Any way to trade IB without that TWS java program running?

Discussion in 'Interactive Brokers' started by seasideheights, Sep 23, 2008.

  1. Is there any way to trade IB without that TWS java program running in the background?
     
  2. Yeah, use the FIX interface.
     
  3. You can use WebTrader.
     
  4. moarla

    moarla

    whats problem with java?
     
  5. I run TWS as a windows service, however you need to know java to figure out how to do this. But this only hides the gui, its still running in the background.