then i type my user name, password and press login. in this particular order. i didn't download anything,i didn't click on anything. once again-clicked on trader workstation on their website-login window pops up. punch in user, password->press login. that was it
poor OP having problems starting basic browser TWS and you telling him to use gateway.who is giving a bad advise here? OP-let's start over again.is java installed on your PC? what version? did you tried to verify java installation? what operating system you are using? do you have Jts directory or TWS installed on your Pc?
yes, exactly this is the way I have logged in for last 3 yrs. It didn't install anything on my system. That is what I meant. The memory is now 445MB.
then this could be the cause- i would suggest you to try standalone, and see, if there is any difference. instructions are simple : http://www.interactivebrokers.com/e...one.php?os=win&ib_entity=llc#.UMDtB5Fk6yA also-open task manager, go to processes ,then minimize TWS and see,if there is any difference in mem.usage
Oh, i didn't get that part. Then it's not bad advice. gmst, download the link I gave you and install the thing.
I thought IB had a recommended release of Java to use for each TWS version and that new versions of Java could actually cause problems if they had not tested with that version. Is anyone running TWS on Java 7 ? http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
I never had this problem of TWS using excessive memory before. Other people who replied on this thread have confirmed this. I am using around 20 tickers and 1 chart, 1 T&S and 1 Market depth trader - I guess this is not overloading the TWS. Also, I have seen memory usage by TWS increases with time. So, when I close and re-start TWS, memory usage is low but then it increases as hours go by. Something is most likely wrong - some kind of memory leak or something else. My Java and TWS are uptodate. This is what help -> About Trader Workstation on TWS says Build 933.7, Dec 3, 2012 3:52:47 PM Jolt Build 1.2.1, Jun 7, 2012 05:22:01 PM Nia Build 1.11.1, Jun 7, 2012 05:23:19 PM ModelNav Build 1.1.44, Jun 5, 2012 07:47:57 PM Java Version: 1.7.0_09 OS: Windows Vista (x86, 6.0)
Already answered all your questions in my post above. Yes, I have Jts directory and Jts0 directory also in C:
when did you notice this ? on build 933 or before,on previous builds? right now i have one 5 min chart open and TWS(javaw.exe) was consuming about 350 mb. i've minimized this chart and mem.usage drops to 13mb