IB developers: are you idiots?

Quote from dcraig:

You are living in the past - about 6 or 7 years ago. Modern JVMs (1.4 and 1.5) from Sun, IBM, BEA and others are stable and continue to improve all the time.
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True, but still much too fat hogs.
 
Quote from youarefired:

It's obvious IB developers live in their own world with little consideration for traders day to day use of the platform.

Adding functionalities is great although no one should be forced to constantly upgrade. And above all ease of use, ergonomics and reliability should be the priority and obviously it's not. What is is rushing to add features without even thinking them out. IB your judgement is HIGHLY questionable, development is OUT OF CONTROL. These people are not traders, have no idea whatsoever what they are doing when they modify layouts in short they undermine a trader's confidence in the platform, make my life more difficult, raise my blood pressure and put my money at risk! You are IRRESPONSIBLE AND DISRESPECTING THE CUSTOMERS

WHAT KIND OF RESPECT ARE YOU EXPECTING FROM THEM THEN ?
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You are sad. There is thinking in that software that is far beyond your comprehension.

You sound like the type who always has someone else to blame for trades going against you. If only you weren't forced to use IB, things would be so much better... if only....
 
Congrats to people who actually use TWS for trading, kudos to people who actually make money with it :) I use IB with QuoteTracker and couldn't be more happier.

Come to think of it, that's about the only sound decision I've ever made since I've started trading :D

Keep the blood pressures down and happy trading :)
 
Quote from youarefired:

It's obvious IB developers live in their own world with little consideration for traders day to day use of the platform.

Adding functionalities is great although no one should be forced to constantly upgrade. And above all ease of use, ergonomics and reliability should be the priority and obviously it's not. What is is rushing to add features without even thinking them out. IB your judgement is HIGHLY questionable, development is OUT OF CONTROL. These people are not traders, have no idea whatsoever what they are doing when they modify layouts in short they undermine a trader's confidence in the platform, make my life more difficult, raise my blood pressure and put my money at risk! You are IRRESPONSIBLE AND DISRESPECTING THE CUSTOMERS

WHAT KIND OF RESPECT ARE YOU EXPECTING FROM THEM THEN ?
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Actually, there is some truth to what the man is saying.

For example, the entire Stock Loan system and Buy-In sub-system...
Appears designed by someone who has never shorted stock.
The manager responsible should be fired...
And they should bring in a Stock Loan pro from Wall Street.

Updating your Shorteable List only 3 times/day is lazy, lazy, lazy.
The Buy-In system is insane and insulting to your traders.

Every Other Broker

Send email to customer giving several days to close out short.
COST = $0.01

IB

Arbitrarily close short by incompetent programmer or program on ECN after hours...
Without ** even notifying ** Customer before or after this debacle...
With 15-30 minutes of customer service time to unravel situation...
Plus rebates for bad fill...
COST = $50 to $100

IB Solution

Stop lending securities that might be subject to Buy In...
Instead of getting a Pro to design Stock Loan systems.

How do you get away with this?
Is Mr. Peterffy aware of this Keystone Kops stuff?
Someday soon I'm gonna Fedex him a letter... because there is no other way.

rm+

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