Connecting to IB: possible with free platform?

[casacup]

Hi there,

I'm pretty new to the platform and to this forum as well.

I would like to start using ninja to take advantage of the possibility of personalized scripts, and i would like to use my account of interactive broker for the data feed.

Is that possible with the free version of the platform? I'm lurking around, and I have found several users with the problem of not having Interactive Brokers in the provider drop down menu, that were usually solved by admin sending a new key for the platform, so i don't really know if it's me that i'm doing it wrong or if i need external help.

Thank you very much

[NinjaTrader_Kyle]

Hello,

Thank you for your post.

It is possible to connect the free version of NinjaTrader with to Interactive Brokers. The following link will take you to a page that details the steps required for creating a connection to Interactive Brokers and specific connection configuration information.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/ConnectionGuides/Interactive-Brokers-Connection-Guide.php

You must have standalone Traders Workstation (TWS) version 944.3 (browser version is not supported) installed

http://www.ninjatrader.com/ninjatrader/TWS/tws40_install_944_3.exe

If you run in to any trouble creating this connection please contact me by email at PlatformSupport [AT] NinjaTrader [DOT] com with a link to this forum thread and a copy of your license key. (Help > License Key)

[casacup]

Oh so that might be the mistake: do I have to have both platforms installed on the same machine? I run ninja on parallels and I have ib client on my regular machine. If that is the case, I'll try again tomorrow and post here the results.

Thank you for the kind reply