IB Suggestions & Improvements

Discussion in 'Interactive Brokers' started by Babak, Aug 26, 2005.

  1. IBsoft

    IBsoft Interactive Brokers

    This will be changed in the near future.
     
    #331     Jan 23, 2006
  2. Thanks for the info, IBSoft..im looking forward to the changes.
     
    #332     Jan 23, 2006
  3. re: real time data monitor...configure>view>toolbar gets you there.
     
    #333     Jan 23, 2006
  4. alanm

    alanm

    Similar to the "warn on exit with positions", have an option to "warn if positions at login". I rarely have overnight positions, and want to be reminded of that fact at login as well as logout.
     
    #334     Jan 25, 2006
  5. alanm

    alanm

    Allow attachment of conditions to an existing (live) order. I recognize that some types of conditions are problematic, but others would seem to be easily accomplished - like allowing a "cancel if..." condition.
     
    #335     Jan 25, 2006
  6. jhucti

    jhucti

    Thank you.
     
    #336     Jan 25, 2006
  7. alanm

    alanm

    Provide (free) delayed quotes/charts for exchanges for which one doesn't (pay to) subscribe to real time quotes. It's sometimes nice to be able to pull this stuff together in one platform instead of having to hunt down those quotes/charts elsewhere. Particularly the foreign ones, which can be difficult to come by. I've got most of it available in myTrack, but figuring out their symbology can be a real pain :(
     
    #337     Jan 26, 2006
  8. Choad

    Choad

    Speaking of quotes, IB could save on a chunk of bandwidth (IMHO) if they had a "snapshot" quote feature.

    After the open I rarely need streaming quotes for my autotrade API. I just need to grab quotes every few minutes, but I may need up to a thousand or so symbols. No way to do that cleanly with the streaming setup IB has, so I have to get them from another, and less reliable, source.

    So IBSoft and other IB guys, think about adding a snapshot quote feature. It should be easy for you code wizards! :)

    Regards.
     
    #338     Jan 26, 2006
  9. Why does the Cancel Order have to share a hotkey with Delete Row?? Very annoying to have to retype a symbol after a mistype.
     
    #339     Jan 26, 2006
  10. I would like the ability to color-code the background of the symbol column with e.g. green for a long position and red for a short position.

    I often have 20-30 live positions, and I'd like a simple visual indication on how much I'm long/short. I realize that I can look at whether the number of shares is positive or negative, but that's not as easy to do across lots of positions.
     
    #340     Jan 27, 2006