Hello all, I've downloaded the API and the demo client from IB, logging in using the demo account and while I get Market Data Im unable to receive Historical Market Data with error 165. I've tried it a few products, stocks and future contracts but I get the same error. Is the historical data enabled for the demo account or is it something else? thx in advance
Hi I would like to try your product for free and while doing that download stuff I would have to pay for everywhere else.
Actually, I had the same problem sometime ago. I used: - demo TWS + API - demo java client and I couldn't get any demo historical data. Can someone please confirm that it's possible and not disabled in the demo versions, so I look elsewhere for solving the problem?
The demo accounts do not have access to historical data through the API. You have to use a live account, or a paper-trading account. Steve
ya, quotes on the demo are completely unreliable; open an acct and make use of the papertrader facility.