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Hey all,
Spent today trying to work in Interactive Brokers Algo orders as per:
http://interactivebrokers.github.io/tws-api/ibalgos.html#gsc.tab=0
The forked github is at:
I'm a novice coder so it took a while, but the groundwork is in. I ended up going with adding optional parameters to MarketOrder() which pass through the Algo Order Type (eg. AdaptiveAlgo), and specified algo parameters all the way through the ordering system to where they are converted and used in InteractiveBrokersBrokerage.cs to place orders through the IB API. An example of use is in BasicTemplateAlgorithm.cs.
My classes are kind of just randomly stuck in SubmitOrderRequest.cs as I don't know what the best thing to do with them is. It can be expanded later to allow limit orders etc.
There is a lot of tidying to be done sticking the classes in the right spot (where?) is just a start. If anyone with more experience than me could have a look at it and offer suggestions for improvement it would be great, looking forward to getting these features implemented on live.
Tim
Tim Butler
Oh and there are no changes to how an order type performs in backtesting using this method, An IB Algo market order is still treated as a generic market order in backtesting.
Tim Butler
Cleaned and tidied up code significantly. Now supports using IB Algorithms in MarketOrders, LimitOrders and SetHoldings. Note that SetHoldings orders are forced to run synchronously, which may cause overall long execution times if using IB algorithms that take a while to complete.
Also note, none of this has been tested live/paper yet.
Alexandre Catarino
Tim Butler , I've seen that you have made a PR to QuantConnect/Lean:
Addition of Interactive Brokers Algorithmic orders
Thank you!
Next time, please create an issue on GitHub and we will guide you from there, since it is out of the scope of the community forum.
Tim Butler
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