IB Suggestions & Improvements

[jimrockford]

Quote from dcraig:

Yes would be nice. Just the most recently expired contract would be good to have.

I think that if it is worth the cost to have any historical futures data at all, then the cost of keeping all of it archived, instead of disposing of it upon each contract's expiration, must also be worth it.

I think that if it is worth the cost to archive the most recently expired futures contract, as dcraig suggests, then it must also be worth the cost to archive all of them permanently, instead of disposing of each contract's history as soon as the next contract expires.

I would also like to point out that under the current system, as soon as the current contract expires, we will have NO HISTORICAL FUTURES DATA WHATSOEVER, until it is accumulated gradually with the new current contract. We go back to zero data periodically, upon each expiration.

 

[alanm]

Quote from Bob111:
if order placed before halt -it's not going to be canceled after stock is halted.
i know that from my recent very painfull expirience.
if you trying to place limit when stock is already halted-then it will be rejected.


This may not be completely true unless IB intervenes during a halt, which would surprise me.

INET: Orders open prior to a halt remain live unless cancelled. Orders entered during the halt will be rejected.

ARCA: Orders open prior to a halt remain live unless cancelled. Orders entered during the halt are accepted and displayed, and will be live once the stock is resumed at ARCA. This is why you will often see ARCA display a crossed market during a halt. I believe they conduct the same sort of "opening cross" match that occurs at their open (currently 04:00 ET) when the stock is resumed.

NYSE: Not sure about this one, but I believe they either accept orders during the entire halt, or for some period of time prior to resumption. I believe they conduct an opening cross similar to a regular opening when the stock is resumed.

 

[Leehgun]

Can IB provide Copper, Wheat trading ?

 

[TruthSeeker247]

I used to do business with IB. I wish they'd create a standalone software platform that is not javascript dependant. That's why I left

 

[dcraig]

Quote from TruthSeeker247:

I used to do business with IB. I wish they'd create a standalone software platform that is not javascript dependant. That's why I left

It's not javascript it's Java which is a totaly different thing.

 

[Optionpro007]

You left to go where? Is there anything better?

Quote from TruthSeeker247:

I used to do business with IB. I wish they'd create a standalone software platform that is not javascript dependant. That's why I left

 

[spoofy]

It would be really nice to have the ability to backtest trading strategy.

Also WebTrader only works with IE which i think is really lame. Part of the reason I like IB is their open platform. WebTrader seems to be a step away from that.

 

[ids]

The last version of WebTrader supports Firefox.

 

[ddunbar]

Stop Limit order and market order added to WEBTRADER when trading forex. Currently it defaults to Limit and will not allow one to change it.

 

[alanm]

Either:

- Add "CLO" as a TIF and remove MOC and LOC from Order Types; OR
- Add "MOO" and "LOO" as Order Types and remove "OPG" from TIF.

This resolves an FAQ of "I found how to enter opening (closing) orders but how are closing (opening) orders entered?"