The methods to use the AmiBroker IB plugin for automatic downloading of historical, 1-minute data is scattered far and wide. Since I needed to do it for myself, I wrote this up for the next newb to AB who wants to do the same...
"Objective This document will identify the method to automate AmiBroker 5.30 on Windows XP(*) to fill ~180+ days of historical 1-minute data for up to 100 symbols using the AmiBroker IB plugin to connect to the Interactive Brokers, Trader Workstation's API." http://michaels-musings.com/fully-automating-interactive-brokers-plugin-amibroker-tws-api.html Best All, Michael
