Quote from kiwi_trader:
To IB.
Having experimented with it a little, two things:
1. The logs need to show when the dark format is chosen.
2. It would be useful to have a log version that just shows order activity (including place, change, and fills). For someone who is partially automatic it is useful to be able to confirm that the paths in the order change are in agreement.
** I agree. IB has done a GREAT thing releasing the Gateway. Could not be more thankful and the guys need to be praised. **
Now, if you really want to be on top of the world, please take these suggestions, which are easy to implement (1 and 2 are crucial):
- 1. Add simple realtime account info (position, P&L, realized, etc.) to the Gateway. (But no more than that.)
- 2. Make OPTIONAL the autologoff in the TWS. [If charting is really your problem, let the user choose between the possibility of charting (almost nobody needs it) or NO autologoff. ]
- 3. The messages currently displayed by the Gateway are, mostly, really of no interest to the user. It's more debugging info. As kiwi_trader has indicated, if you need to display something, it's really more useful display info about orders (fills, partial fills, ...). Display MUCH less but more INFORMATIVE!
And, please, when issuing messages (tws error handler), include the security name, because only rare people trade 1 security at a time and issuing error messages without telling which security is involved is confusing when trading folios.
Tom
