Interactive Brokers Market-Making Bot
Budget: €30 – €250 EUR
I’m looking to have a C++ trading robot built that connects to Interactive Brokers’ TWS / Gateway and runs a pure market-making strategy on listed equity options. The core requirement is fully automated order placement: the bot should continuously quote both sides of the market, update quotes as underlying prices move, and send, modify, or cancel orders without manual intervention.
Speed and stability are critical, so your code needs to make efficient use of the IB API, handle connectivity drops gracefully, and log every action for later review. I’m open to any clean architecture you prefer—single process or component-based—as long as it’s well documented and easy to extend. If you want to layer in real-time analytics or risk controls, feel free to outline how you would do so, but the first milestone is a functioning market maker that can operate unattended.
Deliverables:
• C++ source (with clear build instructions)
• Config file or command-line flags for symbol selection, quoting width, and size
• README that walks through set-up, IB permissions, and a short test script to confirm orders hit the live paper account
I’ll provide my paper-trading credentials for integration testing, and I’m available to answer domain questions quickly. If you’ve already built IB bots—or better yet, a market maker—let me know; otherwise, tell me how you’ll achieve tight, reliable quoting on this platform.
Speed and stability are critical, so your code needs to make efficient use of the IB API, handle connectivity drops gracefully, and log every action for later review. I’m open to any clean architecture you prefer—single process or component-based—as long as it’s well documented and easy to extend. If you want to layer in real-time analytics or risk controls, feel free to outline how you would do so, but the first milestone is a functioning market maker that can operate unattended.
Deliverables:
• C++ source (with clear build instructions)
• Config file or command-line flags for symbol selection, quoting width, and size
• README that walks through set-up, IB permissions, and a short test script to confirm orders hit the live paper account
I’ll provide my paper-trading credentials for integration testing, and I’m available to answer domain questions quickly. If you’ve already built IB bots—or better yet, a market maker—let me know; otherwise, tell me how you’ll achieve tight, reliable quoting on this platform.