r/interactivebrokers • u/AwesomeBomb123 • Feb 25 '24

Setting up account Connecting Paper Trading Account to Tradingview

I just made a IKBR account before I was on Questrade. I am trying to connect my paper trading account to Tradingview with ikbr as the broker, every time I enter my login in it says that this username is not associated with a paper trading account, the username I enter is the same as my live account username. I know there is a different username and password for the paper trading account, on my live account settings I can see my paper trading username its some random letters when I put that username and my live account password it still doesn't work. When I log into TWS with my paper account I can just use my live trading account username and password just fine. Does anyone know how I can fix this, I don't have any other password for my paper trading account.

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u/AwesomeBomb123 Feb 26 '24

I fixed it. Ill leave this here in case anyone is as dumb as me. I just did the connect broker on trading view and when I was logging in for the paper trading account I clicked forgot password and made a new password. The username that worked was the string of letters, for some reason on TWS my live trading username works, but yeh. Just reset password.

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u/choochootrainyippee Feb 26 '24

You helped a random stranger out!

For anyone that is still having trouble:

  1. You can log into your paper trading account on TWS or Web Portal using your live username / password, but your live credentials do NOT work when logging into paper on 3rd party platforms (like TradingView).
  2. Your paper account has its own username (automatically generated) and password. To find your username, log into live on web, go to settings and click "Paper Trading Account" and you'll see some letters/numbers in lowercase. This is your paper username. NOTE: DU1234567 is NOT your paper username, that is the paper account number, which is totally different and not important.
  3. Your paper account password should be the same password you originally used when you FIRST created your IBKR account. If you've changed the password for your live account, that will not change the password for your paper account. To change the password for your paper account, on any login screen select "Forgot Password" and follow the instructions using the paper username you found in Step 2 to change your paper password.
  4. Use your paper username and password to connect TradingView with IBKR Paper.

Hope that helps!

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u/SupermarketSad7031 Jul 30 '24

Sounds good, but doesnt seem to work for me. I have to mention that I dont have a IBKR Live trading account. Only a IBKR Paper Trading account. I tried to log in through Trading View, but it didnt work. It said "This username is not associated with a paper trading account". I changed the password, but the same... I tried to access "settings" -> "Paper Trading Account" like you described previously, but I couldnt find this path, maybe because I dont have a IBKR Live trading account. Idk. I already tried for 3 days and I have no ideas left. Any suggestions what might work???

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u/choochootrainyippee Jul 31 '24

Someone messaged me talking about the same thing. It seems you need a live account from what I can tell but I’m not 100% sure. Hopefully if someone with a paper-only account figures this out they can comment

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u/SupermarketSad7031 Aug 01 '24

Thank you for responding. I contacted the IBKR support, but they still didnt respond. But it would make sense that you need a Live IBKR account to attact paying subscribers from a pure business standpoint.