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IB TWS has a feature called Chart Trader that allows you to trade by clicking on the chart. You need to enable it thru a menu on the chart window.

You can find the official announcement here: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/general/education/IBTradingOlympiad.php

It was too early, GLOBEX becomes active at 5:45pm.

IB now only supports TWS versions 842.1 and above.

That is correct: specifying TimeInForce = GTC and checking "Regular Trading Hours only" checkbox will make your orders execute only 9:30-4:00 (or 4:15 for ETFs). If you notice any problems, please notify IB tech support. Thanks!

With both pink and light blue there is a chance the order cancellation or the order is known to IB server (if the message has indeed reached IB servers), but there is no guarantee. The only guarantee is when the order is acknowledged (ie becomes dark blue/green for submitted orders, or red for...

When a simulated stop-limit order triggers and becomes a limit order, TWS should change color from dark blue to green. Also, some exchanges send IB an indicator when a native stop-limit order triggers and becomes a limit order. Once either of the two events listed above occurs, TWS disallows...

Which version of TWS are you using? The "modify mismatch on field #6205" error message really means "IB does not support changing RTH-only flag on a submitted order". Thanks!

1) 2-day charts with autorefresh, and candlecharts are available in the latest browser-based TWS beta. 2) Can you please explain what you are looking for here? The latest beta displays tooltip in a separate window which can be moved outside chart area, ie would not obstruct the view of the...

Not true any more. IB offers free 1-day backfill, and will soon offer 1-week backfill.

It is definitely changed in 846.3 (current beta), and you are right, it was not skipping weekend in 845.5.

Weekends are eliminated if you use a fairly new version of TWS (don't know which one for sure). Which build are you using?

Yes, to do that you need to use "OCA group" feature in TWS. Please note that there are 3 different methods of handling OCA orders, these methods differ in how IB's system treats partial fills and whether it provides overfill protection or simply does best effort attempt to fill only one of your...