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bc1
Registered: Oct 2011
Posts: 194 |
04-19-12 03:57 PM
Quote from syswizard:
One solution: fund a new TOS account; D/L the great software; pull your money out, leave $500 in the account.
With TOS, open the account first. You can immediately download TOS and begin using the platform. Apply for and get all the required permissions which can take a couple days. There is no hurry to fund the account but if you are worried about them closing it, fund it with $10 or so. When they call, just tell them you want to paper trade for a while.
I trade out of TOS and OE. OE is such a pain compared to TOS, I may ditch that account. I develop trades in TOS first and trade there before moving over to OE to make the same trade.
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babutime
Registered: Feb 2012
Posts: 451 |
04-19-12 05:06 PM
Quote from bc1:
With TOS, open the account first. You can immediately download TOS and begin using the platform. Apply for and get all the required permissions which can take a couple days. There is no hurry to fund the account but if you are worried about them closing it, fund it with $10 or so. When they call, just tell them you want to paper trade for a while.
I trade out of TOS and OE. OE is such a pain compared to TOS, I may ditch that account. I develop trades in TOS first and trade there before moving over to OE to make the same trade.
Too bad TOS Canada won't let that happen. They expect me to make well over about 30 different trades a month regularly.
So I said F#$@ em and just abuse the shit out of the paper trading account. I bug their Technical dept quite often too- and a number of times I've pointed out flaws in the platform and helped them improve it.
In fact, one of the recent updates a couple months back was related to date values and data not matching. I helped them correct it... HEHE!!
Nobody seemed to have caught that... so weird!
But overall TOS kicks IB's ass in terms of risk graphs and analytics and ease of sending combo orders.
BUT
IB's commission just kills TOS.. that's a deciding factor for sure.
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spindr0
Registered: Nov 2005
Posts: 4166 |
04-19-12 07:50 PM
Quote from babutime:
But overall TOS kicks IB's ass in terms of risk graphs and analytics and ease of sending combo orders.
BUT
IB's commission just kills TOS.. that's a deciding factor for sure.
Setting up a multi-legged combo order in IB is an exercise in futility (butterfly, condor, etc.). Instead of a simple pull down menu, you have to every detail of every leg. And good luck if finalize the order creation and you made a mistake - no way to edit and it's back to square one. Ugh!
Over the years, the platform has improved greatly, but they still have a long way to go in order to speed things up and provide better analytics. It sucks when price is moving and you have to labor with the details.
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TskTsk
Registered: Dec 2011
Posts: 343 |
04-20-12 04:58 PM
Quote from Traveler:
Related question, where in TWS can you see your overall portfolio greeks?
In the Risk Navigator (Click analytical tools - Risk navigator)
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babutime
Registered: Feb 2012
Posts: 451 |
04-20-12 06:09 PM
Quote from TskTsk:
In the Risk Navigator (Click analytical tools - Risk navigator)
In all fairness though I do like how they allow you to adjust vol in the risk navigator. But gawd awful graphs just turns you off...
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