Heya Peeps,
I've recently signed up for the TWS API, and I'm trying to get myself up and running.?
My immediate goal is simply to get a FOREX market quote--note that FOREX data are free from IB, and require no subscription. For example, I would like a quote of the United States Dollar against the Japanese Yen (USD/YEN).
I'm stuck, on two points:
1. Where do in I place this request? In what routine? Main.cpp? TestCppClient.cpp? Do I create a separate .cpp file and include it? Do I modify a routine in TestCppClient.cpp?
2. Regarding FOREX, what method is used? I've browsed through all the function calls in ContractSamples.cpp, but see no sample request for FOREX.
Regarding #1, the docs say that a market request is of the form [Ref. 1]:
m_pClient->reqMktData(1001, ContractSamples::StockComboContract(), "", false, TagValueListSPtr());
..After instantiating the TestCppClient object with?
TestCppClient client;
..I found myself trying
client.m_pClient->reqMktData(1001, ContractSamples::StockComboContract(), "", false, TagValueListSPtr());
..but m_pClient is private. What is the proper usage of this command; or, more accurately, in what class or method is it correctly invoked?
Regarding #2 above...
In?void TestCppClient::tickDataOperation(),?I see a bunch of m_pClient->reqMktData commands, but nothing for FOREX.
I feel like I am very close, but the answer is eluding me.
Thanks for your help.
Sincerely,
Keith
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Additional notes.
- I've installed TWS?
- I am logged in in "Paper Trading" mode.
- I have compiled?Main.cpp?in the Samples/ directory
- I've run the compiled executable ./Main
- The API places three limit orders for IBKR, at 10, 11, and 12.
Ref 1:
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