Now that IB has announced they are allowing bitcoin trading, is there an example I can clone using IB or possibly in the works?
Now that IB has announced they are allowing bitcoin trading, is there an example I can clone using IB or possibly in the works?
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Unless I am mistaken they aren't allowing bitcoin trading, they are allowing bitcoin futures trading, which is a very different thing. Even if they were up to date QuantConnect wouldn't have more than a few days worth of bitcoin futures historical data to backtest with at this point.
At the moment, crypto-currency live trading is only supported with GDAX. Bitfinex is next.
Here is the link confirming that IB will only support futures:
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