Protecting Multicharts Code, best ways?
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Alex boy 
my advice: just learn the IB API, and forget all the other at the moment useless stuff.
You will need at least 3 weeks for this if you want autotrading with your system.
You can test your program by connecting to a paper trading account of yours at IB
(there is also a "demo" server, but I heard it will be taken off by the end of this month).
Ah, I forgot you are using MC, in that case I can't judge, I just mean the raw IB API
with its C++ and Java interfaces (I think there are even some more interfaces avail).
In case you didn't know: IB API does not need any other program (except TWS or the IB gateway program),
meaning: you just put your system into your own EXE and that EXE uses the API, ie. connects directly to IB...
BTW, there is also a mailing list on IB TWS API at yahoo groups:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/TWSAPI/info
my advice: just learn the IB API, and forget all the other at the moment useless stuff.
You will need at least 3 weeks for this if you want autotrading with your system.
You can test your program by connecting to a paper trading account of yours at IB
(there is also a "demo" server, but I heard it will be taken off by the end of this month).
Ah, I forgot you are using MC, in that case I can't judge, I just mean the raw IB API
with its C++ and Java interfaces (I think there are even some more interfaces avail).
In case you didn't know: IB API does not need any other program (except TWS or the IB gateway program),
meaning: you just put your system into your own EXE and that EXE uses the API, ie. connects directly to IB...
BTW, there is also a mailing list on IB TWS API at yahoo groups:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/TWSAPI/info
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I just don't understand why you need a VPS? Can it not run on your own local computer?
And where will your IB gateway be running?
IMHO you are making things unnecessarily too complicated... ;-)
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