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
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.
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)
Did you mean, under TWS menu, File/GlobalConfig/InformationTool/Alert ? If not, please tell me where it is.
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.
You may have enough time to type thousands of keyboard input every day. However, I do NOT have time to do it.
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.
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.