Positions, P/L over sockets

ramatius
Hi, It is somewhat expensive to keep calling the positions/trades APis every few seconds/minutes. Kiteweb seems to be streaming it through a net socket. I wonder whether you can provide the positions & P/L info over a socket stream... This will be far less expensive and effective, both for single user as well as multiple users. Please share your thoughts.
  • sujith
    Hi @ramatius,
    We don't stream positions data over websockets. We use the same APIs what Kite Connect users are offered.
    P&L displayed is being calculated based on incoming ticks.
    Websockets is a bad idea because in some cases the client will never know that it has not received data.
  • ramatius
    Yes, for a client, socket is a not a good idea. I was more coming from an automated system that monitors the positions & P/L for auto-decisions, especially across several users.

    Today we are using the APIs and live ticks to do this, but making HTTP call for every user every few sec/min is expensive than efficient socket(s).
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