I agree with taking it slowly to start off since I'm new to this groups.io thing. Mel when you say you can automate a lot of the admin, how exactly would you accomplish that??

Before we open the floodgates, we need to decide what kind of forum we want this to be: do we want it to be exclusive to maybe only a select few dozen vetted members that can share coding and trading ideas without requiring constant support / moderating etc., or a more open, inclusive forum that is more dedicated to helping newbies get started and troubleshooting issues? Personally I would prefer the former but am not against being more inclusive, although my capacity for providing support and troubleshooting might not be up to the task lol!

As for a list of hashtags, here's a start:

#async_support, #ib_support, #coding, #trading_ideas, #algo_trading, #general?

(note no #python_support since there's plenty of resources out there for this!)

Hello,

I was a member of the old group and an active user of ib_insync, RIP Ewald.? I have used the IB API using different approaches, I give some more background below, and prefers ib_insync by far.? I do have some help routines that I may contribute but I am wondering if it is best to try to incorporate them into the library itself or simply as notebook/recipe.? Any advice on that appreciated.

About the discussion on storage, I currently do not use any form of database, but store bars on disk using parquet, possibly out of laziness.? I have thought about moving to some database for a while, and it would probably be some SQL based variant.? I am also not yet looking at dask level, not even close, everything done on a fast PC running Windows.

On a side topic, I much prefer the groups.io format compared to either discord or the github discussion.? Thank you for starting this.

Background on my IB API usage
- started with R and the IBrokers package, this was pre pandas days, so I was using R for data processing and python for everything else.? R is nice for table data but a pain for scripting (file and string manipulation)
- moved to a single language approach after numpy matured.? I started by using IbPy, this was before the introduction of the official python library by IB
- moved to the official python library when it become available, did not really like it, also tried C++ and liked it even less
- discovered ib_insync (tws_async at that time) and never looked back, this is paired with pandas for all data processing currently
- recently discovered polars, and somehow I prefer the polars approach to pandas, faster and somehow a more consistent syntax.? Not ready to switch yet as the library is not as rich as pandas yet.

Background on myself
- engineer working in the semiconductor industry
- strong interest in trading, including automated trading
- not very active right now, but looking into volatility based trading
- living in California but originally from Belgium

I keep it simple, it’s siting on the PC I have with kodi to watch films.

I am somewhat new to the programming side of things and have been fighting to get a handle on TWS API.? I found ib_insync just before it was archived and thought I was in luck ... MY luck!
As a total noob to gethub and such things I ask does the Ib_Async have the same code as the insync version?? Does any of the documentation etc on the ibsync resource transfer over?

On Sunday, May 26, 2024, 6:11 PM, rajeshh via groups.io <rajeshh_98@...> wrote:

This is too broad a question for this group. Esp. if your system works across trading sessions, and needs to keep track of various things, some sort of a storage is required.

On Wednesday, May 29, 2024, 9:08 PM, Mel <climbermel@...> wrote:

I have received one sponsor and we are at 50 members and growing daily. Are people still interested in sponsoring the group? If I get some sponsors (they don't need to be much to cover costs) I will switch to the paid model. That will allow us to go past the 100 member cap as well as it allows us to have sub threads and also to have a file repository among other things.

Thanks, Mel