WebTrader Users' Guide

March 2016

WebTrader Version 9.0

© 2016 Interactive Brokers LLC. All Rights Reserved

Any symbols displayed within these pages are for illustrative purposes only, and are not intended
to portray any recommendation.
Contents

Contents i

Getting Started 5

Logging In 5

Logging In When There is Already an Active Session 7

WebTrader Tabbed Pages 7

Orders 8

Adding Modules to Tabbed Pages 9

Buttons 9

Bulletins 11

Portfolio News 11

Market Pulse 12

Logging Out 14

Viewing Market Data 15

The Market Page 15

Delayed and Streaming Market Data 16

Delayed Market Data 16

Streaming Market Data 16

Adding a Ticker 17

Add a Ticker in the Market View 17

Add a Ticker in the Preferences Window 19

Removing Tickers 22

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Remove a Ticker in the Market View 22

Remove a Ticker in the Preferences Window 23

Changing the Order of Tickers 24

Change the Order of Tickers in the Market View 24

Change the Order of Tickers in the Preferences Window 25

Adding the BookTrader 26

BookTrader Expert Mode 29

Viewing Charts 29

Change the Chart Type 34

Change the Time Period 37

Highlight a Specific Data Point 38

Change the Zoom Level 39

Manually Change the Time Scale 41

Scroll Left and Right 42

Managing Orders 45

Order Management Panel 45

Open the Order Management Panel 46

Supported Order Types 48

Creating an Order 53

Creating an Order on the Market Page 57

Enabling Expert Mode 61

Creating Orders in Expert Mode 63

Advanced Time In Force Attributes 63

Modifying an Order 64

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Cancelling an Order 65

Creating a New Order from an Open, Executed or Canceled Order 66

Creating an Order from the BookTrader 67

Enabling BookTrader Expert Mode 69

Creating a Spread Order 70

Manually Create a Spread Order on the Spread Tab in the Order Management Panel 70

Create a Spread Order Using a Strategy on the Spread Tab in the Order Management
Panel 74

Create a Spread Order from an Option Chain 76

Supported Strategies 81

Viewing Open Orders 83

Viewing Trades 84

Monitoring Your Account 87

Viewing Your Account Balances 87

Viewing Margin Requirements and Trading Limits 90

Viewing Market Value 92

Viewing Positions 93

Viewing Your Portfolio 94

Managing Options 97

Viewing Option Chains 97

Trading Options 100

Market Scanners 105

About Market Scanners 105

Creating a Market Scanner 111

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Sorting Scan Results 114

Using the US Corporate Bond Scanner 114

Creating an Order from the Scanner Page 117

Searching for Contract Information 119

Using Simple Search 119

Using Advanced Search 120

Searching for Indices/ETFs 126

Setting Search Preferences 127

Customizing WebTrader 129

Adding Product Pages 129

Creating Custom Tabbed Pages 132

Setting Preferences 135

Site Preferences 136

Trading Preferences 137

Content Preferences 138

Market Data Preferences 140

Customizing WebTrader Pages 141

Editing Columns 142

Removing Columns 143

Adding Columns 144

Change the Order of Columns 147

Index 151

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 1
Getting Started
WebTrader 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. IB
WebTrader offers a limited functionality compared with TWS, and its simplified interface may be
more appealing to customers with targeted trading needs.

This chapter includes the following topics:

Logging In
Logging In When There is Already an Active Session
WebTrader Tabbed Pages
Orders
Adding Modules to Tabbed Pages
Buttons
Bulletins
Portfolio News
Market Pulse
Logging Out

Logging In
To use WebTrader, your Internet Security and Privacy options must be set to the default levels.
To check, on the Tools menu select Internet Options (IE) or Options (Firefox). On the Security
and Privacy tabs, click Default Level if that button is active. If the button is gray, you are using
the required default levels.

To log into WebTrader

1. From the login menu in the upper right corner of the IB home page, select WebTrader from
the drop-down list.

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You will also see the WebTrader Beta selection when available. The beta is a live test
version of the WebTrader application. You can log into beta to test new features, but
remember that you are still trading through your live IB account.

2. Enter your IB user name and password, then click Login. To view WebTrader in another
language, select the language before you click Login.

If you
check the
Store
settings on server check box when you log in, any changes you make to your
preferences, modes, market view and more will be saved to a remote server and will be
used the next time you log into WebTrader regardless of where you initiate the session.

You can only be logged into one IB trading session at a time, including TWS,
MobileTrader or WebTrader.

o If your session closes due to inactivity, this does not affect any open orders you may
have pending. To resume trading, click Return to WebTrader on the expiration page,

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and log back in.

3. The first time you log into WebTrader, it opens on the Market page, which displays market
data for selected contracts. On every subsequent login, WebTrader opens on the screen
that was displayed before your last logout.

o Use the tabset at the top of the page to create orders, view executions, monitor your
account status, search for market centers, view contract-related fundamental analysis,
and create option chains.
o Clicking the exclamation point button in the upper right corner of the screen displays
links to WebTrader Release Notes in a new browser window.

Logging In When There is Already an Active Session

If you try to log into WebTrader and another WebTrader or TraderWorkstation session with the
same username already active on any computer, you can disconnect the other session and
begin a new session.

If this situation occurs, a message appears when you try to login. The message displays the IP
Address of the other session and OK and Cancel buttons.

Click OK in the message box to disconnect the other session.

Click Cancel in the message box to cancel your login and keep the other session active.

WebTrader Tabbed Pages

WebTrader displays information on a series of tabbed pages:

Market - displays market data for selected contracts. You view live market data by adding
tickers to the Market View on the Market page.

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Account - displays many aspects of your IB account, including a summary of important

account values, your current margin requirements and trading limits, the current market
value of your portfolio and all your positions.
Options - displays option chains. You can add multilple tabs to the Options page, one for
each underlying.
Products - shows market data and other modules for a specific symbol. You can add mul-
tiple tabs to the Products page, one for each symbol.
Scanner - lets you create market scans for stocks in US and global markets by defining
scan criteria and viewing scan results.
Market Pulse - lets you view bar charts of current market conditions around the world.
Search - lets you search IB’s database for information about instruments available through
our trading platform.

Click a tab to open that page.

Orders
In addition to tabbed pages, WebTrader includes an expanding and collapsing Order
Management Panel. The Order Management Panel is where you create and modify orders, as
well as view open orders and trades.

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For more information

Managing Orders

Adding Modules to Tabbed Pages

WebTrader includes a number of function-specific modules that you can add to any tabbed
page in WebTrader EXCEPT the Search page:

Each WebTrader page has a default setup. For example, the Market page displays the Market
View module by default. You add and remove modules from any WebTrader tabbed page in the
Preferences window.

For more information

Customizing WebTrader

Buttons
WebTrader includes several buttons that are displayed in the upper right portion of the screen.

System Buttons

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System buttons are always visible in the upper right corner of the screen. They include:

Help link - Opens a window that displays the Customer Service email address for
WebTrader and links to our WebTrader web page.
Tooltips On/Off control - Turns tooltips on or off. Tooltips are turned on by default.
Logout button - Logs you out of WebTrader.

Preferences Button

The Preferences button appears on the right side of the tab bar. Click this button to open the
Preferences window, where you can set a variety of WebTrader preferences and manage
content on each WebTrader tabbed page.

Edit Button

Some tabbed pages and modules include an Edit button, which lets you edit the data on the
page. For example, you click the Edit button on the Market page to edit market data tickers or
add, remove and change the order of columns; in the Market Value and Portfolio modules you
also use the Edit button to edit columns. On the Options page and in Scanner results, the Edit
button lets you remove columns.

Edit Columns Button

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The Options page and Scanner results include an Edit Columns button, which lets you add,
remove and change order of columns.

Bulletins
From time to time, IB sends out important news bulletins. If there are any such bulletins, the
[Bulletin] link in the upper right corner of WebTrader will flash red. To read the bulletin, simply
click the red flashing [Bulletin] link. The contents of the bulletin will appear in the Bulletin
Messages box.

Portfolio News
The Portfolio News module displays news stories about the symbols you currently hold in your
portfolio. The news feeds that appear in Portfolio News are from various sources such as
Reuters, Bloomberg, et5c. Like other modules, you can add Portfolio news to any tabbed page
in WebTrader in the Preferences window.

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Portfolio News contains two columns: top stories are displayed in the left column, and the article
details appear in the right column, once you click a news item.

Market Pulse
The Market Pulse is a page that displays bar charts showing current market conditions on a 15-
minute delay. The current market conditions include the current percent change of
representative indices and bonds from different countries as well as foreign exchange rates.

The Market Pulse will appear when WebTrader first loads after you log in.Once WebTrader has
successfully loaded, you can view the Market Pulse data on its own Market Pulse tab.

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As you move your mouse cursor over the label for each bar, a popup opens, displaying the
index, bond or foreign exchange rate.

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Logging Out
To log out of WebTrader

1. Click the X button in the upper right corner of the screen.

The WebTrader login screen appears.

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Viewing Market Data
The first time you log into WebTrader, it opens on the Market page, which displays market data
for selected contracts. You view live market data by adding tickers to the Market View on the
Market page. Depending on your market data subscriptions, you can add tickers for stocks,
options, futures, futures options, Forex, funds, warrants, bonds, CFDs and Structured Products.
You can also view the market value of your portfolio and your positions and place orders on the
Market page.

This chapter includes the following topics:

The Market Page

Delayed and Streaming Market Data
Adding a Ticker
Removing Tickers
Changing the Order of Tickers
Adding the BookTrader
Viewing Charts

The Market Page

The Market page displays market data for selected contracts, including the Last price, Change
in price (red indicates a downward change, green indicates an upward change), Size of the last
transaction, trading Volume, Bid Size, Bid Price, Ask price and Ask size. This data
automatically updates every 10 seconds. For an immediate update, click Refresh at the top right
side of the table.

The Edit button lets you add or remove ticker rows, and edit columns. You can also use the
Preferences window to edit tickers, as well as add non ticker-related functionality to this page.

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Delayed and Streaming Market Data

Both streaming and delayed market data are available in WebTrader when you log in from the
IB website (not when you log in from within Account Management).

Delayed Market Data

Delayed market data is available for contracts for which you do not currently hold market
data subscriptions.
The next time you log into WebTrader, you will be prompted to turn on delayed market data
for contracts for which you do not hold subscriptions. Your choice will be saved.
You can turn delayed market data on and off on the Market Data tab in the WebTrader
Preferences window. So for example, if you opted to turn delayed market data on the next
time you log into WebTrader, you will be able to turn it off in the Preferences window.

Streaming Market Data

Streaming market data is supported in the latest web browsers only. If your web browser
does not support streaming market data in WebTrader, your market data will be refreshed
every ten seconds.
The current status of your streaming market data is displayed on the Market Data tab in the
Preferences window.

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You can also set the number of decimal places to display for streaming market data on on
the Market Data tab in the Preferences window.

Neither streaming market data nor the Market Data tab in the Preferences window is available if
you launch WebTrader from within Account Management. You must log in to WebTrader
directly from the IB website to access these features.

Streaming market data is supported in the latest versions of Firefox, Chrome and Safari web
browers. At this time, it is NOT supported in any version of Internet Explorer.

Adding a Ticker
You view market data by adding tickers to the Market View on the Market page. There are two
ways to add tickers to the Market View:

Add a Ticker in the Market View

Add a Ticker in the Preferences Window

Add a Ticker in the Market View

To add a ticker in the Market View

1. In the Market View module, click Add Row (next to the green plus sign at the bottom of
the list of tickers). If the plus sign is not visible, collapse the Order Management Panel.

The contract lookup box appears.

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2. In the contract lookup box:

a. Select an instrument type by clicking the appropriate tab.
b. In the Symbol field, enter an underlying symbol, then click Go.
c. For instrument types other than stock, define additional contract parameters such as
right, strike and expiry (if needed).

3. Select the desired contract from the drop-down list. The ticker is added to the bottom of the
ticker list.

4. Continue to add tickers as desired.

If you don't see market data for your new symbol(s) when you return to Market View, click
the Refresh button.

To remove tickers or change the order of tickers directly in the Market View, use the Edit
button.

For more information

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Removing Tickers
Changing the Order of Tickers

Add a Ticker in the Preferences Window

To add a ticker in the Preferences Window

1. Click the Preferences button.

The Preferences window opens to the Content tab. The current WebTrader page (the
page on which you clicked the Preferences button) is highlighted in the Current Tabs
section, and the modules currently displayed on that page are shown in the Modules
Enabled section.

2. Select the Market View module in the Modules Enabled section. A list of contracts
appears on the right.

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3. Click Add New Contract. The contract lookup box appears.

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4. In the contract lookup box:

5. Select an instrument type by clicking the appropriate tab. In the Symbol field, enter an
underlying symbol, then click Go. For instrument types other than stock, define additional
contract parameters such as right, strike and expiry (if needed).

6. Select the desired contract from the drop-down list. The contract is added to the Manage
Current Contracts list.

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7. Continue to add tickers as desired.

8. You can also remove tickers from the Market View on this screen by clicking the red
minus sign for each contract you want to remove. The contracts are removed immediately.
9. You can also change the order of the tickers by clicking and dragging a contract by the
handle icon located on the right side of the contract (the handle looks like three stacked
horizontal lines) to a new position in the list. Release the mouse when the ticker is in the
desired position.
10. Click Save and Dismiss to close the Preferences window. The ticker(s) you added
appear at the bottom of the ticker list.

If you don't see market data for your new symbol(s) when you return to Market View, click
the Refresh button.

Removing Tickers
You can remove a ticker from the Market View module when you no longer want to receive real-
time market data for that contract. There are two ways to remove tickers from the Market View
module:

Remove a Ticker in the Market View

Remove a Ticker in the Preferences Window

Remove a Ticker in the Market View

To remove a ticker in the Market View

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1. Click the Edit button on the right side of the Market View module.
The Edit button changes to a Done button.
2. Click the red minus sign next to each ticker you want to remove.
The minus sign changes to a Delete button.

3. Click the Delete button next to each ticker you want to remove. The tickers are removed
immediately.

4. Click the Done button.

Remove a Ticker in the Preferences Window

To remove a ticker in the Preferences window

1. Click the Preferences button.

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The Preferences window opens to the Content tab. The current WebTrader page (the
page on which you clicked the Preferences button) is highlighted in the Current Tabs
section, and the modules currently displayed on that page are shown in the Modules
Enabled section.

2. Select the Market View module in the Modules Enabled section. A list of contracts
appears on the right.
3. Click the red minus sign next to each ticker you want to remove.
The minus sign changes to a Delete button.
4. Click Save and Dismiss when you are finished removing tickers.

Changing the Order of Tickers

You can change the order of tickers in the Market View module. For example, you might want to
change the ticker order if you want to see different tickers displayed at the top of the page.
There are two ways to change the order of tickers:

Change the Order of Tickers in the Market View

Change the Order of Tickers in the Preferences Window

Change the Order of Tickers in the Market View

To change the order of tickers in the Market View

1. Click the Edit button on the right side of the Market View module.
The Edit button changes to a Done button.

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Window

2. Move a ticker by clicking and dragging it by the handle icon located on the right side of the
contract (the handle looks like three stacked horizontal lines) to a new position in the list.
Release the mouse when the ticker is in the desired position.

3. Click the Done button.

Change the Order of Tickers in the Preferences Window

To change the order of tickers in the Preferences window

1. Click the Preferences button.

The Preferences window opens to the Content tab. The current WebTrader page (the
page on which you clicked the Preferences button) is highlighted in the Current Tabs
section, and the modules currently displayed on that page are shown in the Modules
Enabled section.

2. Select the Market View module in the Modules Enabled section. A list of contracts
appears on the right.

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3. Move a ticker by clicking and dragging it by the handle icon located on the right side of the
contract (the handle looks like three stacked horizontal lines) to a new position in the list.
Release the mouse when the ticker is in the desired position.
4. Click Save and Dismiss when you are finished moving tickers.

Adding the BookTrader

The BookTrader feature allows you to view deep book data for a selected contract, and create
and transmit orders. You can add the BookTrader to any page in WebTrader using the
Preferences window except Search .

You can create orders from the BookTrader. See Creating an Order from the BookTrader for
more information.

To add the BookTrader to any page

1. From any page in WebTrader, click the Preferences button.

The Preferences window opens to the Content tab. In the figure below, the Market page is
the currently selected tab and the Modules Enabled list shows that only the Market View
module is enabled on that page.

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2. In the Click the Add Modules section, click BookTrader. The BookTrader module is
added to the Modules Enabled list.

3. You can add a symbol to BookTrader in the Preferences window or from the BookTrader
module itself. Click BookTrader in the Modules Enabled list to highlight it, then click Add
New Contract.

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To remove symbols from the module, click the minus sign on the contract in the Manage
Current Contracts list.

4. Click Save and Dismiss in the lower right corner of the window to save your changes and
close the Preferences window.
5. To change the symbol in the BookTrader module once it is displayed on the page, click
Edit.
6. To change the exchange, use the Select Exchange drop-down.

7. In the box that appears, select a contract. For instrument types other than stock, define

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additional contract parameters such as right, strike and expiry (if needed).
8. Apply additional settings in the BookTrader module:

o Click Re-center to keep the best bid/ask price or last traded price always visible in the
center of the BookTrader screen.
o Change the default size by editing the number in the Default Size field. Note that this is
also defined for each instrument type on the Trading Preferences tab in the Prefer-
ences window.
o Select a different exchange from the Select Exchange drop-down.

BookTrader Expert Mode

You can create orders from the BookTrader. To activate single-click order transmission in the
BookTrader, you must turn on BookTrader Expert Mode. Turn BookTrader Expert Mode on and
off directly in the BookTrader module by clicking the appropriate radio button, or on the Trading
Preferences tab in the Preferences window.

For more information

Creating an Order from the BookTrader

Viewing Charts
Interactive Flash-based charts let you view market value and volume for a single stock, future or
index for one of seven time periods (1 or 5 days, 1, 3 or 6 months, 1 or 5 years). You can select
one of three chart types (line, OHLC and candlestick) and zoom into the data to view a portion
of the time period using an interactive slider built into the chart. You can add an interactive chart
to any page in WebTrader using the Preferences window except Search .

Interactive charts let you do any the following:

You must have Adobe Flash Version 9.0 or higher to view interactive charts.

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To add a chart to a page

1. From any page in WebTrader, click the Preferences button.

The Preferences window opens to the Content tab. In the figure below, the Market page is
the currently selected tab and the Modules Enabled list shows that only the Market View
module is enabled on that page.

2. In the Click the Add Modules section, click Chart. The Chart module is added to the Mod-
ules Enabled list.

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3. You add a symbol to the Chart module in the Preferences window. ClickChart in the Mod-
ules Enabled list to highlight it, then click Add New Contract.

To remove symbols from the module, click the minus sign on the contract in the Manage
Current Contracts list.

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4. Click Save and Dismiss in the lower right corner of the window to save your changes and
close the Preferences window.

The Chart module displays on the page.

5. To change the contracts in Reuters News once it is displayed on the page, click Edit, then
use the contract lookup box.

The Chart module appears on the page.

6. In the Chart module, select a time period and chart type from the drop-down lists.
The default time period is 1d and the default chart type is Line. The interactive chart dis-
plays.

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An interactive chart includes the following information:

o Two charts that use the same Time period:

Market Value over Time

Volume over Time
o Zoom buttons let you change the time period.
o The date and time, price and volume for the data point are displayed when you move
your mouse cursor over the chart.

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o The scroller at the bottom of the chart highlights the data displayed in the line charts
and lets you manually change the time scale.

You can modify the chart by entering a different symbol or by changing the instrument
type, time period and chart type.

Change the Chart Type

By default, any chart you add in WebTrader is displayed as a line chart. You can change the
chart type to OHLC (open, low, high, close) or Candlestick. When you change the chart type,
the Zoom level is reset to MAX.

To change the chart type, select a type from the Chart Type drop-down list as shown in the
figure below.

The following three figures show a one-month chart with the same Zoom level (one week) but
different chart types.

Line chart:

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OHLC chart:

Candlestick chart:

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Change the Time Period

You can change the time period of a chart to any of the following using the Time Period drop-
down list (d=days, m=months, y-years):

1d
5d
3m
6m
1y
5y

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To change the time period, select a period from the Time Period drop-down list as shown in the
figure below.

Highlight a Specific Data Point

Highlight a specific data point on both Market Value and Volume charts simultaneously by
moving the mouse over the chart. A popup appears with information about the data point,
including the time and date, price and volume.

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Change the Zoom Level

Use the Zoom buttons above the chart to automatically change the time scale. View data for the
maximum time period currently available, or zoom in to view data for smaller time periods as
indicated by the Zoom buttons. By default, a chart displays data for the maximum time period
(the MAX button is selected). Click one of the other Zoom buttons to change the time period.

The following figures show the same line chart with a six-month time period, with the Zoom set
to one week, one month and three months, respectively. Note that the scroller section at the
bottom of the chart highlights the portion of the data currently displayed in the main line charts.

One Week

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One Month

Three Months

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Manually Change the Time Scale

The scroller section at the bottom highlights the portion of the data displayed in the main line
chart. Move your mouse over the scroller section to display handles at the outer boundaries of
the section highlighted in blue. You can now drag one of the handles to manually change the
time scale.

For example, the following figure shows a line chart with the time scale being manually
changed from three months. Note that the mouse cursor changes to a double-sided arrow when
you drag a handle.

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Scroll Left and Right

Scroll the chart left and right by dragging your mouse anywhere in the chart, or by dragging the
highlighted section in the scroller.

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Managing Orders
Depending on the trading permissions associated with your account, you can create orders in
WebTrader for stocks, options, futures, futures options, Forex, funds, warrants and bonds. You
can create orders from any page in WebTrader using the Order Management Panel. WebTrader
supports a variety of order types, including Limit, Market, Stop, Stop Limit, Trailing Stop,
Discretionary and Bracket orders.

This chapter includes the following topics:

Order Management Panel

Supported Order Types
Creating an Order
Creating an Order on the Market Page
Enabling Expert Mode
Advanced Time In Force Attributes
Modifying an Order
Canceling an Order
Creating a New Order from an Open, Executed or Canceled Order
Creating an Order from the BookTrader
Creating a Spread Order
Viewing Open Orders
Viewing Trades

Order Management Panel

You create and submit orders on the Order Management Panel, which is available on any page
in WebTrader. You can show or hide the Order Management Panel by clicking the title [Order
Management] or the blue arrow on the left side of the title bar of the panel.

Any panel or item in WebTrader that displays a small blue arrow can be expanded or collapsed.

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The Order Management Panel contains three main tabs:

New Order - Create orders on this tab. The New Order tab contains tabs for IB’s asset types
(Stocks, Options, Futures, etc). You can create orders by clicking the appropriate asset type
tab, filling in the order fields, then submitting the order.
Orders - Check the status of any order on this tab. You can view only open orders or all
orders, you can cancel orders and you can create orders from executed or canceled orders
on the Orders tab.
Trades - View execution reports in list or summary format on this tab.

Open the Order Management Panel

To open the Order Management Panel

1. On any tabbed page in WebTrader, click the title [Order Management] or the blue arrow on
the left side of the Order Management Panel title bar.

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The Order Management Panel expands to fill the bottom half of the screen.

2. Expand the Order Management Panel to fill the entire WebTrader page by clicking the
double-arrow on the right side of the panel’s title bar.

Click the double arrows to expand the panel to full page height.

Click the double arrows to collapse the panel back to half-page height.

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3. To close the Order Management Panel, click the title [Order Management] or the blue
arrow on the left side of the panel’s title bar. The panel collapses.

Supported Order Types

WebTrader supports the following basic order types:

Order
Steps
Type

Limit Select LMT from the Order Type drop-down in the Order

Management Panelin the Order Management Panel, then enter a
limit price.

Market Select MKT from the Order Type drop-down in the Order

Management Panel.

Stop Select STP from the Order Type drop-down in the Order

Management Panel, then enter a stop price.

Stop Select STP LMT from the Order Type drop-down in the Order
Limit Management Panel, then enter a limit price and a stop trigger
price (in the Stop Price field).

Limit- Select LOC from the Order Type drop-down in the Order

on- Management Panel, then enter a limit price.
Close

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Market- Select MOC from the Order Type drop-down in the Order

on- Management Panel.
Close

Trailing Select TRAIL from the Order Type drop-down in the Order

Stop Management Panel, then enter the stop price and trailing amount
in the appropriate fields.

Trailing Select TRAIL LIMIT from the Order Type drop-down in the
Stop Order Management Panel. Enter the limit price, stop price,
Limit trailing amount and limit offset amount in the appropriate fields.

In addition, you can set the Time in Force for any order to one of the following:

TIF Description Steps

Day A Day order is canceled if it does not Select

execute by the close of the trading day. DAY from the
Unless otherwise specified, every order is a TIF (Time-in-
Day order. Force) drop-
down in the
Order
Management
Panel.

Good-til- A Good-Til-Canceled order will continue to Select

Canceled work within the system and in the GTC from the
marketplace until it executes or is canceled. TIF (Time-in-
GTC orders will be automatically be Force) drop-
cancelled if a corporate action on a security down in the
results in an exchange or distribution of Order
shares, or if you do not log in to your IB Management
account for 90 days. Panel.

Immediate Any portion of an Immediate-or-Cancel Select

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or Cancel order that is not filled as soon as it becomes IOC from the

available in the market will be canceled. TIF (Time-in-
Force) drop-
down in the
Order
Management
Panel.

Market-on- This is a market order that is automatically Select

Open submitted at the market's open and fills at OPG from the
the market price. TIF (Time-in-
Force) drop-
down in the
Order
Management
Panel and MKT
as the Order
Type.

Limit-on- This is a limit order submitted at the Select

Open market's open. The order must execute at OPG from the
the limit price or better. TIF (Time-in-
Force) drop-
down in the
Order
Management
Panel and LMT
as the Order
Type.

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You can also add the following order attributes to any order by clicking the green plus sign (+)
on the left side of the Orders tab in the Order Management Panel, then selecting the appropriate
check box in the popup window and closing the popup window.

Order Attrib-
Description Steps
ute

Discretionary A Discretionary order is a limit Click the green plus

order with a defined amount off sign on the Orders tab,
the limit price (for example $.05) select the
which may be used to increase Discretionary check
the price range over which the box in the popup
limit order is eligible to execute. window, close the
popup window, then
enter the discretionary
amount in the Discr
Amt field.

Attach Auto Attaches attach a trailing stop Click the green plus
Trailing Stop order to a limit order. The sign on the Orders tab,
attached trailing stop order is select the Attach
automatically activated when the Auto Trailing
limit order is filled. Stop check box in the
popup window, close
the popup window,
then enter the trailing
amount and other
information about the
attached order in the
appropriate fields.

Attach Turns an order into a Bracket Click the green plus

Bracket order. Bracket orders are sign on the Orders tab,
Order designed to limit your loss and select the Attach
lock in a profit by "bracketing" an Bracket Order check
order with two opposite-side box in the popup

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orders. A buy order is bracketed window, close the

by a high-side sell limit order and popup window, then
a low-side sell stop (or stop-limit) enter information
order. A sell order is bracketed by about the orders in the
a high-side buy stop (or stop- appropriate fields.
limit) order and a low side buy
limit order.

Fill Outside Instructs the system to fill the Select the FORTH
Regular order outside of regular trading (Fill Outside Regular
Trading hours. Trading Hours) check
Hours box. Display this
check box by
selecting Show Order
Time Attributes from
the drop-down in the
right corner of the
Orders tab in the Order
Management Panel.

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Click the Show Order Time Attributes option from the drop-down in the right corner of the Orders
tab in the Order Management Panel to display Advanced Time In Force Attributes. Advanced
Time in Force Attributes let you set the Time in Force to one of the following:

Attribute Description Steps

Good- An order that uses Enable Advanced Time in Force

after- the good after attributes by clicking Show Order
Time/Date time/date field is held Time Attributes in the drop-down in
in the IB system and the right corner of the Orders tab in the
submitted to the Order Management Panel, then create
market on the date an order. Select GAT in the TIF field,
and time you specify. then enter start and end times and
dates in the Start Time and End Time
fields. Use the Calendar icon to
quickly select a time and date.

Good-til- Lets you select an Enable Advanced Time in Force

Date expiration date and attributes by clicking Show Order
time up until which an Time Attributes in the drop-down in
order will continue to the right corner of the Orders tab in the
work. Note that if you Order Management Panel, then create
only enter a good-till an order. Select GTD in the TIF field,
date, the unfilled then enter start and end times and
order will cancel at dates in the Start Time and End Time
the close of the fields. Use the Calendar icon to
market on the quickly select a time and date.
specified day.

Creating an Order
You can create an order on any WebTrader page using the Order Management panel. In
addition, you can add order attributes of Trailing Stop, Discretionary and Bracket to expand the
order types.

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You can also create an order on the Market, Option, Scanner or any Product page you create by
clicking the Bid or Ask price of a contract.

To create an order on any WebTrader page

1. Click the blue arrow or the title [Order Management] in the Order Management Panel title
bar.

The Order Management Panel expands to fill the bottom half of the screen.

2. In the Order Management panel, click the New Order tab.

3. On the New Order tab, select an asset type by clicking the appropriate tab (Stock, Option,
Futures, etc).

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4. In the Symbol field, enter a symbol, then click the Go button, press the Tab or press the
Enter key.

A list of available contracts appears in a drop-down list.

5. Click the contract for which you want to place an order.

6. Enter the rest of the order parameters in the fields provided, including:

o Action - Buy or Sell.

o Quantity - number of units in the order.
o Limit Price - for Limit and Stop Limit orders.
o Stop Price - for Stop and Stop Limit orders, the price that must be penetrated to initiate
the order.
o Order Type - Limit, Market, Stop, Stop Limit, Limit-on-Close, Market-on-Close, Trailing
Stop, or Trailing Stop Limit.
o TIF - Day, GTC, IOC or OPG. A Day order continues to work until it executes or the mar-
ket closes. GTC (good 'til cancelled) order continues to work until it executes or is can-
celled. An IOC (Immediate-or-Cancel) order instructs the system to cancel any portion
of the order that is not filled immediately. An OPG time in force is used with a Limit
order to indicate a Limit-on-Open order, or with a Market order to indicate a Market-on-

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Open order.

If you have enabled Advanced Time In Force Attributes on the Preferences page or by
selecting Advanced Time in Force from the drop-down in the upper right corner of the
New Order tab, the Start Time and End Time fields are added to the order fieldsand you
can select GAT for a Good-after-Time/Date order, or GTD for a Good-til-Date order. Be
sure to select your time zone in the Advanced Time in Force section of the Preferences
page or the default time zone for the Start Time and End Time field will be GMT.
o Fill Outside RTH - Selecting this check box allows the order to fill or trigger outside of
regular house (as well as during regular trading hourse) if the order is eligible to do so.
o Exchange - select SMART to get the best execution, or choose to direct-route to a
single exchange by choosing from the list.
o You can delete the order before you submit or preview it by clicking the Clear button.

7. You can add attributes to your order once you enter a symbol by clicking the green plus
sign (+) located on the left side of the order fields, then selecting the appropriate check
box in the popup window. Be sure to click the X button to close the popup window.

o Discretionary - Selecting this check box adds the Discr Amt field to the order para-
meters. Enter the discretionary amount in this field.

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o Attach Auto Trailing Stop - Selecting this check box adds a trailing stop order to dis-
played order. You can modify the Action, Limit Price, TIF or Exchange for the trailing
stop order.
o Attach Bracket Order - Adds two orders to your original orders to form a bracket order,
and adds the Election Price field to the third order in the bracket. You can modify the
Action, Limit Price, TIF or Exchange for the second and third order in the bracket, and
the Election Price for the third order.

8. Click Preview Order. The order preview shows the amount of the trade, the commission,
and what your total initial and maintenance margin and total Equity with Loan Value will
be if the trade is executed.

9. Click Modify Order to further modify the order, or Submit Order to transmit the order.

If you have Expert Mode turned on (enabled on the Preferences page), you can submit the
order without previewing it.

Creating an Order on the Market Page

You can create an order on the Market page (and the Option, Scanner and any Product page
you create) by clicking the Bid or Ask price in the Market View. You can also create orders for
contracts that do not appear on the Market page by expanding the Order Management panel.

To create an order on the Market page

1. Click a price to create an order.

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o Click a price in the Bid column to create a SELL limit order at the selected price.
o Click a price in the Ask column to create a BUY limit order at the selected price.

The Order Management Panel expands automatically and opens the asset type tab
associated with your order (Stock, Option, etc).

You can also create an order from any page in WebTrader by opening the Order
Management Panel, then selecting the desired asset type tab on the Orders tab.

2. In the Order Management Panel, modify any necessary parameters including:

o Action - Buy or Sell.

o Quantity - number of units in the order.
o Symbol - the symbol you want to order. This is automatically filled in if you created the
order by clicking the Bid or Ask price of a contract in the Market View.

You can enter or change the symbol by typing in the Symbol field; clicking the Go but-
ton, pressing the Tab key or pressing the Enter key; then selecting the symbol from the
drop-down search results.
o Limit Price - for Limit and Stop Limit orders.
o Stop Price - for Stop and Stop Limit orders, the price that must be penetrated to initiate
the order.
o Order Type - Limit, Market, Stop, Stop Limit, Limit-on-Close, Market-on-Close, Trailing
Stop, or Trailing Stop Limit.

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o TIF - Day, GTC, IOC or OPG. A Day order continues to work until it executes or the mar-
ket closes. GTC (good 'til cancelled) order continues to work until it executes or is can-
celled. An IOC (Immediate-or-Cancel) order instructs the system to cancel any portion
of the order that is not filled immediately. An OPG time in force is used with a Limit
order to indicate a Limit-on-Open order, or with a Market order to indicate a Market-on-
Open order.

If you have enabled Advanced Time In Force Attributes on the Preferences page or by
selecting Advanced Time in Force from the drop-down in the upper right corner of the
New Order tab, the Start Time and End Time fields are added to the order fieldsand you
can select GAT for a Good-after-Time/Date order, or GTD for a Good-til-Date order. Be
sure to select your time zone in the Advanced Time in Force section of the Preferences
page or the default time zone for the Start Time and End Time field will be GMT.
o Fill Outside RTH - Selecting this check box allows the order to fill or trigger outside of
regular house (as well as during regular trading hourse) if the order is eligible to do so.
o Exchange - select SMART to get the best execution, or choose to direct-route to a
single exchange by choosing from the list.
o You can delete the order before you submit or preview it by clicking the Clear button.

3. You can add attributes to your order by clicking the green plus sign (+) located on the left
side of the order fields, then selecting the appropriate check box in the popup window. Be

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sure to click the X button to close the popup window.

o Discretionary - Selecting this check box adds the Discr Amt field to the order para-
meters. Enter the discretionary amount in this field.
o Attach Auto Trailing Stop - Selecting this check box adds a trailing stop order to dis-
played order. You can modify the Action, Limit Price, TIF or Exchange for the trailing
stop order.
o Attach Bracket Order - Adds two orders to your original orders to form a bracket order,
and adds the Election Price field to the third order in the bracket. You can modify the
Action, Limit Price, TIF or Exchange for the second and third order in the bracket, and
the Election Price for the third order.

4. Click Preview Order. The order preview shows the amount of the trade, the commission,
and what your total initial and maintenance margin and total Equity with Loan Value will
be if the trade is executed.

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5. Click Modify Order to further modify the order, or Submit Order to transmit the order.

If you have Expert Mode turned on (enabled on the Preferences page), you can submit the
order without previewing it.

Enabling Expert Mode

Expert Mode allows you to quickly create and place orders without having to preview them. You
enable Expert Mode on the Trading Preferences tab in the Preferences window.

To enable Expert Mode

1. Click the Preferences button.

2. Click the Trading Preferences tab.

3. Click General.
4. Click On or Off to enable or disable Expert Mode.

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5. Click Save and Dismiss.

A Submit Order button is added to the Order Management Panel, allowing you to quickly
transmit orders.

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Creating Orders in Expert Mode

The steps to create an order with Expert Mode turned on are the same as when Expert mode is
turned off. The only difference is that you do not have to preview the order before transmitting it.
You can click the Submit Order button from the Order Management Panel as soon as you
create the order and enter all the required parameters.

Advanced Time In Force Attributes

Advanced Time in Force attributes, when enabled, add the Start Time and End Time fields and
GAT (Good-after-Time/Date) and GTD (Good-til-Date) to the TIF field in the Order Management
Panel. Advanced Time in Force attributes also add Start Time and End Time attributes to open
orders. You enable and disable Advanced Time in Force Attributes either on the Preferences
tab or on the Orders tab of the Order Management Panel.

To enable/disable Advanced Time in Force Attributes

1. Do one of the following:

o On the Preferences tab, select the On radio button, then select your local time zone
from the Time Zone drop-down list in the Advanced Time in Force Attributes section of
the page. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Save.

If you do not set your Time Zone on the Preferences page, the Start Time and End
Time for your orders will be GMT.
o On a per-order basis, select Advanced Time In Force from the drop-down in the upper

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right corner of the New Orders tab in the Order Management Panel.

The Start Time and End Time fields are added to the New Order tab.

2. To disable Advanced Time in Force attributes, select Simple Order Rules from the drop-
down in the upper right-corner of the New Orders tab in the Order Management Panel; or
on the Preferences page, select the On radio button in the Advanced Time in Force Attrib-
utes section.

Modifying an Order
You can modify parameters for any order that hasn't executed.

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To modify an order

1. From the Orders tab in the Order Management Panel, click the Preview Order button.

2. Change the order parameters as required, then preview the order again before submitting
it. Note that if you have Ex pert Mode turned on, you can submit the order without pre-
viewing it.

Cancelling an Order
You can cancel any orders that have not yet executed from the Orders tab in the Order
Management Panel.

To cancel an order that has not yet executed

1. In the Order Management Panel, click the Orders tab.

The Orders tab displays only Open Orders or All Orders, depending on which option is
selected in the drop-down list located in the upper right corner of the panel.

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Canceled Order

2. Cancel an open order by clicking the cancel button on the order row.
3. Cancel all open orders by clicking the [Cancel All Open] link.
4. You can also do any of the following:

o Modify an open order by clicking the modify button on the order row.
o Create a new order from an open order by clicking the new button on the order row.

5. To display all orders, including executed and canceled orders, select All Orders from the
drop-down list in the upper right corner of the panel.

Creating a New Order from an Open, Executed or Canceled

Order
You can create a new order from any open, executed or canceled order on the Orders tab in the
Order Management Panel.

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To create a new order from an open, executed or canceled order

1. In the Order Management Panel, click the Orders tab.

The Orders tab displays only Open Orders or All Orders, depending on which option is
selected in the drop-down list located in the upper right corner of the panel.

2. Display all orders, including executed and canceled orders, select All Orders from the
drop-down list in the upper right corner of the panel.

3. Create a new order from an open order by clicking the new button on the order row.

Creating an Order from the BookTrader

The BookTrader allows you to view deep book data for a selected contract, and create and
transmit orders with a single click. To activate single-click order transmission you must turn on

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BookTrader Expert Mode. Use BookTrader to trade stocks, options, futures, futures options and
bonds. You can place orders from the BookTrader in any of the following ways:

To create an order from the BookTrader

1. Add the BookTrader to the Market page. You can also add the BookTrader to the Orders,
Executions, Account, Options and Products pages.
2. Enter the underlying symbol, select an instrument type and click Go!  Choose a contract
from the list.

For instrument types other than stock, define additional contract parameters such as right,
strike and expiry (if needed).

3. If desired, modify the default order size. If you use instantaneous transmission, the default
order size is used. You can't change the order quantity on a per-order basis for single-
click orders.
4. Optionally, activate single-click order transmission by clicking the On radio button next to
BookTrader Expert Mode.

To activate expert mode, you need to accept the terms and risks of using single-click order
transmission by checking OK in the message box.
5. Click a price in the BookTrader to create an order.
6. Click a price in the Bid column to create a BUY limit order at the selected price.
7. Click a price in the Ask column to create a SELL limit order at the selected price.
6. Do one of the following:

o With Expert Mode turned off, modify the order parameters (Action, Quantity, etc.) as
required, then click Preview Order. Click Modify Order to further modify the order, or
Submit Order to transmit the order.
o With Expert Mode turned on, modify the order parameters (Action, Quantity, etc.) as
required, then click Submit Order.
o With BookTrader Expert Mode turned on, the order is transmitted as soon as you click
the Bid or Ask price. You don’t need to do anything else to place the order.

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Enabling BookTrader Expert Mode

BookTrader Expert Mode lets you submit an order from BookTrader with a single click. You
enable BookTrader Expert Mode on the Trading Preferences tab in the Preferences window.

To enable BookTrader Expert Mode

1. Click the Preferences button.

2. Click the Trading Preferences tab.

3. Click BookTrader. BookTrader settings appear.
4. Click On or Off to enable or disable BookTrader Expert Mode.
5. Optionally, modify the default size for orders placed from BookTrader for each contract
type.

6. Click Save and Dismiss.

7. A warning message appears. Click OK to agree and close the message.

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A Submit Order button is added to the Order Management Panel, allowing you to
quickly transmit orders.

Creating a Spread Order

Create spread (combination) orders that include options, stock and futures legs (stock legs can
be included if the order is routed through SmartRouting). Although a combination/spread order
is constructed of separate legs, it is executed as a single transaction if it is routed directly to an
exchange. For combination orders that are SmartRouted, each leg may be executed separately
to ensure best execution.

There are three ways to create a spread (combo) order:

Manually create a spread order on the Spread tab in the Order Management Panel.
Select a strategy on the Spread tab in the Order Management Panel.
Create a spread order directly from an option chain displayed on the Options page. You can
also select a strategy when you use this method.

Manually Create a Spread Order on the Spread Tab in the Order Man-
agement Panel
To create a spread order on the Spread tab

1. Click the blue arrow or the title [Order Management] in the Order Management Panel title
bar.

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Tab in the Order Management Panel

The Order Management Panel expands to fill the bottom half of the screen.

2. In the Order Management panel, click the Spread tab.

3. Select Custom from the Strategy drop-down list.

4. Enter a symbol and click Go. A list of available contracts appears in a drop-down list.

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Tab in the Order Management Panel

5. From the drop-down, select the contract you want to use as the first leg of the spread
order.
6. Select an Action (BUY or SELL). Depending on your selected symbol and action, the rest
of the fields in the first leg of your spread order are filled for you.
7. Click the green Plus Sign on the right side of the first leg of your order to add a second
leg.

Click the red Minus Sign on the right side of a leg to remove that leg from the order.

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Tab in the Order Management Panel

8. For the second leg, select an Action, then enter a symbol and click Go. A list of available
contracts appears in a drop-down list
9. From the drop-down, select the contract you want to use.

The fields below the two legs - Action (CREDIT or DEBIT), Quantity, Net Price, etc.- will
fill automatically.

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Spread Tab in the Order Management Panel

10. Click Preview Order, then submit your order from the preview window.

11. If you have Expert Mode turned on, click Submit Order to submit your order without hav-
ing to preview it.

Create a Spread Order Using a Strategy on the Spread Tab in the Order
Management Panel
To create a spread order using a strategy on the Spread tab

1. Click the blue arrow or the title [Order Management] in the Order Management Panel title
bar.

The Order Management Panel expands to fill the bottom half of the screen.

2. In the Order Management panel, click the Spread tab.

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Spread Tab in the Order Management Panel

3. Select a strategy from the Strategy drop-down list.

4. Enter a symbol in the Symbol field, then click Go.

5. From the drop-down, select the contract you want to use as the first leg of the spread
order.

The legs of your spread order are entered for you.

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If you change the Expiry, Strike or Put/Call on either leg of the spread order, WebTrader
reloads your spread order with the appropriate changes.

6. Click Preview Order, then submit your order from the preview window.

7. If you have Expert Mode turned on, click Submit Order to submit your order without hav-
ing to preview it.

Create a Spread Order from an Option Chain

To create a spread order from an option chain

1. Click the Options tab, then add a new tabbed page for each desired underlying.

See Viewing Option Chains for detailed instructions on adding option chains to the

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Options page.

2. Option chains are organized by expiry.

Click an expiry to view its option chains.

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3. Click the blue triangle symbol next to the Bid or Ask on the CALL or PUT side.

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4. Select a strategy from the drop-down menu that appears.

5. The Order Management Panel opens to the Spread tab and the legs of your spread order
have already been entered for you.

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6. Modify the spread order as necessary. Use the plus and minus signs to add or remove
legs.
7. Click Preview Order, then submit your order from the preview window.

If you have Expert Mode turned on, click Submit Order to submit your order without
having to preview it.

Modifying a spread order based on a selected strategy could result in an arbitrary strategy.

Note on Pricing

If you buy a spread and you owe cash (debit spread), enter a positive limit price. If you buy a
spread and you receive cash (a credit spread), you must enter a negative limit price.
Conversely, if you sell a spread and receive cash, enter a positive limit price. If you sell a
spread and owe cash, you must enter a negative limit price.

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Supported Strategies
WebTrader supports the following strategies for spread orders:

Add to Arbitrary - Select this strategy to add a leg to an existing spread order. If you
choose this strategy, you will have to manually enter an Action (DEBIT or CREDIT) and a
Net Price.
Box - An order to simultaneously purchase and sell two synthetics in identical numbers at
different strike prices.

For example: Buy 1 April02 95 call, Sell 1 April02 95 put, Sell 1 April02 100 call, Buy 1
April02 100 put.
Butterfly Call/Put - An order to simultaneously purchase an option with one strike price, pur-
chase an option with a second strike price, and sell two options with a third strike price that
is midway between the prices of the first two options. The ratio for a butterfly is always 1 x 2
x 1.

For example: Buy 10 March02 95 calls, Sell 20 March02 100 calls, Buy 10 March02 105
calls.
Buy Write - An order to simultaneously purchase (sell) a stock and sell (purchase) a call
option of the same underlying.

Purchase a Buy Write: Sell 1 XYZ April06 95 call, Buy 100 shares XYZ.
Sell a Buy Write: Buy 1 XYZ April06 95 call, Sell 100 shares XYZ.
Calendar - An order to simultaneously purchase and sell options with different expiration
dates, where both have the same underlying, right (call or put) and strike price. This spread
is sometimes referred to as a time spread. A calendar spread whose options have different
expiration dates and different strike prices is sometimes referred to as a diagonal spread.

For example: Buy 1 June02 100 call, Sell 1 March02 100 call.

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Conversion/Reversal - An order to simultaneously sell (or purchase) a call option and pur-
chase (or sell) a put option in identical numbers where both have the same underlying, expir-
ation date and strike price, and purchase stock of the same underlying.

Purchase a conversion: Sell 1 XYZ April04 75 call, Buy 1 XYZ April04 75 put, Buy 100
shares XYZ.
Sell a conversion: Buy 1 XYZ April04 75 call, Sell 1 XYZ April04 75 put, Sell 100 shares
XYZ.
Diagonal - An order to simultaneously sell (or purchase) a call option and purchase (or sell)
a put option in identical numbers where both have the same underlying, expiration date and
strike price, and purchase stock of the same underlying.

Purchase a conversion: Sell 1 XYZ April04 75 call, Buy 1 XYZ April04 75 put, Buy 100
shares XYZ.
Sell a conversion: Buy 1 XYZ April04 75 call, Sell 1 XYZ April04 75 put, Sell 100 shares
XYZ.
Iron Condor - An order to simultaneously purchase an out-of-the-money put bull spread,
and sell an out-of-the-money call bear spread, where all legs have the same expiry.

Purchase an iron condor: Buy 1 XYX JAN08 25.0 PUT, Sell 1 XYZ JAN08 27.5 PUT, Sell 1
JAN08 30.0 Call, Buy 1 JAN08 32.5 Call.
Sell an iron condor: Sell 1 XYX JAN08 25.0 PUT, Buy 1 XYZ JAN08 27.5 PUT, Buy 1
JAN08 30.0 Call, Sell 1 JAN08 32.5 Call.
Risk Reversal - An order to simultaneously purchase (or sell) a put option and sell (or pur-
chase) a call option in identical numbers where both have the same underlying and expir-
ation date, but the call generally has a higher strike price.

Purchase a risk reversal: Buy 1 XYZ April04 75 put, Sell 1 XYZ April04 95 call.
Sell a risk reversal: Sell 1 XYZ April04 75 put, Buy 1 XYZ April04 95 call.

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Straddle - An order to simultaneously purchase (or sell) a call and a put in identical num-
bers, where both have the same underlying, expiration date and strike price.

For example: Sell 1 Dec02 90 call, Sell 1 Dec02 90 put.

Strangle - An order to simultaneously purchase a call and a put with different strike prices,
where both have the same underlying and expiration date. In the case where both the call
and the put are out of the money, this order is referred to as an inside strangle.

For example: Buy 1 June02 95 put, Buy 1 June02 105 call.

Synthetic Call/Put- An order to simultaneously purchase a call and sell a put in identical
numbers (or sell a call and purchase a put in identical numbers), where both have the same
underlying, expiration date and strike price.

Purchase a synthetic: Buy 1 April02 100 call, Sell 1 April02 100 put.
Sell a synthetic: Sell 1 April02 100 call, Buy 1 April02 100 put.
Synthetic Put - An order to simultaneously purchase (or sell) a call option and sell (or pur-
chase) stock where both have the same underlying.

Purchase a synthetic put: Buy 1 XYZ April03 75 call, Sell 100 shares XYZ.
Sell a synthetic put: Sell 1 XYZ April03 75 call, Buy 100 shares XYZ.
Vertical - An order to simultaneously purchase and sell options at different strike prices,
where both have the same underlying, right (call or put) and expiration date. This spread is
sometimes referred to as a price spread.

Call vertical spread example: Buy 1 June02 100 call, Sell 1 June02 105 call.
Put vertical spread example: Buy 1 March02 105 put, Sell 1 March02 95 put.

Viewing Open Orders

You can review, modify or cancel any orders that have not yet executed from the Orders page.

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To view open orders

1. In the Order Management Panel, click the Orders tab.

2. Select one of the options from the drop-down list in the upper right corner of the Orders
tab:

o Select Open Orders to display only open orders.

o Select All Orders to display all orders, including executed and canceled orders.

3. You can sort the information on the Orders tab by any column. Simply click a column
name to sort by that column.
4. Use the modify, cancel or new links to modify the order parameters of an open order, can-
cel an open order or create a new order for the same contract.

Viewing Trades
You view execution reports of your trades on the Trades tab in the Order Management Panel.

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To view trades

1. In the Order Management Panel, click the Trades tab.

2. The Trades tab can display trades from the last seven days. Click the check box for each
day for which you want to view trades. Click All to view all trades from the last seven days.

3. Select one of the options from the drop-down list in the upper right corner of the Trades
tab:

o Select List to display information about each trade on a separate line. On each line, you
can click the new button to create a new order for the same contract.
o Select Summary to display a summary of activity for each contract. On each line, you
can click new to create a new order for the same contract.

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4. You can sort the information on the Trades tab by any column. Simply click a column
name to sort by that column.

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Monitoring Your Account
The WebTrader Account page lets you monitor many aspects of your IB account, including a
summary of important account values, your current margin requirements and trading limits, the
current market value of your portfolio and all your positions.

Click the Account tab to monitor your account.

The following topics are included:

Viewing Your Account Balances

Viewing Margin Requirements and Trading Limits
Viewing Market Value
Viewing Positions
Viewing Your Portfolio

Viewing Your Account Balances

Your account balances are displayed on the Account page.

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Account Summary

Value Securities Commodities

Net Total cash value + stock value + Total cash value +

Liquidation securities options value + bond commodities options
Value value. value.

Equity Cash Account: Settled Cash. Cash Account: Total

with Loan cash value +
Margin Account: Total cash value
Value commodities option
+ stock value + bond value + fund
value - futures
value + European & Asian options
maintenance margin
value.
requirement + minimum
(0, futures PNL).

Margin Account: total

cash value +
commodities option
value - futures
maintenance margin

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requirement.

Previous Marginable Equity with Loan Value Not applicable.

Day as of 16:00 ET the previous day.
Equity
with Loan
Value

SMA A special account associated with Not applicable.

a Reg T Margin account that is
maintained for the purpose of
applying Federal Regulation T
initial margin requirements at the
end of the trading day.

Max ((EWL - US initial margin

requirements)*, (Prior Day SMA
+/- change in day's cash +/- US
initial margin requirements** for
trades made during the day.))

*calculated end of day under US

Stock rules, regardless of country
of trading.

**at the time of the trade

Buying Cash Account: Minimum (Equity Not applicable for

Power with Loan Value, Previous Day futures.

Equity with Loan Value)-Initial

Margin

Standard Margin Account:

Minimum (Equity with Loan Value,

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Previous Day Equity with Loan

Value) - Initial Margin *4

Securities Long Stock Value + Short Stock Not applicable.

Gross Value + Long Option Value + Short
Position Option Value.
Value
(GPV)

Total Settled cash + sales at the time of Settled cash + sales at

Cash trade. the time of trade +
Value futures PNL

Settled Cash recognized at the time of Cash recognized at the

Cash settlement - purchases at the time time of settlement -
of trade - commissions - taxes - purchases at the time of
fees. trade - commissions -
taxes - fees.
Stock Settlement: Trade date + 3
days. Futures Settlement:
Trade date + 1 day.
Options Settlement: Trade date +
1 day.

Available This value tells what you have (Equity with Loan Value
Funds available for trading. or Previous Day Equity
with Loan Value,
whichever is lower) -
Equity with Loan Value - Initial
Initial Margin
margin.

Leverage Gross Position Value/Net Same.

Liquidation

Viewing Margin Requirements and Trading Limits

The Account page displays margin requirements and trading limit information in the Margin
Requirements section.

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Value Securities Commodities

Current

Initial Margin Initial margin requirement in Initial margin requirement in

the base currency of the the base currency of the
account. account.

Maintenance Maintenance margin Maintenance margin

Margin requirement in the base requirement in the base
currency of the account. currency of the account.

Available Equity with Loan Value - Same.

Funds Initial margin.

Excess Equity with Loan Value - Net Liquidation value -

Liquidity Maintenance margin. Maintenance margin.

Overnight

Initial Margin Initial margin requirement as Initial margin requirement as

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of next period's margin of next period's margin

change in the base currency change in the base currency
of the account. of the account.

Maintenance Maintenance margin Maintenance margin

Margin requirement as of next requirement as of next
period's margin change in period's margin change in the
the base currency of the base currency of the
account. account.

Available Same as during regular Net Liquidation value -

Funds trading hours. Overnight Maintenance
margin.

Excess Same as during regular Net Liquidation value -

Liquidity trading hours. Overnight Maintenance
margin.

Trading Limits

Day Trades Number of day trades left for Not applicable for futures.

Left four-day pattern day trader

period.

Viewing Market Value

The Account page shows the market value of your portfolio in the Market Value section. You
can also view Market Value on the Market, Options, Scanner, and Products pages using the
Customize This Page feature.

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Value Description

Cash Bal Cash balance recognized at the time of trade + futures PNL.

Stock Real-time mark-to-market value of stock.

Sec Real-time mark-to-market value of securities options.

Options

Fut Real-time mark-to-market value of futures options.

Options

Fut Pnl Real-time change in futures value since last settlement.

Net Liquid Net Liquidation Value of your account. Total cash value +
stock value + options value + bond value.

Unrealized The difference between the current market value of your open
Pnl positions and the average cost, or Value - Average Cost.

Realized Shows your profit on closed positions, which is the difference

Pnl between your entry execution cost and exit execution cost, or
(execution price + commissions to open the positions) -
(execution price + commissions to close the position).

Viewing Positions
The Account page shows your current positions in the Positions section. Use the open and
close links to open and close positions. You can also view Positions on the Market, Options,
Scanner and Products pages using the Customize This Page feature.

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Value Description

Position Number of long/short shares or contracts.

Mark Price Real-time mark-to-market value of stock.

Mark (Position) x (market price).

Value

Average Average cost of stock and securities options opening

Cost positions, including commissions.

Unrealized Market value of stock and securities options - average cost.

Pnl

Realized Market value of stock and securities options positions closed

Pnl since 16:00 ET - average cost for these positions.

Liquidate Last liquidation "Yes" or "No" tag.

Last

Viewing Your Portfolio

The Portfolio module displays the contracts in your portfolio, including number of positions,
average cost, Profit and Loss, and other information, and the total Unrealized P&L in your base

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currency. Contracts are displayed in alphabetical order by symbol. You can also view Positions
on the Market, Options, Scanner and Products pages using the Preferences feature. By default,
only 100 portfolio/position rows are displayed for each user.

Value Description

Contract The symbol, exchange, instrument type, base currency of the

contract.

Position Number of long/short shares or contracts.

Average Average cost of stock and securities options opening

Cost positions, including commissions.

Unrealized Market value of stock and securities options - average cost.

Pnl

Realized Market value of stock and securities options positions closed

P&L since 16:00 ET - average cost for these positions.

Last The last price at which the contract traded.

Change The difference between the last price and the close on the
previous trading day.

Volume Volume for the day.

Bid Size The number of contracts or shares bid for at the bid price. For
US stocks, the number displayed is divided by 100.

Bid The highest-priced bid for the contract.

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Ask The lowest price offered for the contract.

Ask Size The number of contracts or shares offered at the ask price.
For US stocks, the number displayed is divided by 100.

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Managing Options
WebTrader includes an Options page, which displays option chains, allows you to create a new
tab for each underlying, and supports one-click order creation.

This chapter includes the following topics:

Viewing Option Chains

Trading Options

Viewing Option Chains

The Options page lets you display option chains by creating a new tabbed page for each
underlying. Option chains include the various strike prices, expiration dates for puts and calls
for options on a specified underlying. Each row displayed represents a single
put/call/expiry/strike and the data is grouped by expiration month/year.

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You can add, remove and change the order of columns using the Edit Columns button, located
on the right side of the page.

To view option chains

1. Click the Options tab, then click the green plus sign.

The Option contract lookup box appears.

2. In the Symbol field, enter an underlying symbol, then select an instrument type from the
drop-down list and click Go. The new tabbed option page appears.
3. Continue to add new tabbed option pages as desired. Click the X to close the Option con-
tract lookup box.

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You can create a spread order directly from an option page. For more information, see
Create a Spread Order from an Option Chain.

4. Set the number of rows to display for each underlying by using the Rows To Show field,
located on the right side of the screen. Click in the field then enter a number or click the
blue up and down arrows to set the number. Click the All button to display all possible
rows.

5. You can remove or change the order tabbed option pages:

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o To remove a tabbed option page, click the Edit button, then click the red minus sign
next to each underlying you want to remove. Click Done when you are finished remov-
ing or changing the order of tabbed option pages.
o To change the order of a tabbed option page, click the Edit button, then click and drag
a tab by the handle icon located on the right side of the tab (the handle looks like three
stacked horizontal lines) to a new position. Release the mouse when the tab is in the
desired position.

You can also use the Edit button located on the right side of the page to remove columns.

Trading Options
You can create an order on any tabbed option page just as you would on the Market page, by
clicking the Ask price for a BUY order and the Bid price for a SELL order.

To trade from the Options page

1. Make sure you have defined your options chains, then click a tabbed option page.
2. Do one of the following:

o Click the Bid price of a contract to create a Sell order, or click the Ask price to create a
Buy order. The Order Management Panel opens with a new options order displayed.

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o Open the Order Management Panel, then click the Options tab under the New
Order tab. Enter a symbol in the Symbol field, then click the Go button (or press Tab or
Enter), then click a contract from the drop-down.

3. Modify any necessary parameters including:

o Action - Buy or Sell.

o Quantity - number of units in the order.
o Symbol - the symbol you want to order. This is automatically filled in if you created the
order by clicking the Bid or Ask price of a contract in the Market View. You can enter or
change the symbol by typing in the Symbol field. You can search for a symbol within
the Symbol field by typing part of the symbol in the field, clicking the Go button next to
the field, then selecting the symbol from the drop-down search results.
o Expiry - Use the drop-down to select the month and year of expiration. Once you select
a month and year, use the drop-down again to select a specific date within the selected
month and year. For example, select OCT10 to indicate an expiry of October 2010.
When the panel refreshes, select 01OCT10 from the drop-down to specify the exact
date of expiry.
o Strike - Use the drop-down to select the strike price.
o P/C - Select CALL or PUT from the drop-down.
o Class - Use the drop-down to select the class.
o Limit Price - for Limit and Stop Limit orders.
o Stop Price - for Stop and Stop Limit orders, the price that must be penetrated to initiate
the order.

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o Order Type - Limit, Market, Stop, Stop Limit, Limit-on-Close, Market-on-Close, Trailing
Stop, or Trailing Stop Limit.
o TIF - Day, GTC, IOC or OPG. A Day order continues to work until it executes or the mar-
ket closes. GTC (good 'til cancelled) order continues to work until it executes or is can-
celled. An IOC (Immediate-or-Cancel) order instructs the system to cancel any portion
of the order that is not filled immediately. An OPG time in force is used with a Limit
order to indicate a Limit-on-Open order, or with a Market order to indicate a Market-on-
Open order.(

If you have enabled Advanced Time in Force Attributes on the Preferences page (or
have selected Advanced Time in Force from the drop-down in the upper right corner of
the New Order tab), the Start Time and End Time fields are added to the Create Order
box and you can also select GAT for a Good-after-Tiem/Date order, or GTD for a Good-
til-Date order.
o Fill Outside RTH - Selecting this check box allows the order to fill or trigger outside of
regular house (as well as during regular trading hourse) if the order is eligible to do so.
o Exchange - select SMART to get the best execution, or choose to direct-route to a
single exchange by choosing from the list.
o You can delete the order before you submit or preview it by clicking the Clear button.

4. With a Limit order, you can add an order attribute by clicking the green plus sign (+) loc-
ated on the left side of the order fields, then selecting the appropriate check box in the

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popup window. Be sure to click the X button to close the popup window.

o Discretionary - This option is not available for option orders.

o Attach Auto Trailing Stop - Selecting this check box adds a trailing stop order to dis-
played order. You can modify the Action, Limit Price, TIF or Exchange for the trailing
stop order.
o Attach Bracket Order - Adds two orders to your original orders to form a bracket order,
and adds the Election Price field to the third order in the bracket. You can modify the
Action, Limit Price, TIF or Exchange for the second and third order in the bracket, and
the Election Price for the third order.

5. Click Preview Order. The order preview shows the amount of the trade, the commission,
and what your total initial and maintenance margin and total Equity with Loan Value will
be if the trade is executed.

6. Click Modify Order to further modify the order, or Submit Order to transmit the order.

If you have Expert Mode turned on (enabled on the Preferences page), you can submit the
order without previewing it.

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Market Scanners
WebTrader includes the Scanner page, which lets you create market scans for stocks in US
and global markets by defining scan criteria and viewing scan results.

This chapter includes the following topics:

About Market Scanners

Creating a Market Scanner
Using the US Corporate Bond Scanner
Creating an Order from the Scanner Page

About Market Scanners

Market scanners provide a quick scan of relevant markets and return the top contracts based on
the instrument, parameter and filtering criteria you define.

Here is a list of the most common market scanner parameters available in WebTrader. There
are many more scanner parameters available that are not listed here, and available market
scans change based on the Instrument/Location criteria you select.

Parameter Description

Top % Gain- Contracts whose last trade price shows the highest percent
ers increase from the previous night's closing price.

Top % Contracts whose last trade price shows the lowest percent
Losers increase from the previous night's closing price.

Most Act- Contracts with the highest trading volume today, based on
ive units used (lots for US stocks; contract for derivatives and
non-US stocks).

Not Open Contracts that have not traded today.

Most Act- Contracts with the highest trading volume today, based on

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Parameter Description

ive ($) dollar amount.

Halted Contracts for which trading has been halted.

Hot Con- Contracts where:

tracts by
(lastTradePrice-prevClose)/avgDailyChange is highest in
Price
absolute value (positive or negative).

The avgDailyChange is defined as an exponential moving

average of the contract's (dailyClose-dailyOpen)

Hot Con- Contracts where:

tracts by
today'sVolume/avgDailyVolume is highest.
Volume
avgDailyVolume is a 30-day exponential moving average of
the contract's daily volume.

Top Trade The top trade count during the day.

Count

Top Trade Contracts with the highest number of trades in the past 60
Rate seconds (regardless of the sizes of those trades).

Top Price The largest difference between today's high and low, or yes-
Range terday's close if outside of today's range.

Hot by The largest price range (from Top Price Range calculation)
Price over the volatility.
Range

Top The top volume rate per minute.

Volume
Rate

Top % Gain- Shows contracts with the highest percent price INCREASE
ers Since between the last trade and opening prices.
Open

Top % Shows contracts with the highest percent price DECREASE

Losers between the last trade and opening prices.

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Parameter Description

Since Open

Top Close- Shows contracts with the highest percent price INCREASE
to-Open % between the previous close and today's opening prices.
Gainers

Top Close- Shows contracts with the highest percent price DECREASE
to-Open % between the previous close and today's opening prices.
Losers

Highest Shows the top underlying contracts (stocks or indices) with

Option Imp the highest vega-weighted implied volatility of near-the-
Vol* money options with an expiration date in the next two
months.

Lowest Shows the top underlying contracts (stocks or indices) with

Option Imp the lowest vega-weighted implied volatility of near-the-money
Vol* options with an expiration date in the next two months.

Top Option Shows the top underlying contracts (stocks or indices) with
Imp Vol % the largest percent gain between current implied volatility and
Gainers* yesterday's closing value of the 15 minute average of implied
volatility.

Top Option Shows the top underlying contracts (stocks or indices) with
Imp Vol % the largest percent loss between current implied volatility and
Losers* yesterday's closing value of the 15 minute average of implied
volatility.

High Shows the top underlying contracts (stocks or indices) with

Option Imp the largest divergence between implied and historical volat-
Vol Over ilities.
Historical*

Low Option Shows the top underlying contracts (stocks or indices) with
Imp Vol the smallest divergence between implied and historical volat-
Over His- ilities.
torical*

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Parameter Description

Most Act- Displays the most active contracts sorted descending by

ive by Opt options volume.
Volume

Most Act- Returns the top 50 underlying contracts with the (highest
ive by Opt number of outstanding call contracts) + (highest number of
Open outstanding put contracts)
Interest

High Opt Put option volumes are divided by call option volumes and
Volume the top underlying symbols with the highest ratios are dis-
P/C Ratio played.

Low Opt Put option volumes are divided by call option volumes and
Volume the top underlying symbols with the lowest ratios are dis-
P/C Ratio played.

High Returns the top 50 contracts with the highest put/call ratio of

Option outstanding option contracts.
Open
Interest
P/C Ratio

Low Option Returns the top 50 contracts with the lowest put/call ratio of
Open outstanding option contracts.
Interest
P/C Ratio

Hot by Shows the top underlying contracts for highest options

Option volume over a 10-day average.
Volume

13-Week The highest price for the past 13 weeks.

High

13-Week The lowest price for the past 13 weeks.

Low

26-Week The highest price for the past 26 weeks.

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Parameter Description

High

26-Week The lowest price for the past 26 weeks.

Low

52-Week The highest price for the past 52 weeks.

High

52-Week The lowest price for the past 52 weeks.

Low

High Returns the top 50 contracts with the highest Earnings Per
Growth Share growth rate.
Rate (Reu-
ters)

Low Returns the top 50 contracts with the lowest Earnings Per
Growth Share growth rate.
Rate (Reu-
ters)

High P/E Returns the top 50 contracts with the highest Price to Earn-
Ratio (Reu- ings ratio.
ters)

Low P/E Returns the top 50 contracts with the lowest Price to Earn-
Ratio (Reu- ings ratio.
ters)

High Quick Returns the top 50 contracts with the highest "Quick" ratio.
Ratio (Reu-
ters)

Low Quick Returns the top 50 contracts with the lowest "Quick" ratio.
Ratio (Reu-
ters)

High Returns the top 50 contracts with the highest dividend per
Dividend share yield.

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Parameter Description

Yield (Reu-
ters)

High Returns the top 50 contracts with the highest return on

Return on equity.
Equity
(Reuters)

Low Return Returns the top 50 contracts with the lowest return on equity.
on Equity
(Reuters)

High Returns the top 50 contracts with the highest price to book
Price/Book value per share ratio.
Ratio (Reu-
ters)

Low Returns the top 50 contracts with the lowest price to book
Price/Book value per share ratio.
Ratio (Reu-
ters)

*30-day (V30) Implied Volatilities:

Implied volatility is calculated using a 100-step binary tree for American style options, and a
Black-Scholes model for European style options. Interest rates are calculated using the
settlement prices from the day’s Eurodollar futures contracts, and dividends are based on
historical payouts.

The IB 30-day volatility is the at-market volatility estimated for a maturity thirty calendar days
forward of the current trading day. It is based on option prices from two consecutive expiration
months. The first expiration month is that which has at least eight calendar days to run. The
implied volatility is estimated for the eight options on the four closest to market strikes in each
expiry. The implied volatilities are fit to a parabola as a function of the strike price for each

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expiry. The at-the-market implied volatility for an expiry is then taken to be the value of the fit
parabola at the expected future price for the expiry. A linear interpolation (or extrapolation, as
required) of the 30-day variance based on the squares of the at-market volatilities is performed.
V30 is then the square root of the estimated variance. If there is no first expiration month with
less than sixty calendar days to run, we do not calculate a V30.

Creating a Market Scanner

You create market scanners on the Scanner page.

To create a market scanner

1. Click the Scanner tab.

2. Click the Edit button or the blue arrow on the left side of the Scanner title to display the
scan settings.

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You select the instrument, location, scanner parameter and filtering criteria on the scan
settings section of the page. Note that you can click the minus sign (-) to hide the scan
settings.

3. Select an instrument from the list. Note that the scan title changes with each selection to
reflect the criterion you select.

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4. Select a location from the Location tree. You can click the minus and plus signs to hide or
show a location. The available locations change depending on the selected instrument.

5. Select the scanner parameter from the list. The available parameters change depending
on the selected instrument and location.

6. Optionally, select filter criteria:

o Filter the results by price. You can include contracts whose prices are greater than or
less than an amount you enter.
o Filter the results by dividend yield percent. You can include contracts whose divident
yields are greater than or less than a percentage you enter.

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7. Set the maximum number of contracts to return in the scan in the Max Results field. Avail-
able selections depend on the selected scanner parameter. Select Auto to return 50 con-
tracts.

8. Click Search to view the scan results.

Sorting Scan Results

You can sort the scan results by any column heading by clicking the double arrow icon next to
the column name.

Using the US Corporate Bond Scanner

You can select US Corporate Bonds as the instrument type when you run a market scanner in
WebTrader.

To use the US Corporate Bond Scanner

1. Click the Scanner tab.

2. If the scan settings are not already displayed, click the blue arrow to the left of the scan
title or click the Edit button.

3. Select US Corporate Bonds from the Instrument list. The rest of the scan settings refresh

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with scan criteria specific to US Corporate Bonds.

4. In the Filters section, do any of the following:

o Specify optional market data filters if desired, including price, size, yield, current yield,
stock symbol and issuer.
o Specify more detailed filter criteria, such as payment frequency, coupon rate or equity
cap.
o Require or exclude bonds that are defaulted, callable, exchange listed, FDIC insured or
variable rate.

5. Use the check boxes to require or exclude any industry-specific bonds from the scan res-
ults.

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6. Select a sort order from the Sort by drop-down.

7. Select the maximum number of results to return in the Max Results drop-down.
8. Click Search. The scan results display.

9. Click any column heading to sort the data by that column.

10. Click the Edit button to modify the scan settings and run the scan again.

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Creating an Order from the Scanner Page

You can also create orders from the Scanner page.

To create an order from the Scanner page

1. Click the Scanner tab.

2. Create and run a market scan.
3. On the right side of the results, click the Bid price to create a sell order for a specific con-
tract, or click the Ask price to create a buy order.

The Order Management Panel appears.

4. Modify the order parameters as required, then click Preview Order to preview the order
before you submit it or, if you have Expert Mode turned on, click Submit Order.

For more information on creating orders, see Managing Orders.

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Searching for Contract Information
The Search page displays the IB Contract Information Center, which is also available from IB’s
web site. This page lets you search our database for information about instruments available
through our trading platform.

This chapter includes the following topics:

Using Simple Search

Using Advanced Search
Searching for Indices/ETFs
Setting Search Preferences

Using Simple Search

Use the simple search to find any contract by product name or symbol.

The numeric totals above the search field represent the number of underlying products.

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To use simple search

1. Click the Search tab to open the Simple Search page.

2. Enter a product name or symbol.
3. Click Submit.

You can also click the Advanced link next to the Submit button to display the Advanced
search page.

The results appear in below the search field, as shown in the following example.

Using Advanced Search

Use the advanced search to find a contract by a wide variety of search criteria, including
contract type, margin or security ID.

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To use advanced search

1. Click the Search tab to open the Search page.

2. Click the Advanced tab to open the Advanced Search page.
3. Enter information in some or all of the fields to search for a contract:

Field Description

Search Fields Common to All Contract Types

Description/Name Type a keyword(s)

Contract Type Select All or an individual contract type.

Note: Selecting Stock, Futures, Option, Bond,

Index, Mutual Fund or Warrants display the
additional contract-type specific search fields
described below in this table.

Country/Region Select All or an individual region or country from

the drop-down list.

Symbol Type an underlying symbol.

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Exchange Select All or an individual exchange from the drop-

down list. Exchanges are organized by region in
the list.

Currency Select All or an individual currency from the drop-

down list.

Initial Margin Type the amount of overnight initial margin. You

may enter a >, < or = sign in front of the amount to
specify margins greater than, less than or equal to
the amount you enter. By default, = is assumed.

Move your mouse cursor over the red question

mark to display additional information about this
field.

Maintenance Type the amount of overnight maintenance

Margin margin. You may enter a >, < or = sign in front of
the amount to specify margins greater than, less
than or equal to the amount you enter. By default,
= is assumed.

Move your mouse cursor over the red question

mark to display additional information about this
field.

Short Margin Type the amount of overnight short margin. You

may enter a >, < or = sign in front of the amount to
specify margins greater than, less than or equal to
the amount you enter. By default, = is assumed.

Move your mouse cursor over the red question

mark to display additional information about this
field.

Security ID Type Select All or an individual security ID type from

the drop-down list.

Security ID Type a security ID.

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Stock Search Fields

Stock Type Select All or an individual stock type from the

drop-down list.

Futures Search Fields

Futures Type Select All or an individual futures type from the

drop-down list.

Expiration Date: Type an expiration date: enter a month and year or

From and To month, day and year in either the From or To field,
or use both fields to specify a range of dates. You
can use the format mm/yy, mm/dd/yy, mm-yy or
mm-dd-yy. For year, you can use two or four
characters.

Option Search Fields

Exercise Style Select All, American or European from the drop-

down list.

Expiration Date: Type an expiration date: enter a month and year or

From and To month, day and year in either the From or To field,
or use both fields to specify a range of dates. You
can use the format mm/yy, mm/dd/yy, mm-yy or
mm-dd-yy. For year, you can use two or four
characters.

Strike: Type a strike price in either the From or To field, or

From and To use both fields to specify a range of prices.

Bond Search Fields

Issuer Name Type the issuer name.

Coupon Type Select All or an individual coupon type from the

drop-down list.

Bond Type Select All or an bond type from the drop-down list.

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Collateral Type Select All or an individual collateral type from the

drop-down list.

Issue Date: Type an issue date: enter a month and year or

From and To month, day and year in either the From or To field,
or use both fields to specify a range of dates. You
can use the format mm/yy, mm/dd/yy, mm-yy or
mm-dd-yy. For year, you can use two or four
characters.

Maturity Date: Type a maturity date: enter a month and year or

From and To month, day and year in either the From or To field,
or use both fields to specify a range of dates. You
can use the format mm/yy, mm/dd/yy, mm-yy or
mm-dd-yy. For year, you can use two or four
characters.

Index Search Fields

Index Type Select All or an individual index type from the

drop-down list.

Mutual Fund Search Fields

Fund Family Select All or an individual fund family from the

drop-down list.

Investment Type Select All or an individual investment type from

the drop-down list.

Warrant Search Fields

Issuer Name Type the issuer name.

Call/Put Select All, Call or Put from the drop-down list.

Exercise Style Select All, American or European from the drop-

down list.

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Issue Date: Type an issue date: enter a month and year or

From and To month, day and year in either the From or To field,
or use both fields to specify a range of dates. You
can use the format mm/yy, mm/dd/yy, mm-yy or
mm-dd-yy. For year, you can use two or four
characters.

Expiration Date: Type an expiration date: enter month and year or

From and To month, day and year in either the From or To field,
or use both fields to specify a range of dates. You
can use the format mm/yy, mm/dd/yy, mm-yy or
mm-dd-yy. For year, you can use two or four
characters.

Strike: Type a strike price in either the From or To field, or

From and To use both fields to specify a range of prices.

Selecting Stock, Futures, Option or Bond is the same as clicking the Stocks, Futures,
Options or Bonds tabs on the Search page.

4. Optionally, select one of the following check boxes to further narrow your search:

o Has Futures
o Has Options
o Has Warrants

5. Click Submit.

Click the Reset button to populate the search fields with the default data.

The results appear in a pop-up window, as shown in the following example.

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6. Click any link in the search results to display additional information.

Searching for Indices/ETFs

Use the Indices/ETFs tab on the Search page to search for indices using index or ETF
components.

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To search for indices/ETFs

1. Click the Search tab to open the Search page.

2. Click the Indices/ETFs tab.

Index components are listed on the left side of the page; ETF components are listed on
the right side.

3. Click the Components link for any Index or ETF to view its components.

Click the Details link for any index or ETF to view its details.

Setting Search Preferences

You can change the display language of the Search page in Search Preferences.

To change the Search page display language:

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1. Click the Search tab to open the Search page.

2. Click Preferences in the upper right corner of the page.

3. Click the radio button next to your preferred language, then click Save Preferences.

The Search page refreshes, with all field labels displayed in the selected language.

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Customizing WebTrader
There are several ways to customize WebTrader, including adding product-specific pages,
creating custom tabbed pages, changing preferences and editing columns.

This chapter includes the following topics:

Adding Product Pages

Creating Custom Tabbed Pages
Setting Preferences
Customizing WebTrader Pages
Editing Columns

Adding Product Pages

The Products page shows market data, option chains and charts for a specific product. You can
add multiple tabs to the Products page, one for each product.

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To add a tabbed page to the Product page

1. Click the Products tab, then click the green plus sign.

The contract lookup box appears.

2. In the Symbol field, enter an underlying symbol, then select an instrument type from the
drop-down list and click Go. The new tabbed option page appears.

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3. Continue to add new tabbed product pages as desired. Click the X to close the contract
lookup box. Click the X (Close) to close the box and add the tabbed page.

4. You can remove or change the order tabbed product pages:

o To remove a tabbed product page, click the Edit button, then click the red minus sign
next to each tab you want to remove. Click Done when you are finished removing
tabbed product pages.
o To change the order of a tabbed option page, click the Edit button, then click and drag
a tab by the handle icon located on the right side of the tab (the handle looks like three
stacked horizontal lines) to a new position. Release the mouse when the tab is in the
desired position. Click Done when you are finished moving tabbed product pages.

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Creating Custom Tabbed Pages

WebTrader includes a Customize Tabs feature that lets you create your own tab to add to the
existing tab set. You can also re-order the tabset to accommodate your trading style. You create
custom tabbed pages on the Content tab of the Preferences window.

To create a custom tabbed page

1. Click Preferences.

The Preferences window opens to the Content tab.

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2. Click Add New Tab.

3. Type the name of the new tabbed page, then press Enter.

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The new tabbed page is added to the list of current tabs.

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4. Now add modules to the new page as required by clicking the modules displayed in the
Click to Add Modules section.
5. Click Save and Dismiss to save your changes and close the Preferences window.

Setting Preferences
Use the Preferences window to change a variety of WebTrader settings. Preferences are
divided into three tabbed pages in the Preferences window:

Site Preferences
Trading Preferences
Content Preferences
Market Data Preferences

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To change preferences

1. Click the Preferences button.

2. The Preferences window typically opens to the Content tab. Click the tab that contains the
settings you want to change, then modify settings as desired.
3. Click Save to save your changes and continue to make more changes in the Preferences
window.

Click Save and Dismiss to save your changes and close the Preferences window.

Site Preferences
Site Preferences Page Settings

Setting Description

General

Restore Click the Restore Now button to restore all Preferences to the

Factory default settings.
Settings

Store set- When set to On, lets you save your WebTrader settings, includ-
tings on ing market data, pages etc., on our server instead of on your
server local machine. If checked, your WebTrader will have the same
data and look regardless of your login location. When set to
Off, settings are only saved on the computer you are currently
using.

Tooltips Turn tooltips On or Off.

Display

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Skin Lets you change the WebTrader display colors. Select either
the Dark Skin or the Light Skin. Note that all the screenshots
included in this guide use the Dark Skin.

Font Lets you change the display font in WebTrader. Choose Arial,
Times New Roman or Verdana.

Font Lets you change the display font size in WebTrader. Choose
size Very Small, Small, Medium or Large.

Language

Preferred Select the radio button that corresponds to your preferred lan-
Language guage.

Trading Preferences
Trading Preferences Page Settings

Setting Description

General

Expert Mode Expert Mode lets you submit an order without having to
preview it first.

Select On or Off to turn Expert Mode on or off.

Default Size Lets you enter the default order size for each contract type.

Advanced When turned On, adds the Start Time and End Time fields
Time In Force and GAT (Good-after-Time/Date) and GTD (Good-til-Date)
to the TIF field in the Create Order box. Advanced Time in
Force attributes also add Start Time and End Time
attributes to open orders.

Click On or Off to turn Advanced Time In Force attributes

on or off. You can also turn this on in the Order
Management Panel.

Fixed Income When turned on, lets you display the total price, which
Pricing includes any extra fees or commissions charged by the

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external executing systems. Also, the Limit, Bid and Ask

prices in the Order Management Panel will be treated as
the total price.

By default, Fixed Income Pricing is turned off, and the

Limit, Bid and Ask prices are treated as raw prices without
extra fees or commissions included.

BookTrader

BookTrader BookTrader Expert Mode lets you submit an order from

Expert Mode BookTrader with a single click.

Click On or Off to turn BookTrader Expert Mode on or off.

BookTrader Lets you enter the default size for orders placed from
Default Size BookTrader for each contract type.

Precautionary

Precautionary Precautionary settings are percentage values used by the

Settings (Per- system as safety checks. If you submit an order that
centage) violates any of these custom settings, you will receive an
error message and your order will not transmit.

Enter percent values for each asset type (stocks, options,

etc.). You cannot leave these fields blank.

Precautionary settings prevent you from transmitting a

limit order that has a mistyped limit price. If you attempt to
transmit a limit order with a price outside of this calculated
percent off the market price, an error message appears.
The market price used is the price displayed in either the
bid (sell) or ask (buy) field at the time you transmit the
order.

Content Preferences
Use the Content tab to add or remove tabbed WebTrader pages or add or remove modules from
WebTrader pages. The Content tab in the Preferences window contains the following
configurable settings:

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Current Tabs - Change the order of tabbed pages by dragging a tab to a new position;
delete a tabbed page by clicking the minus sign; add a custom tab by clicking the Add New
Tab button, then naming the new tab.
Add Default Tabs - Add default tabs that have not yet been added to the list of Current
Tabs.
Modules Enabled - Add and remove modules from each tabbed page. First click the page
in the Current Tabs section to highlight it (in WebTrader, highlighted items appear dark),
then click the minus signs to remove modules from that page, and the plus signs to add mod-
ules from the Click To Add Modules section.
Manage Current Preferences - Change settings for individual modules. First click the page
in the Current Tabs section to highlight it, then select the module in the Modules Enabled
section. Finally, modify the applicable setting in the Manage Current Preferences section.
Note that not all modules have configurable settings.
Manage Current Contracts - Add or remove contracts from each module. First click the
page in the Current Tabs section to highlight it, then select the module in the Modules
Enabled section. Finally, use the minus and plus icons to remove and add contracts. When
you add a contract, use the contract lookup to identify the instrument type and contract.

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Market Data Preferences

Use the Market Data tab to:

View the current status of streaming market data.

Turn delayed market data off for contracts for which you do not currently hold market data
subscriptions.
Set the number of displayed decimal places for streaming market data.

Neither streaming market data nor the Market Data tab in the Preferences window is available if
you launch WebTrader from within Account Management. You must log in to WebTrader
directly from the IB website to access these features.

Streaming market data is supported in the latest versions of Firefox, Chrome and Safari web
browers. At this time, it is NOT supported in any version of Internet Explorer.

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Customizing WebTrader Pages

By default, WebTrader includes separate pages for specific tasks so that the interface is
uncluttered and easy to read. However, we understand that many traders prefer to have all of
their information at their fingertips without the need to tab between pages. To accommodate
both of these styles, we let you customize your pages by including non page-related
functionality as expandable panels.

To customize a page

1. From any page in WebTrader, click the Preferences button.

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The Preferences window opens to the Content tab. In the figure below, the Market page is
the currently selected tab and the Modules Enabled list shows that only the Market View
module is enabled on that page.

Editing Columns
Several tabbed pages, including the Market and Options pages, and several modules display
data in columns. WebTrader lets you edit columns on these pages and modules as follows:

Remove columns
Add columns
Change the order of columns

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Removing Columns
You can remove columns from the following tabbed pages and modules:

Market page - Use the Edit button

Options page - Use the Edit or Edit Columns button, both located on the right side of the
page
Scanner results - Use the Edit or Edit Columns button, both located on the right side of the
page
Positions module - Use the Edit button
Portfolio module - Use the Edit button
Options Chains module - Use the Edit or Edit Columns button, both located on the right side
of the module
Market View module - Use the Edit button

To remove columns using the Edit or Edit Columns button

1. Click the Edit button or the Edit Columns button located on the right side of the page or
module. (The Edit button turns into a Done button while you are editing.)

Red minus signs appear next to each column heading.

2. Click the red minus sign next to the column you want to remove from the display.
You can add the column back using the Edit or Edit Columns button later, if you wish.

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3. Click the Done button when you are finished removing columns.

You can also use the Add Column function at the bottom of the display to open the Select
Columns dialog, where you can add and remove multiple columns and change the order
of columns.

Adding Columns
You can add columns to the following tabbed pages and modules:

Market page - Use the Edit button

Options page - Use the Edit Columns button
Scanner results - Use the Edit Columns button
Positions module - Use the Edit button
Portfolio module - Use the Edit button
Options Chains module - Use the Edit Columns button
Market View module - Use the Edit button

To add columns

1. Click the Edit button or the Edit Columns button located on the right side of the page or
module. (The Edit button turns into a Done button while you are editing.)

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2. Click Add Column, located at the bottom left of the display with a green plus sign next to
it.

The Select Columns dialog opens.

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The currently displayed columns are shown on the left side of the dialog and the columns
that are not currently displayed are shown on the right.

3. Click the green plus sign next to the column on the right that you want to add. The column
is added to bottom of the list of displayed columns, which corresponds to the right- most
column heading on the page.

o Click Add All to add all missing columns.

o Click Remove All to remove all displayed columns, then add columns in the order in
which you want them to appear on the page you are editing.

4. Click Ok when you are finished.

5. Click the Done button.

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Change the Order of Columns

You can change the order of columns on the following tabbed pages and modules in
WebTraders;

Market page - Use the Edit button

Options page - Use the Edit Columns button
Scanner results - Use the Edit Columns button
Positions module - Use the Edit button
Portfolio module - Use the Edit button
Options Chains module - Use the Edit Columns button
Market View module - Use the Edit button

To change the order of columns

1. Click the Edit button or the Edit Columns button located on the right side of the page or
module. (The Edit button turns into a Done button while you are editing.)

2. Click Add Column, located at the bottom left of the display with a green plus sign next to
it.

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The Select Columns dialog opens.

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3. Change the order of the columns in one of the following ways:

o Click and drag the handle of a column in the list of displayed columns to the desired
position.

You cannot click and drag to re-order columns on the Options page.

o Click Remove all to remove all columns from the list of displayed columns, then click
the green plus sign next to each column on the right that you want to add in the order in
which you want the columns to appear on the page you are editing. Each column you
add is added to the bottom of the list, which corresponds to the right- most column head-
ing on the page.

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4. Click Ok when you are finished.

5. Click the Done button.

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Index

account 87

account balances 87

Account page

margin requirements 90

market value 92

portfolio 94

positions 93

active session login 7

Add to Arbitrary 81

adding 17

adding BookTrader 26

adding columns 144

adding modules 9

adding products 129

adding tickers

in Market View 17

in Preferences window 19

advanced search 120

advanced time in force attributes 63

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BookTrader

adding to Market page 26

creating orders from 67

BookTrader expert mode 29

BookTrader Expert Mode 68-69

Box 81

bulletins 11

Butterfly Call/Put 81

buttons 9

Buy Write 81

Calendar 81

canceling orders 65

changing the order of columns 147

changing the order of tickers 24

changing the order of tickets 24-25

chart types 34

charts 29

changing chart type 34

changing time period of 37

changing zoom levels 39

data points on 38

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manually change the time scale 41

scroll left and right 42

columns

adding 144

changing the order 147

editing 142

removing 143

content preferences 138

Conversion/Reversal 82

creating a spread order 70

creating custom tabbed pages 132

creating orders 53, 57

from canceled 66

from executed 66

from open 66

in Expert Mode 63

custom pages 132

customizing pages 141

customizing WebTrader 129

data points on charts 38

delayed market data 16

turning on and off 140

deleting columns 143

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Diagonal 82

Edit buttons 10

Edit Columns button 10

editing columns 142

execution reports 84

Expert Mode

enabling 61

getting started 5

Help link 9

hide the Order Management Panel 46

indices/ETFs

search for 126

Iron Condor 82

logging in 5

when there is an active session 7

logging out 14

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managing options 97

margin requirements 90

market data 15

adding a ticker 17

delayed 16

removing tickers 22

streaming 16

market data preferences 140

Market Page 15

creating orders 57

Market Pulse 12

market scanners 105

about 105

creating 111

creating orders 117

sorting scan results 114

market value 92

modifying orders 64

modules

adding 9

monitoring your account 87

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news bulletins 11

open orders 83

option chains

creating spread orders from 76

set number of rows 99

viewing 97

options 97

trading 100

Order Management Panel 45

creating orders on 53

show or hide 46

order types 48

orders 8, 45

canceling 65

creating 53

from BookTrader 67

from the Scanners page 117

modifying 64

on the Market page 57

searching for symbol 101

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portfolio

viewing 94

Portfolio News 11

positions 93

preferences 136-138, 140

Preferences button 10

preferences for contract search 127

Preferences page 135

Products page 129

removing columns 143

removing tickers 22

reorder columns 147

Risk Reversal 82

running market scans 111

scan results,sorting 114

scanners 105

scroll charts 42

search for symbol in an order 101

search preferences 127

searching for contract information 119

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setting preferences 135

content 138

site 136

trading 137

seven day trades 85

Show Order Time Attributes 63

show the Order Management Panel 46

simple search 119

site preferences 136

sorting scan results 114

spread orders 70

from option chains 76

manually create 70

supported strategies 81

using a strategy 74

status of streaming market data 140

Strangle 83

strategies for spread orders 81

strategy for spread orders 74

streaming market data 16

streaming market data status 140

supported order types 45, 48

Synthetic Call/Put 83

Synthetic Put 83

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system buttons 9

tabbed pages 7

tickers 17

changing the order 24

removing 22

removing from Market View 22

removing from Preferences window 23

ticket order

changing in Market View 24

changing in Preferences 25

TIF

advanced 63

time in force attributes 63

time period in charts 37

time scale of charts

manually changing 41

trades 84

trading limits 90

trading options 100

trading preferences 137

US Corporate Bond Scanner 114

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using advanced search 120

using simple search 119

Vertical 83

viewing account balances 87

viewing execution reports 84

viewing margin requirements 90

viewing market conditions worldwide 12

viewing market data 15

viewing market value 92

viewing open orders 83

viewing option chains 97

viewing positions 93

viewing trades 84

viewing trading limits 90

viewing your portfolio 94

WebTrader

customizing 129

WebTrader beta 6

WebTrader pages

customizing 141

WebTrader, getting started with 5

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