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The client code for the IB TWS API is being moved to GitHub, starting with the Java and Excel clients. Please click here for more info: http://interactivebrokers.github.io/api_software_contribute.html

Answer: The prices are ignored until the start time is reached, so in your example the stop prices would not be adjusted.

Yes, you can also do this. Set the parameters the same as before, but change the "Adjust to Order Type" to "TRAIL" and set the "Adjusted Trailing Amount" to .0025. You can also do this from BookTrader. From BookTrader, double-click on the "Hotkey Details" toolbar icon to open the hotkey...

vetten, I think you can accomplish what you want by using an adjustable stop. Try the following: Create a buy stop order and set the stop price very high so it won't trigger. Go to the "Adjust" tab on the Order Ticket and set the fields as follows: Adjust to Order Type: STP Trigger Price...

James, regarding the post below, TWS now requires you to qualify the SMART exchange with an actual exchange, e.g. instead of this: DES,IBM,STK,SMART,,,,, you need this: DES,IBM,STK,SMART/ARCA,,,,, The reason is that the first one does not uniquely identify a contract. It could mean IBM...

Bob, I'm investigating this. In the meantime, can you please PM me or post a screenshot showing the missing market data if it happens again?

This issue: "If you have *multiple* working orders on the new exchange routed intercommodity spreads (RB.CL or HO.CL) and you disconnect/reconnect TWS, only one of those orders will reappear in pending upon reconnecting." is already fixed in TWS 927.

When you select "Lapse," you are indicating that you want the option to be removed from your portfolio. You cannot trade it after that. If you want to trade out of the position, there is no reason to select Lapse first. If you fail to close out the position and you don't want it to get...

We're investigating now...

Actually, there is a way to remove items from the list: * From OptionTrader, click Configure on the toolbar. (If you have hidden the toolbar, click the wrench icon on the Quote Panel line.) The TWS Configuration dialog will open. * Select "Quote Panel" in the "OptionTrader" section. *...

With a positive offset, after your order is submitted, you become the new NBBO, so now your order is relative not to the NBBO but to the order just behind it.

Real-time charts for iTWS will be coming shortly.

You are right, A/D orders are unique in that they are managed by TWS and are deactivated when TWS closes, but we are currently working on moving the functionality to the back-end like all other algos.

This is a bug; thanks for pointing it out. We'll fix it shortly.

Note that you can add many blank lines very quickly by pressing and holding down the Insert key.

This wasn't an issue of lack of QA or testing. The change was made intentionally. We simply didn't anticipate the negative response.

Thank you all for the honest feedback, and in particular to syswizard for suggesting a solution. We are going to implement the second solution suggested by syswizard. There will be a "Remember my decision" checkbox added to the window. This fix will be posted shortly.

For the sake of correctness, TWS settings are stored in c:\jts, not c:\tws.

There was a software change that affected some API customers, including ButtonTrader users. The effect was that for users that had only a single account, the account was no longer passed to the API with the execution reports. We assumed that this would not cause a problem because the account is...

NVDA had a stock split on Tuesday. Existing options for NVDA that were purchased before the split now expire to a stock basket that has the same value as a share of pre-split stock. The symbol for these options is changed to UWV. New options on the current NVDA stock should be available shortly.