Interactive Brokers setup

Before starting make sure you have TWS 864.4 or later installed and running properly

• Open TWS
• check menu Configure > API > Enable Active X and Socket Clients
• menu Configure > Trusted IP Address add 127.0.0.1 (that's a local address on your machine)

• Open Feeds dialog box if IB is not already there click button Add and add it with an abbreviation of your choice (defaults to IB)
• Set IB as default feed in menu QuoteIN > Feeds

You don't need to specify any username or password since connections go through TWS.

• Using menu QuoteIN > Examples open first example. Type IB on the left top cell. Quotes should update and stream if the market is open.

Read spreadsheet to see symbols for IB. IB Symbology spreadsheet - Symbols for Options / Futures / FOP / FOREX