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Looks complicated but has surprisingly intuitive interface
"Even though TWS offers like a dozen different tools to execute trades (ChartTrader, BookTrader, AlgoTrader, Order Ticket, etc.), the basic interface is actually quite good in and of itself. Basical Read more...
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"Powerful web application for the best brokerage out there. Nothing is superior to Interactive Brokers and although it can be buggy at times, TWS is extremely convenient and easy to use for many aspects of my own personal trading. Keep in mind that it runs on Java and it can slow down your PC a g Read more...
"I use the webtrader platform. Very easy to use and flexible and user friendly. I use to mainly short stocks and they always have the best borrows. I highly recommend. "
It is really flexible and powerful. You can modify it to the point it suits you perfectly. It is also fast as a platform and trades are executed quite fast. The major issue is that it is based on Java, which can take a lot of memory from your computer (so powerful computer - lots of RAM - is recomme Read more...
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"Having come back to IB for their lower commission rates from OptionsXpress, I value now how much better OX software is (although still hugely flawed) - I have been staring at my IB Trader Workstation for 3 months and still cannot bing myself to face the arduous task of re-learning how to place an o Read more...
Its just a spread sheet that you can update in real-time and make better trades. The charting is bad. The software feels slow. I use it on a daily basis and recommend using it over some web trading interface. You can enable TWS API connect with QuoteTracker or other compatible charting software. Read more...
"I really hate TWS - it is ugly as hell, so illogically laid out and the help manuals are next to useless; this software was clearly first designed decades ago and has since been augmented, mucked about with, a bit added here, a thing changed there... basically just cobbled together. It's like someo Read more...
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"Even though TWS offers like a dozen different tools to execute trades (ChartTrader, BookTrader, AlgoTrader, Order Ticket, etc.), the basic interface is actually quite good in and of itself. Basically, use the Quote Monitor to create watchlists with stock data. It's a sheet of row-column data much Read more...
"access to accounts on the go is nice. really nice watchlist feature on this app, can have multiple pages of really fast quotes only drawback is no options chain, but its easy to add a option contract for viewing in your watchlist. i can't figure out how to switch between multiple accounts linke Read more...
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