Reading some threads here about other brokers reminds me of some of the things that work well at IB, that I take for granted.
For me, one of those things is the fact that, almost without exception, my trades exported from TWS match what actually happened, and my statement, exactly. I do about 500 trades a month and, with other brokers, used to spend many hours a week manually entering information, resolving discrepancies between the various systems, writing to the accounting department, following up when they didn't take care of it, etc.
At IB, I have macros in my spreadsheet to import the trade reports and statements and match the trades. It takes just minutes a day.
As much as I talk about shortcomings at IB, I just wanted to take the time to thank them for being superb in this area!
(Yes, this is shameful cheerleading. So what.
I don't work for IB - I'm just a fairly happy customer)
For me, one of those things is the fact that, almost without exception, my trades exported from TWS match what actually happened, and my statement, exactly. I do about 500 trades a month and, with other brokers, used to spend many hours a week manually entering information, resolving discrepancies between the various systems, writing to the accounting department, following up when they didn't take care of it, etc.
At IB, I have macros in my spreadsheet to import the trade reports and statements and match the trades. It takes just minutes a day.
As much as I talk about shortcomings at IB, I just wanted to take the time to thank them for being superb in this area!
(Yes, this is shameful cheerleading. So what.
I don't work for IB - I'm just a fairly happy customer)