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TWS Excel API and Initial Setup Tutorial

TWS Excel API and Initial Setup Tutorial

Posted May 6, 2021 at 1:45 pm

IBKR Quant
Interactive Brokers

Curious how to connect MS Excel to IBKR’s award-winning Trader Workstation (TWS)? This five-minute tutorial will walk you through all the necessary steps!

Watch an overview of the TWS API, find out from where to download and install TWS, and wrap up the session with instructions on how to configure TWS Settings for API.

In addition, this video will teach you how to perform these basic functions:

  • Retrieve market data
  • Place orders
  • View account and portfolio data

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