funded account running at same time as linked paper money account?

[HobbyTrading]

WOW thanks for finding the link @HobbyTrading I don't really want to risk running my data pump app against a machine that I am trading on. The app can be running on a machine of it's own as IB api lets you do that BUT I'm concerned that the process of getting the data will effect the trading machine. I was hoping that I could run the PAPER data pump on it's own machine so I would have FUNDED ( to trade on) PAPER ( to act as a data pump) PROGRAM ( where my code runs and talks to PAPER). Thanks again for the link.

Your use case is not unique: I have seen others asking the same question, and for the same reason as you are describing (separating getting data from placing trades). My guess is that many are using the "2 user names" option to solve this. I got the link to the IB page from those conversations.

 

[theakson]

Thanks @HobbyTrading bit embarrassed that I didn't do the right research myself. Thanks for helping out. I promise to do better next time

 

[HobbyTrading]

Thanks @HobbyTrading bit embarrassed that I didn't do the right research myself. Thanks for helping out. I promise to do better next time

Don't worry. Good luck in creating the setup that works best for you.