Historical market data downloader using Interactive Brokers TWS
Last updated Apr 13, 2025
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Historical market data downloader
Utility to download historical market data from Interactive Brokers. The heavy lifting is done by ib_insync project.Requirements
* Python 3.6 * ib_insync * IB's TWS APIUsage
* Download and install IB TWS API * Install ib-dl with pip:pip install ib_dl
* Start TWS, enable API access
* Download data: ib-dl SPY --duration "1 M" --bar-size "1 min" --tws-uri localhost:7492:999
For further details see the help screen: ib-dl --help
