Does anyone use R language the link to IB?

I tried some time ago (over a year) but the 3rd party libs didn't work well. These days I just get historical data using IB API, store it in csv file, and import into R from the file.
 
Yeah then if we use IB to auto live trade too, then we need to build a total different program in another language, which is so inconvenient. I don't think there is any good stable API to link IB to R yet, so except someone just uses R for backtest then manual trade with IB, don't sound like this solution is too good.
 
You can't properly multithread with R and also IIRC with IBrokers you can't subscribe to multiple symbols at once.

The only instance where I think R would be suitable for automated trading is if you're doing file drops to your broker or into an EMS (e.g. EMSX).
 
Yes, you can't really build a full-scale back-testing or trading application with R.

However, there is a right tool for each task. You can prototype a trading strategy, run models, play with data, and test your ideas in R much more efficiently (if you are familiar with it, or willing to learn), than in java, or any other imperative programming language.

There are many things you can do in R in 1 hour that you'd spend days programming in Java, regardless of how experienced you are. It's just a higher-level language, and example of of DSL (domain-specific language).

So, both R and Java are very useful, to be efficient you can't only have one tool in your toolbox.
 
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