TWS: annoying candlestick spikes in option charts

[samovar]

I'm trying to chart options in TWS, but the chart sucks one way or another. If I select to display "Trades", nothing shows up (try with the NQ Oct 16 CALL @ 14000). If I choose Midpoint or Bid/Ask, I get these these stupid large outliers, I'm guessing highs & lows for the candlesticks, but there's way too much variation for that data to be legit.

How can I get rid of them, because they shrink the actually useful part of the price action.
I've tried all bar types, and they all have these wicks.

 

[guru]

I'm trying to chart options in TWS, but the chart sucks one way or another. If I select to display "Trades", nothing shows up (try with the NQ Oct 16 CALL @ 14000). If I choose Midpoint or Bid/Ask, I get these these stupid large outliers, I'm guessing highs & lows for the candlesticks, but there's way too much variation for that data to be legit.

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How can I get rid of them, because they shrink the actually useful part of the price action.
I've tried all bar types, and they all have these wicks.

Bid/ask can vary that much or can be pulled completely, so the chart likely reflects the data. IB wouldn’t just add artificial data in there.
I deal with this by manually resizing the chart using the vertical scroll bars on the left, zooming into the narrower price range.

 

[samovar]

You're right, the time & sales data shows these rogue 200 Asks once in a while.

Is there no way to filter out outliers like these? Say, any candle 50%+ vs. the previous one?

 

[guru]

You're right, the time & sales data shows these rogue 200 Asks once in a while.

Is there no way to filter out outliers like these? Say, any candle 50%+ vs. the previous one?

Wow, programmable charts? Like brokers don’t get requests for thousands of other features. You’d have to create your charting program or find one that does this.

 

[samovar]

Wow, programmable charts? Like brokers don’t get requests for thousands of other features. You’d have to create your charting program or find one that does this.

I don't know what's "programmable" about this. Just a filter for dumb values that screw up the charts.

Anyway, I have actually built my own charts with Highstock and InfluxDB collecting data from IB; thanks for the reminder, need to dig out that project.