Bridging solution for MT4 EAs & Indicators to executes trades on Interactive Brokers

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Bridging solution for MT4 EAs & Indicators to executes trades on Interactive Brokers

optionhk · 2016-04-02T03:43:28-04:00

I want to use MT4 experts (or indicators) to execute trades on Interactive Brokers. MT4 brokers use large spreads and I want to execute trades based on Interactive Brokers' narrow spreads. How to achieve this? Should I use EA/indicators to generate results in Excel first and use API Excel DDE link to execute trades on IB? I am told IB Excel DDE link is an outdated/obsolete facility as it does not support Excel Real-time Data (RTD) function that was introduced in 2003. IB has not set up RTD server to support this Excel functionality. So is there any other MT4 - IB API bridging solution available which can help me achieve this goal of using MT4 EAs and Indicatotrs to trade on IB?

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optionhk Hong Kong Posts: 1 since Mar 2015 Thanks Given: 0 Thanks Received: 0	I want to use MT4 experts (or indicators) to execute trades on Interactive Brokers. MT4 brokers use large spreads and I want to execute trades based on Interactive Brokers' narrow spreads. How to achieve this? Should I use EA/indicators to generate results in Excel first and use API Excel DDE link to execute trades on IB? I am told IB Excel DDE link is an outdated/obsolete facility as it does not support Excel Real-time Data (RTD) function that was introduced in 2003. IB has not set up RTD server to support this Excel functionality. So is there any other MT4 - IB API bridging solution available which can help me achieve this goal of using MT4 EAs and Indicatotrs to trade on IB?