IB improvements

I see that some others have posted suggestions about dealing with the ToolBar in TWS. I, too, think it is more of a distraction than a help.

I suggest putting an option in the View menu (or the Settings menu) to "Disable Tool Bar".

Perhaps you could also add some code so that, if ToolBar is disabled, and IB sends an Alert or other message, an "Alert" indicator would flash in the Menu bar next to Help.

Sounds simple enough, yes?

saxon
 
Quote from Privateer:

Babak :
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This data is user specific:

TCP & UDP Source Port: 1024 or higher (if your system needs a Source port)
TCP & UDP Destination Port: 4000

Destination IP address: 208.245.107.3 for gw1.ibllc.com; 208.245.107.4 for gw2.ibllc.com; 208.245.107.5 for gw3.ibllc.com

If you are unsure which IP address you should be connecting to please contact the Help Desk."

and

To connect the Trader Workstation through a proxy server, you should ensure that your proxy server can be configured to assign the following TCP/UDP ports and IP source and destination addresses:

TCP & UDP Source Port: 1024 or higher (if your system requires a Source port)
TCP & UDP Destination Port: 4000
Destination IP address: 208.245.107.3

It is the customer's responsibility to set up the necessary translation services (proxies) on their firewall as described here. Interactive Brokers recommends that you contact your Network support staff for assistance in configuring your TCP/UDP ports."

Conclusion - access to your IB account for trading purposes is simply not possible from "any" PC connected to the net.

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Has anything changed since then? I already got an "official" response from customer service, but may be there is some workaround???

I was planning to use IB partially from work, but I can't - I work for a large software company with very strict security procedures, they WILL NOT open up the ports needed for IB.
 
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