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Hi, Dave Will it be possible for you to explain/show me how to do this?? I'm currently using my own programs based on Qfeed to scan setups, but after that, I have to manually type into TWS. Any help will be greatly appreciated. WJ " Sure. I've done that in order to integrate my...

Def, In the order line of the new TWS, the cancel button is not available before transmitting the order. If I transmit the order, then of course, the cancel button is available. As you know, we sometimes load up orders just to cancel them without transmitting. Right now, the cancel can be...

I just upgraded new TWA build, and the toolbar with about 10 similar looking buttons is somewhat annoying. Is there anyway to remove it? Def, how about having on/off functions to display the toolbar? I don't think it is much useful because we have 'Transmit' and 'cancel' buttons in the...

Hi, I have a quick question. I always trade NASDAQ stocks and want to see three lines such as BEST, BEST ECN, ISLD for each stock I'm trading. Whenever I find an interesting stock from chart scan, I have to 1. Type the stock name 2. Select 'Stock' option 3. Select BESt, BEST ECN...

Hey, guys. I have different opiniopn on this. I believe NASDAQ sell stop is currently elected by two offers, and I like this. It's because of stop gunning which was more popular in 99 and 00 for volitile stocks. For example, assume current price is 30.20 -- 30.25. My sell stop is 30, and...

If you used TWS more than a year, you might remember the bandwidth issues we had last year. At the time, many quote seeking peoples (I do not know whether they were customers or not) loaded up 20 pages of quotes in TWS simultaneously, and this CAUSED huge problems. This is a fact! IB might...

I still am not sure this is a really good idea. QT will cause a big consumption of bandwidth, which will eventually hurt all of us. Why? 1. demo users: They will not use TWS just for 'getting quote' purpose because it's neither convenient nor useful. However they will use QT. They even...

Def, Thank you very much for your kind answers. WJ

Def, May I ask you a couple of questions? Sometime ago, you mentioned that IB might carry extra insurance in addition to SIPC. Will it happen? I am purely daytrading, so always 100% cash at the end of day. It is not comfortable to know that only 100K will be protected if something...

hsanson or anyone else: Would you tell me more details about MIRC chat among interactive brokesrs users? I have used MIRC one time before, but if I remember it correctly, I need server information to access the chat, right? Please provide me complete info so that I can access it. BTW, how...

As an active trader, I would like to report that the connection was very stable during this week. Excecution and cancellation were both satisfactory. Quotes were still inaccurate sometimes for certain stocks. Especially I noted that INCA was often lagging more than several seconds. ps. I...

I also have serious problems for the last couple of days. Especially orders were not accepted (it never turned to green) around 3pm till 3:30pm. It hurt me only Thursday when I couldnt get out of my losing position In addition to this, many disconnections and inaccurate quotes made it very...

def, Thanks for your concern to this matter. I've noticed the exactly same thing today again. It didn't cause any harm because I haven't traded those stocks. I am looking forward to hearing some corrections. WJ

Hi def, Thanks for your valuable information. I have used IB for a couple of months now, and the reliability is surely improved. The 'disconnection' happened at least several times a day during January, but it happens only several times a week nowadays. Because of the relatively long loading...

This one is becoming like Datek. Confirmation takes long and cancellation takes longer. Forget about getting in for fast moving stock. Reliability is still a big problem. I had a terrble day today. Market was dropping like a rock at 3 and couldn't connect to IB. I lost all the money I ma during...