Stock volume no longer being showed in multiples of 100

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western

I logged into TWS today and all stock volume data on the bid/ask and volume columns are now being shown in their actual amount rather than multiples of 100.

I greatly preferred when 100 shares would be shown as 1. The extra zeros are throwing me off. Any way to change this setting back?
 
If that throws you off you are definitely ill suited for financial trading.

western said:
I logged into TWS today and all stock volume data on the bid/ask and volume columns are now being shown in their actual amount rather than multiples of 100.

I greatly preferred when 100 shares would be shown as 1. The extra zeros are throwing me off. Any way to change this setting back?
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Snarky comments aside, I found that if I log in using an older TWS build 981 the display reverts back to showing 1 lot for 100 shares. But build 10.15 and newer only shows the actual shares without an apparent way to revert back.
 
western said:
Snarky comments aside, I found that if I log in using an older TWS build 981 the display reverts back to showing 1 lot for 100 shares. But build 10.15 and newer only shows the actual shares without an apparent way to revert back.
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You'll get used to it after a couple of days. If you can't, then just run a piece of tape down your screen over the column where the extra zeros appear.

Seriously, man, you'll get used to it. Your brain will adjust. Don't panic.
 
It went back a forth for a few years. Some versions showed lots (of 100) and some showed shares. I see a lot of odd lots (e.g. 258 shares) these days so I guess buying in multiples of 100 is for rookies.
 
I wonder whether those are changes that IB announces beforehand or whether those adjustments just show up unannounced in new versions. They should be all detailed in the change logs and notes that ship with each new version. I don't trade stocks hence never looked for those specifically. Any serious developer/trader should never run on "latest" EVER, whether we talk docker images or any api for that matter.
 
western said:
The extra zeros are throwing me off.
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Kinda like trying to read a Fortune 500 financial statement...

And you have to remember that all those numbers are thousands, i.e., they routinely leave off the last three zeros.
 
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