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Hessum Zangenehpour:
Hi, we seem to be encountering some problems when setting up PTL trader with our IB account.

1. We can't seem to get any updated market information from IB.  We keep encountering data service areas like the first attachment.

2. When I update and bind a portfolio, I am getting more pairs than should be available in the portfolio (4 for non paying users).  But still get engine status: "Entry: wait for historical data". 

I dont personally mind paying for the software if we can accurately backtest data with forward walk testing, but I would like to get these small issues taken care of before investing anything in the ideas. 

admin:
Dear Hessum,

from your screenshot it seems you don't have market data permissions at IB side. You need to purchase the market data package for US market equities first.

About "getting more pairs that should be available" - please tell me your portfolio name, so I can take a look.

Thanks,
Karel

Hessum Zangenehpour:

--- Quote from: admin on December 30, 2015, 09:29:51 am ---Dear Hessum,

from your screenshot it seems you don't have market data permissions at IB side. You need to purchase the market data package for US market equities first.


--- End quote ---

OK.  We will purchase the extra data from IB.

It also looks like after resetting the PTL application, the number of slots went down from 6 to 4 where it should be.

D.J. Vorreyer:
Sorry to bounce this older topic, but I had a similar situation that Hessum reported and this thread helped.  At this point, everything appears to be operating as expected with my PTL portfolio, I've added the IB Market Data Package, and I'm working on a single pair now to become comfortable with PTL and IB.  Two questions.  1) What does "No activity at the exchange" mean?  I can't imagine there are actually no trades against my pair but if I look at my pair legs in the center section, both of my symbols are reporting 0.0 bid/ask/last/etc.  what am I missing? 
2) In the upper right action, settings tab, I see where I can allocate a percentage of my account in a bound account against my selected pair.  Have I overlooked the opportunity to allocate a specific $ amount in a bound account against my selected pair?

admin:
Dear D.J. Vorreyer,

ad 1) - something is wrong with your market data...can you see real-time quotes when you run TWS?
ad 2) - you can allocate portion of your account to the whole portfolio (in percents). More info about money management here: https://wiki.pairtradinglab.com/wiki/Pair_Trading_Lab_Portfolios

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