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Post From: IB Error Code 162 - I could not find a solution in the support board .......

[2013-07-31 09:21:11]
FFTrader - Posts: 180
I am having a hard time resolving the above issue despite the fact that it has been well documented.

Here are 3 lines of the error message:

HD Request # 11 - Requesting 10000 Seconds of data at 5 secs with ending Date-Time at 2013-06-17 22:38:10 for GC-201312-NYMEX | 2013-07-31 02:10:44
Message from IB: Historical Market Data Service error message:Historical data request pacing violation. IB Error Code: 162. Request ID: 38. | 2013-07-31 02:10:44
HD Request # 11 - IB Backfill - Seconds requested: 10000. Seconds Remaining: 3722145. | 2013-07-31 02:10:44



I have linked futures symbol charts and when I tried to delete some data and reload it, Sierra would skip randomly weeks, days, hours, minutes, etc. The ONLY solution is to watch it - hit Ctrl+F11 when there is a gap - then delete those after the gap - and then reload - and then if a whole series of the above error message shows up - I have to then close Sierra AND Interactive Broker's TWS and restart both application and then re-login ........................ and the process repeats until I get to the data for today.

Totally tedious when I have to deal with multiple futures months and have no chance to get it right unless I am connected to the IB from the moment a new futures contract starts trading (which means I have to like load a whole year of data with the above method).

Am I missing something or is this an ongoing issue still?