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Thank you!

EOD data you can download it from a demo interactive brokers account I think. reqhistoricaldata()

Hi globalarbtrader, I saw that you trade FEEDCOW (these are the futures). Could you please tell me any other stock instrument to get exposure to the Cattle on Feed?. There is an ETF called COW, but it does not have the adequate liquidity, the bid-ask is huge. Thanks!

Hi, Interactive Brokers has a function to receive greeks, volatility... calculateOptionPrice() https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/software/api/api.htm

The best for this is Nadaq... I think. But, yes I think is better if you pay for it. Interactive Brokers data is not so expensive. You can use this method: Reqmktdata method: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/software/api/apiguide/java/reqmktdata.htm

The bid-ask spread is large so any new order after the close may move a lot the price...

Check this thing, reqhistoricaldata: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/software/api/apiguide/java/reqhistoricaldata.htm IAL

Interactive Brokers API. I think you can receive delayed data with a demo account. You may save it in a text file or in a database. IAL

I agree with GAT. It is faster.

Hi GAT, You have such a great product. I have a question: do you use in your software something else apart from python and C++? I mean, for example HTML, XML...?

From my understanding I cannot upload my own data into TWS and run my code right? If so can someone direct me to links to do so? - Ib does not give you back testing software. You may use R, Python, quantopian, metatrader or any other software. Interactive brokers traders use two connections to...

Sorry I thought you wanted to use some automated strategy. If you are a client of IB you should be able to call them... they will give you all the information you need.

"short a stock with IB?" Yes you may be able to do that! That is an if and a limit order. You should create a contract and place the order. You need to specify: - "SELL" and 100 shares in the new order parameters. I have a video that may help you: You just change "BUY"...