I haven’t used it yet but it’s a low latency platform which means it doesn’t use many resources and it doesn’t need to be rebooted like TWS every 24-hours. In other words it can remain running indefinitely.

You cannot have TWS and Gateway open at the same time.

here is another option julian for some more added confusion. IBController is 3rd party software that basically adds some extra contol of TWS or IB gateway. ive just started using it myself so i can semi-automate some things. here is the user guide. in particular you may want to read the section on using windows scheduled tasks here.

Hi Julian,
Is there a reason that Gateway is less likely to drop out (other than not having to restart each day… ie compulsory drop out) ? Does the lower latency and reduced need for resources that Nick mentioned translate to increased stability too or is there some other reason ? I haven’t had it drop on VPS yet (or even on my own laptop come to think of it) and hadn’t thought of TWS instability as a possible risk.
Bugger…better add it to the list

Julian Cohen wrote:

Well TWS closed on me sometime last night and I have no idea why. At least gateway is supposed to be on 24/7 unless you switch it off…or until it drops out too

I had an issue once where the server restarted (after a windows update maybe?) and defaulted back to Seattle time and I didn’t pick it up initially…I had set the server time and TWS to another time zone (AUS time I think from memory)…anyway, because the server timezone changed TWS restart time changed too. I have the server and TWS set to Seattle time now to avoid repeat (as suggestion of help desk at Hostwinds)

Goto run — gpedit.MSc
Computer configuration > administrative templates > windows components > windows update > no auto-restart for scheduled automatic update installation
Over there you can prevent the auto restart
After changing it you need to restart for the changes to be effective