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    IB quote freeze problem not soved yet.

    That's correct, but the jts.pg file is now obsolete.
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    IB quote freeze problem not soved yet.

    TWS saves a backup of your settings file every day, in a file with a name like settings.Tue.xml. If you close TWS and copy the most recent backup file to settings.xml, you should be able to restore your settings (this includes the tickers on each page). If that doesn't work, there may be an...
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    IB Book Trader

    Let's say you click on a bid-price with the bracket-order hotkey. Three orders would get created: 1) the main buy lmt order, at the price you clicked on 2) a sell "profit-taker" lmt order, a little above the price you clicked on 3) a sell stop-lmt order; the trigger price will be a little...
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    IB Book Trader

    Currently, there's no way to do this. We'll add it in the future. One question, though: in your opinion, how should we set the stop-lmt price of the stop-limit part of the bracket-order?
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    IB Book Trader

    Thanks for your comments. We'll take another look at the colors and see if we can improve them. As for the keyboard, are you sure it was activated by a keystroke? I don't really see how this could happen.
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    IB not able to log on today..

    Starting in build 820 (currently in beta), TWS will save a backup of the page file each day (e.g. jts.Mon.pg), so you will automatically have a five day history of your page files.
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    IB not able to log on today..

    If you find your shortcut no longer works, open the shortcut and check that the parameters are set as follows: Target: javaw.exe -cp jts.jar;jcommon-0.9.0.jar;jfreechart-0.9.15.jar jclient/LoginFrame c:\jts Start in: c:\jts Or, if you have had display problem in the past and...
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    Has Anyone Used IB's TwsDde.xls file?

    Try using a basket order. This allows you to specify multiple orders in a file and submit them simultaneously. For more info, go to our online user's guide and search for Basket Order in the index.
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    TWS Build 802.3 problems?

    The problem with the "Check for TWS updates" msg should now be fixed, but you will need to update again. Can you give me more details on the problems you are having with NYSE Open Book?
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    TWS screwey since yesterday afternoon (6/12)

    If anyone experiencing this problem is willing to send me their username and/or account # and the date/time that their connection was dropped, I will be happy to try to trouble-shoot the problem for them.
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    IB - cancel fee mis-charged?

    The cancelfee@interactivebrokers.com email address has been taken down.
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    IB - cancel fee mis-charged?

    mimini, We still have not received the information we require to help you with this problem. The e-mail address mentioned previously was created specifically for you, and will be removed if we do not receive the requested data by 5:00pm today.
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    IB - cancel fee mis-charged?

    minimi: Please send your username or account number and the date for which you believe you were overcharged to cancelfee@interactivebrokers.com. We will verify that all the cancel fees charged to you were correct.
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    TWS Bug?

    The problem with the discretionary orders column reappearing has been fixed in the latest build of the TWS, 794.2, which is currently available for browser users.
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    Lol You Have Got To Be....

    Entry price--isn't that what is now displayed in the "Avg Cost" column?
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    Porting TWS settings to a new PC?

    And don't forget hotkey.lyt - the file that stores your hotkey and shortcut settings. Your best bet is to copy the entire directory. Hint: to find the directory where your setting are stored quickly, run TWS, click on a market data line, and press ctrl-alt-U; it will display your settings...
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    Hotkeys behavior in new IB version

    I have found that when this happens, simply pressing one of the arrow keys once or twice regains the focus. Is this not the case for you?
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    Hotkeys behavior in new IB version

    The problem with the TWs interpreting keystrokes as hotkeys when typing in the Underlying column is fixed in the next build, which is currently in beta.
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