Can we make alarm sound as soon as some price touch my designated price?

Discussion in 'App Development' started by jk90029, Jan 4, 2016.

  1. Dear-

    Given personal watch list of 500 stocks, similar to SnP 500.

    Placing order (delivering to IB server with API use) for a specific equity is NOT in discussion here.

    First I hope to hear a sound from local PC speaker, such as "MSFT touch your 1st level of alarm" as soon as MSFT hits $51.
    Of course, price for first and second alarm is changing every day morning, given by programming and hours' computing yesterday night.

    For example, we prepare a csv matrix last night, such as

    MSFT 51.0 first
    MSFT 49.0 second
    ......

    With personal watch list of 500 equities, the above matrix has dimension of 1000 rows and 3 columns.

    Is it possible?
    If so, tell me data feed provider and some language(s) recommended, such and R or python if possible.
    Any other help is appreciated.

    Thanks in advance.

    -Jay
     
  2. just21

    just21

    Already in IB TWS, use the alerts function. Click on the down arrow at the end of the ribbon of icons below file,edit,trade,etc. Choose alerts.
     
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  3. Omg, is this what it's come down to
     
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  4. Suppose I have 500 watch list.
    I already prepared a matrix (csv file) with 1000 rows and 3 columns, generated by my program with > 1000 lines, yesterday night.

    May send the matrix to IB TWS server, in one time?

    Please do not tell me that I need to type 1000 times (symbol+price+share).

    PS) Of course, final goal is delivering BUY order with specified price like 49.2, as soon as MSFT hits 51.0 (instead of alarming)
     
  5. Did you mean, under TWS menu, File/GlobalConfig/InformationTool/Alert ?
    If not, please tell me where it is.
     
  6. Bowgett

    Bowgett

    Is it so hard?
     
  7. That's creative really, a talking program. All my automated trading just output plain text. How cool would it be if it can talk with real voice, maybe an plain voice when level 1 is triggered, and a shrieking voice when level 2 is hit. While I am at it, why not add an avatar with facial expression and animation when actual trade is executed. I don't have the time to do that. But I am just saying, how cool would it be to personify automated trading.
     
    Last edited: Jan 4, 2016
  8. You may have enough time to type thousands of keyboard input every day.
    However, I do NOT have time to do it.
     
  9. If possible, we need to find sounding function in R/Python, to alarm such as "You have trigger 1 in MSFT" loudly.

    There are some free recording programs, to generate sound file like wmv. But here direct sounding by R/Python, I mean.

    I have experience to open extra window by R, for me to read "trigger 1 in MSFT". However, this is NO good.
     
  10. If someone make this program on the web, I can pay for it monthly.

    I prepare csv file with 1000 by 3 early morning, then the company makes sound from 9 to 4 in my PC speaker.

    Furthermore, if it is done, then it will NOT be technically difficult to send signal to my cell phone, while I am away from my PC.
     
    #10     Jan 5, 2016