Hi all,
I am a beginer in programming ans do not exactly
understand what should be done. Hope somebody can
help.
TWS does not accept STP orders for Ftse 100 index
futures. I would like to create the spreadsheet with
conditional orders. For example if certain criteria is
met then go and buy at market (bypass stop orders)Do I
need to write a macro? In the example DDE file that
provided in IB you manually create an order.
And the other question is: Is it possible to establish
DDE link between IB and 3rd Party application without
opening and assigning ID numbers in excel.
Thanks in advance.
Artem
--- Chas Watkins <chas@...> wrote:
I have built a sheet that I was pretty happy with in
Excel. I use ActiveX to
create all my orders etc. I have never had any
problem with it so far.
However I am considering moving to DDE for 2
reasons.
1, It seems that DDE has more functionality.
Specifically I want to be able
to modify and OCA order without cancelling an order
and reissuing botht the
stop and the target orders. I beleive that DDE has a
modify order ability
whereas activeX does not.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
2. IB support recommends DDE over ActiveX. Or has
done in the past.
So if I am correct that you can modify orders with
DDE can you answer these
questions.
1. Using the demo sheet adn the IB Demo software
what is the username I need
to put in so I can play at sending orders.
2. Active X is pretty simple stuff being event and
method driven but I am
not clear on how DDE works at all. It appears that
you place a value in a
cell that is a contiuous link to the IB software is
this correct?
3. A link that looks something like this
=server|topic!id?reqType?field2 ?
4. I know I am confusing two different approaches
but how is an order
actually sent. DO I just place a value in a cell
with reqtype=place
and it just happens?
Confused? I am.
Thanks for any help you can give me.
regards
Chasman
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