@phanz

You must run live automated trading in the ProRealTime platform that is directly connected to the broker executing the orders.

• If you want to trade CFDs via IG, you have to run your ProOrder strategies in your IG ProRealTime account (the one linked to IG).
• Your standalone / personal ProRealTime (without broker) can be used for charting, development, and backtesting only, but it cannot send real orders to IG.
• It is not possible to run a strategy on personal PRT and automatically forward orders to IG. The trading engine must be on the broker-linked instance (here: IG-PRT).

What you can do in practice:

• Develop and backtest your code on your personal PRT.
• Once you are happy with the strategy, copy/paste the code into your IG PRT and run it with ProOrder for live trading.

Which PRT/broker you choose overall depends on the type of instruments you want to trade:

• CFDs (IG) – use your IG ProRealTime platform.
• Futures / real market products – use a ProRealTime version that is connected to a futures/stock broker supported by PRT (IBKR = Interactive Broker)

You can see the list of available brokers and markets for ProRealTime here:

https://trading.prorealtime.com/en/brokerage

Code-wise, there is no difference between personal PRT and IG PRT: the same ProBuilder / ProBacktest / ProOrder code will run on both, you just need to execute the live strategy on the platform that is actually connected to your broker account.

You can modify the timezone with the custom trading hours settings. Right click on chart and choose “Custom trading hours”