IB's TWS made a mess with v. 946.2a

[JackR]

I need one for my bond setup, natural gas, oil, es, and nq, 2 currencies minimum {snip} Why do they even care how many can be operational at the same time??

Blue:

Because deep book info is very resource-intensive. Instead of a single level (quote\sale) showing bid/ask and size, there are 10 additional bid sizes and 10 additional ask sizes displayed. I've never really stopped to analyze it, but the sizes in the bids/asks away from the current inside quotes change a lot even if there is no trading taking place, so it probably much more than a 20:1 upscope in server processing load and internet bandwidth.

I guess IB made a business decision to limit the number of deep book feeds they would provide for "free" based on an analysis of the cost to provide more feeds against estimated additional commission revenue.

After years of customer complaining they finally started selling ($30/mo) additional Level 1 quotes in 100 quote blocks. There appears to be no similar offering for deep book data (or if there is it's well hidden or obscurely described).

Jack

 

[Bob111]

I guess IB made a business decision to limit the number of deep book feeds they would provide for "free" based on an analysis of the cost to provide more feeds against estimated additional commission revenue.

i said it long time ago in various threads..they have no incentive to do any upgrades. looks like they are in full blown SAVE MODE. cause most of retail or prop 'active' trading is dead

Jun 29th, 2012, 09:48 PM

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?p=3563106&highlight=IB+mode#post3563106

 

[stock777]

Is there some reason that a billion dollar tech co with dozens of programmers can't figure out how to stream their quarterly conf call with decent audio?

Maybe its harder than it looks.

 

[J.P.]

Thank you for working with us to address this issue; would you please login again using older settings you had pre-upgrade (PM me if you want me to email them to you plus instructions on how to apply them) using just posted 946.2d and confirm that your problem is addressed?

Thank you.

Problems solved; all is well now.

Thanks dst, and best regards,
JP