IB API disables TWS UI?

Discussion in 'Interactive Brokers' started by kubilai, Apr 14, 2008.

  1. I'm in my account and watching the Taiwan market trade using IB's own charts, which are pretty lame but I don't need incredibly fancy charting for my strat. I haven't had the guts to put on a trade though, for two main reasons:

    1. I don't want to get stuck in a trade... if the external socket isn't working what else is going to go wrong?

    2. Since I know guys like Kiwi aren't trading tonight there won't be anyone to move the market from my entry to my profit target. :)

    The second comment is a joke, but looking at the DOM it looks a little thinner than normal. I wonder how much of the STW volume flows through IB?
     
    #31     Apr 14, 2008
  2. shanelee

    shanelee

    same problem here
     
    #32     Apr 14, 2008
  3. xyannix

    xyannix

    Just tried quotetracker with my TWS and it is still freezing.
     
    #33     Apr 14, 2008
  4. Website is up but launching Ensign still freezes TWS.
     
    #34     Apr 14, 2008
  5. taodr

    taodr

    TWS is frozen but both Ensign and Quotetracker charts are updating data. Weird !
     
    #35     Apr 14, 2008
  6. u130747

    u130747

    I get no backfill either
     
    #36     Apr 14, 2008
  7. Yes, that is what I'm seeing here with Buttontrader too. BT will update (no backfill) but TWS frozen. I have to kill TWS via task manager.
     
    #37     Apr 14, 2008
  8. taodr

    taodr

    Hopefully the midnight reset will fix problem.
     
    #38     Apr 14, 2008
  9. jz3384

    jz3384

    Yup, same problem here. After my software connects with TWS, TWS just freezes, and I have to force kill TWS through task manager.
     
    #39     Apr 14, 2008
  10. TWS running all day here. ver 882.2 standalone

    just closed and restarted QT , still works

    may be certain servers only.
     
    #40     Apr 14, 2008