You mean as wide as you can for each exchange? That is a good question. Another question would be ---how wide IB allows on its server. Or are you just talking about CME?
The good thing with the IB-API-model is that there is soo much choice!....For each IB-trader there is something that fits its needs and budget..just great !
Following up my previous comment, the e-mailed Daily Statement by IB, accurately reflects P/L of Friday 19-Aug. By day's end on Friday, the TWS->Account->Futures PnL was almost $1k different from the correct P/L. PS: Right now (Sunday afternoon 16:00EST) markets are closed, yet TWS still somehow starts the week with a -371.24 in Futures PnL (this isn't new, incorrect "new day" P/L is going on for 6 months or more). And a position in COIL is missing.
As promised, here is an attached image of one popup that I'm receiving repeatedly in the last couple of days, for several stocks. Aside from not being able to disable the opening of the popup, the content of the message is also a little scaring. Your customer service told me that it's normal and I'm just now realizing that probably I'm getting them just because I left a couple of chart windows opened the evening before. At any rate, it would be nice if I had an option to disable *all* popups and get a code/error string event from the API instead, so that I could process it appropriately. -GS
Looks like a chart popup, not related to the API functions. I thought the issue was that you don't want pop-ups on activities related to API functionality. Did I misunderstand? (In the latest TWS version we have disabled a lot of API related popups).
Standalone version of TWS, 851 is now available from http://www.interactivebrokers.com/cgi-bin/betaControl.pl?ib_entity=uk first standalone release since July 8th. Solves the problem I had with 30gb log files, thankfully.
Well, my original worrying was about the fact the previous versions of TWS had popups that stopped the correct operation of API. So, whenever I see a popup opening now, my first thought goes to the possibility that my system could be not working properly, even if in the meantime many issues have been resolved in latest releases. Just think about it this way: a popup is a device that requires user interaction. But if I intend to use only API connection, TWS simply should not send any message to me through popups, because I chose to work in "API only" mode. Remember that of course the best of all would be the option of an API-only piece of software allowing for connection to IB servers: a DLL, an OCX or something like that. Then, user application software could rely on that for connection without necessarily having to keep TWS running. Is this something you are considering for a near future? Thank you for your answer. -GS
IB is getting hammered here. Give them a little break guys. After a year only two problems and they were both my fault.
Not by me, I suppose. Being myself a progammer I know that writing software is not an easy task. And I too have, like IB, customers who report back to me issues in the software I write. So I think it's IB's best interest to know what users perceive about their products and also receive suggestions for improving them. IB is already doing that, so let's keep moving forward. Politely, of course. -GS