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trader422

Registered: Jun 2006
Posts: 61

08-06-12 11:42 PM

I don't think there is any way, using the API, to get the routing destination data field for an order working in Trader Workstation (that is, the field with TWS header "Destination"). Can anyone prove me wrong?

After using the API for more than 10 years it just recently occurred to me that this would always have been really useful data to have, and would have solved a lot of problems over the years... not to mention, there seems to be no excuse for IB to not have provided it starting with version 1.0.

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tradelink

Registered: Feb 2008
Posts: 577

08-07-12 05:14 PM

the destination (SMART/ARCA/IDEALPRO/etc) is specified in the contract that is attached to the order, prior to sending.

you may wish to look at the tradelink.org code for the tws connector in source-> brokerservers -> twsserver for an example

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trader422

Registered: Jun 2006
Posts: 61

08-07-12 06:34 PM

Sorry, maybe I wasn't clear ... I'm talking about getting the routing destination for SMART routed orders that can get routed, and rerouted, anywhere after the order is transmitted.

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braincell

Registered: Jul 2011
Posts: 533

08-07-12 09:19 PM

According to the docs, if you specify the "exchange" field of the IContract, you can route it using that.

http://www.interactivebrokers.com/p...x/icontract.htm

exchange() As String
The order destination, such as Smart.

Try giving the exchange field a string such as "BATS" or whatever, and see where it goes.

If you mean for orders that are active in TWS but not initiated by the API, then you'd have to keep track of that yourself using contract ID (conID) fields. At least I think so. I'm still not sure I understood your question though.

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trader422

Registered: Jun 2006
Posts: 61

08-07-12 09:34 PM

Thanks for the post, braincell, but it sounds like you are talking about routing orders, whereas I'm just talking about finding the routing destination of already-routed orders ...

I promise this question is simple, so I must not be making myself clear ... one more time:

I've got a bunch of orders (U.S. equities) working. All the orders appear normally in TWS, and all the orders are fully known by my app using the API. TWS has a field with header "Destination" which reports the current routing destination for each order (NYSE, BATS, ISLAND, ARCA, etcetera). Since the orders were all SMART-routed, this data is unknown when I place the orders, plus for any order it might change at any time as the order gets rerouted.

The question is: TWS reports this information accurately in real time, all the time ... so why can't I get it through the API? Or, can I get it through the API?

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Craig66

Registered: Sep 2006
Posts: 384

08-07-12 10:09 PM

The routed-to exchange is in the 'execution' message.

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