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For those of you who use Python, read on. I don't expect to provide basic instruction in using Python but will provide a few links of prerequisites to use the code. I will include code to download and process the XML data from the IB website to the local disk and code to do a simple...

Another modest enhancement suggestion is to associate default key bindings for window management that are fairly standard across browsers and various tools. control-Page-Up cycles through tabbed windows to the righ and control-Page-Down cycles left. control-W closes the current window.

Another modest suggestion is to add a "View/Positions" window for advisors that lets you see all of your positions by account. Right now, you have to use the accounts view and manually step through, checking the net position of each account. Much better would be to see all of the positions...

A modest suggestion is to change the display setting called "Color text" so that instead of printing the name of the color as text, it prints the status as text. (Or add it as a separate option.) Then one doesn't have to go look up unusual colors elsewhere. Telling me the color is a lot less...

Many thanks for checking. By the way, it is worth noting that if I have an identity token as an advisor but all of the money is in managed accounts, then there isn't really token-based protection for the money unless BOTH the advisor and the managed account have a security token.

The IB people have been super at responding on this site. Currently, IB order servers only permit conditions to trigger LIMIT or MKT orders. Please allow TRAIL orders to have conditions. One response is "just use the API". The problem with using the API is that if you become...

The identity token for secure transactions is a really good idea and done very well with one exception. It would be very nice to be able to associate one identity token with several accounts rather than having to get a separate one for each account. I'm facing having to get 6 of them for...

IB have made it clear that email is being phased out because of the difficulty of routing. Try the trouble ticket method.

Is there a regulatory reason why this can't be done?

Currently, IB order servers only permit conditions to trigger LIMIT or MKT orders. Please allow TRAIL orders to have conditions. The standard response is "just use the API". The problem with using the API is that if you become disconnected from the IB servers because of a network issue...

Works fine on Linux with Firefox behind a firewall for me. Perhaps you also have a proxy firewall, not just a NAT firewall.

It sure would be nice if check margin showed the incremental amount of increase in margin due to this order. I know, it sounds lazy, but then laziness is the source of mankinds progress (and why we are tool builders...).

This was a very instructive thread and I really appreciated the detail from IB. Is there any way to change the thread title if the original poster wanted it changed?