Create a Broker Connection


Note: The Tickblaze Broker Connection settings shown below are applicable to the live IB brokerage account only. The Tickblaze platform offers a more robust implementation of simulated trading accounts. Our version is more stable and flexible, since it allows for unlimited user-created simulation accounts and allows the user instant addition, deletion, modification and resetting of simulated trading accounts.


Create an IB Broker Connection in Tickblaze:



The following settings are used to connect to TWS or IB Gateway:


•Account Code - enter your Interactive Brokers account code here.

•IP / Host - the computer where TWS or IB Gateway are running. Usually this is 127.0.0.1, i.e. the same computer as the one where Tickblaze is running.

•Port - the port that TWS is listening for connections on (the default is 7496). If you've chosen to use IB Gateway then change this to IB Gateway's port (the default is 4001).

•Client ID - the default value of 0 is usually best. It's possible to enter other values, in order to isolate Tickblaze from orders that are created in other programs (such as TWS).