Quote from sculptor66:
In fact, TWS ist not SO bad.
And I have no problem with additional features, as long as they do not interfere with mission critical functions, like placing and transmitting orders.
In one of the more recent versions, IB introduced a contract and dollar size limit for orders. While this feature may be useful, they chose to enable it BY DEFAULT when updating TWS.
The result: As I tried to submit a bracket order which was well beyond both limits, I was confronted with no less than SIX popups windows (two for each order), each one requiring confirmation. In the end, order placement was delayed by about 15 seconds, which resulted in a significant worse entry price.
Such an approach is simply irresponsible. I talked to customer support about it, but all they could say was "IB had reasons to do this, it's corporate strategy. You should always read the release notes".
One should imagine car manufacturers using a similiar approch: Like, maybe, switching gas and brake pedals, because "it's corporate strategy". Makes no sense, does it?
