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Second Instance for Sierra charts not live for trading.

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[2017-07-20 13:53:30]
Robert D - Posts: 24
I use two instances for sierra charts. Sometimes I can make live trades. Sometimes I cant. Sim trader is not on. I use Interactive brokers.

Trade Activity Log: File read result: 4576 records inserted. 146 records filtered. | 2017-07-20 09:25:40
Trade Activity Log: File date-time limits: Sim records date-time limit is 2017-07-15 00:00:00. Non-sim records date-time limit is 2017-06-20 00:00:00. Non-sim fill record date-time limit is 2016-07-20 00:00:00. | 2017-07-20 09:25:40
Interactive Brokers | Requesting trade accounts from server. | 2017-07-20 09:25:59
Interactive Brokers | Received 2 accounts from service. | 2017-07-20 09:25:59
Requesting historical order fills for all trade accounts. Number of days: 2 | 2017-07-20 09:25:59
Interactive Brokers | Received 54 order fills. Inserting the ones that do not exist. | 2017-07-20 09:26:00
Interactive Brokers | Requesting Trade Positions data. | 2017-07-20 09:26:04
Interactive Brokers | No Trade Positions reported by DTC Server. Clearing existing Positions. | 2017-07-20 09:26:22
Interactive Brokers order update (Order reject). Info: Simulated Trade Account (Sim1) cannot be used when Trade Simulation Mode is disabled. Internal Order ID: 1309. Service Order ID: (none). Symbol: WDC | 2017-07-20 09:45:14 *
Interactive Brokers order update (Order reject). Info: Simulated Trade Account (Sim1) cannot be used when Trade Simulation Mode is disabled. Internal Order ID: 1310. Service Order ID: (none). Symbol: WDC | 2017-07-20 09:45:14 *
Interactive Brokers order update (Order reject). Info: Simulated Trade Account (Sim1) cannot be used when Trade Simulation Mode is disabled. Internal Order ID: 1311. Service Order ID: (none). Symbol: WDC | 2017-07-20 09:45:14 *
[2017-07-20 18:33:31]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
This is the relevant message:
Interactive Brokers order update (Order reject). Info: Simulated Trade Account (Sim1) cannot be used when Trade Simulation Mode is disabled. Internal Order ID: 1309. Service Order ID: (none). Symbol: WDC | 2017-07-20 09:45:14 *

Refer to this section here about this:

Using DTC Server for Data and Trading in Another Sierra Chart Instance: Using the Correct Trade Account (Rejections Related to Simulation Mode)
Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level

Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy:
https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation

For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, *change* to the Teton service:
Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2017-07-20 18:33:54
[2017-07-20 19:14:14]
Robert D - Posts: 24
Thank you forgot about that little box right in front of me.

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