Interactive Brokers Data Downloader 3.0 (Software) – Trading Geeks

Software overview
Interactive Brokers Data Downloader 3.0 (Software) – Trading Geeks is to download historical data for stocks, futures, options, or currency pairs (FOREX). Downloader uses multiple CPU cores to download data for contracts in parallel to reduce overall download time. Downloader also automatically handles many common IB API errors such as: pacing violation (too many requests for historical data over a period of time), connection timeouts, network errors, etc… Historical market data is stored on your local computer in comma-separated text files.
This course is designed for Forex, Stock Trading, Futures Trading, Options Trading, and many more.
Key features
Intra-day, daily, weekly, and monthly historical data from Interactive Brokers TWS or IB Gateway
Stocks, ETFs, Indices, Futures, Forex, New in version 3.3 : Options, and FOPs. Download historical data for an entire options chain/expiration with a single click of a button!
Timeframes from 1-second to 1-month.
Download of historical data for active or expired futures contracts.
Open, High, Low, Close, Volume, Bar Size, Timestamp
In addition to the above options historical data files have: Expiration date, strike price, right (CALL or PUT), and exchange.
Saves data in comma-separated text files
Supports contracts from any exchange around the world available via Interactive Brokers.
 
Technical details
Parallel downloads for symbol lists – data for multiple contracts is downloaded simultaneously
Connects to Interactive Brokers TWS running on the same computer or any other computer on your network
Uses Java IB API to download historical data
Runs on any operating system: Windows, Mac OS, Linux
Automatically handles IB API pacing violations – IB Data Downloader does not have restrictions on the amount of data downloaded per request.
Manage custom symbol lists on your computer:
Symbols stored in simple text files
Create symbols in IB Data Downloader user interface or in any text editor and import them into Data Downloader
Who is this software for?
This course is ideal for traders looking to download intra-day, daily, weekly, and monthly historical data.