ib-trades-history

IB Trades History

Fetch trade executions from Interactive Brokers.

Prerequisites

User must have TWS or IB Gateway running locally with API enabled:

• Paper trading: port 7497
• Live trading: port 7496

For full trade history beyond ~7 days, the user needs a Flex Web Service token and a pre-configured Trade query in IBKR Account Management.

Instructions

Note: If uv is not installed or pyproject.toml is not found, replace uv run python with python in all commands below.

# Recent trades (last ~7 days via API)
uv run python .claude/skills/ib-trades-history/scripts/trades.py --all-accounts

# Filter by symbol
uv run python .claude/skills/ib-trades-history/scripts/trades.py --all-accounts --symbol AAPL

# Full history via FlexReport
uv run python .claude/skills/ib-trades-history/scripts/trades.py --all-accounts --flex-token YOUR_TOKEN --flex-query-id YOUR_QUERY_ID

# Custom date range (FlexReport)
uv run python .claude/skills/ib-trades-history/scripts/trades.py --all-accounts --flex-token TOKEN --flex-query-id QID --start-date 2025-01-01 --end-date 2025-12-31

# Multiple queries (e.g., one per year to exceed 365-day limit)
uv run python .claude/skills/ib-trades-history/scripts/trades.py --all-accounts --flex-token TOKEN --flex-query-id QID_2025 --flex-query-id QID_2026 --start-date 2025-01-01 --end-date 2026-12-31

# From local FlexReport XML files (no TWS/Gateway needed)
uv run python .claude/skills/ib-trades-history/scripts/trades.py --file trades_2024.xml --file trades_2025.xml --symbol TSLA

# Mix files with date filtering
uv run python .claude/skills/ib-trades-history/scripts/trades.py --file exports/2025.xml --start-date 2025-06-01 --end-date 2025-12-31

Arguments

• --port - IB port (default: 7496 for live trading)
• --account - Specific account ID to filter
• --all-accounts - Fetch trades for all managed accounts
• --symbol - Filter trades by symbol (e.g., AAPL)
• --start-date - Start date in YYYY-MM-DD format (default: Jan 1 of current year)
• --end-date - End date in YYYY-MM-DD format (default: today)
• --flex-token - FlexReport token (enables extended history)
• --flex-query-id - FlexReport query ID (repeatable — pass multiple to merge queries spanning different periods)
• --file - Local FlexReport XML file path (repeatable — pass multiple to merge files). No TWS/Gateway needed

Default behavior (no flags): fetches trades for the first managed account from the live API (~7 days). Always use --all-accounts unless the user asks for a specific account.

Data Sources

| Scenario | Source | Date Range | |---|---|---| | No flex args | reqExecutionsAsync | ~last 7 days | | --flex-token + --flex-query-id | FlexReport (web) | As configured in query | | --file | file (local XML) | Full file contents |

When using the live API, a data_limitation warning is included in the output.

Output

Returns JSON with:

• connected - Whether connection succeeded
• source - Data source used (reqExecutionsAsync or FlexReport)
• filters - Applied filters (dates, symbol, account)
• data_limitation - Warning about API date limits (only when using live API)
• execution_count - Total number of executions returned
• executions - List of individual trade executions
• summary - Aggregated stats per symbol (bought, sold, commission, realized P&L)

If not connected, explain that TWS/Gateway needs to be running.

Dependencies

• ib-async