IB slow P&L update

HotTip · Jul 23, 2007

This is something that's been consistent of the last few TWS versions. My P&L column is soooo slow to update when I click from page to page. I have to wait a good 30 sec before I can see how I'm doing with each page/strategy. It seems to only do it on pages where I have overnight positions. On pages where I have positions that I entered today, the P&L update is immediate. Anyone else encountering this?

I'm not sure if TWS is waiting for the next tick to update each P&L line, but it should at least estimate it based on the average of the bid/ask, or based on the last tick. It's pretty frustrating.

joesan · Jul 24, 2007

Hey, why should you look at P&L during the session? They say it has some bad effects on your performance.

Bob111 · Jul 24, 2007

http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/software/releaseNotes/TWS_Notes_874.php#874_stats

The Realized and Unrealized P&L values were not being populated until a tick occurred although bid, ask and last price data are available.

HotTip · Jul 24, 2007

Quote from Bob111:

http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/software/releaseNotes/TWS_Notes_874.php#874_stats

Thanks Bob. I upgraded to 874 last week and the P&L update is still really slow for some reason.

risktaker · Jul 24, 2007

I've alerted them of this issue a few weeks ago. I was waiting up to 10-15 minutes and more and often whole pages would not update after market closed.

It's a little better lately but I'd like to see things back to when all P&L on a page would update within 10 sec of clicking on it.

Bob111 · Jul 24, 2007

Quote from HotTip:

Thanks Bob. I upgraded to 874 last week and the P&L update is still really slow for some reason.

maybe they not really fix this issue.
happends all the time with IB

HotTip · Jul 24, 2007

I thought the P&L field was waiting for tick data to get updated, but apparently not. I sat and watched the volume go up on a particular ticker, yet the P&L for that ticker never changed. What's going on IB?!!

HotTip · Jul 26, 2007

I've been informed by IB that they've addressed the issue in v875, of which the standalone version will be released in a week. Thanks IB! You guys rock!

fusionz · Jul 26, 2007

has anyone noticed that their P&L window hasn't been updated for about an hour?

Bob111 · Jul 27, 2007

Quote from HotTip:

I've been informed by IB that they've addressed the issue in v875, of which the standalone version will be released in a week. Thanks IB! You guys rock!

looks like they like to broke things, that works fine for years, to fix them again later. PnL issue remind me transmit order issue in 871-873 builds, where when you click on T, on grid to send your order to exchange-and it's stuck. Works fine for years, yet some genius from IB decide to make it 3D looking. as result-everything is f**ed up and it took them 2 month to fix. I still have it in 873.3, don't know about 874.

Have to to admit, that TWS and IB handle yesterday carnage very well.