's book traders but NinjaTrader.

Thanks

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new versions of TWS on Windows
go to Start->Interactive Brokers->IB Gateway->IB API, logon
go to Configure->Setting->API->Socket Port

ensure your NinjaTrader point to the point number.

Registered: Jul 2012
Posts: 3

Hi Everyone~
Can anyone tell me that how to let TWS still working and not logoff within 24 hours. I know we need to use the IBController to control TWS and now I got changed the codes in "sampleIBControllerStart" to let TWS auto login with username and password. But can anyone tell me how to add "IBAutoClosedown=no" into the sample?
I will be appreciate your answers. Thank you!

Registered: Mar 2004
Posts: 1084

Selena:

Look in the IBController.ini file.

Jack

Registered: Jul 2012
Posts: 3

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Quote from JackR:

Selena:

Look in the IBController.ini file.

Jack

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Registered: Mar 2004
Posts: 1084

Selena:

You will not see any immediate effect on the TWS. IBController looks for the warning message that pops up about 5 minutes before the logoff time that you set in TWS. When it sees that message box it resets the time to a time prior to the logoff, so that TWS does not log off.

So if properly installed you should see IBController open TWS with your username and password ( that you also put in the IBController.ini file). You'll have to manually respond to the Security Challenge. Once TWS is running set the auto-logoff time to something about 10-15 minutes in the future. When the popup message (window) appears, it should go away almost immediately. Then look in TWS and you should see that the auto-logoff time has been changed.

Jack

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