stock777 Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 (edited) Pretty big news today on this. IB dragged into the 21st century with free trading. Jerry, you have any insight into whether you will be able to access the api on this ? Based on what I have read , they aren't allowing access to the free trades via TWS (not 100% sure about this , and it's a problem for scalping if thats true) Just wondering what you might know about it Edited September 26, 2019 by stock777 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 y, I tweeted about it earlier: As for supporting them, it will depend on them. If those accounts can login to TWS or IB Connect and get data/trade, then it should work. will have to wait till they go live or till IB clarifies the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock777 Posted September 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 yeah, based on the web site they put up , it indicates no TWS access, which would be very sad and wrong. This would be very good for you if MT could access. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 please give URL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock777 Posted September 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/index.php?f=45196 scroll down to compare plans button You'll see they omit the API in the listing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 based on that, no API access, so at least initially, not supported. But then Robinhood and Webull are in the same boat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock777 Posted September 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 (edited) I mean who is going to give up TWS to trade off a web page ??? They say they are going to make it easy to switch from 'pro' to lite, but theres no comparison for any active trader. If they want to compete properly, they need to allow trading off the TWS (and API) , where the trade gets routed to payment for order flow houses if thats what you want for the free trade I personally could care less where the trade gets filled, as long as I'm executed at the current price. Smart routing is no bargain , you get frontrun and pennied anyway Edited September 26, 2019 by stock777 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafa321 Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 Hi Jerry, Any plan to add IB Lite trade support soon(similar Fidelity trade support) ? it looks like IB Pro/IB lite account can easily swap between the two. As LIte has no good trade platform itself, for sure it will get more people to MT if supported. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 IB Lite does not support API, so at the very least, so definitely no support right now. As for configuring it similar to Fidelity, did they launch it yet? you have an account? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafa321 Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 I opened a LITE account yesterday, let me know if you need info to implement it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 email us at the support address. will follow up from there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b396 Posted November 3, 2022 Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 Is Interactive Broker lite account supported via MT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted November 3, 2022 Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 1 minute ago, b396 said: Is Interactive Broker lite account supported via MT? No. Have to have IBKR Pro since that is the account required for TWS access, which is where the API is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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