here's an example you get orderstatus and executions. It works with ibpy-0.7.6_9.51-py2.7
I assume your problem is that you need to call reqExecutions() from an instance and executions comeback through the execdetails() method.
http://bit.ly/1fPx3lD
redistribution of wealth? glorified union? Is it all his money that is going to the lower paid employees? How do the other employees who are not getting this huge salary bump feel?
here's an example http://bit.ly/1FtE43K that publishes a midprice and other #s over zeromq. You could listen to zmq in your program for the prices instead of reading a file every minute.
Also, here's how to use the API in python http://bit.ly/17h05Rm
A custom solution is not free
Those languages might not be used for core infrastructure like connectivity, OMS, and messaging but they are heavily used as parts of a system: signals, low frequency logic, etc
PM me but it would be cheaper if you just bought the data or use quandl. Also depending on data rates it might be easier to do this in java or c# ... right tool for the job
I do something similar to this with python. Kind of like a robot squawk box.
import pyttsx
engine = pyttsx.init()
engine.say("buy microsoft at 41")
engine.runAndWait()