Positions not updating correctly

[TianCal]

I have this function

    def get_positions(self) -> Tuple[int, Dict]:
            account = self.ib.managedAccounts()[0]
            positions = self.ib.positions(account)

            # Convert to dict format matching moomoo
            positions_dict = {}
            for pos in positions:
                if hasattr(pos.contract, "symbol"):
                    symbol = pos.contract.symbol
                    positions_dict[symbol] = {
                        "qty": pos.position,
                        "avg_cost": pos.avgCost,
                        "market_value": pos.position * pos.avgCost,
                    }
            return positions_dict

And I found that it doesn't get updated until we reconnect, for example, in the first screenshot, I opened a connection, and then keep calling get_positions every 30 seconds, and in the middle of the loop, I sold the EOSE with my phone, but it doesn't get refreshed

Meanwhile, if I start another connection with clientId=2 after selling EOSE, and run get_positions at the same time, it shows the correct positions.

Appreciate any help!

[TianCal]

Need to call reqAccountUpdates

[gnzsnz]

you need to enable DEBUG in logging, connect and see what response you get to ib.connect

[TianCal]

Thanks! I will come back later tmrw.

[TianCal]

Hi @gnzsnz , this is what I get. It seems like once connection is established Synchronization complete, there are no more logs from IB()

================================================================================
IBKR CONNECTION LOG (FILTERED FOR CONNECTIVITY DEBUGGING)
================================================================================
This log has been filtered to show only essential connectivity information.
The following message types were REMOVED (632 lines):
  • execDetails - Execution reports with fill details
  • commissionReport - Commission and P&L reports  
  • updatePortfolio - Portfolio position updates
  • position - Position snapshots
  • DEBUG order messages - Encoded order details (<<< 101,...)
  • DEBUG account values - Account value updates (<<< 6,2,...)

Generated by: filter_debug_log.py
================================================================================

2025-11-21 15:51:07,572 ib_async.client INFO Connecting to 127.0.0.1:4001 with clientId 1...
2025-11-21 15:51:07,572 ib_async.client INFO Connected
2025-11-21 15:51:07,579 ib_async.client INFO Logged on to server version 178
2025-11-21 15:51:07,580 ib_async.wrapper INFO Warning 2104, reqId -1: \u5e02\u573a\u6570\u636e\u573a\u8fde\u63a5\u6b63\u5e38:hfarm
2025-11-21 15:51:07,580 ib_async.client INFO API connection ready
2025-11-21 15:51:07,581 ib_async.wrapper INFO Warning 2107, reqId -1: \u5386\u53f2\u5e02\u573a\u6570\u636e\u573a\u8fde\u63a5\u6682\u672a\u6fc0\u6d3b\uff0c\u4f46\u53ef\u6309\u9700\u63d0\u4f9b\u3002:apachmds
2025-11-21 15:51:07,582 ib_async.wrapper INFO Warning 2158, reqId -1: Sec-def\u6570\u636e\u573a\u8fde\u63a5\u6b63\u5e38:secdefhk
2025-11-21 15:51:08,056 ib_async.ib INFO Synchronization complete

[gnzsnz]

i can't help you with your code, i don't know what filter_debug_log.py is doing.

this is a simple example that shows how positions are sync during connection.

that's what you need to check and make sure you get positions at connections. this is the code that does that at connection

ib_async/ib_async/ib.py

Line 2027 in 2afdae4

async def connectAsync(

and this is what the TWS API does https://ibkrcampus.com/campus/ibkr-api-page/twsapi-doc/#accounts

this should put you on the right direction.

[TianCal]

Hi gnzsnz, this is correctly printed. Let me keep it running and do a simple order to see why it doesn't change

2025-11-24 22:00:33,810 asyncio DEBUG Using proactor: IocpProactor
2025-11-24 22:00:33,810 ib_async.client INFO Connecting to 127.0.0.1:4001 with clientId 1...
2025-11-24 22:00:33,811 ib_async.client INFO Connected
2025-11-24 22:00:33,816 ib_async.client DEBUG <<< 178,20251124 22:00:33 PST
2025-11-24 22:00:33,817 ib_async.client DEBUG >>> 71,2,1,
2025-11-24 22:00:33,817 ib_async.client INFO Logged on to server version 178
2025-11-24 22:00:33,818 ib_async.client DEBUG <<< 15,1,<AccountId>
2025-11-24 22:00:33,861 ib_async.client DEBUG <<< 9,1,107
2025-11-24 22:00:33,861 ib_async.client DEBUG <<< 4,2,-1,2104,Market data farm connection is OK:hfarm,
2025-11-24 22:00:33,861 ib_async.wrapper INFO Warning 2104, reqId -1: Market data farm connection is OK:hfarm
2025-11-24 22:00:33,861 ib_async.client DEBUG <<< 4,2,-1,2107,HMDS data farm connection is inactive but should be available upon demand.apachmds,
2025-11-24 22:00:33,862 ib_async.wrapper INFO Warning 2107, reqId -1: HMDS data farm connection is inactive but should be available upon demand.apachmds
2025-11-24 22:00:33,862 ib_async.client DEBUG <<< 4,2,-1,2158,Sec-def data farm connection is OK:secdefhk,
2025-11-24 22:00:33,862 ib_async.wrapper INFO Warning 2158, reqId -1: Sec-def data farm connection is OK:secdefhk
2025-11-24 22:00:33,862 ib_async.client INFO API connection ready
2025-11-24 22:00:33,862 ib_async.client DEBUG >>> 61,1
2025-11-24 22:00:33,863 ib_async.client DEBUG >>> 6,2,1,<AccountId>
2025-11-24 22:00:33,863 ib_async.client DEBUG >>> 76,1,107,<AccountId>,,0
2025-11-24 22:00:33,865 ib_async.client DEBUG <<< 61,3,<AccountId>,695996615,CLS,STK,,0.0,,,NYSE,USD,CLS,CLS,15,313.1569323
2025-11-24 22:00:33,866 ib_async.wrapper INFO position: Position(account='<AccountId>', contract=Stock(conId=695996615, symbol='CLS', exchange='NYSE', currency='USD', localSymbol='CLS', tradingClass='CLS'), position=15.0, avgCost=313.1569323)
2025-11-24 22:00:33,866 ib_async.client DEBUG <<< 61,3,<AccountId>,201113895,LITE,STK,,0.0,,,NASDAQ,USD,LITE,NMS,27,239.6605689
2025-11-24 22:00:33,866 ib_async.wrapper INFO position: Position(account='<AccountId>', contract=Stock(conId=201113895, symbol='LITE', exchange='NASDAQ', currency='USD', localSymbol='LITE', tradingClass='NMS'), position=27.0, avgCost=239.6605689)
2025-11-24 22:00:33,909 ib_async.client DEBUG <<< 61,3,<AccountId>,760250490,SNDK,STK,,0.0,,,NASDAQ,USD,SNDK,NMS,39,210.5782512
2025-11-24 22:00:33,910 ib_async.wrapper INFO position: Position(account='<AccountId>', contract=Stock(conId=760250490, symbol='SNDK', exchange='NASDAQ', currency='USD', localSymbol='SNDK', tradingClass='NMS'), position=39.0, avgCost=210.5782512)
2025-11-24 22:00:33,910 ib_async.client DEBUG <<< 61,3,<AccountId>,203435133,NAIL,STK,,0.0,,,ARCA,USD,NAIL,NAIL,0,0.0
2025-11-24 22:00:33,910 ib_async.wrapper INFO position: Position(account='<AccountId>', contract=Stock(conId=203435133, symbol='NAIL', exchange='ARCA', currency='USD', localSymbol='NAIL', tradingClass='NAIL'), position=0.0, avgCost=0.0)
2025-11-24 22:00:33,910 ib_async.client DEBUG <<< 61,3,<AccountId>,560066464,YINN,STK,,0.0,,,ARCA,USD,YINN,YINN,154,43.62188255
2025-11-24 22:00:33,910 ib_async.wrapper INFO position: Position(account='<AccountId>', contract=Stock(conId=560066464, symbol='YINN', exchange='ARCA', currency='USD', localSymbol='YINN', tradingClass='YINN'), position=154.0, avgCost=43.62188255)
2025-11-24 22:00:33,911 ib_async.client DEBUG <<< 61,3,<AccountId>,311571413,BILI,STK,,0.0,,,NASDAQ,USD,BILI,NMS,0,0.0
2025-11-24 22:00:33,911 ib_async.wrapper INFO position: Position(account='<AccountId>', contract=Stock(conId=311571413, symbol='BILI', exchange='NASDAQ', currency='USD', localSymbol='BILI', tradingClass='NMS'), position=0.0, avgCost=0.0)
2025-11-24 22:00:33,911 ib_async.client DEBUG <<< 62,1
2025-11-24 22:00:33,911 ib_async.client DEBUG <<< 6,2,AccountCode,<AccountId>,,<AccountId>
2025-11-24 22:00:33,911 ib_async.client DEBUG <<< 6,2,AccountOrGroup,<AccountId>,BASE,<AccountId>
2025-11-24 22:00:33,911 ib_async.client DEBUG <<< 6,2,AccountOrGroup,<AccountId>,USD,<AccountId>
2025-11-24 22:00:33,912 ib_async.client DEBUG <<< 6,2,AccountReady,true,,<AccountId>

[TianCal]

Hi @gnzsnz , I'm running this code inside a Jupyter notebook, and I noticed that positions and NetLiquidation values only update after I interrupt the while loop and run the cell again. They do not update while the loop is running. I suspect this may be related to how the event loop or callbacks work in ib_async. Do you know what might be causing this?

[TianCal]

per chatgpt: "Your loop blocks the IBKR event loop, so callbacks never fire until you interrupt the loop — using await ib.sleep() fixes everything."

[TianCal]

Replacing all the time.sleep with IB.sleep fixes the problem. In short, even if you are using sync interfaces, you should leave room for event loops by running IB.sleep periodically.

[GonzRon]

Hello friend you did not search well.

#103

[gnzsnz]

@TianCal you need to follow "The One Rule"

or on the documentation

https://ib-api-reloaded.github.io/ib_async/api.html#ib_async.ib.IB