IB TWS tradelog missing contract

Discussion in 'Order Execution' started by QuasWexExort, Aug 21, 2018.

  1. Has anyone experienced any errors in IB's trade log before ? I know I did a 20 contracts yet the trade log shows the trade to be 19. Daily statement confirmed my trade was 20. First time I've seen this type of error with IB.

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    Be careful people make sure you double check your trades and don't trust TWS.
     
  2. I've never seen that before, but looks like it wasn't a major error, the statement had it correctly.
     
  3. I never noticed such a discrepancy before but I do run a report every morning that I use to keep my own trade log database up to date.
     
  4. elt894

    elt894

    It's happened to me a couple times. If you expand that trade, I think the individual fills will sum to 20. It seems to occur if the fills take place over an extended time, and I open the trade log during that period, but it doesn't happen every time. I think restarting TWS fixed it.
     
  5. Hmm already been 2 days and restarted TWS several times, the fills still only tally to 19. The whole order was filled at the same instant.

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    At least the overall net position counter from TWS got it right though so the only error was in the trade log.
     
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  6. elt894

    elt894

    Hmm...it might have been logging in on a different computer or with a different username (I have two linked to the same account) rather than restarting. Anyway, it sounds like you have a different bug than what was affecting me. Another one I see more frequently is the size is momentarily wrong but then updates after a second.
     
  7. Have you reported this observation to IB? I would be interested to hear from them which report to give higher priority (or trust) if there are discrepancies.
     
  8. Na I couldn't be bothered as the important parts of portfolio net position and statements are both correct.