WebTrader

Software	Access	Current Release - Date	Description
IB WebTraderSM HTML Based		Release 3.0 - November 6, 2009	IB WebTraderSM (WT) is an HTML based trading tool for use behind a firewall. In order to use IB WTSM you must have Internet Explorer 6 or higher; Firefox 3.0 or higher or Safari 3.0 or higher. At this time, IB WTSM is available for Individual account holders, and supports limited functionality for multi-client structures such as advisors.

Access the latest WebTrader^SM Beta Release here.

For our customers who prefer a less complicated trading environment, IB offers the HTML-based WebTrader as an alternative to the Trader Workstation (TWS). The clean, intuitive interface makes it easy to view market data, submit orders, and monitor your account and executions. WebTrader is the perfect alternative for users who work behind a firewall, and since it runs through the Internet, you can log in and trade from any Internet-ready PC with no downloads.

The well-labeled tabs break down trading tasks into simple actions:

• Market View shows market data and allows you to create orders with a single click on the Bid or Ask price.
  
• Orders lets you create and modify orders, and displays a list of all open orders.
  
• Executions displays current-day execution reports by action, and shows a summary of exections for each underlying.
  
• Account shows you a summary of your account status, your margin requirements, your equity, net liquidation and P&L, and all of your positions.
  
• Options displays option chains, allowing you to create a new tab for each underlying, and supports one-click order creation.
  
• Products shows you market data, open orders, executions and a chart for a specific product. Create multiple tabs for multiple products.
  
• Search provides drop-down boxes to help you easily define your criteria and find contract information and IDs.
• Fundamentals provides a profile, news, charting, financials, insider trading info, analyst info and SEC filings for any company.
• Preferences lets you modify general settings, like the font size and style, execution reports sorting criteria, and the operating mode (expert allows single-click order transmission).
  
• Customize Tabs helps you customize the application by creating and designing your own page(s). For example, we created the Misc tab in the image below, and added Market View, New Order, Portfolio and Execution Summary modules.

Please note that the HTML-based WebTrader supports a limited number of features compared to the Java-based TWS. See the WebTrader login page for details.

Any stock, options or futures symbols displayed are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to portray a recommendation.

WebTrader^SM is IB's HTML-based trading interface, which allows IB customers to access market data and transmit orders from behind a firewall where access to TWS may be impossible. The WebTrader may also be easier to use for customers who don't need all of the capabilities of the Trader Workstation. Note that WebTrader offers limited trading functionality compared to TWS.

 

Click on a build number or a topic in the table below to access the associated WebTrader Release Notes. Notes for the most recent build are listed first.

Access beta notes (when available) from the Beta Notes link directly below the tab set.

Build	Release Topics	Date
3.0	IOC and OPG Time in Force (TIF) Attributes Added to Orders Advanced Time in Force (TIF) Attributes	November 6, 2009
2.9	Bond Trading Set Default Values for Funds and Bonds	October 12, 2009
2.8	Cancel All Orders Support Trading Mutual Funds	September 24, 2009
2.7	Color-Coded Advanced Order Status Support for Google Chrome 2.0 and Higher	August 26, 2009
2.6	Support for multi-account trading	February 12, 2009
2.4/2.5	Link to IB System Bulletins Save Settings to Remote Server	January 22, 2008
2.3	Outside Regular Trading Hours (RTH) Rule Added Support for Warrants	December 3, 2008
2.2	Add Reuters News to Any Page	August 25, 2007
2.1	BookTrader Multi-language Support	July 19, 2007

The table belows outlines our suggestions for both minimum and recommended system requirements to run IB WebTrader^SM.

The latest beta release of IB WebTrader^SMincludes the following enhancements.

Beginning in this beta release, you can use select Market-on-Close (MOC), Limit-on-Close (LOC) and Trailing Stop Limit order types.

For more information on these order types, see our Order Types pages:

• Market-on-Close Orders
• Limit-on-Close Orders
• Trailing Stop Limit Orders

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