Rejoice, Sierra/IB users!

No, we're not getting the Sidewinder.

The IB TWS has been updated this weekend, and it looks like we will finally be getting back data!:

With the release of the next beta version of TWS, API customers will be able to request back-fill market data for the current trading day.

In order to take advantage of all of our new TWS features, customers with the standalone version of TWS are encouraged to upgrade their software. The latest current production version is 842. As of April 30, 2005, those customers who have not upgraded to at least version 831 of the TWS will not be able to use their TWS.

Hot diggity dog, huh?

I also figured out today how to configger and rejigger Bracket Trader so it works with Sierra's new replay function. This is nice for me, because I'd abandoned using the two together awhile back. For some reason, BT was using 100% of my computer resources in the IBM/BTPB playback mode, which I didn't like. The full instructions on how to setup BT/Sierra are located here.