Trading Assistant

Instructions

The Trading Assistant comprises a group of separately-controlled notifications that can be set up to proactively notify you when user-specified market, account, position and order activities warrant. Notifications occur in real time, and are sent via email or text, based on your notification settings in Account Management.

  1. Tap the More menu .

  2. Tap Settings > Notifications & Email.

  3. Click Trading Assistant at the top of the page.

    The trading assistant settings on the iPad

Notifications are controlled individually.

The Trading Assistant Status shows the ON/OFF status of each notification.

Market Notifications
Receive a notification if the daily price change percent exceeds the bounds you define for a specific instrument. Threshold boundaries can be set between -5% and 5%. e.g., “SPX up 2.5% (2656.66).”

Add multiple tickers by clicking the Add Security/Index icon.

Account Notifications
Receive an alert when the margin cushion or Daily P&L exceeds your boundary or range, e.g., “Margin Cushion Below 5%.”

Position Notifications
Sends an alert if the percent change of ANY of your positions exceeds the user-specified boundaries. i.e. “TSLA: Long 3,300 position down 2% (299.01).”

Trade Notifications
Sends an alert when an order fills, i.e. “SOLD 500 AAPL @ 174.98.”

 

Additional Resources

Learn About the IBKR iPhone Interface at IBKR Campus

Visit the IBKR Mobile Website