ib-account

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Get account summary from Interactive Brokers including cash balance, buying power, and account value. Use when user asks about their account, balance, buying power, or available cash. Requires TWS or IB Gateway running locally.

AI & Automation 299 stars 68 forks Updated 1 weeks ago MIT

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# IB Account Fetch account summary from Interactive Brokers. ## IB Connection TWS or IB Gateway must be running locally with API enabled: - **Paper trading** — port 7497 - **Live trading** — port 7496 - **`IB_PORT` env var** — default port when `--port` is omitted (e.g. `IB_PORT=4001` for a Gateway container). Precedence: `--port` flag > `IB_PORT` > built-in default. Set it in the shell or a `.env` file. **Port fallback:** If the configured port fails, automatically retry on the other port. If the retry succeeds, save to memory which account type worked (live/paper) and reuse it for all IB skill calls in this and future sessions — until the user explicitly asks for the other account. If both ports fail, ask the user to verify that TWS or IB Gateway is running with API access enabled. ## Instructions > **Note:** If `uv` is not installed or `pyproject.toml` is not found, replace `uv run python` with `python` in all commands below. ```bash uv run python scripts/account.py [--port PORT] [--account ACCOUNT_ID] [--all-accounts] ``` ## Arguments - `--port` - IB port (default: 7497 for paper trading) - `--account` - Specific account ID to fetch - `--all-accounts` - Fetch summaries for all managed accounts **Default behavior** (no flags): fetches the first managed account only. **Always use `--all-accounts`** unless the user asks for a specific account. ## Output Returns JSON with: - `connected` - Whether connection succeeded - `accounts` - List of account summaries, each ...

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Author
staskh
Repository
staskh/trading_skills
Created
5 months ago
Last Updated
1 weeks ago
Language
Python
License
MIT

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