FXCM configuration Setup by Dream Come True

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Hello Admins,

I have Demo accounts from FXCM on both TradeStation and MT4. These are the fields that config.json is referring.
"fxcm-server": ,
"fxcm-terminal": , //Real or Demo
"fxcm-user-name": ,
"fxcm-password": ,
"fxcm-account-id": ,
I am not sure which goes where. Currently http://www.fxcorporate.com/Hosts.jsp is given in server field.
With having this as server and demo credentials i got from registration, I am getting the error as in attached image. I tried all combinations and nothing worked for me. I also contacted FXCM, and support guy was saying the information i have is enough for connecting to their server. But its not the case i see. He suggested me to check with community here. I hope i get some insights. Thanks

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Alexandre Catarino

// Choose FXCM environment

  "environment": "live-fxcm",



// fxcm configuration

  "fxcm-server": "http://www.fxcorporate.com/Hosts.jsp",

  "fxcm-terminal": "Demo", //Real or Demo

  "fxcm-user-name": "D___________",   // D + number

  "fxcm-password": "0000",            // 4-digit number

  "fxcm-account-id": "00000000",      // 8-digit number

If the above information does not allow you login successfully and receive data, please send an email to support (support@quantconnect.com).

Jared Broad

You get your account-id from inside Trading Station. It is in the summary tab.

Dream Come True

69 ,

Hello Jared,

I have both Demo account and Live account wich i can use to login into Web platform and TradingStation desktop platform. For demo i have username which starts with D and password is 4 digit one. For real account I have 8 digit account number with password which i used when creating live application. Nothing is working in quantconnect unfortunately. But they are working fine in both Web platform and desktop tradingstation platform. Am i missing something?

Jared Broad

Live FXCM accounts account-id is normally the same as the username; but in demo the account-id is found in the Accounts tab in Trading Station. Possibly your account doesn't have API access enabled. Please post the error text here.

Dream Come True

69 ,

Error Failed to initialize algorithm: Error connecting to brokerage: Request to "http://www.fxcorporate.com/Hosts.jsp" returns emtpy content. This may be caused by incorrect login credentials or an unsupported account type.

Alexandre Catarino

Sorry for taking too long to answer.
After the logins were provided throught support@quantconnect.com we could look into this issue further,

Regarding Oanda: there are hyphens missing in your account id:
"oanda-account-id": "000-000-0000000-000", not "0000000000000000", (change the number to zeros)
After that change I could log in and receive quotes from Oanda.

Regarding FXCM, I got this self-explanatory error message:
"The Lean engine does not support accounts with Hedging enabled. Please contact FXCM Active Trader support to disable Hedging. They can be reached at 646.432.2970 or by email, activetrader@fxcm.com"

Stanley O

1.3k ,

Hello Admin. I am getting the same error message:

"The Lean engine does not support accounts with Hedging enabled. Please contact FXCM Active Trader support to disable Hedging. They can be reached at 646.432.2970 or by email, activetrader@fxcm.com"

Unfortunately FXCM is not responding to my emails to disable hedging. Has there been an update to this issue?

Jared Broad

We'll update LEAN to include the updated error message; you now need to email pcs@fxcm.com -- make your email something like this:

Stanley O

1.3k ,

Hello Jared,

Thank you. FXCM responded and disabled hedging on my account.

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