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Helpers and Macros that ease the usage of the TWS-API of Interactive Brokers

To activate use

gem 'ib-extensions'

in the Gemfile and require the extensions as needed

Include all

(except gateway)

require 'ib-api'
require 'ib/extensions'

Verify

require 'ib-api'
require 'ib/verify'

Verifies a given contract, for details refer to the documentation

Market Price

require 'ib-api'
require 'ib/market-price'

Returns the most recent market-price of a given contract ( documentation )

Historical Data (EOD)

require 'ib-api'
require 'ib/eod'

puts IB::Symbols.Index.estx.eod( duration: '10 d' )

Fetch historical data with just one line of code (documentation )

**NEW :: Contract.eod returns a PolarsDataframe **

Order Prototypes

require 'ib-api'
require 'ib/order-prototypes'

order = IB::Limit.order size: 100, price: 10, action: :buy
order = IB::StopLimit.order size: 100, price: 10, stop_price: 9.5

then transmit the order through the place_order method of IB::Connection or Account-based preview, place, modify and cancel methods of IB::Gateway.

More details in the documentation

Spread Prototypes

require 'ib-api'
require 'ib/spread-prototypes'

Compose most common spreads through

s = IB::Straddle.build from: IB::Symbols::Index.stoxx, 
                            strike: 4200, 
                            expiry: 202112 
                            
t = IB::Strangle.build from: IB::Symbols::Index.stoxx, 
                            c: 2400, p: 2200, 
                            expiry: 202103 

puts s.as_table
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
                                      Straddle ESTX50(4200.0)[Dec 2021]                                      
├────────┬────────┬────────────┬──────────┬──────────┬────────────┬───────────────┬───────┬────────┬──────────┤
         symbol  con_id      exchange  expiry    multiplier  trading-class  right  strike  currency 
╞════════╪════════╪════════════╪══════════╪══════════╪════════════╪═══════════════╪═══════╪════════╪══════════╡
 Spread  ESTX50  -532066861    DTB                   10                                      EUR    
 Option  ESTX50   266033438    DTB     20211217      10          OESX        put   4200.0    EUR    
 Option  ESTX50   266033423    DTB     20211217      10          OESX       call   4200.0    EUR    
└────────┴────────┴────────────┴──────────┴──────────┴────────────┴───────────────┴───────┴────────┴──────────┘

and use the speads like any other contract. (documentation)

Gateway

require 'ib-gateway'

IB::Gateway is an enhancement of IB::Connection. Upon initialization, it detects active accounts and stores them in thread safe arrays.

g =  IB::Gateway.current
clients =  G.clients
puts client.first.portfolio_values.as_table
┌───────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────┬─────┬──────────┬──────────┬───────────┬────────────┬──────────┐
                                                         pos  entry     market    value      unrealized  realized 
╞═══════════╪═════════════════════════════════════════════╪═════╪══════════╪══════════╪═══════════╪════════════╪══════════╡
 Uxxxxxxx   Stock: BEPC USD NYSE                         200    43.038    41.042     8208.4     -399.17           
 Uxxxxxxx   Option: CNHI 20210819 put 13.0 IDEM EUR       -2     0.386      0.01      -9.63      376.37           
 Uxxxxxxx   Stock: EQT SEK SFB                           200     443.8   420.469   84093.85    -4666.19  -1369.02 
 Uxxxxxxx   Future: ESTX50 20210917 EUR                   -1    4145.3   4098.15   -40981.5       471.5           
 Uxxxxxxx   Option: ESTX50 20211217 call 4200.0 DTB EUR   -4     97.85    99.398    -3975.9       -61.9           
 Uxxxxxxx   Option: IWM 20210903 call 230.0 AMEX USD      -4     1.943     0.124     -49.72      727.49           

Details in the documentation

Generally puts IB::Model.as_table provides a modern and convient output for the console and notebooks.

g.update_orders
puts g.clients.first.orders.as_table
┌──────────┬───────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────┬──────┬─────┬────────┬────────┬───────┬────────┐
 account   status                                              Type  tif  action  amount  price  id/fee 
╞══════════╪═══════════╪═════════════════════════════════════════╪══════╪═════╪════════╪════════╪═══════╪════════╡
 U123456   Submitted  Option: SLV 20210716 put 24.0 SMART USD  LMT   GTC  sell    5.0     0.98   0      
└──────────┴───────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────┴──────┴─────┴────────┴────────┴───────┴────────┘
puts g.clients.first.orders.contract.as_table
┌────────┬────────┬───────────┬──────────┬──────────┬────────────┬───────────────┬───────┬────────┬──────────┐
         symbol  con_id     exchange  expiry    multiplier  trading-class  right  strike  currency 
╞════════╪════════╪═══════════╪══════════╪══════════╪════════════╪═══════════════╪═══════╪════════╪══════════╡
 Option  SLV     456347029   SMART    20210716     100           SLV        put     24.0    USD    
└────────┴────────┴───────────┴──────────┴──────────┴────────────┴───────────────┴───────┴────────┴──────────┘

Its used in Simple Monitor

Notebooks

IB-Ruby code can be executed in iruby jupyter notebooks. A few scripts are included in IB-Examples. (*.ipynb- files)

## Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/ib-ruby/ib-extensions. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the [code of conduct](https://github.com/[ib-ruby/ib-extensions/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).


## Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the Ib::Extensions project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the [code of conduct](https://github.com/ib-ruby/ib-extensions/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).

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