IB help How to "unbreak" the legs of an option trade

[Civicguy]

Not sure what happened but my trades are in a mess... the actual legs of the option trades are not correct.

 

For example, my VIX Nov 17 $30 Call should be together with my Vix Oct 20 $15 Put 

But somehow it is with Oct 20 $18 Call 

 

How to just trade break these combos and put them together in the right combo ?

 

 

Edited August 25, 2015 by Civicguy

[Civicguy]

Found the answer. .it is a setting

 

 

[Marco]

I just had a 1 1/2 hr conversation with IB where they admitted that feature is broken and a development team is looking into that. 

It basically doesn't show positions in combos when created in certain ways on your quote monitor and I had wrong positions displayed when I rolled an option (just one leg) to a different strike or maturity.  

To be sure to see the righ position hide complex positions as above (then you just see every single leg on its own but correct position in each) or look at risk Navigator which will also show correct position.

 

I hope they fix it soon but the bug has been around for a while without being fixed. I hope my 1 1/2 hr chat pushed that a bit.

[Civicguy]

Thanks Marco !

[4REAL]

2 weeks ago IB advised me to switch to the "TWS lastest " version,

b/c my TWS is very slow and unresponsive when I add more than 15 tabs in OptionTrader.

That didn't solve this problem at all.

But by switching to the latest verion I had the same issue.

Apparently in "TWS lastest " version it is not possible to see your positions

as separate legs in your optionchains and simultaneously see your combo you created

in the quote panel. You can only see one or the other, very confusing

So i returned instantly to the "normal" version.

[TDM]

Hey CivicGuy,

 

Where is that setting? I can't seem to find the tab in configuration, and when I search for it it's not showing up.

 

Thanks,

T

[4REAL]

Hey CivicGuy,

 

Where is that setting? I can't seem to find the tab in configuration, and when I search for it it's not showing up.

 

Thanks,

T

Hi TDM,

Depends on the version you use,

in the "normal" version I believe you don't have this setting

If you use "TWS lastest", you go to the main screen, you go to "edit" tab (upper left corner)

you select "global configuration"

I believe it should be under "display" and then under "ticker row"

you'll see   "Complex (multi-leg) positions"

there you can select

hope this helps

Edited September 1, 2015 by 4REAL

[Civicguy]

Yes.. Configure > Display > Ticket Row

 

 

 

I always try to update my TWS once a month 

 

 

Edited September 2, 2015 by Civicguy