Brokerages

Follow these steps to start local live trading with the Trading Technologies brokerage:

1. Open a terminal in the organization workspace that contains the project.
2. Run lean live "<projectName>" to start a live deployment wizard for the project in . / <projectName> and then enter the brokerage number, 11.

   $ lean live "My Project"
   Select a brokerage:
   1) Paper Trading
   2) Interactive Brokers
   3) Tradier
   4) OANDA
   5) Bitfinex
   6) Coinbase Advanced Trade
   7) Binance
   8) Zerodha
   9) Samco
   10) Terminal Link
   11) Trading Technologies
   12) Kraken
   13) TD Ameritrade
   14) Bybit
   Enter an option: 11

3. Enter your Trading Technologies credentials.

   $ lean live "My Project"
   User name: john
   Session password: ****************       
   Account name: jane

4. Enter the REST configuration.

   $ lean live "My Project"
   REST app key: my-rest-app-key
   REST app secret: ******************
   REST environment: my-environment

5. Enter the market data configuration.

   $ lean live "My Project"
   Market data sender comp id:
   Market data target comp id:
   Market data host:
   Market data port:

6. Enter the order routing configuration.

   $ lean live "My Project"
   Order routing sender comp id:
   Order routing target comp id:
   Order routing host:
   Order routing port:

7. Enter whether FIX messages must be logged.

   $ lean live "My Project"
   Log FIX messages (yes/no): yes

8. Set your initial cash balance.

   $ lean live "My Project"
   Previous cash balance: [{'currency': 'USD', 'amount': 100000.0}]
   Do you want to set a different initial cash balance? [y/N]: y 
   Setting initial cash balance...
   Currency: USD
   Amount: 95800
   Cash balance: [{'currency': 'USD', 'amount': 95800.0}]
   Do you want to add more currency? [y/N]: n

9. Enter the number of the live data provider(s) to use and then follow the steps required for the data connection.

   $ lean live "My Project"
   Select a live data provider:
   1) Interactive Brokers
   2) Tradier
   3) Oanda
   4) Bitfinex
   5) Coinbase Advanced Trade
   6) Binance
   7) Zerodha
   8) Samco
   9) Terminal Link
   10) Trading Technologies
   11) Kraken
   12) TD Ameritrade
   13) IQFeed
   14) Polygon
   15) IEX
   16) CoinApi
   17) Custom data only
   18) Bybit
   To enter multiple options, separate them with comma:

If you select one of the following data providers, see the respective page for more instructions:

• IEX Cloud
• IQFeed
• Polygon
10. View the result in the <projectName> / live / <timestamp> directory. Results are stored in real-time in JSON format. You can save results to a different directory by providing the --output <path> option in step 2.

If you already have a live environment configured in your Lean configuration file, you can skip the interactive wizard by providing the --environment <value> option in step 2. The value of this option must be the name of an environment which has live-mode set to true.

Follow these steps to start live trading a project in the cloud with the Trading Technologies brokerage :

1. Log in to the CLI if you haven't done so already.
2. Open a terminal in the organization workspace that contains the project.
3. Run lean cloud live "<projectName>" --push --open to push . / <projectName>. to the cloud, start a live deployment wizard, and open the results in the browser once the deployment starts.

$ lean cloud live "My Project" --push --open
[1/1] Pushing 'My Project'
Successfully updated cloud file 'My Project/main.py'
Started compiling project 'My Project'
Successfully compiled project 'My Project'

4. Enter 11 to select the Trading Technologies brokerage.

$ lean cloud live "My Project" --push --open
Select a brokerage:
1) Paper Trading
2) Interactive Brokers
3) Tradier
4) Oanda
5) Bitfinex
6) Coinbase Advanced Trade
7) Binance
8) Zerodha
9) Samco
10) Terminal Link
11) Trading Technologies
12) Kraken
13) TD Ameritrade
14) Bybit
Enter an option: 11

5. Enter your Trading Technologies credentials.

$ lean cloud live "My Project" --push --open
User name: john
Session password: ****************
Account name: jane

6. Enter the REST configuration.

$ lean cloud live "My Project" --push --open
REST app key: my-rest-app-key
REST app secret: ******************
REST environment: my-environment

7. Enter the order routing configuration.

$ lean cloud live "My Project" --push --open
Order routing sender comp id: 

Our TT integration routes orders via the TT FIX 4.4 Connection. Contact your TT representative to set the exchange where you would like your orders sent. Your account details are not saved on QuantConnect.

8. Configure your notification settings.

You can configure any combination of email, webhook, SMS, and Telegram notifications for order events and emitted insights. To view the number of notification you can send for free, see the Live Trading Notification Quotas.

$ lean cloud live "My Project" --push --open
Do you want to send notifications on order events? [y/N]: y
Do you want to send notifications on insights? [y/N]: y
Email notifications: None
Webhook notifications: None
SMS notifications: None
Select a notification method:
1) Email
2) Webhook
3) SMS
4) Telegram
Enter an option: 1
Email address: john.doe@example.com
Subject: Algorithm notification
Email notifications: john.doe@example.com
Webhook notifications: None
SMS notifications: None
Telegram notifications: None
Do you want to add another notification method? [y/N]: n

9. Enable or disable automatic algorithm restarting.

This feature attempts to restart your algorithm if it fails due to a runtime error, like a brokerage API disconnection.

$ lean cloud live "My Project" --push --open
Do you want to enable automatic algorithm restarting? [Y/n]: y

10. Set your initial portfolio holdings.

$ lean cloud live "My Project" --push --open
Do you want to set the initial portfolio holdings? [y/N]: y
Do you want to use the last portfolio holdings? [] [y/N]: n
Setting custom initial portfolio holdings...
Symbol: GOOG
Symbol ID: GOOCV VP83T1ZUHROL
Quantity: 10
Average Price: 50
Portfolio Holdings: [{'symbol': 'GOOG', 'symbolId': 'GOOCV VP83T1ZUHROL', 'quantity': 10, 'averagePrice': 50.0}]
Do you want to add more holdings? [y/N]: n

11. Select the live node that you want to use.

If you only have one idle live trading node, it is selected automatically and this step is skipped.

$ lean cloud live "My Project" --push --open
Select a node:
1) L-MICRO node 89c90172 - 1 CPU @ 2.4GHz, 0.5GB Ram
2) L-MICRO node 85a52135 - 1 CPU @ 2.4GHz, 0.5GB Ram
Enter an option: 1

12. Enter the number of the live data provider(s) to use and then follow the steps required for the data connection.

    $ lean live "My Project"
    Select a live data feed:
    1) QuantConnect
    2) Interactive Brokers
    3) Tradier
    4) Oanda
    5) Bitfinex
    6) Coinbase Advanced Trade
    7) Binance
    8) Zerodha
    9) Samco
    10) Terminal Link
    11) Trading Technologies
    12) Kraken
    13) TD Ameritrade
    14) IQFeed
    15) Polygon
    16) IEX
    17) CoinApi
    18) Bybit
    To enter multiple options, separate them with comma:

If you select one of the following data providers, see the respective page for more instructions:

• IEX Cloud
• IQFeed
• Polygon
13. Verify the configured settings and confirm them to start the live deployment in the cloud.

$ lean cloud live "My Project" --push --open
Brokerage: Trading Technologies
Project id: 1234567
Environment: Live
Server name: L-MICRO node 89c90172
Server type: L-MICRO
Live Data providers: QuantConnectBrokerage
LEAN version: 11157
Order event notifications: Yes
Insight notifications: Yes
Email notifications: john.doe@example.com
Webhook notifications: None
SMS notifications: None
Telegram notifications: None
Initial live portfolio holdings: [{'symbol': 'GOOG', 'symbolId': 'GOOCV VP83T1ZUHROL', 'quantity': 10, 'averagePrice': 50.0}]
Automatic algorithm restarting: Yes
Are you sure you want to start live trading for project 'My Project'? [y/N]: y

14. Inspect the result in the browser, which opens automatically after the deployment starts.

Follow these steps to see the live status of a project:

1. Log in to the CLI if you haven't done so already.
2. Open a terminal in the organization workspace that contains the project.
3. Run lean cloud status "<projectName>" to show the status of the cloud project named "<projectName>".

$ lean cloud status "My Project"
Project id: 1234567
Project name: My Project
Project url: https://www.quantconnect.com/project/1234567
Live status: Running
Live id: L-1234567a8901d234e5e678ddd9b0123c
Live url: https://www.quantconnect.com/project/1234567/live
Brokerage: Trading Technologies
Launched: 2021-06-09 15:10:12 UTC