Unofficial TWS bug thread

Discussion in 'Retail Brokers' started by TWS_Beta_Tester, Apr 7, 2009.

  1. Bob111

    Bob111

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    #131     Feb 8, 2013
  2. gmst

    gmst

    Great that you posted that attachment and explained yourself.

    It is a fact that most of the developers are generally not traders. And even if they trade on side, most likely they are hobby traders. So, they might be trying to improve things, however inadvertently end up making things worse. For example the total volume thing and only the top row changing in T&S instead of the rows getting added.

    With your explanation, I hope it will be clearer to IB management on this board why these 2 features are important. Good Day.
     
    #132     Feb 8, 2013
  3. Bob111

    Bob111

    this is why i'm proposing a pool here,so we can vote before they make any changes.
    meanwhile i'm continuing exploring their new T&S window
    the deeper i go-the less sense it makes. how they are able to messed up so many thing at once-beyond me.
    here is an example-colors. colors on the screen are default colors.
    while my TWS scheme is "classic" this particular window is black for whatever reason. i'm on latest stand alone build and none of the issues i've mentioned here aren't fixed so far. auto resizing for last size column was first in line. actually-roll back all changes would be the best.
    now -default color scheme is messed up just as everything else. cause most of the colors are grey on grey or grey on black(keep in mind that this window is not going to save any changes customer might made. every time you open it-everything is set to default.
    check it out bid\ask size row on 11:26:11. i can't see anything on it.
    look at last trades compared where bis ask prices are. they aren't match at all. you can see last price on trades that are below bid
    all over the place.
     
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    #133     Feb 8, 2013
  4. gmst

    gmst

    T&S BUG

    So, I discovered this - this is 100% a bug.

    Steps to follow to recreate:

    1) Open T&S Window. I have seen this bug by opening the window for ES.
    2) You will see only top row updates and last price and size data doesn't enter rows that are sliding down. However, NBBO b/a and bsize/asize data updates in each row

    3) Right click on T&S -> NBBO B/A Bid and Price Changes -> Display Trades
    4) It will show all the trades - however rows will not move. They will become static. Even clicking the refresh button on top right above scroll keys, will not update anything. BUG

    5) Right click on T&S -> NBBO B/A Bid and Price Changes -> Display Trades + Changes in Bid/Ask Price + Changes in Bid/Ask Size
    6) It will show rows adding to T&S window. However, surprise surprise - the rows will stop adding. BUG

    7) Right click on T&S -> NBBO B/A Bid and Price Changes -> Display Trades + Changes in Bid/Ask Price
    8) Everything gets screwed up. LOL.

    Also - when they rolled out new T&S window, it did not have all these bugs. I remember very well - I used it successfully for around 3-4 weeks and these bugs were not present.

    These bugs have started in last 15-20 days. Something has changed in some new release which has affected T&S window.

    Thanks.
     
    #134     Feb 8, 2013
  5. gmst

    gmst

    Today, T&S has been working correctly in the sense that rows are getting added to the T&S window as trades are happening. So, the bug in the above post is not present today.

    [​IMG]
     
    #135     Feb 11, 2013
  6. Bob111

    Bob111

    the new T&S is retarded regardless if some of those broken features are fixed or not. once again- why reinvent the wheel? reverse all changes to where it was before. apply some common sense and common practices to common windows\features.
     
    #136     Feb 11, 2013
  7. gmst

    gmst

    Seems. I was early.

    T&S showing same problems today. Rows are not getting added as new trades happen. I did not close my TWS from yesterday. I close my TWS only once a week. However, I closed T&S yesterday after RTH and opened it today morning and rows were not getting added up.

    IB - I hope these 2 comparative screenshots clearly show you the problem. Please rectify.

    [​IMG]
     
    #137     Feb 12, 2013
  8. Bob111

    Bob111

    i have an offer for Ib-hire me part time as a Q&A. you are going to get helluva motivational employee. would be a perfect solution for both of us. you will get all the bugs in your TWS ASAP. and i have to earn my SS credits somewhere to get up to a minimum required. win win.
     
    #138     Feb 13, 2013
  9. gmst

    gmst

    If I was the guy running IB, I would have hired you long ago on a parttime consultant basis
     
    #139     Feb 13, 2013
  10. Apparently you never were a supervisor or human relations manager... lol
     
    #140     Feb 13, 2013