Does anyone use IB's Charts?

[iuykcif]

Quote from tomahawk:

Good broker but they'd be kick-ass if they had charts that worked ... and kept working in each new version.

Right. As a constructive criticism, it's like the programmer is putting too much effort in details which actually turns out to be bothering to the user, while missing a substantial part.

From a coding point of view it is actually strange, as they maintain a lot of stuff which could be greatly simplified (like those molest order pop up, platform absurd lock/exit, exaggerated and confusing layout flexibility, etc.) which, requires a considerable effort to be maintained, while are missing some good features which are relatively inexpensive to realize, and would increase a lot the overall value of a broker, which is, absolutely rightly, considered one of the best and most serious.

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[TheGoonior]

Quote from WaveStrider:

I believe IB bundles ticks, so real tick/volume charts would require a change in their network.

The charts may have somewhat limited utility because of that, but it depends on what you are charting for of course.

"Real" tick charts would, but platforms like NinjaTrader implement a tick chart from the IB feed, so one would think they could implement that style of tick/chart in their own platform fairly easily. That'd be better than nothing.

 

[WaveStrider]

Quote from iuykcif:

Right. As a constructive criticism, it's like the programmer is putting too much effort in details which actually turns out to be bothering to the user, while missing a substantial part.
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I would agree with this.

The program is a bit like a Frankenstein monster, with appendages stitched together. A clean, organized interface is what most prefer. The toolbar should be simple, with only user-selected icons showing to minimize clutter.

The myriad selections make it look like they were slapped-on as an after-thought rather than planned-out.

 

[Wilhelm Max]

One should be able to copy and paste commentaries between charts.

 

[Wilhelm Max]

If time would show in the X axis as price does in the Y following cursor, that would be good.

 

[BSAM]

Should have bought QuoteTracker.

 

[1flyfisher]

I've been using it since I started this thread. It is....well pretty much what has been said already.

It takes some time to get comfortable with and still remains a nagging pain from time to time when you struggle to figure out how to do something that should be so easy to do but isn't.

Good Luck if you give it a try.
I highly recommend allocating hours to learning it and take the Charting webinar first.....then you might limit some of its frustrations.

 

[Wilhelm Max]

IB Please make indicators with a 'safe as default' option.

That would be really appreciated.

 

[Kicking]

Does anyone use IB's Charts? NO . Nobody uses them.
They got bored at IB , didn't know what else to add to TWS so they got that idea. The guys in software development are the only ones playing around with it and they aren't sure how all the functions work either.

 

[Kicking]

Quote from 1flyfisher:

I highly recommend allocating hours to learning it and take the Charting webinar first.....then you might limit some of its frustrations.

You need to print out the 737 page TWS manual, look up on page 519- 577, you will find the info on the chart indicators . Don't forget to thoroughly study the introduction on how to start and close TWS and the first chapter on general settings . Without that you can forget about TWS, they are coming up with a TWS certification I hear , only those who pass the test will be able to use TWS. But the study material will be shortened to only 500 pages , from what I have been told.