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[windswepttom]

Hi Clearpicks,

For a timer I take the current time and add 5 sec and put in a variable. Then every event that the efs executes I check the time. Then I'll check to see if the if my order filled if the current time is greater. If it did not fill, I just reset my timmer. On most contracts this works OK.

Please post when you put a new sample esf, so I can download it.

Thanks
Tom

[windswepttom]

Hi Clearpicks,

I downloaded TWSLink and could not get the efs sample to work. If you have a working sample, could you post it.

Thanks

Tom

[clearpicks]

It should be a working efs. What error message did you get?
I will update the efs sample soon.
I need to finish my semi-auto trading script using IBBridge first.

Originally posted by windswepttom
Hi Clearpicks,

I downloaded TWSLink and could not get the efs sample to work. If you have a working sample, could you post it.

Thanks

Tom

[windswepttom]

Hi Clearpicks,

I get the following from tws "Invalid destination exchange specified". I first click on "Initialize" , then "Connect" (which connects to TWS), Then "Register" (it gives me back a "-1" for the contract id), then "Buy" and nothing happens. Then I look at the TWS log file and see that message. I have change the destination from "SMART" to "NYSE" and "SPY" stock symbol to "IBM" and still get the message.

If you get a new sample done, you can email it to my YAHOO acccount.

Thanks
Tom

[clearpicks]

Did you use papertrade account or edemo? Stock trading in IB papertrade is down.

Originally posted by windswepttom
Hi Clearpicks,

I get the following from tws "Invalid destination exchange specified". I first click on "Initialize" , then "Connect" (which connects to TWS), Then "Register" (it gives me back a "-1" for the contract id), then "Buy" and nothing happens. Then I look at the TWS log file and see that message. I have change the destination from "SMART" to "NYSE" and "SPY" stock symbol to "IBM" and still get the message.

If you get a new sample done, you can email it to my YAHOO acccount.

Thanks
Tom

[clearpicks]

This is the testing script I wrote, which should be the same as the one on TWSLink site.

Originally posted by clearpicks
Did you use papertrade account or edemo? Stock trading in IB papertrade is down.

[windswepttom]

Hi Clearpicks,

Yours is not the same as the one I downloaded. I found the problem. In the "PLACE_ORDER" line in the downloaded version, has "true" coded in "trasnsmit" and yours has a "1". TWSLink does not handel boolean variables in efs (as docummented and as pointed out to me by the author) . So you have to code a 1 or 0. I remember seeing that in the documentation, but did not put 2 and 2 together.

Well, on to the next error. lol

Thanks
Tom

[windswepttom]

Hi Clearpicks,
I papertrade IB with efs and NinjaTrader.
Tom

[atlas]

Is there some kind of trick to connecting? I tried TWSLink. When I call Connect(), TWS gives pop-up "Accept incoming connection from 169.254.77.99/169.254.77.99?" (eSignal IP). Shouldn't this be 127.0.0.1, which is set to automatically accept in TWS settings? I click ok, and the prompt returns. I am using edemo account for IB.