They may not be quite as intuitive anymore but from an aesthetic point of view I find them much more appealing than the old ones. The placement is kind of odd, though. Or is there a purpose in placing the Transmit and Cancel button miles away from each other? Dave
Come' to think of it, just a left-click on the position size should be enough to create an order line that would close the position. Can we have that, def?
Grabbit, I agree there should be a way to click once and send an order to close a position. A click on the shares you currently hold which generates (create) a order to close that position with that size would be really nice. When I say generate a order, I don't mean transmit. A user should have the option to raise/lower the price before hitting the transmit. There were times when I was in a hurry to close my position and I ended up doubling my position. I was shocked when I checked my account screen but at least the stock didn't move against me.
dear Def really no way to persuade IB's CEO to introduce trailing stop orders? How can we move his heart? Thanks
Agree. That's how I meant it too. Yes, it's a mistake that's easily made in TWS, especially with short positions. Or closing out only for your default size, when you have a larger position, happened to me more than once. So just 'click on position size' and transmit the order should do the trick to avoid such mistakes and to get out of a position really quickly. I think it would be an advantage over other traders to be able to get out so quickly.
def, The T for Transmit and the C for Cancel in the colored fields are a brilliant idea. Thanks. I don't think you quite understood what we (or at least I) meant by the question of OCA orders. This is what I had in mind: Currently to enter an OCA group, you have to go through the ticket screen. Which is so cumbersome that I rarely use it. It would be great if you could combine two order lines without opening the ticket screen. So: create two order lines in the normal way, let's say a buy order and a stop order, and then highlight these two lines using Ctrl + click. And then when these two order lines are highlighted, you would right-click on one of them and have the option "OCA" (or "Combine as OCA"). Click on that and the two orders are linked as OCA and can be transmitted. It would be cool to have it visualized in one of the fields that they are combined, but maybe that's for a next release then. As pointed out earlier, it would not be necessary to enter a group name for the OCA. TWS can do this by itself. Ideally this would be the same as the stock symbol for which the orders are meant. If orders for two different stocks are linked, it could be a number. See what I mean?
Grabbit 740 almost has what you're requesting, but it's not enabled by default. Select Page/Layout and activate the "oca group". you will now be able to enter the group name directly on the main trading screen. The only slightly annoying thing is that you cannot add the oca group after you've submitted the order. Try the demo. It's configured correctly to show OCA (that's how I found out)
vikana, Thanks. I found it. It's not in the manual yet (or at least I could not find it there). def, This means you can ignore my previous post. (But only that one ). Sorry. And thanks for a great feature.
What I would like to see at IB is an execution only platform that could be accessed from any computer so that no matter where you were you could get in or out of a trade. This, of course, would be in addition to their regular TWS. It would not have to have quotes or anything. I know I'm dreaming but thought I would mention it. The one thing I used to like about Datek was that I could access my account from any computer.