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Open utterances-bot opened 4 months ago

utterances-bot commented 4 months ago

Interactive Brokers TWS API - and yet it works!

If you glance over the forums, it looks like this software was forged in the fires of hell. Follow me in a journey to the depths.

https://wasteofserver.com/interactive-brokers-tws-gateway-api-and-yet-it-works/

Geeky-Mechanic commented 4 months ago

Hey! I just stumbled on your article, and yeah really feels like going through the docs is pulling me in hell more and more! I'm just trying to create a chron job that would get the delta value of a couple of options contracts on different symbols. I can't for the life of me figure out how to get that info! I don't know if you have any other resources or if you could spare a little time to help me get in the right direction?

mind6 commented 3 months ago

Stability sure trumps elegance in this situation. The real issue is the stimulus/response behavior is not always documented, you pretty much have to work it out from logs, after you've failed to handle something.

manusobles commented 2 weeks ago

Thanks for writing the article! I agree with you 💯

I appreciate that you provided snippets! I recently started to build something with TWS API and was very confused by its behavior and architectural layout.