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best platform for automatic trading API
- Thread starter benluong
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I like ANVIL API (Assent). Once you get the hang of it is good ...
I try to look up the website
http://www.assent.com.
I cannot find their commission schedule.
Is this the right website and how much
is the commission for various stock, option,
future, etc?
http://www.assent.com.
I cannot find their commission schedule.
Is this the right website and how much
is the commission for various stock, option,
future, etc?
if you're serious...
http://www.limebrokerage.com/index.php?title=Professional_Traders
http://www.limebrokerage.com/index.php?title=Professional_Traders
Quote from C99:
if you're serious...
http://www.limebrokerage.com/index.php?title=Professional_Traders
With a quick glance i don't see any in depth info about the company. Except their Bio's. Any pricing and API info ?
assent is a pro and retail firm. Call them up. their rates are competitive ...
Also try lynx capital out of new york. they are heavy on ANVIL ....
Also try lynx capital out of new york. they are heavy on ANVIL ....
benluong,
why do you say that the IB API sucks?
why do you say that the IB API sucks?
I don't know Ben, but I have worked with the TWSAPI for a number of years, and can see why Ben would have that opinion.
You run the risk of untouched code breaking everytime IB puts out a new TWS release (every month or 2). Also, in some instances you never get resolution to resolve the problems from IB, so you have to build-in code to resolve these completely unexpected problems on your own.
That being said though, I have found the TWSAPI to be a solid API and extremely easy to work with. You could join the TWSAPI yahoo group and get sample programs to get started.
I have also worked with many other API's from other companies and have found the TWSAPI to be one of the easiest to work with. They seem to get better with age. Don't we all? ha.
Ed
You run the risk of untouched code breaking everytime IB puts out a new TWS release (every month or 2). Also, in some instances you never get resolution to resolve the problems from IB, so you have to build-in code to resolve these completely unexpected problems on your own.
That being said though, I have found the TWSAPI to be a solid API and extremely easy to work with. You could join the TWSAPI yahoo group and get sample programs to get started.
I have also worked with many other API's from other companies and have found the TWSAPI to be one of the easiest to work with. They seem to get better with age. Don't we all? ha.
Ed
I used to have an automatic trading program that
worked with IB TWS API. I used the 2006 twssocketclient.dll.
Now, after updating to the new DLL, nothing works,
not even the econnect(). If anyone can helps me
step by step how to make the downloaded sample
API program (Microsoft visual C++) works, I might change
my opinion. They keep on adding more functions,
including callbacks, which I never used. They change
the parameters of calling functions, which make older
program abort due to mismatched function parameters.
This is just bad software design and DLL hell.
If anyone knows a broker with good and stable API
interface. At the least, it should supply a sample program,
which you compile with Microsoft Visual C++, and
it will interface with the interface program well without
any debugging. Then all the programer needs to do
is to modify the sample program (cut and paste)
to make his specific application works. It should be
a very simple concept.
IB does not provide any adequate software support. They
ignore you. The person who answers your question doesn't
know what he is talking about. This is a sign of bad
customer support. They should have think about how
much commission they can make from good API design.
worked with IB TWS API. I used the 2006 twssocketclient.dll.
Now, after updating to the new DLL, nothing works,
not even the econnect(). If anyone can helps me
step by step how to make the downloaded sample
API program (Microsoft visual C++) works, I might change
my opinion. They keep on adding more functions,
including callbacks, which I never used. They change
the parameters of calling functions, which make older
program abort due to mismatched function parameters.
This is just bad software design and DLL hell.
If anyone knows a broker with good and stable API
interface. At the least, it should supply a sample program,
which you compile with Microsoft Visual C++, and
it will interface with the interface program well without
any debugging. Then all the programer needs to do
is to modify the sample program (cut and paste)
to make his specific application works. It should be
a very simple concept.
IB does not provide any adequate software support. They
ignore you. The person who answers your question doesn't
know what he is talking about. This is a sign of bad
customer support. They should have think about how
much commission they can make from good API design.