IBKR: Interactive Brokers

Overview

A modern, TypeScript-based Node.js client for Interactive Brokers (IBKR) that provides a simplified interface to the IBKR API. This package is a wrapper around @stoqey/ib, which implements the official IBKR API. It offers a more developer-friendly way to interact with Interactive Brokers' trading platform, abstracting away the complexity of the underlying API.

Key Features

	Feature
	Accounts
	Portfolios
	Orders
	Historical Data
	Realtime price updates
	Contracts (stocks/forex/options/index .e.t.c)
	Mosaic Market scanner
	News

1. Install

npm i @stoqey/ibkr

2. Usage

Create a .env in the root dir of your project, set IBKR_HOST and IBKR_PORT, IBKR_CLIENT_ID(Optional, it'll use 0 by default), and DEBUG for logs, like this

IBKR_HOST=localhost
IBKR_PORT=7497
IBKR_CLIENT_ID=123
DEBUG=ibkr* 

Initialize

import ibkr from '@stoqey/ibkr';

await ibkr();

// your code

Market-data-only mode

Set MD_ONLY=true or IBKR_MD_ONLY=true before initialization when a process only needs contract lookup and market data:

IBKR_MD_ONLY=true

import ibkr, { MarketDataManager } from '@stoqey/ibkr';

await ibkr();

const mkdManager = MarketDataManager.Instance;
const contractDetails = await mkdManager.getContract({
  symbol: "ES",
  secType: "FUT",
});

In market-data-only mode, the package still connects to IBKR and initializes MarketDataManager. Contract lookup, contract details, historical data, realtime bars, and tick-by-tick market data remain available.

It skips account summary updates, account/portfolio subscriptions, open-order subscriptions, and order/trade event state. Use this for scanners, feeders, and symbol-search clients. Do not use it for execution clients that place orders or need live portfolio/order state.

Contract filtering

Set IBKR_CONTRACTS to a comma-separated allowlist when multiple apps share the same broker session but should only see or trade selected contracts:

IBKR_CONTRACTS=NQ-FUT,AAPL-STK,GC-FUT

The filter applies to orders, positions, and market data. Futures can be filtered at the symbol/security-type level (NQ-FUT) or by expiry (NQ-FUT-202606 / NQ-FUT-20260622).

If one area needs a different allowlist, use a scoped override:

IBKR_CONTRACTS_ORDERS=NQ-FUT
IBKR_CONTRACTS_POSITIONS=NQ-FUT,GC-FUT
IBKR_CONTRACTS_MARKETDATA=*

* disables filtering for that scope. Account summary is account-level data from IBKR, so it is intentionally not contract-filtered; use separate accounts, allocation groups, or app-side risk budgets when each app needs isolated buying power.

Accounts Summary e.t.c

import { AccountSummary } from  "@stoqey/ibkr";

const accountInstance = AccountSummary.Instance;

// account summaries is automatically updated for you
const accountSummaries = accountInstance.accountSummary;

const accountId = accountSummaries.accountId;

const totalCashValue = accountSummaries.TotalCashValue.value;

Portfolios

import { Portfolios } from  "@stoqey/ibkr";
// Get current portfolios
const portfolios = Portfolios.Instance;

// positions is automatically updated for you
const accountPortfolios = portfolios.positions;

Historical Data + Realtime price updates

• Market data

import { MarketDataManager } from '@stoqey/ibkr';

// 1. Get market data manager
const mkdManager = MarketDataManager.Instance;

// 2. Get market data async promise
const data = await mkdManager.getHistoricalData(contract, endDateTime, durationStr, barSizeSetting, whatToShow,useRTH );

• Real-time price updates

import { MarketDataManager, IBKREvents, IBKREVENTS } from '@stoqey/ibkr';

// 1. Get IBKR events
const ibkrEvents = IBKREvents.Instance;

// 2. Get market data manager
const mkdManager = MarketDataManager.Instance;

// 3. Request historical data updates
await mkdManager.getHistoricalDataUpdates(contract,barSizeSetting, whatToShow);

// 3. Subscribe for historical data updates
ibkrEvents.on(IBKREVENTS.IBKR_BAR, (bar: MarketData) => {
     // use the historical data updates here
});

// 4. get the cached marketdata
const cachedData = await mkdManager.historicalData(contract, start, end)

// Unsubscribe from historical data updates
mkdManager.removeHistoricalDataUpdates(contract);

Contracts

import { MarketDataManager } from '@stoqey/ibkr';

// 1. Get market data manager
const mkdManager = MarketDataManager.Instance;

const contract = {
  symbol: "PLTR",
  secType: "STK"
};

const contractDetails = await mkdManager.getContract(contract);

//  or e.g options
const contractDetails = await mkdManager.getContract({
    currency: 'USD',
    exchange: 'SMART',
    multiplier: 100,
    right: 'C',
    secType: 'OPT',
    strike: 300,
    symbol: 'AAPL'
});

// e.g forex
const contractDetails = await mkdManager.getContract({
    "symbol":"GBP",
    "secType":"CASH",
    "currency":"USD",
});

Orders

import { Orders, OrderStock, IBKREvents, IBKREVENTS } from '@stoqey/ibkr';

// 1. Get IBKR events
const ibkrEvents = IBKREvents.Instance;

// 2. Get orders manager
const ordersManager = Orders.Instance;

// 3. Place order
const contract = await mkdManager.getContract({
  symbol: ticker,
  secType: "STK" /* STK, OPT, FUT, etc. */,
  exchange: "SMART" /* SMART, NYSE, NASDAQ, etc. */,
  currency: "USD"  /* USD, EUR, GBP, etc. */
})
const myOrder = {
  action, // 1. BUY, 2. SELL
  totalQuantity: quantity,
  orderType: price ? OrderType.LIMIT : OrderType.MARKET, // 1. MARKET, 2. LIMIT, 3. STOP, etc.
  ...(price && { lmtPrice: price }),
  transmit: true, // true to submit order immediately, false to save as draft
  outsideRth: false, // true to allow execution outside regular trading hours, false otherwise
  tif: "DAY", // DAY (day order), GTC (good till canceled), IOC (immediate or cancel), etc.
};

const placedOrder = await ordersManager.placeOrder(contract, myOrder);

// 4. Modify order
const modifyOrder = await ordersManager.modifyOrder(id, contract, myOrder);

// get orders, this is automatically updated
const orders = ordersManager.orders;

// get filled orders(trades), this is automatically updated
const trades = ordersManager.trades;

// subscribe for trades, when orders are filled in real time
ibkrEvents.on(IBKREVENTS.IBKR_SAVE_TRADE, (bar: Trade) => {
     // use trade here
});

// other methods e.t.c....
await ordersManager.cancelOrder(orderId)

await ordersManager.cancelAllOrders()        

Quickstart Sample App: See this API in action with our companion Sample Application. Also, see any .test.ts file for examples

3. Debug

We use debug library for logging. Run with DEBUG=ibkr:* to see all logs, or DEBUG=ibkr:info for less verbose logs.

See change log for updates

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