On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Gregory Scott Burd <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello all, > > I've been reading this group and watching you all have fun and make a > little money with JBookTrader for a while now. I've decided that I want to > go live trading in Jan of 2011. That's my goal, but I need some help to get > there. Here is what I've done so far: > > - Read the users > guide<https://docs.google.com/View?id=dfzgvqp4_10gb63b8hg>, > more than once. > - Setup an account with IB, and funded that account. > - I'm on Mac OS/X 10.6, so I wrapped up the IB TWS into an app-wrapper > (something I can double click to start). > - I've checked out of SVN the latest > sources<http://code.google.com/p/jbooktrader/source/checkout> from > Google Code and setup Eclipse. > - I ran IB TWS and set the configuration as shown in the JBT Users > Guide, did “Enable ActiveX and Socket Clients” and the "Bypass Order > Precautions for API Orders". > - I see live data in the IB TWS window for forex and what I believe is > Futures for ES GLOBEX (which is what all the default strategies reference, > right?) I picked March 11 just for the heck of it. > - I ran JBT from Eclipse, selected a strategy, right clicked (I have a > three button mouse) and selected "Forward Test" > - IB TWS asks if it's ok to accept the connection, I click "sure, why > not?" (or maybe it just said "Ok") > - Zeros show up across the strategy's columns, no live data. > > So I'm stuck at step #4 in the Users Guide. I'm sure there are 10 steps I > either missed or messed up. Any ideas? :) > > > You did everything right. The most likely reason why you don't see data coming to JBT is that you logged in into TWS demo account. You should use either a real account, or a simulated one (which is not the same as the demo account). If you still have a problem, post your report/EventReport.htm file, and we'll figure it out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JBookTrader" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jbooktrader?hl=en.
