Hi guys, I've been working on a nice dark setup that works for me on InteractiveBrokers TWS platform including : 3 monitors for active trading ( screenshot and XML attached below ) 1 monitor for watchlist + spy + scanner + portfolio Tons of Hotkeys ! And I 've been working heavily to setup hotkeys using Andrews' methodology : Buy long at the Ask + 0.03 Sell short at the Bid - 0.03 I implemented this on IB TWS using a similar approach but using : Buy long at the Ask with limit buy + 0.03 Sell short at the Bid with limit sell - 0.03 (check the screenshots below ) Here are the main hotkeys : (screenshot and XML attached below) New orders generators : Ctrl + [ 1 .... 0 ] : LMT buy at ask limit + 0.03 >> from 100 shares to 1.000 shares Shift + [ 1 .... 0 ] : LMT sell at bid limit - 0.03 >> from 100 shares to 1.000 shares Orders general management : Ctrl + Q : cancel all orders and close full position at market price but you can exit position using the opposite order ( Buy for Shorting and Sell for Longing ) Ctrl + C : cancel all active or pending orders for active chart Ctrl + U : partial placement every X cents with Y exits Ctrl + Enter : submit / transmit / update changes Tab : Select next order (inside chart) Order price changes : Ctrl + Home : move 0.02 up the limit price of the selected order Ctrl + End :move 0.02 down the limit price of the selected order Order size changes : Ctrl + RePag : add 100 shares to the current selected order size Shift + RePag : add 20 shares to the current selected order size Ctrl + AvPag : substract 100 shares to current selected order size Shift + AvPag : substract 20 shares to current selected order size If you have NO position opened yet Right clic on chart + Buy : enter long with $11.000 (default position) at the price selected on the chart after second clic (LMT order) Right clic on chart + Sell : enter short with $11.000 (default position) at the price selected on the chart after second clic (LMT order) Ctrl + S : Stop sell with $11.000 position for a short position at the selected price below current price (if placed above current price will sell inmediately) Ctrl + B : Stop buy with $11.000 position for a long position at the selected price above current price (if placed below current price will sell inmediately) If you have a position already opened Right clic on chart + Buy : close short position with LMT order at the selected price on chart Right clic on chart + Sell : close long position with LMT order at the selected price on chart Ctrl + S : Stop Loss to close a long position at the selected price on chart (whole position) Shift + S : Stop Loss Limit ($0.10 range) to close a long position at the selected price on chart during premarket (whole position) Ctrl + B : Stop Loss to close a short position at the selected price on chart (whole position) Shift + B : Stop Loss Limit ($0.10 range) to close a short position at the selected price on chart during premarket (whole position) New AutoHotKeys Script : ** F4 : Histogram / Volume by price indicator F5 : Refresh chart information F6 : Draw an horizontal line F7 : Remove all the drawings and personal annotation from the chart F8 : Draw fibonacci lines F9 : (De)activate Chart Trader F10 : (De)activate Chart Trader on smaller charts (yes menús are different) F11 : (Un)show completed trades marks F12 : Show window name Youtube video (7m) with fast explanation and examples (spanish with subtitles) : https://youtu.be/1gflAufNMxI Youtube video (1h20m) for the spanish community in BBT (with subtitles) : https://youtu.be/DOSHys3WoRk To access chart hotkey setup : File menu > Global configuration > Charts > ChartTrader > Hotkeys To download this hotkeys and layout : Download the text file attached : tws.txt Change the extension to XML File menu > Layout / Settings Recovery > Custom > Select file Do not forget to save your current setup before for roll back if needed ** AutoHotKey is a Windows Software that provide a simple macro script language to write down any kind of macro process that can be done over and over again. This software is 100% free and independent from TWS, however I managed a way to use a script that will only activate the above function keys on TWS windows. The function will be launched in the window which is inmediately under the mouse pointer, so be sure that the mouse is where it should be if you don't want any other function on TWS to be launched. This Script is very straight foreward and it has some comments inside to let you know what can be done with the keys and menu functions. I personally hated using the context menu or the main manu of the chart and click 3 times just to draw a simple horizontal line, but TWS has no support to many many basic commonly used tasks AND I DECIDED TO WRITE MY OWN 😉 To add on top of it the new AutoHotKey Script : Download and install AutoHotKey 1.33 software from : https://www.autohotkey.com/ Download the Custom Script file for TWS at the end of this post : TWS-AutoHotKeys.txt Open it with some text editor like WordPad, Notepad or SublimeText and check line 30 to add you own TWS Account Number Change the extension to AHK After launching TWS on your Windows PC, double click on the Script icon (which I personally store in the desktop). Last updates : Oct, 25th 2024 - Added two YouTube videos with examples (in Spanish with subtitles) Aug, 29th 2020 - Fixed AutoHotKey macro script to avoid using the macros outside TWS Aug, 28th 2020 - Added base subscriptions screenshot for L1 or SIM Aug, 27th 2020 - Added new Setup file with hotkeys fix If you wanna add option chanin information activate this options detailed here : tws_2020ago.txt TWS-AutoHotKeyScript.txt

Hi friends, i'm new here and wanted to ask if anyone has had any experience with trader workstation. and if so what do i need to subscribe to at IB to get the level 2 data? thanks for the help

Can we put this issue to bed with actual data? The general opinion is that when it comes to speed, DAS Trader Pro bests IB TWS (besides other usability issues) . Has anyone ever tested this to any level? What you need to know is that DAS with IB uses the same order pipeline as IB TWS, or so I am told by the DAS support. So speed gains, I speculate, would come from faster market data in DAS. In other words, you would see the price faster in DAS. But a real life test of IB TWS vs another platform (I dont have DAS) showed definitely an estimated 0.25 s lag of prices updating but I am not sure if that is enough for a competitive advantage/ make any difference in manual trading.

Hi everybody, For those that use TWS TraderWorkStation and are interested in the FreeRoll Strategy but are not using DAS platform, download the attached file and rename the extensión to .XLSM After openning the file with MsExcel, activate the macro that execute the lookgoal code. Completely safe. Here is the code: Sub Goal_Seek() Range("B7").GoalSeek Goal:=Range("B5"), ChangingCell:=Range("B9") End Sub Mod Mentions: @Thor @Alastair @KyleK29 @Abiel @PEPE-BBT free-roll-calc.txt