I've just discovered a great little utility that records mouse and keyboard actions, and can play them back (at original speed) to automate the process of opening and closing TWS and any other apps you want (like auto trading apps)! No need to stay up til 1:00am anymore to restart TWS!! The recorded mouse and keyboard movements are saved to a file, which can then be targeted to create a Windows "Scheduled Task". (Is that cool or what!!). Maybe someday IB will go to a 24/7 system; but in the meantime, this looks like an excellent alternative. The utility is called "Tasker" and is available at this link: http://www.vista-software.com/tasker.htm Try it for free for 30 days; then only $19.95 to buy. I've only just started using it, but so far it looks very solid, and performs as advertised. saxon
TWSstart is free and can be downloaded from the bottom of this page. http://www.dynaorder.com/3rdparties.asp
AceMacro is another automation utility and it's free. The company has other more capable progs too, but I think they cost a couple bucks. AceMacro: http://www.downlinx.com/proghtml/232/23259.htm HitekSoftware: http://www.hiteksoftware.com/products.htm