Interactive Brokers - End of Day Flat Feature

[CPTrader]

Does IB's TWS have a feature that allows you to go flat at the end of day with one click in all markets (futures, stocks, forex, etc)?

Thx

 

[tradelink]

you can close all positions, but I am not aware of being able to trigger it to a certain time...

you could do this in tradelink for your IB account like so :

using TradeLink.API;
using TradeLink.Common;
using System.ComponentModel;
public class FlatClose : ResponseTemplate
{
  PositionTracker _pt = new PositionTracker();
  List<string> _syms = new List<string>();
  override void GotPosition(Position p) 
 { 
     _pt.Adjust(p);  
     _syms.Add(p.Symbol); 
      sendbasket(_syms.ToArray()); 
  }
  override void GotFill(Trade fill) { _pt.Adjust(fill); }
  int SHUTTIME = 155000;
  [Description("shut down at this time")]
  public int ShutTime { get { return SHUTTIME; } set { SHUTTIME = value; } }
  override void GotTick(Tick k)
  {
       if (!isValid) return;
       if (k.time>ShutTime)
       {
          isValid = false;
          foreach (Position p in _pt)
             sendorder(new MarketOrderFlat(p));
          D("auto shutdown");
        }
  }
  public FlatClose()
  {
       // prompt user to change shutdown time when response started
       ParamPrompt.Popup(this);
   }
}

Then when you loaded this strategy in ASP, it would prompt you for a shutdown time and shutdown any positions present at that time.

http://tradelink.googlecode.com

 

[The Big D]

Chart Trader has the "close position" button, but that's only for one product. Might still be useful.

I don't know the real answer to your question though.

 

[DirkDigler]

Quote from CPTrader:

Does IB's TWS have a feature that allows you to go flat at the end of day with one click in all markets (futures, stocks, forex, etc)?

Thx

On the Order menu in TWS there is a "Close All Positions" item which I believe should allow you to close everything manually with just a few clicks. Or you could assign it to a hotkey(?). I've never used it however...