Ib Trades History

The live API gives you about seven days of history, which is fine for recent activity, but if you need older trades you'll use FlexReport queries or local XML exports. Smart design here is the ability to chain multiple queries or files to get around IB's 365-day limit per query. Requires TWS or IB Gateway running locally unless you're working from exported files. Returns structured JSON with both individual executions and aggregated summaries per symbol, including commissions and realized P&L. If you're building trading analysis tools or just need to answer "what did I actually pay for those AAPL shares last month," this handles the IBKR connectivity pain for you.