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NeoTicker® no longer requires you to install TWS API. This article is for reference only.
Once you have TWS installed, you should installed TWS API so NeoTicker® can receive data from TWS and place orders to it.

Note: It is extremely important that you use the correct version of TWS API. TWS API tends not to be backward compatible. In NeoTicker® download area, we specify the version of TWS API that matches that particular version of NeoTicker®. If you are not sure which TWS API to use, contact TickQuest Support.

Below are steps to download and install TWS API.

1. Go to www.interactivebrokers.com
2. From the menu, choose SOFTWARE>FIX/API>API Software
3. Download the version of TWS API that will work with your version of NeoTicker®
4. Run the downloaded file to install TWS API

Once TWS API is installed, you can configure TWS to accept connection from NeoTicker®. Go to Enabling TWS to Accept Connections.

Please do not install the latest IB TWS API 8.61. It does not work with the current IB order interface which requires API 8.3.

We will release a new IB order interface to accommodate the change.

This article talks about how to configure NeoTicker® such that when you place an order, it is sent to IB for execution.
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This article tells you how to installed Interactive Brokers’ Trader Workstation Software (TWS) on your computer. NeoTicker® can use TWS both as a data feed, and can place orders to IB through TWS.

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By default, TWS does not accept connections from outside programs. This article tells you how to enable TWS to accept connection from NeoTicker®.

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Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is required to run certain software, such as Interactive Brokers’ TWS. Interactive Brokers website is not very clear on how to get this done. So this article talks about how to get JRE installed.

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This article is for users who plan to use Interactive Brokers (IB) to serve data to NeoTicker®, and/or placing order to IB from NeoTicker®.

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The trading system presented in Formula 301 #3 is a moving average based trading system that works year after year.

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Many users are very interested in seeing example trading systems that utilize position sizing within NeoTicker. Personally I am extremely oppose to the idea of exposing beginners in trading system to the concept of position sizing as that is one of the most event dependent path leading to over optimization. Anyhow, here is a very good example showing you all what position sizing can do and cannot do.

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Symbology – Traded Instruments

The backfill symbols are listed in their native symbology, which is in a format similar to LiveCharts. You only use native symbology if you set your NeoTicker to No Feed. When you use a brokerage feed such as MB Trading or IB, you should use your brokerage’s symbology (NeoTicker will do the translation for you).
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