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Yes thank you. That is a good option and something I'd like build into the interface eventually but I am looking for something more like the Generic Tick functionality that would allow the code to incorporate this information into the "real-time" decision-making process.

Does anyone know if you can check if shares are available to short through IB's DDE for Excel API or must one step up to one of the other APIs to get this functionality?

I am trying to clarify the use of the following IB options. Ignore Opening Auction Allow Pre-Open re-route Both of these are poorly documented and although they seem pretty self evident, I am trying to better understand the context in which these would be useful. Can anyone elaborate...