deltaray-io / ib_dl

Historical market data downloader using Interactive Brokers TWS

Historical market data downloader

Utility to download historical market data from Interactive Brokers. The heavy lifting is done by ib_insync project.

Requirements

• Python 3.6
• ib_insync
• IB's TWS API

Usage

• Download and install IB TWS API
• Install ib-dl with pip: pip install ib_dl
• Start TWS, enable API access
• Download data: ib-dl SPY --duration "1 M" --bar-size "1 min" --tws-uri localhost:7492:999

For further details see the help screen: ib-dl --help

Docker

Docker images are provided under tibkiss/ib_dl

License

Apache License Version 2.0