Quote Tracker - no VIX Data from IB

Discussion in 'Data Sets and Feeds' started by rcj, Jun 8, 2010.

  1. I had problems with all index data on Friday after I upgraded to the latest TWS. I reported the problems to QT support and they told me to drop back to TWS 904.9 until they could figure out what IB changed in TWS 905.4. I was suprised that no one else reported a problem.

    This has been a continuing problem with IB. The software group at IB does not have proper test procedures for testing new versions of TWS. One of the key rules of testing new versions of existing software is verify that all existing unchanged functionality works exactly the same in the new version as in the old version. IB keeps breaking things in TWS and the API that screw up 3rd party users of their API.

    It is clear that IB doesn't even consider testing 3rd party API applications and relies on the 3rd party developers to document the IB screwups and beg IB to fix them ASAP. Or else the 3rd party developers have to come up with workarounds for the IB screwups.
     
    #11     Jun 9, 2010