Currently, I’m running 2 different Interactive Brokers Trader Work Station (TWS), my own propriety python trading algorithm on an AWS EC2 instance. This is very simple instructions to get you one started, it is not the cure all.
- Build an AWS EC2 instance / 18.04 Ubuntu
- SSH into the instance
- Insert the following code as required
Cover the basics:
Sudo mkdir code &&
cd code &&
sudo apt-get update -y &&
sudo apt-get clean -y &&
sudo apt-get autoremove -y &&
sudo apt-get install mysql-server -y &&
sudo apt-get update -y &&
sudo apt install python3-pip -y && pip3 install pandas matplotlib seaborn plotly pymysql sklearn
The are two ways to VNC into your EC2 instance. The RealVNC method is little more complicated and it is an enterprise solution.
- https://help.realvnc.com/hc/en-us/articles/360003474572-How-do-I-get-started-with-VNC-Connect-on-Linux-
- xhost +local:Name_of_your_computer
- sudo apt install ./VNC-Server-6.6.0-Linux-x64.deb
- tar -xzf vncsetup-helper.tar.gz
- sudo ./vncsetup.sh
- sudo reboot
If you want a simple VNC method follow this bloggers instructions.
Interactive Brokers
- follow instructions: http://interactivebrokers.github.io/
- sudu unzip twsapi_macunix.979.01.zip -d /home/user/
- cd IBJts/source/pythonclient/
- sudo apt-get install python3-setuptools && sudo python3 setup.py install
- Download TWS https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/index.php?f=16040 follow instructions on the screen. (if you want to use IB gateway, which is not as sexy but works fine you can get it here)
- git clone your repo