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If you were to make two requests for the same contract, with one originating from an API client and the other from the TWS, this would count as two separate market data feeds. API clients have no way to access the currently requested data on the TWS.

It is possible to have an application connected to the TWS and receiving streaming data while viewing a real-time chart within the TWS. Just keep in mind that there is a maximum number of streaming feeds that you can have going at once. A standard TWS account would, by default, have the...

We here at Interactive Brokers realize that the current documentation is no longer adequate to meet the needs of many of our API customers and we are currently taking steps to correct this. On November 30, 2006 we released the first installment of our new TWS API Beginners Series...

Enabling the DDE Clients feature is only one part of the process for connecting the TwsDde.xls sample to the Trader Workstation. You will also need to ensure that the latest version of the API components have been properly installed on your computer. These components can be found on the...

Unfortunately there is not a setting in the TWS that can be configured to prohibit shorting in a margin account. That restriction would need to be enforced within the your API.

I'd like to correct my previous post. New feature requests should be directed to the link below. http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/general/poll/poll.php?ib_entity=llc Our site provides for a more structured review and voting process. This way the features you agree are most important...

There are two extended order attributes that pertain to orders executing outside regular trading hours. int rthOnly – This attribute pertains to all orders placed through the API when this is set to 0 then orders will trigger outside normal trading hours when set 1 then orders will only...