edward40 Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 Will Medved trader allow me to log trades based on the Trading tab? Currently using Yahoo delayed, but wondering it I can get fills and tracks paper trading from the screen with the new Trading tab? If not, is there a partner program that would log simulated trades? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 MT does not have paper trading itself. However, if the broker you use has Paper trading accounts, MT supports them. Of the supported brokers (currently) Interactive Brokers and MB Trading support paper trading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edward40 Posted March 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 (edited) Ok, planning on getting an account with IB. So the TWS from IB will have a feature to place and track trades without arming them? Will that work from the screen trading feature of MVT? Edited March 29, 2016 by edward40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Once you get an IB account, you can then create a "Paper Trading" account through it. If logging in with the paper trading account into MT, it will look exactly like a regular trading account, so all the trading capabilities will work. IB setup with MT is a bit different than others, so once you get to that point, ping us here. I have not had a chance to make the help page for IB setup yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougalvord@gmail.com Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 I use MT daily to trade at IB happily. However, try as I may, I cannot create or log into my existing paper trading account with MT. All my attempts produce an error message from IB concerning failed verification . The paper trading account works from TWS without problem. thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 Paper trading account has a separate login, and thus separate settings. You have to make sure that all the API settings are set correctly and match what is in MT. That includes Enabling API, making sure the Socket PORT is the same, and that it is not set to read only Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougalvord@gmail.com Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 Got it! The critical item I overlooked is that the API etc settings must be changed in the Paper Trading account in TWS. After that, adding the new paper account to MT was a breeze. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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