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Will the AutoTrader playback capability work with program ?

April 26, 2017API autotrader capability favorite playback program tws

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Will the AutoTrader playback capability work with program ?

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Theoretically yes, if the client knows how to connect to TWS, it will not know the difference that it is connecting to AutoTrader and receiving playback data from AutoTrader. So if you have some TWS API client you are using to retrieve market data feed from TWS, then you can use AutoTrader playback to feed that program. For example, you have a TWS API client program that can do paper trading using livefeed data, but you want to practice trading on Saturday or in the evening, you can playback data from AutoTrader and feed it to the program and you are now not locked in to using the paper trading feature during market hours only. Another example is using MetaserverRT to feed TS2000 data. You can playback the data from AutoTrader and make MetaserverRT connect to AutoTrader and it will feed the market data to TS2000 for you to test your strategies in your own time. So this unique feature of AutoTrader gives you now complete freedom on when you want to do your practice and research. If you