OMG interactive brokers charts are HORRIBLE!

[eastern_warrior]

This guy is taking "the mickey" out of all of us. If you pop open a chart editor you can choose to adjust for splits. However, if you note the chart on the first page, it doesn't adjust prior to 1999. IB started offering stock around then so I suspect that's when they started to collect the data with split flags. I can live with that but if I couldn't, I'd purchase data from a charting firm. Here's a guy complaining about a firm charging him a buck a trade when his local alternatives don't exist or cost 20-50x what he's paying. To each his own - talk about penny pinching.

 

[SumZero]

Anyone remember that day, back in 2006, when SPY traded above 9000 ?

For old quotes, IB charts have a lot of errors. We should know and either accept that or move to another place.

 

[KeLo]

"
OMG interactive brokers charts are HORRIBLE!"

Yes, IB charts suck. That is why there are so many other options that you can use with IB.

If you are an active trader, the lower commissions at IB should more than make up for the additional cost of extraneous platforms or data.

https://gdcdyn.interactivebrokers.c...softwareTools&selectedClient=tradersInvestors

 

[themickey]

Yes, IB charts suck. That is why there are so many other options that you can use with IB.

If you are an active trader, the lower commissions at IB should more than make up for the additional cost of extraneous platforms or data.

https://gdcdyn.interactivebrokers.c...softwareTools&selectedClient=tradersInvestors

Hahaha, LMAO, I scrolled down the list, most of the Tools on offer have 4-5 stars that was until I got to IB DATA DOWNLOADER.
LMAO again.

 

[syswizard]

Hahaha, LMAO, I scrolled down the list, most of the Tools on offer have 4-5 stars that was until I got to IB DATA DOWNLOADER.
LMAO again.

IB is likely using cheap foreign programmers for their coding work. Bottomline: you get what you pay for.
It's taken them FOREVER to stabilize their API.

 

[qlai]

IB is likely using cheap foreign programmers for their coding work.

Who doesn't? Don't misunderstand me, foreign and cheap(relatively speaking) doesn't necessarily mean low quality. The problem is there is no loyalty or pride of ownership anymore. This is what happens when you hire mercenaries. But hey, we are in a gig economy ... Yey!

 

[ET180]

IB is likely using cheap foreign programmers for their coding work. Bottomline: you get what you pay for.
It's taken them FOREVER to stabilize their API.

Can you substantiate that claim? They hire software engineers at Greenwich, CT and pay them around $146,952 + $34,848 bonus according to Glassdoor.com. Not a bad compensation package for a SW engineer.

 

[MotiveWave]

this is how DISNEY's chart look like at IB:
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the price of the stock was 120$ at 1985 LOL

this is what really was:
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What to do with this?
I subscribed now for the 10$ fee waived bundle of futures and securities but this is still that bad.

What to do????

Try MotiveWave for the charts interface and still trade directly back to IB.

 

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

You can use NinjaTrader for FREE and connect it to your Interactive Brokers account. It also comes with FREE EOD data from Kinetick, that has split adjusted data.

 

[Troubil]

Ive been round alot of chart packages and most of them suck, the only real one I could find was Stockcharts.com Most broker platforms are like something from a dollar store, the subscription to stockcharts is so worth it, I could never go back.