IB API: Checking if in trade or have open order

Question

In the interactive brokers API, How do I check if there is already an open order or if I'm in a trade for a specific Contract in python. Can't seem to find an answer online

Thanks a lot

https://interactivebrokers.github.io/tws-api/open_orders.html — brian, Oct 13 '21 at 17:48

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 14 '21 at 17:59

I believe I found an answer as long as you are trying to get the open orders be printed inside

The openOrder() function was taken straight from the documentation

from ibapi.client import EClient
from ibapi.wrapper import EWrapper
from ibapi.contract import Contract
from ibapi.order import *
import threading
import time


class IBapi(EWrapper, EClient):
    def __init__(self):
    EClient.__init__(self, self)

def nextValidId(self, orderId):
    self.nextValidId = orderId
    self.start()


def start(self):
    self.reqAllOpenOrders()
    
def openOrder(self, orderId, contract: Contract, order: Order,
                orderState):
        super().openOrder(orderId, contract, order, orderState)
        print("OpenOrder. PermId: ", order.permId, "ClientId:", order.clientId, " OrderId:", orderId, 
               "Account:", order.account, "Symbol:", contract.symbol, "SecType:", contract.secType,
               "Exchange:", contract.exchange, "Action:", order.action, "OrderType:", order.orderType,
               "TotalQty:", order.totalQuantity, "CashQty:", order.cashQty, 
               "LmtPrice:", order.lmtPrice, "AuxPrice:", order.auxPrice, "Status:", orderState.status)
 

def run_loop():
    app.run()

app = IBapi()
app.connect('127.0.0.1', 7497, 123)

# Start the socket in a thread
api_thread = threading.Thread(target=run_loop, daemon=True)
api_thread.start()

time.sleep(3)
app.disconnect()

Ok Thanks. That will allow me to get the orders but now how would I check if a contract is in the list open orders? — Maxime Tardif, Oct 15 '21 at 21:05
To my best knowledge, any order that did go through would not show up. — Glebeserker, Oct 19 '21 at 14:55

IB API: Checking if in trade or have open order

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