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Date/Time: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:35:40 +0000
[Programming Help] - How Can I Access TWS Columns for a SC Study - Specifically Shortable & Shortable Shares
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| [2026-03-04 15:58:36] |
| GeeMan - Posts: 11 |
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Hi Everyone, I am presently trading US Equities in SC with IB. I want to pull some data from TWS to overlay on my Chart as a stufy. The columns i want to pull are 'Shortable', 'Shortable Shares', 'Fee Rate' & 'Utilization'. [Screenshot Attached]. Since the TWS API is already connected, is there an existing study where i can just tell it what columns to pull for example? Not entirely sure where to start - any tip/clue appreciated. Thanks in advance. https://www.sierrachart.com/Download.php?Folder=SupportBoard&download=134716 |
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| [2026-03-05 13:30:15] |
| mayerde - Posts: 4 |
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Hi, great idea! As far as I understand though, this isn't possible natively, SC doesn't expose IB's Generic Tick types through ACSIL. Some alternatives worth trying: Fee Rate can be pulled from IB's FTP endpoint (ftp3.interactivebrokers.com, user: shortstock) via sc.MakeHTTPRequest(), though it only updates once a day. For Shortable/ShortableShares in real time, you'd need a separate process connecting directly to IB Gateway and passing the data into SC via a shared file. Utilization doesn't seem to be available through the IB API at all, only visible inside TWS itself.
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| [2026-03-05 13:51:54] |
| Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 23565 |
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