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Investor/RT is setup to allow the use of a DU account as
long as you have used Investor/RT with TWS logged into your real U
account within the last 3 days. Connecting Investor/RT to TWS when TWS
is running on your actual U account is how the software validates your
registration. After doing this, you can switch TWS to the paper trading
account. Leave your Investor/RT registration alone, and start data.
Investor/RT will connect to TWS and it will see that TWS is using a DU
paper trading account. It will check to see how long it's been since you
logged in to TWS with your real U account and if it's been less that 3
days it will accept the login. This is the recommended solution for
occasional usage of a paper trading account.
If you find this too restrictive or inconvenient here are two
alternatives:
(a) Notify info@linnsoft.com that you want your Investor/RT subscription
revised to use your paper trading account DUxxxx. A new registration
code will be sent to you and it will operate only with the DU account,
no other. You can do this at any time, there is a one time $5
administrative fee for changing accounts.
(b) Place an order for a second IB registration code each month for the
DU account number. You will receive two registration codes each month,
one for the U number, one for the DU number. This adds $5/mo to your
monthly bill and licenses you to run two copies of Investor/RT on the
same or on different machines at the same time. Switching from the U to
the DU account registration code can be done easily as needed using the
copy/paste method if you only run one copy of Investor/RT.
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