trading-shim Frequently Asked Questions

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trading-shim Frequently Asked Questions
Certain recurring questions tend to come up in mailing list and support contexts; the links below address or point to further resources about the most common areas of inquiry.
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Enable socket based connections:
Check "Enable ActiveX and Socket Clients" TWS socket based Configuration option

Then select "Trusted IP Addresses ..." and "Create" (really: Add) the IP addresses of trusted clients; this example sets the ACL 'wrappers' to allow a local, and a non-local connection:
TWS wrappers setting

Feature Selector for Market Depth and Charts:
TWS Feature Selector

In each case, remember to click the 'Apply' button before dismissing the configuration window.
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