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TWS Release Notes

The enhancements and modifications below are in build 892 of TWS. To identify the build number, on the TWS Help menu select About Trader Workstation.

Advisors can now trade mutual funds for their clients as long as the trade is for a single account. Allocations are not supported for mutual fund trades. Also, the Quantity Type calculation for % of NLV has been fixed to accurately calculate the quantity for advisor accounts.

The Accumulate/Distribute algo tool now supports large order trading for combinations orders. For details on using Accumulate/Distribute, see the TWS Users' Guide.

Ongoing enhancements to the Market Scanners include moving the Market Statistics from the Parameters list to the Instrument list, and the entries in the Parameters list are now context-sensitive, so only those entries available for the combined Instrument and Location you choose will be displayed.

We continue to improve our real-time charting with the following enhancements and fixes:

• A new slider has been added to the charts to increase/decrease the value in the associated field. See the Show xxx days field.
  
• Time & Sales configuration settings have been moved under the Information Tools section of Global Configuration.
  
• The Trades panel in ChartTrader now allows sorting by clicking in a column header.
  
• The checkboxes in the Additional Data to Display section of the Chart Parameters box have been fixed to correctly displayed checked attributes.
  
• The Draw Trendlines feature now works as expected for additional plots.
  
• The chart's Price Histogram was not accurately displaying data for contracts where the max volume was smaller than the price.

The following items have been fixed or modified in build 892 of TWS:

• Previously if you added a hotkey to a column, the default click action of the field would override the new hotkey. This has been fixed.
  
  
• The calculation for the delta neutral price on combo orders did not display correctly and would change when you created an order on the combo. This has been fixed.
  
  
• VWAP "Start Time" and "End Time" fields have been modified to only display hours and minutes to comply with Bloomberg order requirements.
  
  
• Volatility orders - the correct volatility calculation will be used if the user elects to view "Daily Volatility." In addition, the tooltip checkbox that shows price and volatility when you mouse over a price in a Volatility page, Show Option Prices and Volatility in Tooltip, has been moved from the Display > Settings page to the Volatility and Analytics page in Global Configuration.
  
  
• An indication that there are more workspaces will display if TWS is resized to the point where some of the workspaces can no longer be seen. Use the "expand" arrow to display the hidden workspaces.
  
  
• The Deep Book Data Panel buttons available in BookTrader, ISW and Market Depth were resetting each time the window was minimized/maximized. This has been fixed so that buttons retain their pressed/not pressed status.
  
  
• All of the Volatility columns, including Implied Volatility, Historical Volatility, Imp. Volatility Change and Option Imp Volatility, now allow you to specify Daily Volatility or Annual Volatility by right clicking on the column title and choosing from the right-click menu.
  
  
• When setting an alarm on currencies, the Last option is not available and will no longer be displayed.
  
  
• The Order Reference field, an optional user-controlled field, now includes a “memory” box dropdown that remembers previous entries and displays them for selection on subsequent orders. You can also enter new text in the box.
  
  
• The Dividends market data field can now be viewed on all trading windows. Previously it was only available on the main trading window and in BasketTrader.
  
  
• The Quantity Type and Quantity Value fields were incorrectly being included twice when you added them from the Layout manager.
  
  
• Fields designed to open automatically based on the current action, for example the Aux Price field if you select the REL order type, were not working as expected.
  
  
• The incorrect status of an order that was modified and filled remained on the trading page.
  
  
• In the Order Ticket, selecting LIT as the order type resulted in the Stop Price field being activated and populated. This field is not used for LIT orders and not longer becomes active.
  
  
• The View Trades feature on the right click menu did not show trades for options. This has been fixed.
  
  
• The Rapid Order Entry panel now includes market data. It show the Bid, Ask and Last, and populates the Lmt Price field.
  
  
• The Portfolio panel in the Account window shows a new icon to Maximize the panel while minimizing all other panels in the window. To restore the display, click the icon again.
  

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