IB.reqTickByTickData

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reqTickByTickData(self, contract: ib_async.contract.Contract, tickType: str, numberOfTicks: int = 0, ignoreSize: bool = False) -> ib_async.ticker.Ticker

Completeness: signature-only · Canonical ID: ib_async.ib.IB.reqTickByTickData

Runtime signature is published; semantic enrichment remains outstanding.

Related API navigation

• Calls: Client.getReqId
• Calls: Client.reqTickByTickData
• Cancel operation: IB.cancelTickByTickData
• Protocol mapping: EClient.reqTickByTickData
• Response callback: EWrapper.tickByTickAllLast
• Response callback: EWrapper.tickByTickBidAsk
• Response callback: EWrapper.tickByTickMidPoint
• Returns: Ticker
• Error reference: TWS message codes (applicability is request-dependent).

Sources and provenance

• ib-async-repository-2-1-0 (library-source; retrieved 2026-07-15T03:42:42Z)
• ib-async-repository-2-1-0 (library-source; retrieved 2026-07-15T03:42:42Z)
• ib-async-repository-2-1-0 (library-source; retrieved 2026-07-15T03:42:42Z)
• ib-async-repository-2-1-0 (library-source; retrieved 2026-07-15T03:42:42Z)
• ib-async-repository-2-1-0 (library-source; retrieved 2026-07-15T03:42:42Z)

Subscribe to tick-by-tick data and return the Ticker that holds the ticks in ticker.tickByTicks.

https://interactivebrokers.github.io/tws-api/tick_data.html

Args: contract: Contract of interest. tickType: One of 'Last', 'AllLast', 'BidAsk' or 'MidPoint'. numberOfTicks: Number of ticks or 0 for unlimited. ignoreSize: Ignore bid/ask ticks that only update the size.